Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – September 2026

Alexander MacLean

2026-09-25

Matthew Schaefer deservingly cracks the top-five, though his extension in two years is going to be a back-breaker for fantasy managers. Ryan Leonard dropped as a result of his extension coming in higher than expected, and a crowded forward core that may also delay the breakout a little.

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 instead use it 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 BlueSky 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.

RankNameAgePosCap HitYrsRatingPrev RankValue
1Connor McDavid29F$12,500,0002293.381240.38
2Nathan MacKinnon31F$12,600,0005228.412207.73
3Jack Hughes25F$8,000,0004221.964184.24
4Macklin Celebrini20F$975,0001219.563492.00
5Matthew Schaefer19D$975,0002203.9911334.64
6Evan Bouchard26D$10,500,0003203.486235.88
7Leon Draisaitl31F$14,000,0007200.035165.25
8Zach Werenski29D$9,583,3332188.167214.42
9Nick Suzuki27F$7,875,0004182.988197.44
10Matt Boldy25F$7,000,0004176.5310185.36
11Cale Makar27D$9,000,0001175.809217.76
12Martin Necas27F$11,500,0008189.2712175.08
13Quinn Hughes26D$7,850,0001173.2913219.67
14Cole Hutson20D$940,8332170.4214196.51
15David Pastrnak30F$11,250,0005166.8115172.66
16Nikita Kucherov33F$9,500,0001164.2016198.60
17Matthew Tkachuk28F$9,500,0004163.7317102.06
18Mikko Rantanen29F$12,000,0007161.7918144.35
19Adam Fox28D$9,500,0003160.9719166.80
20Rasmus Dahlin26D$11,000,0006160.3120190.86
21Lane Hutson22D$8,850,0008160.1921210.05
22Jason Robertson27F$12,000,0001160.1023160.05
23Jack Eichel29F$13,500,0008157.8424146.85
24Clayton Keller28F$7,150,0002154.9522178.32
25Tim Stutzle24F$8,350,0005147.4526165.33
26Cole Caufield25F$7,850,0005145.5227170.61
27Beckett Sennecke20F$975,0002145.3128283.02
28Brandon Hagel28F$6,500,0006143.4125164.56
29Tage Thompson28F$7,142,8574142.4029173.76
30Wyatt Johnston23F$8,400,0004140.2730163.70
31Robert Thomas27F$8,000,0005140.1331140.97
32William Nylander30F$11,500,0006138.8432135.44
33Kirill Kaprizov29F$17,000,0008127.9033126.61
34Kyle Connor29F$12,000,0008136.8934149.07
35Connor Bedard21F$15,000,0005134.7235126.47
36Lucas Raymond24F$8,075,0006126.4037149.39
37Brady Tkachuk27F$8,208,5712124.4436126.14
38Mitch Marner29F$12,000,0007122.4638138.22
39Anton Frondell19F$975,0002120.9039198.38
40Darren Raddysh30D$8,500,0008119.1740198.08
41Charlie McAvoy28D$9,500,0004116.5841164.66
42Seth Jarvis24F$7,420,0876115.3443134.83
43Alex DeBrincat28F$7,875,0001114.1644152.02
44Kirill Marchenko26F$3,850,0001114.1245170.23
45Igor Chernyshov20F$934,1672113.7146188.98
46Dylan Guenther23F$7,142,8577113.5848147.43
47Jake Sanderson24D$8,050,0006112.8749163.63
48Jake Guentzel31F$9,000,0005112.6450148.68
49Jesper Bratt28F$7,875,0005112.3842144.50
50Sebastian Aho29F$9,750,0006107.5447135.82
51Mark Scheifele33F$8,500,0005107.0252164.68
52Will Smith21F$950,0001106.0053257.73
53Matthew Knies23F$7,750,0005104.4054135.91
54Sam Reinhart30F$8,625,0006104.1555123.21
55Juraj Slafkovsky22F$7,600,0007103.4157141.35
56Aliaksei Protas25F$3,375,0003102.3559162.14
57Dylan Holloway24F$7,750,0005101.9560112.38
58Andrei Svechnikov26F$7,750,0003101.8061135.74
