2026 NHL Draft rankings

Consensus rankings with source context.

This page turns the local consensus ranking into an indexable 2026 NHL Draft rankings hub. It lists the top 100 consensus players, links each top prospect to a static player page, and keeps ranking context separate from events such as the NHL Scouting Combine invite list.

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Top first-round names

The first round is where most users compare public lists. The static table below gives crawlers and readers a direct ranking answer, while the interactive board remains available for sorting, filtering, and player drawers.

Gavin McKenna

Consensus #1. LW / Canada / Penn State Univ. / NCAA.

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Ivar Stenberg

Consensus #2. LW/RW / Sweden / Frölunda HC / SHL.

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Chase Reid

Consensus #3. D / USA / Michigan State Univ. / NCAA.

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Keaton Verhoeff

Consensus #4. D / Canada / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA.

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Viggo Björck

Consensus #5. C/RW / Sweden / Djurgårdens IF / SHL.

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Carson Carels

Consensus #6. D / Canada / Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA.

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Tynan Lawrence

Consensus #7. C / Canada / Boston Univ. / NCAA.

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Ethan Belchetz

Consensus #8. LW / Canada / Windsor Spitfires / OHL.

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Consensus top 100

Rank	Player	Profile	Current team	Latest row	Rank context
#1	Gavin McKenna Player board →	LW / Canada	Penn State Univ. / NCAA	35 GP, 15-36-51, 1.46 P/GP	17 sources, #1-#2
#2	Ivar Stenberg Player board →	LW/RW / Sweden	Frölunda HC / SHL	43 GP, 11-22-33, 0.77 P/GP	17 sources, #1-#3
#3	Chase Reid Player board →	D / USA	Michigan State Univ. / NCAA	45 GP, 18-30-48, 1.07 P/GP	17 sources, #2-#10
#4	Keaton Verhoeff Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA	36 GP, 6-14-20, 0.56 P/GP	17 sources, #1-#12
#5	Viggo Björck Player board →	C/RW / Sweden	Djurgårdens IF / SHL	42 GP, 6-9-15, 0.36 P/GP	17 sources, #3-#12
#6	Carson Carels Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA	58 GP, 20-53-73, 1.26 P/GP	16 sources, #3-#23
#7	Tynan Lawrence Player board →	C / Canada	Boston Univ. / NCAA	18 GP, 2-5-7, 0.39 P/GP	17 sources, #4-#21
#8	Ethan Belchetz Player board →	LW / Canada	Windsor Spitfires / OHL	57 GP, 34-25-59, 1.04 P/GP	17 sources, #5-#16
#9	Daxon Rudolph Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of Denver / NCAA	68 GP, 28-50-78, 1.15 P/GP	15 sources, #5-#20
#10	Ryan Lin Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of Denver / NCAA	No stat row	17 sources, #7-#18
#11	Caleb Malhotra Player board →	C / Canada	Boston Univ. / NCAA	67 GP, 29-55-84, 1.25 P/GP	15 sources, #2-#20
#12	Adam Novotny Player board →	LW/RW / Czechia	Peterborough Petes / OHL	58 GP, 34-31-65, 1.12 P/GP	16 sources, #10-#23
#13	Alberts Smits Player board →	D / Latvia	Jukurit / Liiga	38 GP, 6-7-13, 0.34 P/GP	15 sources, #2-#15
#14	Malte Gustafsson Player board →	D / Sweden	HV71 / SHL	27 GP, 0-3-3, 0.11 P/GP	15 sources, #6-#27
#15	Oscar Hemming Player board →	F / Finland	Boston College / NCAA	19 GP, 1-7-8, 0.42 P/GP	15 sources, #10-#32
