NHL.com identifies fantasy hockey draft rankings tiers for the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Tier 1

Nathan MacKinnon, COL

Connor McDavid, EDM

Tier 2

Leon Draisaitl, EDM

Nikita Kucherov, TBL

Kirill Kaprizov, MIN

Brady Tkachuk, OTT

David Pastrnak, BOS

Mikko Rantanen, DAL

Jack Eichel, VGK

Auston Matthews, TOR

Kyle Connor, WPG

Tier 3

Sidney Crosby, PIT

Sam Reinhart, FLA

William Nylander, TOR

Jack Hughes, NJD

Mitch Marner, VGK

Brayden Point, TBL

Alex Ovechkin, WSH

Tier 4

Nick Suzuki, MTL

Artemi Panarin, NYR

Filip Forsberg, NSH

Jake Guentzel, TBL

Clayton Keller, UTA

Martin Necas, COL

Mark Scheifele, WPG

Tage Thompson, BUF

Tier 5

Macklin Celebrini, SJS

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