Regularly updated fantasy hockey forward rankings.
| RK | PLAYER | TREND | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated: October 15, 2021 | |||
| 1 | Connor McDavid, EDM | He's #1, but Draisaitl isn't far behind | |
| 2 | Leon Draisaitl, EDM | You'd be forgiven for taking him 1st in one year leagues | |
| 3 | Nathan MacKinnon, COL | Drai has passed him - for now | |
| 4 | Auston Matthews, TOR | Wrist surgery may be slowing him early on | |
| 5 | Nikita Kucherov, TB | Injuries make him a huge risk in one year leagues | |
| 6 | Artemi Panarin, NYR | ||
| 7 | Mikko Rantanen, COL | ||
| 8 | Mitch Marner, TOR | ||
| 9 | David Pastrnak, BOS | ||
| 10 | Aleksander Barkov, FLA | ||
| 11 | Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA | ||
| 12 | Sidney Crosby, PIT | Injuries and illness hurting production; don't overreact | |
| 13 | Alex Ovechkin, WAS | Greatest scorer of all time chasing Gretzky's record | |
| 14 | Patrick Kane, CHI | ||
| 15 | Brad Marchand, BOS | ||
| 16 | Sebastian Aho, CAR | Quietly marching up the list | |
| 17 | Mark Scheifele, WPG | ||
| 18 | Brayden Point, TB | ||
| 19 | Jack Eichel, VGK | UP | Should return to the top 10 when he gets healthy |
| 20 | Andrei Svechnikov, CAR | ||
| 21 | Steven Stamkos, TB | When he's healthy, he's a top 10 centerman | |
| 22 | John Tavares, TOR | ||
| 23 | Kyle Connor, WPG | ||
| 24 | Elias Pettersson, VAN | Down | Supremely talented, but something feels off |
| 25 | Matthew Tkachuk, CGY | ||
| 26 | Mathew Barzal, NYI | ||
| 27 | Johnny Gaudreau, CGY | ||
| 28 | Jake Guentzel, PIT | ||
| 29 | Mark Stone, VGK | ||
| 30 | Tyler Seguin, DAL | ||
| 31 | Blake Wheeler, WPG | ||
| 32 | Mika Zibanejad, NYR | ||
| 33 | Patrice Bergeron, BOS | ||
| 34 | Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG | ||
| 35 | J.T. Miller, VAN | One of the few consistent Canucks this year | |
| 36 | Patrik Laine, CBJ | ||
| 37 | Gabriel Landeskog, COL | ||
| 38 | Evgeni Malkin, PIT | DOWN | The injuries continue to pile up for the elder statesman |
| 39 | Nicklas Backstrom, WAS | DOWN | |
| 40 | Max Pacioretty, VGK | ||
| 41 | Anze Kopitar, LA | ||
| 42 | Sean Couturier, PHI | ||
| 43 | Elias Lindholm, CGY | ||
| 44 | Taylor Hall, BOS | DOWN | Has a great opportunity in Boston; will he grab hold? |
| 45 | Evgeny Kuznetsov, WAS | UP | Dug himself out of the doghouse; he's still elite |
| 46 | Claude Giroux, PHI | ||
| 47 | Filip Forsberg, NAS | ||
| 48 | William Nylander, TOR | UP | Improves a bit every season |
| 49 | Alex DeBrincat, CHI | UP | Probably doesn't get the fanfare he deserves |
| 50 | Sean Monahan, CGY | ||
| 51 | Kirill Kaprizov, MIN | Well paid winger is the Wild's top weapon | |
| 52 | Ryan O'Reilly, STL | ||
| 53 | Brayden Schenn, STL | ||
| 54 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM | ||
| 55 | Dylan Larkin, DET | ||
| 56 | Brock Boeser, VAN | ||
| 57 | Vladimir Tarasenko, STL | When he's healthy, he's elite | |
| 58 | Brady Tkachuk, OTT | ||
| 59 | Bo Horvat, VAN | ||
| 60 | Kevin Fiala, MIN | ||
| 61 | Jakub Voracek, PHI | ||
| 62 | Teuvo Teravainen, CAR | ||
| 63 | Jonathan Marchessault, VGK | ||
| 64 | Jamie Benn, DAL | ||
