Best Players In NHL 26 – Ratings Revealed
NHL 26 is arriving on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S soon, and before the game officially arrives, the developers have given us a look at the top players by overall (OVR) rating. We've seen a top 10 player list for every position on the ice, providing a great look at who's going to be worth using when NHL 26 releases.
You can see the top 10 players for every position and what their OVR rating is in NHL 26 below.
Top 10 Left Defensemen
- Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks - 95 OVR
- Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets - 92 OVR
- Roman Josi, Nashville Predators - 92 OVR
- Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning - 92 OVR
- Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres - 92 OVR
- Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars - 91 OVR
- Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes - 90 OVR
- Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets - 90 OVR
- Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators - 89 OVR
- Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers - 89 OVR
Top 10 Right Defensemen
- Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche - 95 OVR
- Adam Fox, New York Rangers - 90 OVR
- Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins - 89 OVR
- Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers - 88 OVR
- Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues - 88 OVR
- Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings - 88 OVR
- Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils - 88 OVR
- John Carlson, Washington Capitals - 88 OVR
- Noah Dobson, Montreal Canadiens - 88 OVR
- Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings - 88 OVR
Top 10 Left Wingers
- Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild - 94 OVR
- Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers - 93 OVR
- Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers - 92 OVR
- Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets - 92 OVR
- Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils - 91 OVR
- Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals - 90 OVR
- Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning - 90 OVR
- Matthew Boldy, Minnesota Wild - 89 OVR
- Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers - 89 OVR
- Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning - 89 OVR
Top 10 Right Wingers
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning - 96 OVR
- David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins - 94 OVR
- Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars - 93 OVR
- Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers - 93 OVR
- William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs - 92 OVR
- Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights - 92 OVR
- Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth - 90 OVR
- Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings - 89 OVR
- Kirill Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets - 89 OVR
- Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights - 89 OVR
Top 10 Centers
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers - 97 OVR
- Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche - 96 OVR
- Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers - 96 OVR
- Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers - 95 OVR
- Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins - 94 OVR
- Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights - 94 OVR
- Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs - 94 OVR
- Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils - 93 OVR
- Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning - 92 OVR
- Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets - 91 OVR
Top 10 Goalies
- Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets - 94 OVR
- Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning - 93 OVR
- Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers - 92 OVR
- Ilya Sorokin, New York Islands - 91 OVR
- Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers - 90 OVR
- Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars - 90 OVR
- Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild - 89 OVR
- Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks - 88 OVR
- Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators - 88 OVR
- Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings - 87 OVR
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NHL 26 is arriving on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S soon, and before the game officially arrives, the developers have given us a look at the top players by overall (OVR) rating. We’ve seen a top 10 player list for every position on the ice, providing a great look at who’s going to be worth using when NHL 26 releases.
You can see the top 10 players for every position and what their OVR rating is in NHL 26 below.
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