Fantasy hockey rankings: Top players at each position

Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid carries the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes. (Liam Richards/CP)

Darryl Dobbs October 1, 2017, 1:02 AM

As the season approaches, DobberHockey helps you out at your fantasy drafts by ranking the top players at each position. Forwards and defence are ranked for points-only leagues, and goalies are ranked for wins and shutouts.

Rankings are based on single season points-only formats and factors injuries. This means that it also includes a projection (PR) for games played based on recent history. Goalie rankings include totals for one point per win and two points per shutout.

Through the rest of the season, DobberHockey will release monthly rankings of the top 300 keeper league players.

RANK	PLAYER	PR GP	PR GOALS	PR PTS	POS	TEAM
1	Connor McDavid	77	32	97	C	EDM
2	Sidney Crosby	76	41	85	C	PIT
3	Mark Scheifele	78	29	83	C	WPG
4	Nicklas Backstrom	80	21	79	C	WAS
5	Steven Stamkos	73	39	77	C	TBL
6	Jack Eichel	76	30	75	C	BUF
7	Leon Draisaitl	82	26	74	C	EDM
8	Tyler Seguin	74	31	73	C	DAL
9	Auston Matthews	81	38	71	C	TOR
10	John Tavares	79	31	70	C	NYI
11	Joe Pavelski	81	32	70	C	SJS
12	Brayden Schenn	79	29	70	C	STL
13	Ryan Getzlaf	76	14	69	C	ANA
14	Evgeni Malkin	65	31	69	C	PIT
15	Evgeny Kuznetsov	82	19	68	C	WAS
16	Sean Monahan	82	29	66	C	CGY
17	Anze Kopitar	79	18	66	C	LAK
18	Ryan Johansen	82	20	64	C	NSH
19	Henrik Zetterberg	80	16	63	C	DET
20	Ryan O’Reilly	75	22	62	C	BUF
21	Jeff Carter	80	26	62	C	LAK
22	Claude Giroux	80	20	62	C	PHI
23	Alexander Wennberg	75	12	61	C	CBJ
24	Jonathan Toews	78	25	61	C	CHI
25	Aleksander Barkov	67	27	61	C	FLA
26	J.T. Miller	82	22	60	C	NYR
27	Derek Stepan	74	20	59	C	ARI
28	Nathan MacKinnon	73	23	59	C	COL
29	Eric Staal	81	24	59	C	MIN
30	Patrice Bergeron	79	24	58	C	BOS

RANK	PLAYER	PR GP	PR GOALS	PR PTS	POS	TEAM
1	Johnny Gaudreau	77	27	77	LW	CGY
2	Jamie Benn	79	31	77	LW	DAL
3	Brad Marchand	78	37	75	LW	BOS
4	Alexander Ovechkin	81	35	74	LW	WAS
5	Artemi Panarin	81	34	70	LW	CBJ
6	Nikolaj Ehlers	77	26	68	LW	WPG
7	Jeff Skinner	79	34	67	LW	CAR
8	Max Pacioretty	81	34	67	LW	MON
9	Jonathan Huberdeau	75	17	65	LW	FLA
10	Filip Forsberg	82	32	65	LW	NSH
11	Brandon Saad	81	27	64	LW	CHI
12	Mike Hoffman	77	28	63	LW	OTT
13	Jake Guentzel	74	27	63	LW	PIT
14	Taylor Hall	76	26	61	LW	NJD
15	Nino Niederreiter	82	24	60	LW	MIN
16	James van Riemsdyk	80	27	60	LW	TOR
17	Chris Kreider	77	28	59	LW	NYR
18	Clayton Keller	78	19	58	LW	ARI
19	Gustav Nyquist	80	18	56	LW	DET
20	Jaden Schwartz	74	21	55	LW	STL
21	Ondrej Palat	71	20	55	LW	TBL
22	Anders Lee	79	29	54	LW	NYI
23	Max Domi	74	21	53	LW	ARI
24	Evander Kane	67	27	52	LW	BUF
25	Milan Lucic	82	22	52	LW	EDM
26	David Perron	78	17	50	LW	VGK
27	Dylan Larkin	80	23	49	LW	DET
28	Alexander Steen	72	14	49	LW	STL
29	Nick Foligno	77	25	48	LW	CBJ
30	James Neal	73	26	48	LW	VGK