#16	Oliver Suvanto Player board →	C / Finland	Tappara / Liiga	48 GP, 2-9-11, 0.23 P/GP	15 sources, #3-#28
#17	Elton Hermansson Player board →	RW/LW / Sweden	MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan	No stat row	14 sources, #5-#25
#18	J.P. Hurlbert Player board →	F / USA	Univ. of Michigan / NCAA	68 GP, 42-55-97, 1.43 P/GP	14 sources, #10-#30
#19	Xavier Villeneuve Player board →	D / Canada	Boston Univ. / NCAA	37 GP, 6-32-38, 1.03 P/GP	13 sources, #5-#31
#20	Juho Piiparinen Player board →	D / Finland	Tappara / Liiga	29 GP, 0-3-3, 0.10 P/GP	13 sources, #6-#29
#21	Mathis Preston Player board →	F / Canada	Vancouver Giants / WHL	36 GP, 14-18-32, 0.89 P/GP	12 sources, #7-#32
#22	Ilia Morozov Player board →	F / Russia	Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA	36 GP, 8-12-20, 0.56 P/GP	15 sources, #10-#30
#23	Marcus Nordmark Player board →	LW / Sweden	Djurgårdens IF / SHL	25 GP, 14-24-38, 1.52 P/GP	10 sources, #8-#29
#24	Nikita Klepov Player board →	F / USA	Michigan State Univ. / NCAA	67 GP, 37-60-97, 1.45 P/GP	13 sources, #8-#29
#25	Yegor Shilov Player board →	C / Russia	Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL	63 GP, 32-50-82, 1.30 P/GP	11 sources, #18-#32
#26	Alexander Command Player board →	C / Sweden	Örebro HK / SHL	30 GP, 17-27-44, 1.47 P/GP	11 sources, #9-#26
#27	Wyatt Cullen Player board →	F / USA	USNTDP Juniors / USHL	40 GP, 16-29-45, 1.13 P/GP	11 sources, #6-#27
#28	Brooks Rogowski Player board →	C / USA	Oshawa Generals / OHL	46 GP, 15-27-42, 0.91 P/GP	8 sources, #17-#32
#29	Maddox Dagenais Player board →	C / Canada	Québec Remparts / QMJHL	62 GP, 30-32-62, 1 P/GP	11 sources, #15-#32
#30	Ryan Roobroeck Player board →	C / Canada	Niagara IceDogs / OHL	49 GP, 30-28-58, 1.18 P/GP	9 sources, #4-#30
#31	Liam Ruck Player board →	F / Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL	68 GP, 45-59-104, 1.53 P/GP	9 sources, #10-#31
#32	Jack Hextall Player board →	C / USA	Michigan State Univ. / NCAA	59 GP, 20-38-58, 0.98 P/GP	7 sources, #18-#32
#33	William Håkansson Player board →	D / Sweden	Luleå HF / SHL	22 GP, 0-2-2, 0.09 P/GP	7 sources, #12-#33
#34	Tommy Bleyl Player board →	D / USA	Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL	63 GP, 13-68-81, 1.29 P/GP	10 sources, #17-#34
#35	Niklas Aaram-Olsen Player board →	RW/LW / Norway	Örebro HK U20 / U20 Nationell	29 GP, 20-20-40, 1.38 P/GP	4 sources, #15-#35
#36	Nikita Shcherbakov Player board →	D / Russia	Toros Neftekamsk / VHL	35 GP, 4-6-10, 0.29 P/GP	8 sources, #13-#36
#37	Adam Valentini Player board →	F / Canada	Univ. of Michigan / NCAA	40 GP, 11-16-27, 0.68 P/GP	5 sources, #18-#37
#38	Simas Ignatavicius Player board →	C/W / Lithuania	Genève-Servette HC / NL	52 GP, 7-6-13, 0.25 P/GP	6 sources, #10-#38
#39	Casey Mutryn Player board →	F / USA	USNTDP Juniors / USHL	62 GP, 18-28-46, 0.74 P/GP	5 sources, #21-#39
#40	Markus Ruck Player board →	F / Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers / WHL	68 GP, 21-87-108, 1.59 P/GP	5 sources, #16-#40
#41	Tomas Chrenko Player board →	C / Slovakia	HK Nitra / Slovakia	44 GP, 9-22-31, 0.70 P/GP	5 sources, #24-#41
#42	Tobias Trejbal Player board →	G / Czechia	Youngstown Phantoms / USHL	42 GP, 0-0-0, 0 P/GP	3 sources, #30-#42
#43	Adam Goljer Player board →	D / Slovakia	HK Dukla Trencin / Slovakia	43 GP, 4-7-11, 0.26 P/GP	5 sources, #14-#43
#44	Jaxon Cover Player board →	LW / Canada	London Knights / OHL	67 GP, 20-32-52, 0.78 P/GP	6 sources, #23-#44
#45	Gleb Pugachyov Player board →	RW / Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL	33 GP, 10-14-24, 0.73 P/GP	5 sources, #9-#45