| 65 | David Perron, STL | ||
| 66 | Vincent Trocheck, CAR | ||
| 67 | Jack Hughes, NJ | ||
| 68 | Travis Konecny, PHI | ||
| 69 | Timo Meier, SJ | UP | Young power forward continues to make strides |
| 70 | Pierre-Luc Dubois, WPG | ||
| 71 | Nazem Kadri, COL | Putting together a nice bounceback season | |
| 72 | Nick Suzuki, MTL | ||
| 73 | Mike Hoffman, STL | ||
| 74 | Clayton Keller, AZ | ||
| 75 | Tyler Toffoli, MTL | ||
| 76 | Rickard Rakell, ANH | ||
| 77 | Logan Couture, SJ | ||
| 78 | Bryan Rust, PIT | ||
| 79 | Joe Pavelski, DAL | ||
| 80 | William Karlsson, VGK | ||
| 81 | Brendan Gallagher, MTL | ||
| 82 | Alexander Radulov, DAL | ||
| 83 | Reilly Smith, VGK | ||
| 84 | T.J. Oshie, WAS | ||
| 85 | Sam Reinhart, BUF | ||
| 86 | Nico Hischier, NJ | ||
| 87 | Jakub Vrana, WAS | ||
| 88 | Kailer Yamamoto, EDM | ||
| 89 | Dominik Kubalik, CHI | ||
| 90 | Pavel Buchnevich, NYR | ||
| 91 | Tomas Hertl, SJ | ||
| 92 | Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ | ||
| 93 | James van Riemsdyk, PHI | ||
| 94 | Victor Olofsson, BUF | ||
| 95 | Cam Atkinson, CBJ | ||
| 96 | Tim Stutzle, OTT | ||
| 97 | Tomas Tatar, MTL | ||
| 98 | Alexis Lafreniere, NYR | ||
| 99 | Anders Lee, NYI | ||
| 100 | Viktor Arvidsson, NAS | ||
| ON THE BUBBLE (NOT ORDERED/MAINTAINED) | |||
| Anthony Cirelli, TB | |||
| Matt Duchene, NAS | |||
| Anthony Mantha, DET | |||
| Jonathan Drouin, MTL | |||
| Evgenii Dadonov, OTT | |||
| Jaden Schwartz, STL | |||
| Jonathan Toews, CHI | |||
| Andrei Burakovsky, COL | |||
| Dennis Gurianov, DAL | |||
| Ondrej Palat, TB | |||
| Evander Kane, SJ | |||
| Tom Wilson, WAS | |||
| Mikael Granlund, NAS | |||
| Max Domi, CBJ | |||
| Phil Kessel, AZ | |||
| Ryan Johansen, NAS | |||
| Kyle Palmieri, NJ | |||
| Nikita Gusev | |||
| Nick Schmaltz, AZ | |||
| Kaapo Kakko, NYR | |||
| Jeff Skinner, BUF | |||
| Ryan Getzlaf, ANH | |||
| Yanni Gourde, TB | |||
| Josh Bailey, NYI | |||
| Kevin Hayes, PHI | |||
| Alex Galchenyuk, OTT | |||
| Eric Staal, BUF | |||
| Jordan Eberle, NYI | |||
| Wayne Simmonds, TOR | |||
| Kyle Turris, EDM | |||
| Derek Stepan, OTT | |||
| Jeff Carter, LA | |||
| Mats Zuccarello, MIN | |||
| Nolan Patrick, PHI | |||
| Tyler Johnson, TB | |||
| Jake DeBrusk, BOS | |||
| Ilya Kovalchuk, | |||
| Jason Zucker, PIT | |||
| Zach Parise, MIN | |||
| Patric Hornqvist, FLA | |||
| James Neal, EDM | |||
| Jakob Silvferberg, ANH | |||
| Chris Kreider, NYR | |||
| Gustav Nyquist, CBJ | |||
| Casey Mittelstadt, BUF | |||
| Kasperi Kapanen, PIT | |||
| Erik Haula, | |||
| Nino Niederreiter, CAR | |||
| Craig Smith, BOS | |||
| Paul Stastny, WPG | |||
| Patrick Marleau, SJ | |||
| Vladislav Namestnikov, COL | |||
| Corey Perry, MTL | |||
| David Krejci, BOS | |||
| Marcus Johansson, MIN | |||
| Joe Thornton, TOR | |||
| Brandon Saad, COL | |||
| Danton Heinen, ANH | |||
| Nick Foligno, CBJ | |||
| Robby Fabbri, STL | |||
| Zach Hyman, TOR | |||
| Conor Sheary, BUF | |||
| Alex Killorn, TB | |||
| David Backes, BOS | |||
| Patrick Maroon, STL | |||
| Josh Anderson, CBJ | |||
| Bobby Ryan, DET | |||
| Valeri Nichushkin, DAL | |||
| Jason Spezza, DAL | |||
| Arturri Lehkonen, MTL | |||
| Filip Zadina, DET | |||