2023 Fantasy Hockey Forwards Rankings Intro

The 2023 Fantasy Hockey Goalies Rankings and the Fantasy Hockey Defensemen Rankings have already been dropped, so we at Fantrax present the final rankings for the top 150fantasy hockey forwards. While some leagues split forwards up into left-wingers, centermen, and right-wingers, many players have dual eligibility.

Every fantasy hockey manager will roster more forwards than any other position. They are the main point producers and generally fill four of the five spots on any team’s top power-play unit. You will see the odd exception on defense, but for the most part, forwards are who you are targeting in your fantasy hockey drafts and on the waiver wire to get your team points.

While some forwards can do it all, this tends to get them ranked higher because of the overall fantasy value. Players like the Tkachuk brothers and Alex Ovechkin will score, produce points, always play on the top power play, and hit. Some of these types of players are good to have. But you will likely be sacrificing a higher pick to acquire this type of overall player. There is more potential to find diamonds in the rough at forward as there are four lines, many different line combinations, and more chances for players to get opportunities.

Depending on how you want to build your lineup, you can draft some highly skilled point producers later than where you would think they should go. This will be because of the soft, skilled game they play. But these players are also worth having. You can always make up physicality and toughness elsewhere in the lineup or with a select few players. There is lots of talent to choose from. While it’s okay to miss on a few players, make sure you hit on more and you’ll be fine. The waiver wire is always producing great long-term and streaming options at forward.

Meet the Rankers

Brandon Altomonte = BA
Michael DeRosa = MD
Logan Doyle = LD
Rob Couch = RC

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Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings

