Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – January 2025
Alexander MacLean
2025-01-25
Just how good is Lane Hutson? Well rating-wise he's right there with the guy who fantasy GMs were talking about trading Connor McDavid for just a year ago. He's putting up historic numbers for a rookie defenceman, and is outscoring the next-best rookie defenceman by 27 points, just halfway through the year. As of the halfway mark of the season, only 17 other defencemen had 27 points to their name, with players such as Moritz Seider, Brandon Montour, Brandt Clarke, Thomas Harley, Owen Power, and others falling below that bar. The best part about owning Lane Hutson for those of us in Cap leagues? Well, he costs less than Ryan Reaves both this year and next. If you own Hutson, then your window to win just got blown wide open. Gun for a championship now while he's cheap.
Standard pre-rankings note:
This isn't meant to be a be-all and end-all rating system for you to use without thinking and just trade your players for anyone above them on the list that you can find, but used with some foresight for managing salaries. The assumed league setup is for points-only leagues, and I have made an effort to balance it for a range of league and roster sizes. Cap hit is used for the player cost, so if your league uses salary or AAV, please account for that, as it can greatly change the impact of rookies. The rankings are set up so as to provide the most value in the current season, while providing some value in future years, based on modeling for predicted salary increases and production growth.
For those of you with variations from this setup, whether in terms of number of teams, salary space, roster positions, or scoring categories, you can make your own personal tweaks to move players up or down as necessary. This list is made to be a baseline guide for player evaluation, and to promote discussion and understanding of how to optimize rosters in a cap league setting.
If you note a mistake, or have any further questions about the ranking system, please let me know. You can find me on Twitter here @alexdmaclean.
Comments help with optimizing the values, because they're not perfect and they never will be.
We're sticking with the +/- 5.0 rating that Dobber uses on all of his rating schemes as the range for approximately equivalent value. The skater and goalie rankings are synched so that the value of a skater against a goalie can be compared, though the scale of the ratings has changed a little since the last update.
Rank | Name | Age | Pos | Cap Hit | Yrs | Rating | Prev Rank | Value |
1 | Connor McDavid | 28 | F | $12,500,000 | 2 | 149.50 | 1 | 267.70 |
2 | Quinn Hughes | 25 | D | $7,850,000 | 3 | 138.53 | 3 | 288.07 |
3 | Cale Makar | 26 | D | $9,000,000 | 3 | 137.43 | 2 | 277.70 |
4 | Nikita Kucherov | 31 | F | $9,500,000 | 3 | 134.98 | 6 | 282.27 |
