Our first in-season look at the top 100 forwards in fantasy hockey. On the right hand side you'll see each player's previous ranking as well as the number of spots they moved up or down.
Our fantasy hockey forward rankings are for the next 2 to 3 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Because fantasy league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production.
| RANK | PLAYER | NOTES | PVS. | CHG. | AGE |
| TIER 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | Connor McDavid, EDM | | 1 | 0 | 21.7 |
| TIER 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby, PIT | | 2 | 0 | 31.2 |
| 3 | Nikita Kucherov, TB | | 3 | 0 | 25.3 |
| 4 | Nathan MacKinnon, COL | Picking up right where he left off. | 4 | 0 | 23.1 |
| TIER 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Auston Matthews, TOR | Forcing his way up the list with a scorching start. | 8 | 3 | 21.1 |
| 6 | John Tavares, TOR | Slotting in nicely with Toronto's talent up front. | 6 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 7 | Tyler Seguin, DAL | | 5 | -2 | 26.7 |
| 8 | Evgeni Malkin, PIT | | 7 | -1 | 32.2 |
| 9 | Johnny Gaudreau, CGY | | 9 | 0 | 25.2 |
| 10 | Jack Eichel, BUF | | 11 | 1 | 21.9 |
| 11 | Evgeny Kuznetsov, WAS | | 19 | 8 | 26.4 |
| 12 | Taylor Hall, NJ | | 12 | 0 | 26.9 |
| 13 | Alex Ovechkin, WAS | Some expected a Cup hangover. Doesn't look like it. | 13 | 0 | 33.1 |
| 14 | Mark Scheifele, WPG | | 10 | -4 | 25.6 |
| 15 | Jamie Benn, DAL | | 15 | 0 | 29.2 |
| 16 | Patrick Laine, WPG | | 14 | -2 | 20.5 |
| 17 | Brad Marchand, BOS | He'd be higher if he wasn't such a suspension risk. | 18 | 1 | 30.4 |
| 18 | Patrick Kane, CHI | Kane, Blackhawks off to a roaring start. | 17 | -1 | 29.9 |
| 19 | David Pastrnak, BOS | Human highlight reel is trending upwards. | 20 | 1 | 22.4 |
| 20 | Steven Stamkos, TB | | 16 | -4 | 28.7 |
| 21 | Blake Wheeler, WPG | | 21 | 0 | 32.1 |
| 22 | Artemi Panarin, CBJ | Might not be in Columbus by season's end. | 22 | 0 | 26.9 |
| 23 | Claude Giroux, PHI | | 23 | 0 | 30.7 |
| 24 | Phil Kessel, PIT | | 24 | 0 | 31.0 |
| 25 | Mitch Marner, TOR | Basically runs the Leafs' top powerplay. | 28 | 3 | 21.4 |
| 26 | Nicklas Backstrom, WAS | | 27 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 27 | Anze Kopitar, LA | | 25 | -2 | 31.1 |
| 28 | Vladimir Tarasenko, STL | Taking lots of shots; line still working on chemistry. | 26 | -2 | 26.8 |
| 29 | Mathew Barzal, NYI | Handling #1 C pressure well so far. | 32 | 3 | 21.4 |
| 30 | Mikko Rantanen, COL | Showing last year was no flash in the pan. | 33 | 3 | 21.9 |
| 31 | Jakub Voracek, PHI | | 30 | -1 | 29.1 |
| 32 | Leon Draisaitl, EDM | | 29 | -3 | 22.9 |
| 33 | Alexander Barkov, FLA | | 31 | -2 | 23.1 |
| 34 | Filip Forsberg, NAS | | 34 | 0 | 24.2 |
| 35 | Ryan Getzlaf, ANH | | 35 | 0 | 33.4 |
| TIER 4 | | | | | |
| 36 | Vincent Trocheck, FLA | | 36 | 0 | 25.2 |
| 37 | Alex Radulov, DAL | | 44 | 7 | 32.3 |
| 38 | Sean Monahan, CGY | | 38 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 39 | Brayden Schenn, STL | | 40 | 1 | 27.1 |
| 40 | Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA | | 42 | 2 | 25.3 |
| 41 | Clayton Keller, AZ | | 39 | -2 | 20.2 |
| 42 | Max Pacioretty, VGK | Like many of his teammates, off to slow start. | 41 | -1 | 29.9 |
| 43 | Patrice Bergeron, BOS | | 46 | 3 | 33.2 |
| 44 | William Karlsson, VGK | | 48 | 4 | 25.7 |
| 45 | Jonathan Marchessault,VGK | | 51 | 6 | 27.8 |
| 46 | Sebastian Aho, CAR | | 59 | 13 | 21.2 |
| 47 | William Nylander, TOR | Still no contract. Leafs scoring without him. | 43 | -4 | 22.4 |