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Cons. Rnk	Player	Team	Positions	BA	MD	LD	RC
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	C,F	1	1	1	1
2	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C,LW	2	2	2	3
3	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	3	3	5	2
4	Auston Matthews	TOR	C,F	4	4	4	10
5	Nikita Kucherov	TB	RW	5	7	7	4
6	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW,F	6	6	6	6
7	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	8	8	8	7
8	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	LW,F	10	5	13	5
9	Mikko Rantanen	COL	RW,F	7	10	9	8
10	Jack Hughes	NJ	C	9	9	11	9
11	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	LW	11	16	3	14
12	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	12	11	12	11
13	Tage Thompson	BUF	RW	15	12	10	13
14	Elias Pettersson	VAN	C	14	14	14	12
15	Mitch Marner	TOR	RW,F	13	15	15	17
16	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C,F	17	13	16	16
17	Steven Stamkos	TB	C,F	21	17	20	18
18	Tim Stutzle	OTT	C,LW	16	19	27	19
19	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW,F	23	20	19	22
20	Brayden Point	TB	C,F	19	18	35	15
21	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	C	18	24	23	26
22	Jack Eichel	VGK	C,F	25	22	25	23
23	Artemi Panarin	NYR	LW,F	22	21	34	20
24	Sebastian Aho	CAR	C	27	27	22	27
25	Aleksander Barkov Jr.	FLA	C,F	20	29	28	28
26	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW,F	32	23	30	21
27	Timo Meier	NJ	LW,RW	26	31	21	31
28	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW,RW	29	28	31	24
29	J.T. Miller	VAN	LW,RW	30	33	18	34
30	William Nylander	TOR	C,RW,F	28	25	33	29
31	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	LW,C	33	36	17	38
32	Clayton Keller	ARI	LW,RW	38	26	37	25
33	Roope Hintz	DAL	LW	24	45	24	45
34	Kevin Fiala	LA	LW,F	31	32	47	33
35	Nico Hischier	NJ	C	36	41	38	36
36	Dylan Larkin	DET	C	39	37	44	32
37	Brad Marchand	BOS	LW,F	34	39	29	51
38	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	C,F	42	30	53	30
39	Jesper Bratt	NJ	RW	40	35	36	53
40	John Tavares	TOR	C,F	35	34	52	44
41	Zach Hyman	EDM	C,F	41	38	48	39
42	Johnny Gaudreau	CBJ	LW,F	45	40	42	41
43	Jordan Kyrou	STL	C	52	49	43	43
44	Claude Giroux	OTT	LW,C,RW	56	46	40	47
45	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY	LW,F	43	50	45	55
46	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C,F	46	44	55	48
47	Jake Guentzel	PIT	LW,RW	47	43	49	56
48	Matt Boldy	MIN	LW	37	54	58	50
49	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW,RW	44	53	50	62
50	Joe Pavelski	DAL	C,RW,F	50	51	59	52
51	Elias Lindholm	CGY	C,RW,F	54	59	41	59
52	Pierre-Luc Dubois	LA	C	71	72	26	54
53	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW,F	55	55	39	75
54	Martin Necas	CAR	C	66	52	67	42
55	Evander Kane	EDM	LW,F	49	69	32	80
56	Anze Kopitar	LA	C,F	61	56	51	68
57	Pavel Buchnevich	STL	LW,F	60	62	54	63
58	Brock Nelson	NYI	C,LW	75	57	70	40
59	Adrian Kempe	LA	LW	65	47	87	46
60	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	NA	58	65	63	65
61	Jeff Skinner	BUF	C,LW	74	76	66	37
62	Jamie Benn	DAL	C,LW	69	60	72	57
63	Vladimir Tarasenko	OTT	RW,F	62	58	81	58
64	Cole Caufield	MTL	RW,F	68	61	79	60
65	Tyler Toffoli	NJ	C,RW,F	76	48	102	49
66	Trevor Zegras	ANA	C	73	64	61	83
67	Sam Reinhart	FLA	C,RW,F	57	79	84	73
68	Dylan Cozens	BUF	C	79	84	65	67
69	Mark Stone	VGK	RW,F	77	77	56	88
70	Jared McCann	SEA	C,F	82	66	88	64
71	Patrik Laine	CBJ	LW,RW	80	75	71	77
72	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK	C,LW	51	71	105	76
73	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	101	81	57	66
74	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	C	63	82	103	61
75	Chris Kreider	NYR	LW,F	53	109	46	102
76	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	LW,RW,F	90	74	62	89
77	Travis Konecny	PHI	RW	88	87	68	74
78	Matty Beniers	SEA	C	78	88	73	85
79	Mats Zuccarello	MIN	RW,F	81	89	85	72
80	Andrei Kuzmenko	VAN	LW	70	85	93	79
81	Nick Schmaltz	ARI	C,F	84	67	109	71
82	Vincent Trocheck	NYR	C,F	67	96	76	93
83	Nazem Kadri	CGY	C,F	87	80	64	103
84	Drake Batherson	OTT	C	83	98	60	94
85	Alex Tuch	BUF	RW	59	42	NR	35
86	Troy Terry	ANA	RW	106	73	83	82
87	Tomas Hertl	SJ	C,LW	97	90	77	84
88	Bo Horvat	NYI	C,F	72	78	111	90
