The NHL’s Top 50 Players, 2026-27:
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
4. Macklin Celebrini, C, SJS
5. Leon Draisaitl, C, EDM
6. Cale Makar, D, COL
7. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
8. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS
9. Jack Eichel, C, VGK
10. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
11. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
12. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA
13. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
14. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
15. Auston Matthews, C, TOR
16. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
17. Mikko Rantanen, RW, DAL
18. Mitch Marner, RW, VGK
19. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI
20. Matt Boldy, LW, MIN
(Read Nos. 20-11)
21. Jason Robertson, LW, DAL
22. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
23. Jack Hughes, C/LW, NJD
24. Connor Bedard, C, CHI
25. William Nylander, RW, TOR
26. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
27. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
28. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
29. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
30. Martin Necas, RW, COL
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31. Tim Stutzle, C, OTT
32. Cole Caufield, RW, MON
33. Leo Carlsson, C, ANA
34. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
35. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
36. Wyatt Johnston, C, DAL
37. Moritz Seider, D, DET
38. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
39. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
40. Brandon Hagel, LW, TBL
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41. Brayden Point, C, TBL
42. Matthew Tkachuk, RW, FLA
43. Tage Thompson, C, BUF
44. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
45. Jaccob Slavin, D, CAR
46. Jake Guentzel, LW, TBL
47. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
48. Artemi Panarin, LW, LAK
49. Clayton Keller, C, UTA
50. Brady Tkachuk, LW, FLA
(Read Nos. 50-41)