#46	Ben Macbeath Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of Denver / NCAA	67 GP, 7-44-51, 0.76 P/GP	4 sources, #22-#46
#47	Ryder Cali Player board →	C / Canada	Providence College / NCAA	47 GP, 16-20-36, 0.77 P/GP	3 sources, #25-#47
#48	Giorgos Pantelas Player board →	D / Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings / WHL	68 GP, 6-31-37, 0.54 P/GP	2 sources, #30-#48
#49	Beckham Edwards Player board →	C / Canada	Univ. of Notre Dame / NCAA	64 GP, 19-26-45, 0.70 P/GP	4 sources, #29-#49
#50	Pierce Mbuyi Player board →	LW / Canada	Penn State Univ. / NCAA	68 GP, 32-43-75, 1.10 P/GP	1 sources, #50-#50
#51	Victor Plante Player board →	F / USA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth / NCAA	57 GP, 21-27-48, 0.84 P/GP	2 sources, #22-#51
#52	Samu Alalauri Player board →	D / Finland	Pelicans U20 / U20 SM-sarja	40 GP, 6-19-25, 0.63 P/GP	2 sources, #17-#52
#53	Adam Nemec Player board →	F / Slovakia	Sudbury Wolves / OHL	31 GP, 14-21-35, 1.13 P/GP	3 sources, #23-#53
#54	Thomas Vandenberg Player board →	C / Canada	Ottawa 67's / OHL	59 GP, 25-25-50, 0.85 P/GP	1 sources, #54-#54
#55	Dmitri Borichev Player board →	G / Russia	Loko-76 Yaroslavl / MHL	24 GP, 0-0-0, 0 P/GP	2 sources, #32-#55
#56	Jakub Vaněček Player board →	D / Czechia	Tri-City Americans / WHL	59 GP, 14-21-35, 0.59 P/GP	2 sources, #31-#56
#57	Maksim Sokolovskii Player board →	D / Russia	London Knights / OHL	44 GP, 2-6-8, 0.18 P/GP	2 sources, #22-#57
#58	Adam Andersson Player board →	C / Sweden	Leksands IF U20 / U20 Nationell	30 GP, 3-14-17, 0.57 P/GP	2 sources, #20-#58
#59	Nils Bartholdsson Player board →	RW / Sweden	Rögle BK / SHL	32 GP, 23-19-42, 1.31 P/GP	1 sources, #59-#59
#60	Brek Liske Player board →	D / Canada	Everett Silvertips / WHL	52 GP, 7-17-24, 0.46 P/GP	1 sources, #60-#60
#61	Luke Schairer Player board →	D / USA	USNTDP Juniors / USHL	62 GP, 1-21-22, 0.35 P/GP	1 sources, #61-#61
#62	Alexander Bilecki Player board →	D / Canada	Kitchener Rangers / OHL	66 GP, 9-20-29, 0.44 P/GP	1 sources, #62-#62
#63	Lars Steiner Player board →	RW / Switzerland	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies / QMJHL	44 GP, 30-25-55, 1.25 P/GP	1 sources, #63-#63
#64	Chase Harrington Player board →	F / Canada	Spokane Chiefs / WHL	61 GP, 28-29-57, 0.93 P/GP	2 sources, #26-#64
#65	Tomas Galvas Player board →	D / Czechia	Bílí Tygři Liberec / Czechia	32 GP, 8-16-24, 0.75 P/GP	1 sources, #65-#65
#66	Matias Vanhanen Player board →	F / Finland	Everett Silvertips / WHL	62 GP, 21-66-87, 1.40 P/GP	2 sources, #32-#66
#67	Timofei Runtso Player board →	D / USA	Miami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA	68 GP, 11-33-44, 0.65 P/GP	1 sources, #67-#67
#68	Mikey Berchild Player board →	F / USA	Univ. of Denver / NCAA	58 GP, 23-30-53, 0.91 P/GP	1 sources, #68-#68
#69	Ethan MacKenzie Player board →	D / Canada	Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA	59 GP, 22-36-58, 0.98 P/GP	1 sources, #69-#69
#70	Alessandro Di Iorio Player board →	C / Canada	Sarnia Sting / OHL	45 GP, 12-19-31, 0.69 P/GP	1 sources, #70-#70
#71	Axel Elofsson Player board →	D / Sweden	IK Oskarshamn / HockeyAllsvenskan	32 GP, 9-32-41, 1.28 P/GP	2 sources, #29-#71
#72	Vladimír Dravecký Player board →	D / Czechia	Brantford Bulldogs / OHL	58 GP, 9-19-28, 0.48 P/GP	1 sources, #72-#72
#73	Brady Knowling Player board →	G / USA	U.S. National U18 Team / NTDP	33 GP, 0-0-0, 0 P/GP	2 sources, #27-#73