89	Tyler Bertuzzi	TOR	LW	96	86	100	70
90	Josh Norris	OTT	C	89	105	78	87
91	Robert Thomas	STL	C	107	70	69	123
92	Valeri Nichushkin	COL	RW,F	85	112	75	98
93	Brandon Hagel	TB	LW	93	108	94	81
94	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	LW,RW	100	83	98	100
95	Lucas Raymond	DET	LW	112	95	74	111
96	Mathew Barzal	NYI	C,F	64	63	NR	69
97	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WSH	C,F	86	99	99	113
98	Ivan Barbashev	VGK	C,LW	94	103	123	78
99	Connor Bedard	CHI		48	68	NR	86
100	Rickard Rakell	PIT	LW, RW	92	107	112	95
101	Seth Jarvis	CAR	C	99	115	82	114
102	Michael Bunting	CAR	LW	113	91	117	91
103	Patrick Kane	NYR	RW,F	132	94	97	97
104	Dawson Mercer	NJ	RW	109	101	113	99
105	Chandler Stephenson	VGK	C,F	95	117	108	106
106	Sam Bennett	FLA	C,F	133	93	92	110
107	Pavel Zacha	BOS	C,F	91	104	132	101
108	Blake Wheeler	NYR	RW,F	98	100	104	127
109	Bryan Rust	PIT	LW,RW	105	106	140	92
110	Logan Couture	SJ	C,F	103	102	122	118
111	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	LW	102	114	119	116
112	Brock Boeser	VAN	RW	130	97	124	109
113	Taylor Hall	CHI	LW,F	115	111	118	120
114	Matt Duchene	DAL	C,F	129	92	120	125
115	Tom Wilson	WSH	RW,F	117	134	80	138
116	Anton Lundell	FLA	C	142	125	89	132
117	Boone Jenner	CBJ	C,LW,F	137	123	114	115
118	Anders Lee	NYI	LW	141	116	127	107
119	Barrett Hayton	ARI	C	118	145	95	141
120	Ryan O'Reilly	NSH	C	108	118	142	139
121	Viktor Arvidsson	LA	LW,RW	104	110	NR	96
122	Tyler Seguin	DAL	C,F	143	148	90	129
123	Andre Burakovsky	SEA	LW,F	114	120	138	144
124	Dylan Strome	WSH	C,F	139	121	130	126
125	Mason McTavish	ANA	C	NR	113	101	108
126	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG	C	146	127	137	117
127	Ryan Hartman	MIN	RW,F	138	NR	91	105
128	Reilly Smith	PIT	RW,F	148	126	135	130
129	David Perron	DET	LW,RW,F	135	NR	115	112
130	Brayden Schenn	STL	C,LW,F	111	NR	129	124
131	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C	119	NR	126	121
132	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR	LW,RW,F	134	147	86	NR
133	Kent Johnson	CBJ	C	149	146	148	136
134	Phillip Danault	LA	C,F	116	133	NR	133
135	Kirby Dach	MTL	C	NR	122	133	128
136	Kevin Hayes	STL	C	NR	144	106	135
137	Jordan Eberle	SEA	RW,F	144	NR	141	104
138	Cole Perfetti	WPG	C	147	142	131	NR
139	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR	LW	NR	119	107	NR
140	Ryan Johansen	COL	C,F	110	NR	121	NR
141	Yanni Gourde	SEA	LW,F	121	NR	110	NR
142	Filip Chytil	NYR	LW	NR	143	96	NR
143	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF	C	120	NR	NR	122
144	Mikael Backlund	CGY	C,F	NR	130	NR	119
145	Alex Killorn	ANA	C,LW,F	NR	124	NR	131
146	Owen Tippett	PHI	RW	NR	129	NR	134
147	T.J. Oshie	WSH	RW,F	NR	138	128	NR
148	Max Domi	TOR	C,LW	122	NR	NR	149
149	Morgan Frost	PHI	C	NR	132	NR	140
150	Adam Fantilli	CBJ		NR	139	NR	137
151	Max Pacioretty	WSH	LW,F	150	128	NR	NR
152	Jason Zucker	ARI	LW,RW	NR	NR	136	142
153	Logan Cooley	ARI		131	NR	NR	147
154	Juraj Slafkovsky	MTL	LW	NR	137	143	NR
155	Ondrej Palat	NJ	LW,F	NR	136	144	NR
156	Sean Couturier	PHI	C,F	145	135	NR	NR
157	Jack Quinn	BUF	C	NR	131	149	NR
158	Tanner Jeannot	TB	LW	140	NR	145	NR
159	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	LW	136	NR	NR	150
160	Lawson Crouse	ARI	LW,F	NR	NR	116	NR
161	Anthony Cirelli	TB	C	123	NR	NR	NR
162	Evgenii Dadonov	DAL	LW,RW	124	NR	NR	NR
163	Eeli Tolvanen	SEA	LW	NR	NR	125	NR
164	Matias Maccelli	ARI	LW	125	NR	NR	NR
165	Lukas Reichel	CHI	LW	126	NR	NR	NR
166	Joel Farabee	PHI	LW	127	NR	NR	NR
167	Jaden Schwartz	SEA	LW,F	128	NR	NR	NR
168	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	C,F	NR	NR	134	NR
169	Mason Marchment	DAL	LW	NR	NR	139	NR
170	Ilya Mikheyev	VAN	RW	NR	140	NR	NR
171	Conor Garland	VAN	RW	NR	141	NR	NR
172	Matthew Knies	TOR	LW	NR	NR	NR	143
173	Dillon Dube	CGY	LW	NR	NR	NR	145
174	Ryan Strome	ANA	RW,F	NR	NR	146	NR
175	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	CAR	C	NR	NR	NR	146
176	J.T. Compher	DET	LW,F	NR	NR	147	NR
177	Kaapo Kakko	NYR	RW	NR	NR	NR	148
178	Jakub Vrana	STL	LW,RW,F	NR	149	NR	NR
179	Jack Roslovic	CBJ	C,F	NR	NR	150	NR
180	Evan Rodrigues	FLA	LW,RW	NR	150	NR	NR

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2023 Fantasy Hockey Draft Kit