With one month of the season now in the books, many players have moved either up or down from their preseason rank. On top of that, injuries and other absences longer than a week have pulled more players out of the top 100. All of this is to say that the deck has been reshuffled in our updated top 100.

The stat categories for the Roto Rankings as of September are as follows: Goals, Assists, Power-Play Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. These rankings are different from keeper rankings in that they don't extend beyond the current season. These rankings could even be used to determine relative trade value between two or more players listed.

For injuries, players that are on LTIR or are on extended IR absences will be moved out of the rankings into the Injured section. Players whose injuries are shorter term will be left in the rankings but may be moved down.

For goalie rankings, please check out the Top 100 Keeper League Goaltender rankings on our rankings page for relative goalie values.

Are there any players that you believe are ranked too high or too low? Did we miss anyone in the top 100, or is there a player there that probably shouldn't be? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Last Month	Change	Comments
1	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	1	0
2	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	2	0
3	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	6	3
4	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	RW	3	-1	Good but not dominating start
5	Cale Makar	COL	D	7	2
6	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C,LW	5	-1
7	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	8	1
8	Jack Eichel	VGK	C	9	1
9	Auston Matthews	TOR	C	4	-5	DTD (lower body)
10	Jack Hughes	NJD	C,LW	10	0	INJ (hand) – prognosis TBA
11	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	RW	15	4
12	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	C	19	7	Hanging around the scoring race
13	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	11	-2
14	Quinn Hughes	VAN	D	12	-2
15	Mitch Marner	VGK	RW	14	-1
16	Matt Boldy	MIN	LW,RW	23	7
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	D	20	3
18	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	29	11	Instrumental in Pens’ good start
19	Connor Bedard	CHI	C	39	20	Could be breaking out in 3rd season
20	Jesper Bratt	NJD	RW	13	-7
21	J.T. Miller	NYR	C,RW	16	-5
22	Moritz Seider	DET	D	24	2
23	William Nylander	TOR	RW	25	2
24	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	26	2
25	Tim Stutzle	OTT	C	27	2
26	Martin Necas	COL	RW	36	10	Strong start on MacKinnon line
27	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	31	4
28	Sam Reinhart	FLA	RW	17	-11	Hurt by the injuries in FLA
29	Artemi Panarin	NYR	LW	22	-7	Recovering after slow start
30	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW,RW	18	-12	Goal scoring down
31	Evan Bouchard	EDM	D	30	-1
32	Jake Guentzel	TBL	LW	33	1
33	Clayton Keller	UTA	LW	35	2
34	Elias Pettersson	VAN	C	28	-6	Scoring still down, but blocked shots value!
35	Dylan Guenther	UTA	RW	37	2
36	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	40	4
37	Jake Sanderson	OTT	D	41	4
38	John Tavares	TOR	C	42	4
39	Tage Thompson	BUF	C,RW	43	4
40	Adrian Kempe	LAK	RW	47	7
41	Brayden Point	TBL	C	32	-9	Not getting enough points
42	Nico Hischier	NJD	C	44	2
43	Tom Wilson	WSH	RW	45	2
44	Drake Batherson	OTT	RW	46	2
45	Matthew Knies	TOR	LW	48	3
46	Seth Jarvis	CAR	RW	56	10	Reader feedback
47	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	60	13	Fast start to the season
48	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C,RW	74	26	Great start, also shooting more
49	Lucas Raymond	DET	RW	49	0
50	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ	RW	77	27	Reader feedback
51	Victor Hedman	TBL	D	50	-1	DTD (undisclosed)