5 | Nathan MacKinnon | 29 | F | $12,600,000 | 7 | 132.77 | 5 | 263.58 |
6 | Lane Hutson | 20 | D | $950,000 | 2 | 124.92 | 40 | 238.25 |
7 | Connor Bedard | 19 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 123.39 | 7 | 376.92 |
8 | Kirill Kaprizov | 27 | F | $9,000,000 | 2 | 114.74 | 9 | 224.05 |
9 | Leon Draisaitl | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 1 | 109.37 | 10 | 245.65 |
10 | Evan Bouchard | 25 | D | $3,900,000 | 1 | 105.17 | 8 | 308.45 |
11 | Jack Hughes | 23 | F | $8,000,000 | 6 | 102.80 | 11 | 208.90 |
12 | Mikko Rantanen | 28 | F | $9,250,000 | 1 | 100.70 | 16 | 229.89 |
13 | Mitch Marner | 27 | F | $10,903,000 | 1 | 95.89 | 14 | 194.40 |
14 | Adam Fox | 26 | D | $9,500,000 | 5 | 95.63 | 4 | 221.71 |
15 | David Pastrnak | 28 | F | $11,250,000 | 7 | 92.53 | 13 | 214.13 |
16 | Jack Eichel | 28 | F | $10,000,000 | 2 | 83.06 | 25 | 171.49 |
17 | Auston Matthews | 27 | F | $13,250,000 | 4 | 82.92 | 20 | 187.46 |
18 | Matthew Tkachuk | 27 | F | $9,500,000 | 6 | 80.56 | 22 | 192.81 |
19 | Josh Morrissey | 29 | D | $6,250,000 | 4 | 80.22 | 12 | 233.57 |
20 | Zach Werenski | 27 | D | $9,583,333 | 4 | 79.90 | 21 | 197.50 |
21 | Sam Reinhart | 29 | F | $8,625,000 | 8 | 79.44 | 24 | 199.66 |
22 | Kyle Connor | 28 | F | $7,142,857 | 2 | 79.16 | 36 | 183.88 |
23 | Brayden Point | 28 | F | $9,500,000 | 6 | 78.77 | 32 | 186.82 |
24 | Jason Robertson | 25 | F | $7,750,000 | 2 | 76.03 | 23 | 198.62 |
25 | Shea Theodore | 29 | D | $5,200,000 | 1 | 75.99 | 18 | 193.68 |
26 | William Nylander | 28 | F | $11,500,000 | 8 | 74.52 | 27 | 180.75 |
27 | Noah Dobson | 25 | D | $4,000,000 | 1 | 74.35 | 15 | 252.75 |
28 | Sebastian Aho | 27 | F | $9,750,000 | 8 | 74.12 | 28 | 180.96 |
29 | Jesper Bratt | 26 | F | $7,875,000 | 7 | 72.89 | 37 | 189.39 |
30 | Robert Thomas | 25 | F | $8,000,000 | 7 | 72.24 | 34 | 185.45 |
31 | Aleksander Barkov | 29 | F | $10,000,000 | 6 | 71.35 | 35 | 167.22 |
32 | Rasmus Dahlin | 24 | D | $11,000,000 | 8 | 71.03 | 19 | 181.47 |
33 | Elias Pettersson | 26 | F | $11,600,000 | 8 | 70.64 | 26 | 168.62 |
34 | Clayton Keller | 26 | F | $7,150,000 | 4 | 70.24 | 38 | 182.87 |
35 | J.T. Miller | 31 | F | $8,000,000 | 7 | 69.62 | 29 | 198.00 |
36 | Travis Konecny | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 1 | 69.22 | 46 | 190.52 |
37 | Tim Stutzle | 23 | F | $8,350,000 | 7 | 68.79 | 41 | 171.70 |
38 | Jake Guentzel | 30 | F | $9,000,000 | 7 | 68.38 | 30 | 164.00 |
39 | Brandon Hagel | 26 | F | $6,500,000 | 8 | 66.96 | 58 | 185.64 |
40 | Adrian Kempe | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 2 | 65.23 | 51 | 189.66 |
41 | Filip Forsberg | 30 | F | $8,500,000 | 6 | 63.49 | 39 | 183.91 |
42 | Matt Boldy | 23 | F | $7,000,000 | 6 | 62.59 | 45 | 168.28 |
43 | Dylan Larkin | 28 | F | $8,700,000 | 7 | 62.37 | 52 | 152.38 |
44 | Nick Suzuki | 25 | F | $7,875,000 | 6 | 61.90 | 57 | 171.78 |
45 | Nico Hischier | 26 | F | $7,250,000 | 3 | 61.87 | 43 | 163.76 |
