2024-25 Fantasy Hockey Consensus Forward Rankings

We bring you the consensus forward rankings for the 2024-25 fantasy hockey season, just in time for the early puck drop in Europe.

Unsurprisingly, Connor McDavid, C, Edmonton Oilers, heads the rankings. As expected, there is minimal variance within the top five. Deciding between Nathan MacKinnon, C, Colorado Avalanche, versus Nikita Kucherov, RW, Tampa Bay Lightning, or Austin Matthews, C, Toronto Maple Leafs, boils down to which categories are most important – hits, shots, goals, or power-play points. If you value goals, you’ll rank Matthews a little bit higher. If you value power-play points, Kucherov might slide a bit higher.

The variance grows outside of the top five. Everyone values everyone differently. Favorites and biases come into play, for better or for worse. There are certain players you trust more than others. Likewise, certain players have burned you one too many times and that trust is gone.

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One thing that you’ll notice is how our writers value veterans and young players. It can be easy to write of an Evgeny Malkin, C, Pittsburgh Penguins. As soon as you do, he bounces back and delivers another point-per-game season. Likewise, folks held high expectations for Trever Zegras last year. Injuries derailed what was expected to be a breakout season for the budding star. This year, not everyone’s expectations are the same.

Remember, consensus rankings while based on trends, history, and analysis are opinions. A lot of unexpected things can happen over the next 184 days that will impact a player’s results. For certain players, there is little fantasy hockey consensus. This is what brings passion and excitement to fantasy hockey. How you value a player is important. What is more important is how you adjust that value in season.

Meet the Rankers

To conserve space the table below uses the initials of the analysts. They are as follows:

BA = Brandon Altomonte – @Brandon_Alto

LD = Logan Doyle – @doylelb4

SL = Spencer Lazary – @SpencerLazary23

Fantasy Hockey Consensus Forward Rankings for 2024-25

The Forward Rankings below are based on the following scoring categories: Goals, Assists, Power Play Points, Plus/Minus, Hits, and Shots on Goal.

