NHL Player Grades — Season Leaderboard

Showing 2025-26's final grades. 2026-27 grades take over here once players have played 10 games.

Forwards Defensemen Goalies

Qualified: a third of his team's games (10+) · 452 players. Show everyone

Connor McDavid

Edmonton Oilers · C

100.0+0.36

Nathan MacKinnon

Colorado Avalanche · C

99.8+0.34

Nikita Kucherov

Tampa Bay Lightning · RW

99.6+0.32

#	Player	Team	Games	Points	Per game	Per 60	Grade
1	Connor McDavidC · EDM	Oilers	82	138	+0.36	+1.12	100.0
2	Nathan MacKinnonC · COL	Avalanche	80	127	+0.34	+1.12	99.8
3	Nikita KucherovRW · TBL	Lightning	76	130	+0.32	+1.21	99.6
4	Jason RobertsonLW · DAL	Stars	82	96	+0.29	+1.04	99.3
5	David PastrnakRW · BOS	Bruins	77	100	+0.27	+1.03	99.1
6	Martin NecasC · COL	Avalanche	78	100	+0.26	+0.93	98.9
7	Alex DeBrincatRW · DET	Red Wings	82	85	+0.25	+1.00	98.7
8	Cole CaufieldRW · MTL	Canadiens	81	88	+0.25	+1.02	98.4
9	Macklin CelebriniC · SJS	Sharks	82	115	+0.25	+0.88	98.2
10	Clayton KellerRW · UTA	Mammoth	82	88	+0.25	+0.95	98.0
11	Matt BoldyLW · MIN	Wild	76	85	+0.23	+0.92	97.8
12	Mitch MarnerRW · VGK	Golden Knights	81	80	+0.23	+0.89	97.6
13	Brandon HagelLW · TBL	Lightning	71	74	+0.23	+0.99	97.3
14	Mark StoneRW · VGK	Golden Knights	60	73	+0.23	+1.16	97.1
15	Jake GuentzelC · TBL	Lightning	81	88	+0.23	+0.86	96.9
16	Nick SuzukiC · MTL	Canadiens	82	101	+0.23	+0.83	96.7
17	Brady TkachukLW · OTT	Senators	60	59	+0.22	+1.24	96.5
18	Kirill KaprizovLW · MIN	Wild	78	89	+0.22	+0.80	96.2
19	Pavel DorofeyevRW · VGK	Golden Knights	82	64	+0.21	+0.91	96.0
20	Mikko RantanenRW · DAL	Stars	64	77	+0.21	+0.99	95.8
21	Seth JarvisC · CAR	Hurricanes	71	66	+0.21	+0.94	95.6
22	Jack EichelC · VGK	Golden Knights	74	90	+0.21	+0.83	95.3
23	Leon DraisaitlC · EDM	Oilers	65	97	+0.20	+0.89	95.1
24	Andrei SvechnikovRW · CAR	Hurricanes	79	70	+0.20	+0.91	94.9
25	Filip ForsbergLW · NSH	Predators	82	75	+0.20	+0.81	94.7
26	Wyatt JohnstonC · DAL	Stars	82	86	+0.20	+0.77	94.5
27	Nikolaj EhlersLW · CAR	Hurricanes	82	71	+0.20	+0.89	94.2
28	Dylan GuentherRW · UTA	Mammoth	79	73	+0.19	+0.87	94.0
29	Juraj SlafkovskýLW · MTL	Canadiens	82	73	+0.19	+0.81	93.8
30	Nick SchmaltzC · UTA	Mammoth	82	74	+0.19	+0.76	93.6
31	Lucas RaymondLW · DET	Red Wings	80	76	+0.19	+0.80	93.3
32	Kirill MarchenkoRW · CBJ	Blue Jackets	76	67	+0.19	+0.82	93.1
33	Tage ThompsonC · BUF	Sabres	81	81	+0.19	+0.77	92.9
34	Alex OvechkinLW · WSH	Capitals	82	64	+0.19	+0.82	92.7
35	Tim StützleC · OTT	Senators	80	83	+0.19	+0.75	92.5
36	Jack HughesC · NJD	Devils	61	77	+0.18	+0.87	92.2
37	Tomas HertlC · VGK	Golden Knights	82	58	+0.18	+0.82	92.0
38	Sebastian AhoC · CAR	Hurricanes	79	80	+0.18	+0.75	91.8
39	Adrian KempeRW · LAK	Kings	81	73	+0.18	+0.74	91.6
40	Artemi PanarinLW · LAK	Kings	78	84	+0.18	+0.72	91.4
41	Kyle ConnorLW · WPG	Jets	82	92	+0.18	+0.67	91.1
42	Drake BathersonRW · OTT	Senators	79	71	+0.18	+0.81	90.9
43	Mathew BarzalC · NYI	Islanders	81	72	+0.17	+0.69	90.7
44	Tom WilsonRW · WSH	Capitals	72	62	+0.17	+0.78	90.5
45	Jackson BlakeRW · CAR	Hurricanes	81	53	+0.17	+0.80	90.2
46	Sam ReinhartC · FLA	Panthers	64	61	+0.17	+0.79	90.0
47	Jesper BrattLW · NJD	Devils	82	71	+0.16	+0.70	89.8
48	Ryan O'ReillyC · NSH	Predators	81	74	+0.16	+0.66	89.6
49	Dylan CozensC · OTT	Senators	82	59	+0.16	+0.75	89.4
50	Zach HymanLW · EDM	Oilers	58	52	+0.16	+0.85	89.1

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How NHL grades work

An NHL skater grade measures the goals a player adds over a replacement-level player. It counts what shows up on the score sheet (goals, assists, shots, blocks, takeaways, penalties drawn) and what doesn't: the quality of his own shots, and the scoring chances his team creates and allows while he's on the ice, from our expected-goals model. Each piece is weighted by how much it actually decides games, fitted on four seasons of results.

Season grades rank the goals a player adds per team game, against this season's forwards or defensemen with a third of their team's games played. Playing time counts: a strong third-liner adds less than a strong first-liner. Early in the season each player starts from last season's rate, which gives way as his minutes build up.
Game grades rank that game against every game last season (forwards with 10+ minutes, defensemen 12+), so a 90 means the same on any night.
Goalies are graded on goals saved above an average goalie: saves beyond what league-average save percentage would make on the same shots.

How we know it works: on seasons it was never fitted to, our skater value predicted game results better than Game Score, the formula most hockey analysts use (0.290 vs 0.279 correlation with goal margin, a gap larger than chance). We're testing it again, live, this season, and will publish the result at the All-Star break. Goalies: a shot-quality version (goals saved above expected) lost to plain save percentage in our tests, so we use save percentage.