46 | Brady Tkachuk | 25 | F | $8,208,571 | 4 | 61.74 | 48 | 165.72 |
47 | Logan Cooley | 20 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 61.69 | 108 | 262.10 |
48 | Dylan Strome | 27 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 60.63 | 76 | 186.53 |
49 | Artemi Panarin | 33 | F | $11,642,857 | 2 | 59.68 | 31 | 181.64 |
50 | Drake Batherson | 26 | F | $4,975,000 | 3 | 58.78 | 70 | 183.30 |
51 | Tage Thompson | 27 | F | $7,142,857 | 6 | 57.74 | 61 | 157.81 |
52 | Lucas Raymond | 22 | F | $8,075,000 | 8 | 57.59 | 64 | 161.10 |
53 | Mark Scheifele | 31 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 55.90 | 84 | 157.39 |
54 | Valeri Nichushkin | 29 | F | $6,125,000 | 6 | 55.65 | 62 | 130.90 |
55 | Jack Quinn | 23 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 55.46 | 47 | 171.28 |
56 | Mathew Barzal | 27 | F | $9,150,000 | 7 | 55.35 | 44 | 150.91 |
57 | Carter Verhaeghe | 29 | F | $4,166,667 | 1 | 55.31 | 60 | 189.65 |
58 | Alex Tuch | 28 | F | $4,750,000 | 2 | 55.19 | 63 | 174.60 |
59 | Martin Necas | 26 | F | $6,500,000 | 2 | 55.14 | 120 | 156.79 |
60 | Shayne Gostisbehere | 31 | D | $3,200,000 | 3 | 54.89 | 53 | 234.80 |
61 | Adam Fantilli | 20 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 54.63 | 86 | 240.30 |
62 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 28 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 54.51 | 88 | 157.72 |
63 | Gabriel Vilardi | 25 | F | $3,437,500 | 1 | 53.86 | 79 | 149.81 |
64 | Shane Wright | 21 | F | $886,667 | 3 | 53.02 | 92 | 175.05 |
65 | Miro Heiskanen | 25 | D | $8,450,000 | 5 | 53.00 | 17 | 167.64 |
66 | Cole Caufield | 24 | F | $7,850,000 | 7 | 52.84 | 72 | 151.08 |
67 | Brock Boeser | 27 | F | $6,650,000 | 2 | 52.80 | 71 | 162.63 |
68 | Andrei Svechnikov | 24 | F | $7,750,000 | 5 | 52.64 | 66 | 132.90 |
69 | Kirill Marchenko | 24 | F | $3,850,000 | 3 | 52.05 | NR | 172.65 |
70 | Vince Dunn | 28 | D | $7,350,000 | 3 | 51.98 | 50 | 153.98 |
71 | Jordan Kyrou | 26 | F | $8,125,000 | 7 | 51.90 | 80 | 150.64 |
72 | Jonathan Drouin | 29 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 51.58 | 96 | 167.32 |
73 | Dylan Guenther | 21 | F | $894,167 | 1 | 51.24 | 68 | 231.23 |
74 | Jakob Chychrun | 26 | D | $4,600,000 | 1 | 50.90 | 91 | 178.36 |
75 | Seth Jarvis | 22 | F | $7,420,087 | 8 | 49.82 | 90 | 146.92 |
76 | Wyatt Johnston | 21 | F | $894,167 | 1 | 49.15 | 100 | 300.71 |
77 | Nick Schmaltz | 28 | F | $5,850,000 | 2 | 48.65 | 94 | 153.76 |
78 | Kevin Fiala | 28 | F | $7,875,000 | 5 | 48.45 | 65 | 149.49 |
79 | Yegor Chinakhov | 23 | F | $2,100,000 | 2 | 48.32 | 139 | 141.35 |
80 | Thomas Harley | 23 | D | $4,000,000 | 2 | 48.30 | 106 | 187.07 |
81 | Alex DeBrincat | 27 | F | $7,875,000 | 3 | 48.25 | 95 | 146.07 |
82 | Jared McCann | 28 | F | $5,000,000 | 3 | 48.22 | 97 | 162.24 |
83 | Roope Hintz | 28 | F | $8,450,000 | 7 | 47.58 | 73 | 141.25 |