59Mikhail Sergachev28D$8,500,0005100.6962162.44
60Miro Heiskanen27D$8,450,000398.8064173.10
61Drake Batherson28F$4,975,000198.6956152.27
62Moritz Seider25D$8,550,000597.5165162.50
63Mathew Barzal29F$9,150,000597.3566128.61
64Troy Terry29F$7,000,000488.3658113.98
65Roope Hintz29F$8,450,000597.086797.38
66Morgan Geekie28F$5,500,000596.8268149.17
67Travis Konecny29F$8,750,000796.2369126.81
68Cutter Gauthier22F$13,500,000694.7151106.98
69Jakob Chychrun28D$9,000,000794.3370159.03
70Shayne Gostisbehere33D$3,200,000193.6972203.52
71Jimmy Snuggerud22F$950,000193.5773227.37
72Leo Carlsson21F$18,000,000593.207495.27
73Logan Cooley22F$10,000,000892.657588.11
74Dylan Larkin30F$8,700,000588.2163120.06
75Gabriel Vilardi27F$7,500,000592.3171129.62
76Jackson LaCombe25D$9,000,000891.1876156.45
77Marco Rossi24F$5,000,000279.6478101.03
78Nick Schmaltz30F$8,000,000890.7580131.87
79Nico Hischier27F$7,250,000187.8081122.70
80Trevor Zegras25F$9,125,000487.2682117.21
81Auston Matthews29F$13,250,000293.007797.95
82Ivan Demidov20F$975,000185.7785253.54
83Nikolaj Ehlers30F$8,500,000583.5186123.76
84Josh Morrissey31D$6,250,000283.3287165.62
85Anton Lundell24F$5,000,000482.3488116.51
86Adrian Kempe30F$10,625,000881.4379114.39
87Dylan Strome29F$5,000,000276.7189133.27
88Pavel Dorofeyev25F$11,000,000778.8390102.93
89Kevin Fiala30F$7,875,000377.528495.71
90Brayden Point30F$9,500,000476.8891102.35
91Matvei Michkov21F$950,000176.8092225.74
92William Eklund23F$5,600,000376.2493124.48
93Gabe Perreault21F$941,667176.1394156.68
94Quinton Byfield24F$6,250,000375.5897123.14
95Filip Forsberg32F$8,500,000473.9983126.61
96Alex Tuch30F$10,500,000873.1798107.24
97Jackson Blake23F$5,117,002871.6510678.05
98Anthony Cirelli29F$6,250,000563.37100103.26
99Michael Misa19F$975,000271.18101216.97
100Jared McCann30F$5,000,000170.8910298.64
101Adam Fantilli21F$0070.69103106.30
102Dylan Cozens25F$7,100,000470.26104112.56
103Luke Evangelista24F$3,000,000178.3899148.22
104Alexis Lafreniere24F$7,450,000668.92107108.40
105Pavel Zacha29F$4,750,000168.73109131.28
106Josh Norris27F$7,950,000467.8011072.31
107Ryan McLeod27F$5,000,000367.78108120.05
108Jack Quinn25F$3,375,000167.00111128.00
109Brock Faber24D$8,500,000769.81115136.10
110Noah Dobson26D$9,500,000765.92112126.54
111Jordan Kyrou28F$8,125,000565.83113100.20
112Josh Doan24F$6,950,000765.39114107.18
113Joel Eriksson Ek29F$5,250,000365.18116109.42
114Bo Horvat31F$8,500,000564.0311898.74
115Alex Newhook25F$2,900,000159.939590.12
116Pierre-Luc Dubois28F$8,500,000562.5511954.93
117Kaapo Kakko25F$4,525,000262.02120112.30
118Calum Ritchie21F$918,333256.39121112.53
119Sam Bennett30F$8,000,000760.1712497.96
120Tyson Foerster24F$3,750,000163.9210570.25
121Zach Benson21F$7,500,000759.9612591.40
122Matty Beniers23F$7,142,857559.84126101.24
123Ben Kindel19F$975,000259.50128196.50
124Frank Nazar22F$6,599,991759.4312992.82
125Alex Laferriere24F$4,100,000259.27130117.38
126Vince Dunn29D$7,350,000155.01131129.84
127Matias Maccelli25F$2,250,000152.14132115.23
128Mika Zibanejad33F$8,500,000460.70133120.99
129Tyler Bertuzzi31F$5,500,000258.59134116.04
130Shane Pinto25F$7,500,000458.0013588.67
