NHL Wins Above Replacement Leaders

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

#	Player	Team	Pos	WAR
1	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	6.25
2	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	5.22
3	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	RW	5.13
4	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	C	4.84
5	Cole Caufield	MTL	LW	4.48
6	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	4.40
7	Tage Thompson	BUF	RW	3.80
8	Quinn Hughes	MIN	LD	3.60
9	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	3.56
10	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	3.56
11	Dylan Guenther	UTA	RW	3.52
12	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW	3.45
13	Clayton Keller	UTA	LW	3.37
14	Brandon Hagel	TBL	LW	3.34
15	Artemi Panarin	LAK	LW	3.31
16	Martin Necas	COL	RW	3.29
17	Evan Bouchard	EDM	RD	3.29
18	Jack Hughes	NJD	C	3.29
19	Jack Eichel	VGK	C	3.27
20	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C	3.26
21	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	3.21
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	LD	3.18
23	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	3.15
24	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	3.07
25	William Nylander	TOR	RW	3.02
26	Nikolaj Ehlers	CAR	LW	2.92
27	Matt Boldy	MIN	RW	2.89
28	Jake Guentzel	TBL	LW	2.86
29	Cale Makar	COL	RD	2.85
30	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C	2.85
31	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	RW	2.83
32	Lane Hutson	MTL	RD	2.81
33	Connor Bedard	CHI	C	2.79
34	Brady Tkachuk	FLA	LW	2.78
35	Lucas Raymond	DET	RW	2.78
36	Drake Batherson	OTT	RW	2.72
37	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	2.72
38	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	2.72
39	Seth Jarvis	CAR	R	2.70
40	Mikko Rantanen	DAL	RW	2.66

Analysis

Connor McDavid (EDM) leads the NHL in Wins Above Replacement with 6.25 in the 2025-26 season, ahead of Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov.

Connor McDavid leads the NHL in Wins Above Replacement with 6.25 in the 2025-26 season.

Nathan MacKinnon ranks second in Wins Above Replacement with 5.22 in the 2025-26 season.