| 48 | Joe Pavelski, SJ | | 45 | -3 | 34.2 |
| 49 | Logan Couture, SJ | | 47 | -2 | 29.5 |
| 50 | Mark Stone, OTT | | 50 | 0 | 26.4 |
| 51 | Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG | In a slump dating back to last season. | 37 | -14 | 22.6 |
| 52 | Jaden Schwartz, STL | | 49 | -3 | 26.3 |
| 53 | Brock Boeser, VAN | A little slow out of the gate. | 52 | -1 | 21.6 |
| 54 | Mikael Granlund, MIN | | 53 | -1 | 26.6 |
| 55 | Sean Couturier, PHI | | 54 | -1 | 25.8 |
| 56 | Rickard Rakell, ANH | | 56 | 0 | 25.4 |
| 57 | Gabriel Landeskog, COL | Life is good on the MacKinnon/Rantanen line. | 58 | 1 | 25.9 |
| 58 | Brayden Point, TB | Big upside, but steep competition for minutes. | 62 | 4 | 22.6 |
| 59 | Teuvo Teravainen, CAR | | 60 | 1 | 24.1 |
| 60 | James van Riemsdyk, PHI | Out a month or so. | 55 | -5 | 29.4 |
| 61 | Mike Hoffman, FLA | | 57 | -4 | 28.9 |
| 62 | Jeff Carter, LA | | 61 | -1 | 33.8 |
| 63 | Viktor Arvidsson, NAS | | 63 | 0 | 25.5 |
| TIER 5 | | | | | |
| 64 | Nico Hischier, NJ | | 64 | 0 | 19.8 |
| 65 | Ryan O'Reilly, STL | Still building chemistry with new teammates. | 66 | 1 | 27.7 |
| 66 | Anders Lee, NYI | | 68 | 2 | 28.3 |
| 67 | Kyle Palmieri, NJ | Part of a dynamic duo with Taylor Hall. | 73 | 6 | 27.7 |
| 68 | Jordan Eberle, NYI | | 65 | -3 | 28.4 |
| 69 | Kyle Connor, WPG | | 70 | 1 | 21.8 |
| 70 | Alex DeBrincat, CHI | | 75 | 5 | 20.8 |
| 71 | Alex Galchenyuk, AZ | Week to week with a LBI. | 67 | -4 | 24.6 |
| 72 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM | | 71 | -1 | 25.5 |
| 73 | Eric Staal, MIN | | 72 | -1 | 33.9 |
| 74 | Jeff Skinner, BUF | Still figuring it out in Buffalo. | 69 | -5 | 26.4 |
| 75 | Ryan Johansen, NAS | | 74 | -1 | 26.2 |
| 76 | Derek Stepan, AZ | | 76 | 0 | 28.3 |
| 77 | Dylan Larkin, DET | | 78 | 1 | 22.2 |
| 78 | Matt Duchene, OTT | | 79 | 1 | 27.7 |
| 79 | Elias Pettersson, VAN | So far, so good. Big upside here. | 97 | 18 | 19.9 |
| 80 | Nazem Kadri, TOR | Not getting as many chances on the 3rd line. | 77 | -3 | 28.0 |
| 81 | Ilya Kovalchuk, LA | | 80 | -1 | 35.5 |
| 82 | Mika Zibanejad, NYR | | 81 | -1 | 25.5 |
| 83 | Sam Reinhart, BUF | | 82 | -1 | 22.9 |
| 84 | Jonathan Toews, CHI | Hot start has owners hoping for a bounceback. | 85 | 1 | 30.4 |
| 85 | Evgenii Dadonov, FLA | | 83 | -2 | 29.6 |
| 86 | Wayne Simmonds, PHI | Looks healthy. Due for a bounceback. | 84 | -2 | 30.1 |
| 87 | T.J. Oshie, WAS | | 91 | 4 | 31.8 |
| 88 | Jake Guentzel, PIT | | 86 | -2 | 24.0 |
| 89 | J.T. Miller, TB | | 89 | 0 | 25.6 |
| 90 | Reilly Smith, VGK | | 92 | 2 | 27.5 |
| 91 | Josh Bailey, NYI | | 93 | 2 | 29.0 |
| 92 | Matthew Tkachuk, CGY | | 94 | 2 | 20.8 |
| 93 | Cam Atkinson, CBJ | | 90 | -3 | 29.3 |
| 94 | Jonathan Drouin, MTL | | 88 | -6 | 23.5 |
| 95 | Bo Horvat, VAN | | 87 | -8 | 23.5 |
| 96 | Pierre-Luc Dubois, CBJ | | 95 | -1 | 20.3 |
| TIER 7 | | | | | |
| 97 | Evander Kane, SJ | | 96 | -1 | 27.2 |
| 98 | Pavel Buchnevich, NYR | | 98 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 99 | Tyler Toffoli, LA | | 100 | 1 | 26.5 |
| 100 | James Neal, CGY | | - | - | 31.1 |
On the Bubble (no particular order):
| Kyle Turris, NAS |
| Mats Zuccarello, NYR |
| Nolan Patrick, PHI |
| Andrei Svechnikov, CAR |
| Casey Mittelstadt, BUF |
| Paul Stastny, VGK |
| Tyler Johnson, TB |
| Yanni Gourde, TB |
| Anthony Mantha, DET |
| David Perron, STL |
| Nino Niederreiter, MIN |
| Erik Haula, VGK |
| Patric Hornqvist, PIT |
| Chris Kreider, NYR |
| Kyle Okposo, BUF |
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