Top 100 Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings [Updated!]

The top level of these forward rankings remains similar to our last update. Mark Stone and Mikko Rantanen skyrocket on the new list while Gabriel Landeskog has been great as expected coming back from injury. If you’ve not paid attention to Kyle Connor’s amazing season, hopefully, his rise to #23 will reflect the level of performance he has achieved, especially in non-peripherals leagues. Even on a disappointing Rangers squad, Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich and Ryan Strome jump onto the list for their performance. I remain stubborn on dropping Mika Zibanejad down to his performance year-to-date, believing recent signs of life indicate better times ahead for the stretch run.

Jack Eichel, Vincent Trocheck, Elias Petterson, and several others are listed among injured players due to their uncertainly for the remainder of the season. At press time Alexander Barkov is a question. I am ranking him believing he will be able to finish out this Selke Trophy-worthy campaign. Evgeni Malkin and Anders Lee drop out entirely as their fantasy seasons are done.

Rookies Kirill Kaprizov, Trevor Zegras, and Tim Stuetzle rank above their respective performances so far, betting they will finish strong as they gain comfort at the highest level of hockey.

For more discussion of some of the changes in my forward rankings, tune into my podcast “Fantasy Hockey Life” where we will continue a twice-weekly check-in around the league for the remainder of the fantasy regular season.

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2021 Updated Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings

Rnk	Player	Team	Pos	Prev. Rnk	change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	1	0
2	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C,LW	4	2
3	Auston Matthews	TOR	C	3	0
4	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	6	2
5	Patrick Kane	CHI	RW	7	2
6	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	2	N/A
7	Mikko Rantanen	COL	RW	31	24
8	Artemi Panarin	NYR	LW	35	27
9	Mitchell Marner	TOR	C,RW	8	-1
10	Brad Marchand	BOS	LW	9	-1
11	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW	5	-6
12	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	43	31
13	Max Pacioretty	VGK	LW	14	1
14	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	C	20	6
15	Anze Kopitar	LAK	C	28	13
16	Steven Stamkos	TBL	C,LW,RW	11	-5
17	Alex DeBrincat	CHI	LW,RW	15	-2
18	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	26	8
19	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	LW,RW	25	6
20	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	LW	44	24
21	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	12	-9
22	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	LW	19	-3
23	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	51	28
24	Patrice Bergeron	BOS	C	16	-8
25	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	C,LW	INJ	N/A
26	Brayden Point	TBL	C	13	-13
27	Jake Guentzel	PIT	LW,RW	32	5
28	Joe Pavelski	DAL	C,RW	37	9
29	Evander Kane	SJS	LW	55	26
30	Sebastian Aho	CAR	C,LW	42	12
31	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR	RW	NR	N/A
32	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	41	9
33	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	C	29	-4
34	John Tavares	TOR	C	10	-24
35	Ryan O'Reilly	STL	C	52	17
36	J.T. Miller	VAN	C,LW,RW	24	-12
37	Sean Couturier	PHI	C	75	38
38	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY	LW,RW	22	-16
39	Tyler Toffoli	MTL	LW,RW	21	-18
40	Ondrej Palat	TBL	LW	56	16
41	Brock Boeser	VAN	RW	45	4
42	Tom Wilson	WSH	RW	33	-9
43	Elias Lindholm	CGY	C,RW	50	7
44	Brayden Schenn	STL	C,LW,RW	27	-17
45	David Perron	STL	LW,RW	63	18
46	Logan Couture	SJS	C	65	19
47	Dominik Kubalik	CHI	LW,RW	34	-13
48	Chris Kreider	NYR	LW	NR	N/A
49	Patric Hornqvist	FLA	RW	47	-2
50	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW,RW	71	21
51	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW,RW	17	-34
52	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	C,LW	40	-12
53	Dustin Brown	LAK	RW	89	36
54	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK	C,LW	53	-1
55	Blake Wheeler	WPG	C,RW	23	-32
56	Jakub Voracek	PHI	RW	92	36
57	Roope Hintz	DAL	C,LW	61	4
58	James van Riemsdyk	PHI	LW	49	-9
59	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	LW,RW	66	7
60	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	C	67	7
61	Maxime Comtois	ANA	LW,RW	81	20
62	Joel Farabee	PHI	LW,RW	NR	N/A
63	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	C,RW	INJ	N/A
64	Bryan Rust	PIT	LW,RW	48	-16
65	Martin Necas	CAR	C,RW	NR	N/A
66	Claude Giroux	PHI	C,LW,RW	INJ	N/A
67	Mathew Barzal	NYI	C	60	-7
68	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY	LW,RW	54	-14
69	Ryan Strome	NYR	C,RW	NR	N/A
70	Conor Garland	ARI	LW,RW	38	-32
71	Jordan Staal	CAR	C	97	26
72	Nazem Kadri	COL	C	NR	N/A
73	William Nylander	TOR	C,LW,RW	NR	N/A
74	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL	RW	INJ	N/A
75	Mats Zuccarello	MIN	RW	NR	N/A
76	Timo Meier	SJS	LW,RW	74	-2
77	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	C,LW	87	10
78	Travis Konecny	PHI	C,RW	INJ	N/A
79	Alex Tuch	VGK	LW,RW	NR	N/A
80	Jack Roslovic	CBJ	C,RW	82	2
81	William Karlsson	VGK	C	NR	N/A
82	Josh Anderson	MTL	RW	39	-43
83	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	NYI	C	NR	N/A
84	T.J. Oshie	WSH	RW	NR	N/A
85	Brendan Gallagher	MTL	RW	36	-49
86	Patrik Laine	CBJ	LW,RW	95	9
87	Jordan Kyrou	STL	C,RW	64	-23
88	Rickard Rakell	ANA	C,LW,RW	72	-16
89	Clayton Keller	ARI	LW,RW	NR	N/A
90	Nicholas Suzuki	MTL	C,RW	77	-13
91	Bo Horvat	VAN	C	99	8
92	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH	LW,RW	NR	N/A
93	Trevor Zegras	ANA	C	MIN	N/A
94	Jakub Vrana	WSH	LW	91	-3
95	Alex Killorn	TBL	LW,RW	NR	N/A
96	Jaden Schwartz	STL	LW	NR	N/A
97	Dylan Larkin	DET	C	76	-21
98	Tomas Hertl	SJS	C,LW	73	-25
99	Tim Stuetzle	OTT	C,LW	100	1
100	Andre Burakovsky	COL	LW,RW	93	-7

Did you enjoy Jesse’s forward rankings? Then you’ll also want to check out Ian Whamond’s updated Defensemen Rankings.

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2021 Updated Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings