NHL Goals Above Replacement Leaders

The NHL leaders in Goals Above Replacement for the 2025-26 season, ranked using Hockey Alchemy's advanced analytics and updated daily.

#	Player	Team	Pos	GAR
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	34.8
2	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	29.1
3	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	RW	28.6
4	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	C	27.0
5	Cole Caufield	MTL	LW	25.0
6	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	24.5
7	Tage Thompson	BUF	RW	21.2
8	Quinn Hughes	MIN	LD	20.1
9	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	19.9
10	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	19.8
11	Dylan Guenther	UTA	RW	19.6
12	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW	19.2
13	Clayton Keller	UTA	LW	18.8
14	Brandon Hagel	TBL	LW	18.6
15	Artemi Panarin	LAK	LW	18.4
16	Martin Necas	COL	RW	18.3
17	Evan Bouchard	EDM	RD	18.3
18	Jack Hughes	NJD	C	18.3
19	Jack Eichel	VGK	C	18.2
20	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C	18.2
21	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	17.9
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	LD	17.7
23	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	17.5
24	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	17.1
25	William Nylander	TOR	RW	16.8
26	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	LW	16.2
27	Matt Boldy	MIN	RW	16.1
28	Jake Guentzel	TBL	LW	15.9
29	Cale Makar	COL	RD	15.9
30	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C	15.9
31	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	RW	15.8
32	Lane Hutson	MTL	RD	15.7
33	Connor Bedard	CHI	C	15.5
34	Brady Tkachuk	FLA	LW	15.5
35	Lucas Raymond	DET	RW	15.5
36	Drake Batherson	OTT	RW	15.1
37	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	15.1
38	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	15.1
39	Seth Jarvis	CAR	R	15.0
40	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	RW	14.8

Analysis

Connor McDavid (EDM) leads the NHL in Goals Above Replacement with 34.8 in the 2025-26 season, ahead of Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov.

Connor McDavid leads the NHL in Goals Above Replacement with 34.8 in the 2025-26 season.

Nathan MacKinnon ranks second in Goals Above Replacement with 29.1 in the 2025-26 season.