Cons. Rnk	Player	Team	BA	LD	SL
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	1	1	1
2	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	2	2	3
3	Auston Matthews	TOR	4	4	2
4	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	3	5	4
5	Nikita Kucherov	TB	5	3	5
6	David Pastrnak	BOS	6	5	6
7	Mikko Rantanen	COL	7	7	8
8	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	8	6	9
9	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	9	8	10
10	Jack Hughes	NJ	10	11	11
11	J.T. Miller	VAN	12	10	15
12	Artemi Panarin	NYR	11	15	12
13	Sidney Crosby	PIT	14	19	7
14	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	13	9	23
15	Filip Forsberg	NSH	16	14	16
16	Elias Pettersson	VAN	15	13	19
17	William Nylander	TOR	17	16	14
18	Mitchell Marner	TOR	23	18	13
19	Connor Bedard	CHI	21	17	18
20	Jason Robertson	DAL	26	12	27
21	Jack Eichel	VGK	19	31	21
22	Aleksander Barkov Jr.	FLA	24	23	24
23	Tim Stutzle	OTT	25	21	25
24	Sam Reinhart	FLA	22	28	22
25	Brayden Point	TB	20	34	20
26	Sebastian Aho	CAR	18	41	17
27	Jake Guentzel	TB	28	20	28
28	Zach Hyman	EDM	27	27	26
29	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	32	24	32
30	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	31	29	31
31	Kyle Connor	WPG	29	36	29
32	Steven Stamkos	NSH	34	26	34
33	Adrian Kempe	LA	37	22	37
34	Tage Thompson	BUF	35	30	35
35	Vincent Trocheck	NYR	33	25	49
36	Jesper Bratt	NJ	36	42	36
37	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	39	36	39
38	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	49	32	33
39	Chris Kreider	NYR	30	57	30
40	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	38	43	38
41	Dylan Larkin	DET	43	38	43
42	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	41	49	41
43	Mathew Barzal	NYI	48	35	48
44	Seth Jarvis	CAR	47	39	47
45	Timo Meier	NJ	50	34	50
46	Roope Hintz	DAL	44	48	44
47	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	40	51	53
48	Brad Marchand	BOS	45	55	45
49	Brock Boeser	VAN	42	62	42
50	Jonathan Marchessault	NSH	46	59	46
51	Owen Tippett	PHI	54	45	54
52	Kevin Fiala	LA	51	54	51
53	Nico Hischier	NJ	53	63	40
54	Travis Konecny	PHI	63	35	63
55	Bo Horvat	NYI	59	50	59
56	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR	61	46	61
57	Cole Caufield	MTL	67	37	67
58	Robert Thomas	STL	57	60	57
59	Nick Suzuki	MTL	62	52	62
60	Tomas Hertl	VGK	58	65	58
61	Nazem Kadri	CGY	65	53	65
62	Brandon Hagel	TB	76	33	76
63	Mark Scheifele	WPG	55	76	55
64	Juraj Slafkovsky	MTL	60	70	60
65	Brock Nelson	NYI	66	58	66
66	Matt Boldy	MIN	68	56	68
67	Alex DeBrincat	DET	69	61	69
68	Anze Kopitar	LA	72	64	72
69	Pavel Buchnevich	STL	81	47	81
70	John Tavares	TOR	64	82	64
71	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	75	66	75
72	Lucas Raymond	DET	74	69	74
73	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	73	75	73
74	Elias Lindholm	BOS	56	111	56
75	Trevor Zegras	ANA	95	40	88
76	Alex Tuch	BUF	71	85	71
77	Jordan Kyrou	STL	90	47	90
78	Jamie Benn	DAL	82	72	82
79	Jared McCann	SEA	83	71	83
80	Mark Stone	VGK	70	99	70
81	Drake Batherson	OTT	79	81	79
82	Patrick Kane	DET	77	86	77
83	Quinton Byfield	LA	91	68	91
84	Frank Vatrano	ANA	87	79	87
85	Mats Zuccarello	MIN	84	87	84
86	Dylan Cozens	BUF	89	80	89
87	Bryan Rust	PIT	80	103	80
88	Martin Necas	CAR	78	110	78
89	Ryan O'Reilly	NSH	86	94	86
90	Matvei Michkov	PHI	96	74	96
91	Logan Cooley	UTA	92	83	92
92	Claude Giroux	OTT	85	101	85
93	Matty Beniers	SEA	94	88	94
94	JJ Peterka	BUF	102	77	102
95	Macklin Celebrini	SJ	93	100	93
96	Matt Duchene	DAL	88	108	95
97	Clayton Keller	UTA	52	44	NR
98	Trevor Moore	LA	106	84	106
99	Logan Stankoven	DAL	100	107	100
100	Jeff Skinner	EDM	97	117	97
101	Leo Carlsson	ANA	104	105	104
102	Adam Fantilli	CBJ	101	112	101
103	Michael Bunting	PIT	111	92	111
104	William Karlsson	VGK	98	123	98
105	Pierre-Luc Dubois	WSH	113	95	113
106	Josh Norris	OTT	123	78	122
107	Sam Bennett	FLA	118	90	118
108	Vladimir Tarasenko	DET	105	121	105
109	Oliver Bjorkstrand	SEA	107	120	107
110	Dylan Guenther	UTA	108	119	108
111	Mason McTavish	ANA	119	104	119
112	Taylor Hall	CHI	112	120	112
113	Gustav Nyquist	NSH	110	125	110
114	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	114	118	114
115	Casey Mittelstadt	COL	99	NR	99
116	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	103	NR	103
117	Troy Terry	ANA	NR	89	124
118	Mason Marchment	DAL	109	NR	109
119	Boone Jenner	CBJ	120	106	NR
120	Teuvo Teravainen	CHI	115	NR	115
121	Conor Garland	VAN	116	NR	116
122	Tyler Seguin	DAL	117	NR	117
123	Pavel Zacha	BOS	121	NR	121
124	Matthew Knies	TOR	NR	122	120
125	Will Smith	SJ	124	NR	123
126	Rickard Rakell	PIT	NR	NR	52
127	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY	NR	91	NR
128	Artturi Lehkonen	COL	NR	93	NR
129	Eeli Tolvanen	SEA	NR	98	NR
130	Cole Perfetti	WPG	NR	113	NR
131	Tom Wilson	WSH	NR	114	NR
132	Marco Rossi	MIN	NR	115	NR
133	Sean Monahan	CBJ	NR	116	NR
134	Gabriel Vilardi	WPG	122	NR	NR
135	Jake Neighbours	STL	NR	123	NR
136	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ	NR	124	NR
137	Jake Neighbours	STL	NR	123	NR
138	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ	NR	124	NR

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