131Ryan Leonard21F$950,000158.9196184.41
132Connor McMichael25F$6,750,000657.6413697.50
133Mark Stone34F$9,500,000156.51141105.36
134Danila Yurov22F$950,000256.49138191.75
135Owen Tippett27F$6,200,000656.27139102.00
136Rasmus Andersson29D$8,500,000756.22140122.99
137Anthony Mantha32F$4,750,000255.80117127.58
138Denton Mateychuk22D$886,667155.50142196.25
139Luke Hughes23D$9,000,000654.59152108.29
140Thomas Harley25D$10,587,000854.41147104.44
141Filip Hronek28D$7,250,000658.26143134.80
142Arseny Gritsyuk25F$3,250,000354.24144119.58
143Elias Pettersson27F$11,600,000654.0914577.36
144Matt Savoie22F$886,667153.96146110.45
145Artemi Panarin34F$11,000,000253.32148115.90
146Axel Sandin-Pellikka21D$918,333253.27149189.66
147Shea Theodore31D$7,425,000653.15123124.88
148Logan Stankoven23F$6,000,000852.9715059.78
149Collin Graf24F$4,250,000352.60169118.39
150Brock Boeser29F$7,250,000652.5915192.87
151Tom Wilson32F$6,500,000552.17153105.93
152Bowen Byram25D$6,250,000151.51122125.39
153Ryan Nugent-Hopkins33F$5,125,000351.33154123.52
154Jake Neighbours24F$3,750,000151.2515593.32
155Carter Verhaeghe31F$7,000,000751.17137101.35
156Brad Marchand38F$5,250,000525.68156102.70
157Thomas Chabot28D$8,000,000250.3915799.20
158Carter Yakemchuk20D$975,000150.29158106.66
159Casey Mittelstadt27F$5,750,000150.2415994.34
160J.T. Miller33F$8,000,000550.06160108.15
161Justin Brazeau28F$1,500,000141.30161114.19
162Dawson Mercer24F$4,000,000149.81163109.14
163Matt Coronato23F$6,500,000649.4416452.52
164Emmitt Finnie21F$821,667244.36165116.02
165JJ Peterka24F$7,700,000448.8616687.46
166Mavrik Bourque24F$5,500,000648.6716899.28
167Sam Malinski28D$4,750,000448.3616284.38
168Brandt Clarke23D$7,400,000552.48170119.44
169Rickard Rakell33F$5,000,000247.75172106.93
170Mattias Samuelsson26D$4,285,714547.6017391.57
171Bryan Rust34F$5,125,000246.89174127.57
172Matthew Wood21F$950,000146.54175141.90
173Gage Goncalves25F$1,200,000143.86176131.11
174Mason McTavish23F$7,000,000546.1517784.39
175Noah Ostlund22F$886,666146.0712782.17
176K’Andre Miller26D$7,500,000749.29178111.97
177Cole Perfetti24F$6,000,000545.8517990.68
178Charle-Edouard D’Astous28D$875,000145.83180184.48
179Jiri Kulich22F$886,667143.1918195.50
180Ivan Barbashev30F$5,000,000245.11182102.18
181Joel Farabee26F$5,000,000245.0218397.03
182Oliver Moore21F$941,667143.8918487.45
183Alexander Nikishin24D$0042.87185108.64
184Tom Willander21D$950,000243.78186169.56
185Oliver Kapanen23F$925,000143.7119797.91
186Jordan Spence25D$5,000,000443.7018769.21
187Morgan Frost27F$4,375,000143.6818888.79
188Valeri Nichushkin31F$6,125,000443.5118990.89
189Linus Karlsson26F$2,250,000236.34190105.82
190Will Cuylle24F$3,900,000143.38192100.69
191Zach Hyman34F$5,500,000243.3319399.72
192Dmitri Voronkov26F$4,175,000143.2719178.09
193Mason Marchment31F$6,750,000543.1119485.81
194Artturi Lehkonen31F$4,500,000142.7919590.54
195Jack Roslovic29F$4,000,000242.6319691.63
196Bobby McMann30F$5,750,000642.4519888.83
197Bobby Brink25F$2,750,000141.93200104.77
198Lawson Crouse29F$4,300,000141.89NR91.89
199Vincent Trocheck33F$5,625,000341.76NR102.59
200Kirby Dach25F$3,600,000141.55NR91.25

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