NHL WAR LEADERBOARD

NHL WAR (Wins Above Replacement) Leaders for the 2025-26 season. This table shows the top 100 NHL players ranked by WAR, including their team, position, games played, time on ice, and WAR component breakdown. Last updated: Apr 16, 2026, 6:48 PM PST.
#	Player	Season	Position	Team	GP	TOI	EVO WAR	EVD WAR	PP WAR	PK WAR	Shoot WAR	WAR
1	Nathan MacKinnon	25-26	F	COL	80	1709:15	3.69	-0.36	1.42	0.00	2.69	7.83
2	Connor McDavid	25-26	F	EDM	82	1817:39	3.20	-0.47	1.03	0.26	1.42	6.87
3	Cole Caufield	25-26	F	MTL	81	1424:20	1.51	-0.45	0.50	-0.00	3.83	5.95
4	Jason Robertson	25-26	F	DAL	82	1594:52	1.90	0.15	1.04	-0.00	2.07	5.60
5	Leon Draisaitl	25-26	F	EDM	65	1348:14	2.11	-0.14	0.64	0.03	2.47	5.21
6	Nikita Kucherov	25-26	F	T.B	76	1470:46	2.15	-0.70	0.40	0.00	2.77	5.11
7	Macklin Celebrini	25-26	F	S.J	82	1678:34	1.24	0.08	0.46	0.02	2.21	4.65
8	Morgan Geekie	25-26	F	BOS	81	1360:41	0.48	-0.17	0.58	-0.00	3.22	4.60
9	Zach Werenski	25-26	D	CBJ	75	1934:57	2.05	0.28	0.01	0.01	1.50	4.56
10	Robert Thomas	25-26	F	STL	64	1170:13	1.64	0.39	0.38	-0.02	1.84	4.31
11	Evan Bouchard	25-26	D	EDM	82	1961:55	1.92	0.50	0.45	-0.07	0.80	4.23
12	Kirill Kaprizov	25-26	F	MIN	78	1673:01	1.64	-0.11	0.45	-0.00	1.93	4.21
13	Wyatt Johnston	25-26	F	DAL	82	1587:07	1.69	-1.03	0.83	-0.07	2.56	4.17
14	Matthew Schaefer	25-26	D	NYI	82	1921:10	1.52	0.39	-0.12	-0.16	1.22	4.10
15	Mark Stone	25-26	F	VGK	60	1110:22	0.87	0.60	0.72	-0.01	1.34	4.09
16	Moritz Seider	25-26	D	DET	82	2028:11	1.08	2.18	0.02	-0.05	0.39	3.97
17	Matt Boldy	25-26	F	MIN	76	1506:13	0.97	-0.10	0.09	0.10	2.29	3.88
18	Filip Forsberg	25-26	F	NSH	82	1482:30	0.57	-0.15	0.47	-0.00	2.62	3.84
19	Dylan Guenther	25-26	F	UTA	79	1323:52	0.81	-0.33	0.39	-0.00	2.90	3.82
20	Alex DeBrincat	25-26	F	DET	82	1459:53	1.91	-0.07	0.64	0.00	1.05	3.80
21	Brock Nelson	25-26	F	COL	81	1532:21	1.00	0.43	-0.05	0.11	1.98	3.71
22	Jake Guentzel	25-26	F	T.B	81	1574:38	0.92	-0.31	1.02	-0.11	1.82	3.65
23	Mitch Marner	25-26	F	VGK	81	1557:03	0.54	0.22	0.69	0.11	1.65	3.62
24	Nikolaj Ehlers	25-26	F	CAR	82	1316:47	1.01	0.19	0.09	-0.00	1.80	3.58
25	Artemi Panarin	25-26	F	NYR/L.A	78	1560:54	1.14	-0.22	0.98	-0.00	1.24	3.57
26	Drake Batherson	25-26	F	OTT	79	1321:18	0.51	-0.04	0.57	-0.00	2.18	3.56
27	Pavel Dorofeyev	25-26	F	VGK	82	1393:49	0.20	0.42	0.46	-0.00	2.39	3.49
28	Mark Scheifele	25-26	F	WPG	82	1694:33	1.38	-1.43	0.42	-0.00	2.50	3.49
29	Brandon Hagel	25-26	F	T.B	71	1339:15	1.93	-0.04	0.17	0.04	1.00	3.49
30	Nick Schmaltz	25-26	F	UTA	82	1563:44	0.43	-0.01	0.42	0.02	2.20	3.47
31	Lucas Raymond	25-26	F	DET	80	1437:40	0.99	-0.04	0.55	0.03	1.28	3.47
32	Cutter Gauthier	25-26	F	ANA	76	1269:00	0.49	-0.23	0.06	0.01	2.84	3.47