52	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	D	38	-14	Solid peripherals, but hardly scoring
53	Dylan Larkin	DET	C	52	-1
54	Sebastian Aho	CAR	C	53	-1
55	Leo Carlsson	ANA	C	NR		Among scoring leaders in first month
56	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	C	55	-1
57	Dylan Holloway	STL	LW	51	-6	Scoring down, but continuing to hit
58	Timo Meier	NJD	LW,RW	58	0
59	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	LW,RW	54	-5	Lukewarm start, but settling in
60	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW	61	1
61	Adam Fox	NYR	D	62	1
62	Kevin Fiala	LAK	LW,RW	64	2
63	Cole Caufield	MTL	LW	82	19	Challenging for goal lead
64	Tomas Hertl	VGK	C,LW	63	-1
65	Mathew Barzal	NYI	C,RW	59	-6
66	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW,RW	57	-9	Scoring declining over past two seasons
67	Nazem Kadri	CGY	C	65	-2
68	Travis Konecny	PHI	RW	66	-2
69	Logan Cooley	UTA	C	67	-2	“Cooling” after fast start
70	Brandon Hagel	TBL	LW	68	-2	Picking up after ice-cold start (DTD)
71	Josh Morrissey	WPG	D	70	-1
72	Roope Hintz	DAL	C	73	1
73	Bo Horvat	NYI	C	96	23	Challenging for goal lead
74	Robert Thomas	STL	C	71	-3	Cold along with light peripherals
75	Dylan Cozens	OTT	C	75	0
76	Lane Hutson	MTL	D	76	0
77	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	LW	NR		Another early Anaheim success story
78	Bryan Rust	PIT	RW	79	1
79	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	D	81	2
80	Matvei Michkov	PHI	RW	80	0	Picking it up after slow start
81	Kiefer Sherwood	VAN	LW,RW	95	14	Hot start plus hits
82	Vincent Trocheck	NYR	C	84	2	Returned from injury
83	Will Cuylle	NYR	LW	85	2	Slow start scoring-wise
84	Seth Jones	FLA	D	72	-12
85	Dylan Strome	WSH	C	86	1
86	Alex Tuch	BUF	RW	88	2
87	Nick Schmaltz	UTA	C,RW	NR		Quick start, but cooled off
88	Zach Hyman	EDM	RW	89	1	Making season debut
89	Thomas Harley	DAL	D	93	4
90	Juraj Slafkovsky	MTL	LW,RW	97	7
91	Jordan Kyrou	STL	RW	91	0	Healthy scratch in early November
92	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C,LW	NR		Enjoying a career renaissance
93	Troy Terry	ANA	RW	NR		In on Anaheim’s great start
94	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	LW,RW	NR		Great start, linemates, if can remain healthy
95	Will Smith	SJS	C,RW	NR		Celebrini linemate, PT/G start
96	Morgan Geekie	BOS	C,LW,RW	NR		Over 40 goals since start of 2024-25
97	Brad Marchand	FLA	LW,RW	NR		Florida’s leading scorer
98	Shea Theodore	VGK	D	99	1	No goals as of Nov 10
99	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	D	NR		Back on top power play
100	Patrick Kane	DET	RW	98	-2

Out	Steven Stamkos	NSH	C,LW	83		Struggles continue in Nashville
	Jonathan Marchessault	NSH	RW	92		Affected by Nashville struggles
	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	LW	94		Value already dropping before FLA injuries
	Sam Bennett	FLA	C	100		Florida slump affecting scoring cats

Injured	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	RW			Possible December return (groin)
	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	C			Likely out for season (ACL/MCL)
	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	LW			Out until November (wrist)
	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	90		LTIR (wrist)
	Rickard Rakell	PIT	LW,RW	69		IR (hand)
	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	D	78		Lower-body injury
	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	D	21		On indefinite personal leave
	Roman Josi	NSH	D	34		Week-to-week (upper body)
	Valeri Nichushkin	COL	LW,RW	87		Lower-body injury

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	JOSH DOAN	BUF

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

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	23.5	ROBERT THOMAS JIMMY SNUGGERUD DYLAN HOLLOWAY
	22.4	NATHAN WALKER ALEXEY TOROPCHENKO JACK FINLEY
	19.7	JAKE NEIGHBOURS DALIBOR DVORSKY JONATAN BERGGREN

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