84 | Luke Hughes | 21 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 47.30 | 75 | 288.30 |
85 | Morgan Rielly | 30 | D | $7,500,000 | 6 | 47.00 | 33 | 173.35 |
86 | Pavel Mintyukov | 21 | D | $918,333 | 2 | 46.49 | 42 | 221.98 |
87 | JJ Peterka | 23 | F | $855,833 | 1 | 46.32 | 128 | 266.33 |
88 | Logan Mailloux | 21 | D | $875,000 | 2 | 45.63 | NR | 140.91 |
89 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 31 | F | $5,125,000 | 5 | 45.42 | 78 | 173.80 |
90 | Mikhail Sergachev | 26 | D | $8,500,000 | 7 | 45.32 | 49 | 118.99 |
91 | Bryan Rust | 32 | F | $5,125,000 | 4 | 44.89 | 117 | 149.12 |
92 | Leo Carlsson | 20 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 44.82 | 114 | 219.99 |
93 | Mark Stone | 32 | F | $9,500,000 | 3 | 44.58 | 127 | 111.29 |
94 | Alexis Lafreniere | 23 | F | $2,325,000 | 1 | 44.38 | 77 | 187.09 |
95 | Mike Matheson | 30 | D | $4,875,000 | 2 | 44.20 | 56 | 200.73 |
96 | Joel Eriksson Ek | 27 | F | $5,250,000 | 5 | 44.13 | 99 | 148.62 |
97 | Marco Rossi | 23 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 44.07 | 157 | 233.29 |
98 | Troy Terry | 27 | F | $7,000,000 | 6 | 43.75 | 122 | 131.55 |
99 | Darren Raddysh | 28 | D | $975,000 | 2 | 43.73 | 93 | 235.06 |
100 | William Eklund | 22 | F | $894,167 | 1 | 43.35 | 136 | 242.95 |
101 | Pavel Buchnevich | 29 | F | $5,800,000 | 1 | 43.00 | 105 | 148.40 |
102 | Mason McTavish | 21 | F | $894,167 | 1 | 42.90 | 85 | 212.29 |
103 | Dougie Hamilton | 31 | D | $9,000,000 | 4 | 42.51 | 55 | 103.33 |
104 | Mason Marchment | 29 | F | $4,500,000 | 2 | 42.04 | 138 | 148.86 |
105 | Bo Horvat | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 41.95 | 109 | 134.69 |
106 | Artturi Lehkonen | 29 | F | $4,500,000 | 3 | 41.72 | 119 | 114.17 |
107 | Pavel Dorofeyev | 24 | F | $1,835,000 | 2 | 41.71 | 195 | 153.79 |
108 | Pavel Zacha | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 3 | 41.51 | 102 | 151.04 |
109 | Brock Faber | 22 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 41.02 | 74 | 284.89 |
110 | Kirby Dach | 23 | F | $3,362,500 | 2 | 40.58 | 67 | 96.09 |
111 | Charlie McAvoy | 27 | D | $9,500,000 | 6 | 40.36 | 54 | 141.77 |
112 | Dmitri Voronkov | 24 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 40.14 | NR | 206.43 |
113 | Roman Josi | 34 | D | $9,059,000 | 4 | 39.99 | 69 | 184.64 |
114 | Mika Zibanejad | 31 | F | $8,500,000 | 6 | 39.89 | 103 | 140.60 |
115 | Quinton Byfield | 22 | F | $6,250,000 | 5 | 39.87 | 101 | 140.95 |
116 | Sidney Crosby | 37 | F | $8,700,000 | 1 | 39.08 | 143 | 156.21 |
117 | Logan Stankoven | 21 | F | $836,667 | 1 | 38.86 | 110 | 135.99 |
118 | Vincent Trocheck | 32 | F | $5,625,000 | 5 | 38.61 | 98 | 160.29 |
119 | Connor Zary | 23 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 38.29 | 124 | 194.88 |
120 | Shane Pinto | 24 | F | $3,750,000 | 2 | 38.12 | 87 | 115.50 |