33	Jesper Bratt	25-26	F	N.J	82	1472:22	2.00	-0.15	0.71	0.10	0.41	3.42
34	Steven Stamkos	25-26	F	NSH	82	1393:53	0.84	-0.40	0.39	-0.00	2.61	3.37
35	Jakob Chychrun	25-26	D	WSH	80	1808:35	1.11	-0.29	0.47	0.05	1.84	3.33
36	Jack Eichel	25-26	F	VGK	74	1513:44	1.84	-0.15	0.14	0.04	0.95	3.32
37	Mika Zibanejad	25-26	F	NYR	81	1618:32	0.07	-0.10	0.46	0.22	2.39	3.29
38	Trevor Zegras	25-26	F	PHI	81	1468:17	1.69	-0.12	0.32	-0.00	1.27	3.27
39	Quinn Hughes	25-26	D	MIN/VAN	74	1985:04	2.38	-0.03	0.67	0.00	-0.82	3.27
40	Martin Necas	25-26	F	COL	78	1619:43	0.83	-0.75	0.20	-0.00	2.19	3.20
41	Sidney Crosby	25-26	F	PIT	68	1257:44	0.96	-0.28	0.26	0.00	2.13	3.19
42	Gabriel Vilardi	25-26	F	WPG	82	1478:53	1.11	-0.71	0.25	0.00	1.71	3.17
43	Anthony Mantha	25-26	F	PIT	81	1190:19	0.29	-0.49	-0.10	-0.00	3.19	3.12
44	Tyler Bertuzzi	25-26	F	CHI	79	1411:19	1.28	-0.66	0.26	-0.00	1.79	3.09
45	Lane Hutson	25-26	D	MTL	82	1896:13	1.84	0.36	0.12	-0.00	0.05	3.08
46	Adam Fox	25-26	D	NYR	55	1255:17	1.16	0.80	0.36	0.04	0.46	3.08
47	Nick Suzuki	25-26	F	MTL	82	1627:32	0.63	0.91	0.66	0.07	0.60	2.99
48	Josh Doan	25-26	F	BUF	82	1269:01	1.21	-0.05	0.37	0.00	0.94	2.96
49	Kyle Connor	25-26	F	WPG	82	1697:09	0.81	-0.52	0.52	-0.02	1.69	2.95
50	Jake Sanderson	25-26	D	OTT	67	1599:00	0.47	0.54	-0.05	0.42	0.87	2.94
51	Leo Carlsson	25-26	F	ANA	70	1291:55	0.99	-0.39	0.60	-0.02	1.22	2.92
52	Tom Wilson	25-26	F	WSH	72	1340:07	1.04	0.59	0.26	-0.21	1.18	2.91
53	Tage Thompson	25-26	F	BUF	81	1505:06	0.75	-0.86	0.33	0.00	2.18	2.88
54	Brad Marchand	25-26	F	FLA	52	881:10	0.84	-0.76	0.30	0.12	2.02	2.82
55	Jordan Spence	25-26	D	OTT	73	1347:57	1.79	0.88	-0.02	0.01	0.15	2.78
56	Sebastian Aho	25-26	F	CAR	79	1485:56	1.88	-0.35	0.44	0.19	0.41	2.72
57	John Tavares	25-26	F	TOR	82	1420:23	1.06	0.24	0.59	0.00	0.60	2.72
58	Bo Horvat	25-26	F	NYI	68	1324:14	1.41	-0.27	0.49	-0.23	1.34	2.72
59	Darren Raddysh	25-26	D	T.B	73	1593:12	0.43	0.33	0.25	0.08	1.59	2.70
60	Pavel Zacha	25-26	F	BOS	78	1267:39	0.14	-0.25	0.57	-0.02	2.32	2.64
61	Sam Malinski	25-26	D	COL	82	1430:27	0.98	1.21	-0.01	-0.01	0.30	2.60
62	Ivan Demidov	25-26	F	MTL	82	1223:54	1.14	0.15	0.37	-0.00	0.81	2.59
63	David Pastrnak	25-26	F	BOS	77	1530:27	1.68	-0.48	0.25	0.00	0.76	2.58
64	Alex Tuch	25-26	F	BUF	79	1446:44	0.70	0.02	-0.01	-0.08	1.96	2.56
65	Clayton Keller	25-26	F	UTA	82	1508:41	1.60	0.42	0.06	-0.00	0.23	2.56
66	Jack Hughes	25-26	F	N.J	61	1247:53	1.46	-0.33	0.24	0.03	0.64	2.53
67	Jared McCann	25-26	F	SEA	52	818:53	0.66	-0.13	0.23	-0.00	1.05	2.52
68	Denton Mateychuk	25-26	D	CBJ	75	1420:03	0.48	0.08	0.02	-0.03	1.34	2.51
69	Mathew Barzal	25-26	F	NYI	81	1571:35	2.15	-0.24	0.19	0.00	0.01	2.51
