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+) · 229 players. Show everyone

Cale Makar

Colorado Avalanche · D

100.0+0.30

Evan Bouchard

Edmonton Oilers · D

99.6+0.29

Moritz Seider

Detroit Red Wings · D

99.1+0.24

#	Player	Team	Games	Points	Per game	Per 60	Grade
1	Cale MakarD · COL	Avalanche	75	79	+0.30	+0.82	100.0
2	Evan BouchardD · EDM	Oilers	82	95	+0.29	+0.72	99.6
3	Moritz SeiderD · DET	Red Wings	82	60	+0.24	+0.58	99.1
4	Lane HutsonD · MTL	Canadiens	82	78	+0.23	+0.62	98.7
5	Darren RaddyshD · TBL	Lightning	73	70	+0.22	+0.69	98.2
6	Zach WerenskiD · CBJ	Blue Jackets	75	81	+0.22	+0.56	97.8
7	Rasmus DahlinD · BUF	Sabres	77	74	+0.21	+0.58	97.4
8	Miro HeiskanenD · DAL	Stars	77	63	+0.21	+0.55	96.9
9	Jakob ChychrunD · WSH	Capitals	80	60	+0.20	+0.56	96.5
10	Quinn HughesD · MIN	Wild	74	76	+0.20	+0.51	96.1
11	Matthew SchaeferD · NYI	Islanders	82	59	+0.20	+0.51	95.6
12	Brandt ClarkeD · LAK	Kings	82	40	+0.19	+0.61	95.2
13	Jake SandersonD · OTT	Senators	67	54	+0.19	+0.59	94.7
14	Jackson LaCombeD · ANA	Ducks	82	58	+0.18	+0.48	94.3
15	Charlie McAvoyD · BOS	Bruins	69	61	+0.18	+0.55	93.9
16	Erik KarlssonD · PIT	Penguins	75	66	+0.18	+0.53	93.4
17	John CarlsonD · ANA	Ducks	71	60	+0.18	+0.56	93.0
18	Shayne GostisbehereD · CAR	Hurricanes	55	50	+0.15	+0.74	92.5
19	Sam MalinskiD · COL	Avalanche	82	40	+0.15	+0.54	92.1
20	Adam FoxD · NYR	Rangers	55	53	+0.15	+0.59	91.7
21	Mikhail SergachevD · UTA	Mammoth	78	59	+0.15	+0.42	91.2
22	Rasmus AnderssonD · VGK	Golden Knights	81	47	+0.14	+0.39	90.8
23	Josh MorrisseyD · WPG	Jets	77	55	+0.14	+0.38	90.4
24	Roman JosiD · NSH	Predators	68	55	+0.13	+0.41	89.9
25	Sean WalkerD · CAR	Hurricanes	81	31	+0.12	+0.35	89.5
26	Alexander NikishinD · CAR	Hurricanes	81	33	+0.12	+0.42	89.0
27	Noah DobsonD · MTL	Canadiens	80	47	+0.12	+0.34	88.6
28	Shea TheodoreD · VGK	Golden Knights	70	39	+0.11	+0.35	88.2
29	Dougie HamiltonD · NJD	Devils	77	39	+0.10	+0.33	87.7
30	K'Andre MillerD · CAR	Hurricanes	72	37	+0.10	+0.34	87.3
31	Josh MansonD · COL	Avalanche	79	31	+0.10	+0.38	86.8
32	Vince DunnD · SEA	Kraken	81	44	+0.10	+0.31	86.4
33	Brock FaberD · MIN	Wild	80	51	+0.10	+0.27	86.0
34	Devon ToewsD · COL	Avalanche	68	24	+0.10	+0.34	85.5
35	Brent BurnsD · COL	Avalanche	82	35	+0.09	+0.33	85.1
36	Thomas HarleyD · DAL	Stars	70	36	+0.09	+0.31	84.6
37	Seth JonesD · FLA	Panthers	52	32	+0.09	+0.39	84.2
38	Mattias EkholmD · EDM	Oilers	82	41	+0.09	+0.29	83.8
39	Luke HughesD · NJD	Devils	68	35	+0.09	+0.29	83.3
40	Thomas ChabotD · OTT	Senators	57	31	+0.08	+0.34	82.9
41	Jordan SpenceD · OTT	Senators	73	31	+0.08	+0.32	82.5
42	J.J. MoserD · TBL	Lightning	79	29	+0.08	+0.25	82.0
43	Brandon MontourD · SEA	Kraken	64	32	+0.08	+0.29	81.6
44	Travis SanheimD · PHI	Flyers	81	37	+0.08	+0.21	81.1
45	Esa LindellD · DAL	Stars	82	32	+0.07	+0.22	80.7
46	Filip HronekD · VAN	Canucks	82	49	+0.07	+0.20	80.3
47	Damon SeversonD · CBJ	Blue Jackets	71	32	+0.07	+0.27	79.8
48	Justin FaulkD · DET	Red Wings	78	40	+0.07	+0.23	79.4
49	Cam YorkD · PHI	Flyers	74	26	+0.07	+0.24	78.9
50	Tony DeAngeloD · NYI	Islanders	76	35	+0.07	+0.26	78.5

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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.