121 | Jackson LaCombe | 24 | D | $925,000 | 2 | 37.78 | NR | 186.04 |
122 | Connor McMichael | 24 | F | $2,100,000 | 2 | 37.77 | 199 | 167.72 |
123 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 29 | F | $5,400,000 | 2 | 37.68 | 135 | 144.64 |
124 | Moritz Seider | 23 | D | $8,550,000 | 7 | 37.64 | 132 | 139.44 |
125 | Michael Bunting | 29 | F | $3,500,000 | 2 | 37.47 | 125 | 155.66 |
126 | Mikael Granlund | 32 | F | $5,000,000 | 1 | 36.99 | NR | 138.71 |
127 | Jake Walman | 28 | D | $3,400,000 | 2 | 36.97 | NR | 129.60 |
128 | Timo Meier | 28 | F | $8,800,000 | 7 | 36.94 | 131 | 110.84 |
129 | Victor Hedman | 34 | D | $7,875,000 | 1 | 36.87 | 59 | 179.10 |
130 | Cole Perfetti | 23 | F | $3,250,000 | 2 | 36.80 | 167 | 149.12 |
131 | Anthony Cirelli | 27 | F | $6,250,000 | 7 | 36.74 | 155 | 119.71 |
132 | Zach Hyman | 32 | F | $5,500,000 | 4 | 36.70 | 129 | 155.44 |
133 | Rasmus Andersson | 28 | D | $4,550,000 | 2 | 36.29 | 83 | 155.19 |
134 | Yegor Sharangovich | 26 | F | $3,100,000 | 1 | 35.99 | 112 | 157.22 |
135 | Owen Tippett | 25 | F | $6,200,000 | 8 | 35.76 | 140 | 126.01 |
136 | Trevor Moore | 29 | F | $4,200,000 | 4 | 35.62 | 118 | 145.04 |
137 | Teuvo Teravainen | 30 | F | $5,400,000 | 3 | 35.61 | 152 | 134.77 |
138 | Thomas Chabot | 27 | D | $8,000,000 | 4 | 35.53 | 82 | 116.24 |
139 | Sean Monahan | 30 | F | $5,500,000 | 5 | 35.47 | NR | 139.46 |
140 | Juraj Slafkovsky | 20 | F | $950,000 | 1 | 35.43 | 148 | 227.89 |
141 | Devon Toews | 30 | D | $7,250,000 | 7 | 35.27 | 89 | 151.13 |
142 | Brandt Clarke | 21 | D | $894,167 | 1 | 35.09 | 172 | 145.23 |
143 | Alex Newhook | 23 | F | $2,900,000 | 3 | 34.55 | 81 | 138.54 |
144 | Sam Bennett | 28 | F | $4,425,000 | 1 | 33.92 | 153 | 121.89 |
145 | Noah Hanifin | 27 | D | $7,350,000 | 8 | 33.87 | 107 | 145.36 |
146 | Casey Mittelstadt | 26 | F | $5,750,000 | 3 | 33.82 | 151 | 133.01 |
147 | Bowen Byram | 23 | D | $3,850,000 | 1 | 33.64 | 145 | 146.26 |
148 | Travis Sanheim | 28 | D | $6,250,000 | 7 | 33.62 | 121 | 147.68 |
149 | Bobby McMann | 28 | F | $1,350,000 | 2 | 33.61 | 168 | 159.14 |
150 | Aliaksei Protas | 24 | F | $3,375,000 | 5 | 33.39 | NR | 144.92 |
151 | Jake Sanderson | 22 | D | $8,050,000 | 8 | 33.33 | 130 | 130.45 |
152 | Nick Paul | 29 | F | $3,150,000 | 5 | 33.17 | NR | 140.60 |
153 | Kent Johnson | 22 | F | $1,800,000 | 3 | 32.95 | NR | 134.15 |
154 | Chandler Stephenson | 30 | F | $6,250,000 | 7 | 32.79 | 161 | 123.04 |
155 | Anthony Duclair | 29 | F | $3,500,000 | 4 | 32.52 | 162 | 124.09 |
156 | Morgan Frost | 25 | F | $2,100,000 | 1 | 32.24 | 180 | 146.49 |
157 | Jake Neighbours | 22 | F | $835,833 | 1 | 31.75 | 166 | 196.18 |
158 | Sean Durzi | 26 | D | $6,000,000 | 4 | 31.75 | 111 | 139.82 |
159 | Filip Hronek | 27 | D | $7,250,000 | 8 | 31.63 | 104 | 136.98 |
160 | Zach Benson | 19 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 31.44 | 177 | 206.56 |