70	Brock Faber	25-26	D	MIN	80	1930:40	0.47	0.45	-0.06	0.03	1.18	2.50
71	Damon Severson	25-26	D	CBJ	71	1470:54	1.07	1.24	0.00	0.03	0.24	2.49
72	Jackson LaCombe	25-26	D	ANA	82	1928:06	1.24	0.54	0.34	-0.04	-0.36	2.47
73	Cody Glass	25-26	F	N.J	70	933:09	0.27	0.43	-0.03	0.04	1.53	2.42
74	Jason Zucker	25-26	F	BUF	62	948:28	0.48	-0.14	0.33	-0.00	1.50	2.41
75	Erik Karlsson	25-26	D	PIT	75	1708:37	1.01	-0.17	0.40	0.02	0.61	2.37
76	Nico Hischier	25-26	F	N.J	82	1622:25	1.26	0.21	0.53	-0.14	0.16	2.36
77	Travis Sanheim	25-26	D	PHI	81	1914:41	0.36	0.82	0.13	-0.17	0.53	2.35
78	Dylan Holloway	25-26	F	STL	59	1044:12	0.88	-0.04	0.07	-0.00	1.02	2.34
79	Kirill Marchenko	25-26	F	CBJ	76	1396:29	1.07	-0.43	0.52	0.00	1.06	2.34
80	Rasmus Dahlin	25-26	D	BUF	77	1814:13	1.20	0.28	-0.07	0.12	0.46	2.30
81	Alexis Lafrenière	25-26	F	NYR	82	1391:34	0.75	0.18	0.03	-0.00	1.02	2.29
82	Dylan Cozens	25-26	F	OTT	82	1352:02	0.91	0.22	0.11	0.00	0.92	2.28
83	Kiefer Sherwood	25-26	F	VAN/S.J	72	1207:11	0.37	-0.07	0.18	0.05	1.41	2.27
84	Shayne Gostisbehere	25-26	D	CAR	55	1033:52	0.88	0.14	-0.05	0.00	0.86	2.26
85	Ryan O'Reilly	25-26	F	NSH	81	1586:12	0.53	0.11	0.49	-0.01	1.01	2.24
86	Dylan Larkin	25-26	F	DET	74	1429:58	0.80	-0.29	0.71	-0.06	0.79	2.23
87	Viktor Arvidsson	25-26	F	BOS	69	975:00	0.45	0.06	0.34	0.00	1.18	2.19
88	Brady Tkachuk	25-26	F	OTT	60	969:53	1.42	0.19	0.54	0.00	-0.24	2.15
89	Tim Stützle	25-26	F	OTT	80	1555:49	0.73	-0.88	0.00	0.11	1.44	2.15
90	Blake Coleman	25-26	F	CGY	69	1159:36	0.97	0.57	-0.10	0.12	0.73	2.15
91	Cale Makar	25-26	D	COL	75	1803:12	-0.07	0.04	0.42	0.33	0.52	2.15
92	Kailer Yamamoto	25-26	F	UTA	59	690:50	0.25	0.52	0.01	-0.00	1.14	2.15
93	Anthony Cirelli	25-26	F	T.B	71	1180:56	0.69	0.08	0.11	-0.07	1.23	2.14
94	Parker Kelly	25-26	F	COL	82	1031:23	-0.01	0.59	-0.00	-0.52	1.82	2.13
95	J.J. Moser	25-26	D	T.B	79	1672:41	0.84	0.39	-0.00	-0.09	0.24	2.12
96	Quinton Byfield	25-26	F	L.A	79	1530:08	1.14	-0.13	0.13	-0.13	0.63	2.12
97	Auston Matthews	25-26	F	TOR	60	1194:53	1.38	-0.04	0.28	0.08	0.13	2.10
98	William Nylander	25-26	F	TOR	65	1207:19	0.92	-1.03	-0.17	-0.00	2.13	2.07
99	Nate Schmidt	25-26	D	UTA	82	1595:01	1.02	0.21	-0.04	0.26	0.20	2.05
100	Logan Cooley	25-26	F	UTA	54	908:25	0.43	-0.45	0.04	0.02	1.77	2.04

Showing top 100 NHL players by WAR (Wins Above Replacement) for the 2025-26 season. WAR measures total player value combining even-strength offense (EVO), even-strength defense (EVD), power play (PP), penalty kill (PK), and shooting impact. Use the interactive filters above to explore all players and seasons.

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