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 quarter of his team's games started (5+) · 59 players. Show everyone

Logan Thompson

Washington Capitals · G

100.0+0.36

Scott Wedgewood

Colorado Avalanche · G

98.3+0.33

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Tampa Bay Lightning · G

96.6+0.33

#	Player	Team	Starts	SV%	Per game	vs avg	Grade
1	Logan ThompsonG · WSH	Capitals	57	.912	+0.36	+0.014	100.0
2	Scott WedgewoodG · COL	Avalanche	41	.921	+0.33	+0.020	98.3
3	Andrei VasilevskiyG · TBL	Lightning	57	.911	+0.33	+0.013	96.6
4	Igor ShesterkinG · NYR	Rangers	50	.912	+0.32	+0.013	94.8
5	Jet GreavesG · CBJ	Blue Jackets	54	.908	+0.29	+0.010	93.1
6	Jeremy SwaymanG · BOS	Bruins	53	.907	+0.28	+0.010	91.4
7	Ilya SorokinG · NYI	Islanders	54	.906	+0.26	+0.009	89.7
8	Jesper WallstedtG · MIN	Wild	33	.915	+0.24	+0.014	87.9
9	Joel HoferG · STL	Blues	43	.909	+0.24	+0.011	86.2
10	Dan VladarG · PHI	Flyers	49	.906	+0.21	+0.008	84.5
11	Spencer KnightG · CHI	Blackhawks	54	.902	+0.20	+0.005	82.8
12	Filip GustavssonG · MIN	Wild	49	.903	+0.20	+0.006	81.0
13	John GibsonG · DET	Red Wings	51	.902	+0.19	+0.005	79.3
14	Anton ForsbergG · LAK	Kings	33	.909	+0.17	+0.010	77.6
15	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG · BUF	Sabres	34	.909	+0.17	+0.009	75.9
16	Alex LyonG · BUF	Sabres	33	.906	+0.15	+0.008	74.1
17	Philipp GrubauerG · SEA	Kraken	28	.909	+0.15	+0.009	72.4
18	Devin CooleyG · CGY	Flames	27	.909	+0.15	+0.010	70.7
19	Dustin WolfG · CGY	Flames	51	.899	+0.15	+0.003	69.0
20	Jakub DobesG · MTL	Canadiens	41	.901	+0.14	+0.005	67.2
21	Jake OettingerG · DAL	Stars	52	.899	+0.14	+0.003	65.5
22	Jake AllenG · NJD	Devils	37	.903	+0.14	+0.006	63.8
23	Mackenzie BlackwoodG · COL	Avalanche	35	.903	+0.12	+0.006	62.1
24	Joseph WollG · TOR	Maple Leafs	36	.899	+0.12	+0.003	60.3
25	Casey DeSmithG · DAL	Stars	28	.907	+0.12	+0.007	58.6
26	Karel VejmelkaG · UTA	Mammoth	62	.896	+0.11	+0.000	56.9
27	Justus AnnunenG · NSH	Predators	23	.906	+0.10	+0.007	55.2
28	Connor HellebuyckG · WPG	Jets	57	.896	+0.10	+0.000	53.4
29	Joey DaccordG · SEA	Kraken	43	.896	+0.09	+0.000	51.7
30	Juuse SarosG · NSH	Predators	55	.894	+0.08	−0.001	50.0
31	Alex NedeljkovicG · SJS	Sharks	37	.896	+0.07	+0.000	48.3
32	Connor IngramG · EDM	Oilers	28	.899	+0.07	+0.002	46.6
33	Daniil TarasovG · FLA	Panthers	31	.895	+0.05	−0.000	44.8
34	Joonas KorpisaloG · BOS	Bruins	27	.894	+0.04	−0.001	43.1
35	Brandon BussiG · CAR	Hurricanes	39	.894	+0.04	−0.001	41.4
36	David RittichG · NYI	Islanders	27	.894	+0.04	−0.001	39.7
37	Akira SchmidG · VGK	Golden Knights	32	.893	+0.03	−0.002	37.9
38	Anthony StolarzG · TOR	Maple Leafs	22	.893	+0.03	−0.002	36.2
39	Darcy KuemperG · LAK	Kings	46	.891	+0.03	−0.003	34.5
40	Jonathan QuickG · NYR	Rangers	23	.891	+0.02	−0.003	32.8
41	Linus UllmarkG · OTT	Senators	47	.891	+0.02	−0.004	31.0
42	Eric ComrieG · WPG	Jets	22	.890	+0.01	−0.004	29.3
43	Arturs SilovsG · PIT	Penguins	36	.888	−0.01	−0.006	27.6
44	Stuart SkinnerG · PIT	Penguins	48	.888	−0.02	−0.006	25.9
45	Lukas DostalG · ANA	Ducks	53	.888	−0.02	−0.006	24.1
46	Jonas JohanssonG · TBL	Lightning	23	.884	−0.02	−0.008	22.4
47	Cam TalbotG · DET	Red Wings	26	.883	−0.03	−0.008	20.7
48	Elvis MerzlikinsG · CBJ	Blue Jackets	27	.883	−0.04	−0.009	19.0
49	Tristan JarryG · EDM	Oilers	27	.882	−0.04	−0.009	17.2
50	Arvid SoderblomG · CHI	Blackhawks	24	.880	−0.05	−0.011	15.5

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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.