RANK	PLAYER	PR GP	PR GOALS	PR PTS	POS	TEAM
1	Patrick Kane	78	35	89	RW	CHI
2	Nikita Kucherov	78	39	88	RW	TBL
3	Vladimir Tarasenko	79	41	79	RW	STL
4	Mikael Granlund	77	25	70	RW	MIN
5	Mitchell Marner	75	17	69	RW	TOR
6	Phil Kessel	82	25	66	RW	PIT
7	Cam Atkinson	81	33	65	RW	CBJ
8	Viktor Arvidsson	76	30	65	RW	NSH
9	David Pastrnak	68	31	62	RW	BOS
10	Alexander Radulov	75	21	61	RW	DAL
11	Jonathan Drouin	72	23	61	RW	MON
12	Mark Stone	75	23	61	RW	OTT
13	Jakub Voracek	79	24	61	RW	PHI
14	Mats Zuccarello	80	19	60	RW	NYR
15	Rickard Rakell	73	28	59	RW	ANA
16	Jordan Eberle	78	22	59	RW	NYI
17	Kyle Palmieri	80	27	57	RW	NJD
18	T.J. Oshie	73	29	56	RW	WAS
19	Corey Perry	81	27	55	RW	ANA
20	Elias Lindholm	78	18	55	C/RW	CAR
21	Wayne Simmonds	79	30	55	RW	PHI
22	Jakob Silfverberg	80	25	54	RW	ANA
23	Sebastian Aho	82	25	54	RW	CAR
24	Tyler Toffoli	74	30	54	RW	LAK
25	Charlie Coyle	82	19	54	RW	MIN
26	William Nylander	70	20	54	RW	TOR
27	Kyle Okposo	68	21	51	RW	BUF
28	Sam Reinhart	79	23	51	RW	BUF
29	Marcus Johansson	80	19	51	RW	NJD
30	Conor Sheary	68	22	51	RW	PIT

RANK	PLAYER	PR GP	PR GOALS	PR PTS	POS	TEAM
1	Erik Karlsson	77	18	75	D	OTT
2	Brent Burns	82	28	74	D	SJS
3	Victor Hedman	75	14	67	D	TBL
4	Roman Josi	79	13	58	D	NSH
5	Kristopher Letang	67	13	58	D	PIT
6	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	78	19	55	D	ARI
7	John Klingberg	77	12	55	D	DAL
8	Shayne Gostisbehere	77	13	55	D	PHI
9	Alex Pietrangelo	78	13	53	D	STL
10	Dougie Hamilton	79	14	52	D	CGY
11	Keith Yandle	82	6	51	D	FLA
12	Kevin Shattenkirk	74	13	51	D	NYR
13	P.K. Subban	72	11	50	D	NSH
14	Torey Krug	75	8	49	D	BOS
15	Rasmus Ristolainen	79	8	49	D	BUF
16	Seth Jones	80	11	49	D	CBJ
17	Zach Werenski	79	12	49	D	CBJ
18	Duncan Keith	76	8	49	D	CHI
19	Drew Doughty	82	13	49	D	LAK
20	Nick Leddy	80	10	48	D	NYI
21	Tyson Barrie	77	12	47	D	COL
22	Justin Schultz	74	10	47	D	PIT
23	Jake Gardiner	80	10	47	D	TOR
24	John Carlson	70	10	47	D	WAS
25	Shea Weber	78	17	46	D	MON
26	Ryan Suter	82	8	45	D	MIN
27	T.J. Brodie	78	7	44	D	CGY
28	Brent Seabrook	81	7	44	D	CHI
29	Oscar Klefbom	75	15	44	D	EDM
30	Justin Faulk	74	16	43	D	CAR

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PR GAMES	WINS	SO	1W+2SO
1	Matt Murray	PIT	66	45	6	57
2	Braden Holtby	WAS	61	39	8	55
3	Cam Talbot	EDM	69	40	6	52
4	Tuukka Rask	BOS	65	36	7	50
5	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	62	38	6	50
6	Devan Dubnyk	MIN	65	40	4	48
7	Carey Price	MON	63	38	4	46
8	Jonathan Quick	LAK	67	35	5	45
9	Frederik Andersen	TOR	66	35	5	45
10	Ben Bishop	DAL	60	35	4	43
11	Jake Allen	STL	60	35	4	43
12	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	55	33	5	43
13	Craig Anderson	OTT	54	32	5	42
14	Robin Lehner	BUF	62	31	4	39
15	Scott Darling	CAR	63	33	3	39
16	Corey Crawford	CHI	60	34	2	38
17	Henrik Lundqvist	NYR	63	34	2	38
18	Martin Jones	SJS	64	33	2	37
19	John Gibson	ANA	56	26	5	36
20	Mike Smith	CGY	53	31	2	35