#74	Oscar Holmertz Player board →	C / Sweden	Linköping HC / SHL	34 GP, 13-23-36, 1.06 P/GP	2 sources, #28-#74
#75	Charlie Morrison Player board →	D / Canada	Québec Remparts / QMJHL	41 GP, 4-9-13, 0.32 P/GP	1 sources, #75-#75
#76	Vertti Svensk Player board →	D / Finland	SaiPa / Liiga	33 GP, 3-28-31, 0.94 P/GP	1 sources, #76-#76
#77	Casper Juustovaara Karlsson Player board →	C/LW / Sweden	Luleå HF / SHL	31 GP, 4-2-6, 0.19 P/GP	1 sources, #77-#77
#78	Beckett Hamilton Player board →	F / Canada	Red Deer Rebels / WHL	67 GP, 24-38-62, 0.93 P/GP	1 sources, #78-#78
#79	Viktor Fyodorov Player board →	C / Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod / KHL	32 GP, 2-6-8, 0.25 P/GP	3 sources, #23-#79
#80	Jonah Sivertson Player board →	F / Canada	Prince Albert Raiders / WHL	66 GP, 24-29-53, 0.80 P/GP	1 sources, #80-#80
#81	Landon Hafele Player board →	F / USA	Arizona State Univ. / NCAA	52 GP, 15-27-42, 0.81 P/GP	1 sources, #81-#81
#82	Egor Barabanov Player board →	F / Russia	Univ. of Massachusetts / NCAA	68 GP, 28-63-91, 1.34 P/GP	1 sources, #82-#82
#83	Wiggo Sörensson Player board →	C/W / Sweden	Boro/Vetlanda HC / HockeyEttan	29 GP, 20-18-38, 1.31 P/GP	1 sources, #83-#83
#84	Lavr Gashilov Player board →	C / Russia	Avto Yekaterinburg / MHL	51 GP, 16-53-69, 1.35 P/GP	1 sources, #84-#84
#85	Rudolfs Berzkalns Player board →	C / Latvia	Boston College / NCAA	48 GP, 13-12-25, 0.52 P/GP	2 sources, #30-#85
#86	Måns Gudmundsson Player board →	D / Sweden	Färjestad BK U20 / U20 Nationell	35 GP, 1-24-25, 0.71 P/GP	2 sources, #18-#86
#87	Zac Olsen Player board →	F / Canada	Colorado College / NCAA	57 GP, 18-16-34, 0.60 P/GP	1 sources, #87-#87
#88	Liam Lefebvre Player board →	C / Canada	Univ. of Vermont / NCAA	34 GP, 15-14-29, 0.85 P/GP	1 sources, #88-#88
#89	Logan Stuart Player board →	F / USA	USNTDP Juniors / USHL	57 GP, 10-20-30, 0.53 P/GP	1 sources, #89-#89
#90	Landon Amrhein Player board →	F / USA	Calgary Hitmen / WHL	64 GP, 10-21-31, 0.48 P/GP	1 sources, #90-#90
#91	Jonas Lagerberg Hoen Player board →	RW / Sweden	Leksands IF / HockeyAllsvenskan	9 GP, 9-7-16, 1.78 P/GP	2 sources, #19-#91
#92	Filip Ruzicka Player board →	G / Czechia	Mountfield HK / Czechia	42 GP, 0-0-0, 0 P/GP	1 sources, #92-#92
#93	Julien Maze Player board →	F / Canada	Calgary Hitmen / WHL	38 GP, 24-23-47, 1.24 P/GP	2 sources, #26-#93
#94	Landon Nycz Player board →	D / USA	Univ. of Massachusetts / NCAA	35 GP, 1-2-3, 0.09 P/GP	1 sources, #94-#94
#95	Cooper Williams Player board →	F / Canada	Saskatoon Blades / WHL	66 GP, 23-34-57, 0.86 P/GP	2 sources, #30-#95
#96	Malcom Gästrin Player board →	F / Sweden	MoDo Hockey / HockeyAllsvenskan	24 GP, 9-16-25, 1.04 P/GP	1 sources, #96-#96
#97	Alan Shaikhlislamov Player board →	RW/LW / Russia	Tolpar Ufa / MHL	31 GP, 18-17-35, 1.13 P/GP	2 sources, #25-#97
#98	Evan Jardine Player board →	F / USA	Ohio State Univ. / NCAA	53 GP, 27-34-61, 1.15 P/GP	1 sources, #98-#98
#99	Rian Chudzinski Player board →	RW / USA	Moncton Wildcats / QMJHL	54 GP, 21-17-38, 0.70 P/GP	1 sources, #99-#99
#100	Yaroslav Bryzgalov Player board →	C/LW / Belarus	Merrimack College / NCAA	64 GP, 13-42-55, 0.86 P/GP	1 sources, #100-#100

How to read this ranking

Consensus rank is a public comparison anchor, not a model projection. Rank context uses local ranking rows and reports how many sources have a ranked row for the player, plus the high-low spread where available. The public source picker on the main draft hub excludes stale, unclear partial, and no-rank sources.