161 | Matias Maccelli | 24 | F | $3,425,000 | 2 | 31.32 | 137 | 153.09 |
162 | Matthew Knies | 22 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 31.12 | NR | 187.85 |
163 | Matt Duchene | 34 | F | $3,000,000 | 1 | 30.89 | 158 | 160.86 |
164 | Ryan O’Reilly | 33 | F | $4,500,000 | 2 | 30.89 | 165 | 157.34 |
165 | Conor Garland | 28 | F | $4,950,000 | 2 | 30.85 | NR | 122.84 |
166 | Michael Kesselring | 25 | D | $1,400,000 | 2 | 30.71 | NR | 160.76 |
167 | Ivan Barbashev | 29 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 30.18 | NR | 112.06 |
168 | Bobby Brink | 23 | F | $1,500,000 | 2 | 30.17 | NR | 145.42 |
169 | Frank Vatrano | 30 | F | $3,650,000 | 1 | 30.06 | 170 | 143.98 |
170 | Tyler Seguin | 32 | F | $9,850,000 | 3 | 29.58 | NR | 88.20 |
171 | Joel Farabee | 24 | F | $5,000,000 | 4 | 29.58 | 147 | 123.02 |
172 | Josh Norris | 25 | F | $7,950,000 | 6 | 29.56 | 196 | 85.25 |
173 | Gustav Forsling | 28 | D | $5,750,000 | 8 | 29.33 | 123 | 135.99 |
174 | Jordan Spence | 23 | D | $1,500,000 | 2 | 29.32 | NR | 174.55 |
175 | Jack Roslovic | 27 | F | $2,800,000 | 1 | 29.17 | 187 | 111.44 |
176 | Fabian Zetterlund | 25 | F | $1,450,000 | 1 | 29.13 | NR | 169.39 |
177 | Cutter Gauthier | 20 | F | $950,000 | 2 | 29.03 | NR | 170.32 |
178 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 26 | F | $8,500,000 | 7 | 28.79 | NR | 97.56 |
179 | William Karlsson | 32 | F | $5,900,000 | 3 | 28.74 | 133 | 125.25 |
180 | Nicolas Roy | 27 | F | $3,000,000 | 3 | 28.50 | 186 | 123.13 |
181 | Zack Bolduc | 21 | F | $863,334 | 2 | 28.25 | NR | 152.79 |
182 | Patrik Laine | 26 | F | $8,700,000 | 2 | 28.14 | NR | 45.95 |
183 | Dylan Cozens | 23 | F | $7,100,000 | 6 | 28.14 | 181 | 106.95 |
184 | Tomas Hertl | 31 | F | $8,137,500 | 6 | 28.07 | 149 | 93.01 |
185 | Owen Power | 22 | D | $8,350,000 | 7 | 28.05 | 163 | 114.30 |
186 | Tyson Foerster | 22 | F | $863,333 | 1 | 27.94 | 179 | 168.39 |
187 | Alex Ovechkin | 39 | F | $9,500,000 | 2 | 27.88 | NR | 112.95 |
188 | Anton Lundell | 23 | F | $5,000,000 | 6 | 27.86 | NR | 113.91 |
189 | J.T. Compher | 29 | F | $5,100,000 | 4 | 27.63 | 188 | 115.22 |
190 | Filip Chytil | 25 | F | $4,437,500 | 3 | 27.58 | 169 | 63.29 |
191 | Morgan Geekie | 26 | F | $2,000,000 | 1 | 27.45 | 189 | 131.72 |
192 | Cole Sillinger | 21 | F | $2,250,000 | 2 | 27.21 | NR | 136.42 |
193 | Olen Zellweger | 21 | D | $866,667 | 1 | 27.16 | 194 | 132.60 |
194 | Justin Brazeau | 26 | F | $775,000 | 1 | 27.10 | NR | 122.31 |
195 | Steven Stamkos | 34 | F | $8,000,000 | 4 | 27.01 | 178 | 137.89 |
196 | MacKenzie Weegar | 31 | D | $6,250,000 | 7 | 26.68 | 126 | 152.70 |
197 | Neal Pionk | 29 | D | $5,875,000 | 1 | 26.57 | NR | 126.76 |
198 | Matthew Poitras | 20 | F | $870,000 | 2 | 26.06 | NR | 133.89 |
199 | Jake DeBrusk | 28 | F | $5,500,000 | 7 | 26.02 | NR | 100.11 |
200 | Brock Nelson | 33 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 25.95 | 146 | 136.36 |