NHL 24 ratings: Top 50 best players

❘ Published: 2023-10-06T13:27:13

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NHL 24 is finally out and EA Sports has released the players database for the game, so here’s a comprehensive list of the top 50 highest ratings in the game. Check below to see who secured the highest-rated spots in NHL 24.

Playing the new NHL 24 game has players excited as they get ready to dive into the hockey-based sibling of the EA FC and Madden games. Now that the title is officially out, we have been able to learn about the main features and significant changes that have come to the latest installment in the franchise.

However, many fans are wondering who the best players in NHL 24 are. Fortunately, EA Sports released the list of the highest-rated players in the game.

Here’s the list of the top 50 players in NHL 24, including Matthew Tkachuk, Connor McDavid, and the cover star, Cale Makar.

Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk in NHL 24

Matthew Tkachuk is one of the highest-rated players in NHL 24.

Highest-rated NHL 24 player ratings confirmed

EA Sports recently unveiled the ratings of the top players for each position. Now it’s time to find out who the best players in NHL 24 are, so we’ve compiled a list of the top 50 highest-rated players in NHL 24:

Rank	Player Name	Pos.	Team	Upgrade/Downgrade	Rating
#1	Connor McDavid	C	Edmonton Oilers	+2	97
#2	Cale Makar	RD	Colorado Avalanche	+1	95
#3	Leon Draisaitl	C	Edmonton Oilers	+2	95
#4	Nathan MacKinnon	C	Colorado Avalanche	+1	95
#5	David Pastrnak	RW	Boston Bruins	+4	95
#6	Matthew Tkachuk	LW	Florida Panthers	+4	94
#7	Roman Josi	LD	Nashville Predators	+1	94
#8	Nikita Kucherov	RW	Tampa Bay Lightning	+2	94
#9	Sidney Crosby	C	Pittsburg Pinguins	–	93
#10	Auston Matthews	C	Toronto Maple Leafs	-1	93
#11	Mikko Rantanen	RW	Colorado Avalanche	+2	93
#12	Artemi Panarin	LW	New York Rangers	+1	93
#13	Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	Tampa Bay Lightning	-1	93
#14	Victor Hedman	LD	Tampa Bay Lightning	–	93
#15	Elias Petterson	C	Vancouver Canucks	–	92
#16	Ilya Sorokin	G	New York Islanders	–	92
#17	Igor Shesterkin	G	New York Rangers	–	92
#18	Jason Robertson	LW	Dallas Stars	+4	92
#19	Kirill Kaprizov	LW	Minnesota Wild	+1	92
#20	Charlie McAvoy	RD	Boston Bruins	+3	92
#21	Aleksander Barkov	C	Florida Panthers	–	92
#22	Mitchell Marner	RW	Toronto Maple Leafs	+2	92
#23	Adam Fox	RD	New York Rangers	+2	92
#24	Brayden Point	C	Tampa Bay Lightning	+3	92
#25	Jack Hughes	C	New Jersey Devils	–	91
#26	Rasmus Dahlin	LD	Buffalo Sabres	–	91
#27	Tage Thompson	C	Buffalo Sabres	–	91
#28	Alex Ovechkin	LW	Washington Capitals	-1	91
#29	Erik Karlsson	RD	Pittsburgh Penguins	–	91
#30	Brad Marchand	LW	Boston Bruins	–	91
#31	Jack Eichel	C	Vegas Golden Knights	+2	91
#32	Connor Hellebuyck	G	Winnipeg jets	+1	91
#33	Quinn Hughes	LD	Vancouver Canucks	–	90
#34	Miro Heiskanen	LD	Dallas Stars	–	90
#35	Mika Zibanejad	C	New York Rangers	–	90
#36	Sebastian Aho	C	Carolina Hurricanes	+1	90
#37	Dougie Hamilton	RD	New Jersey Devils	–	90
#38	Evgeni Malkin	C	Pittsburgh Penguins	–	90
#39	Steven Stamkos	C	Tampa Bay Lightning	–	90
#40	Mark Stone	RW	Vegas Golden Knights	+1	90
#41	John Carlson	RD	Washington Capitals	–	90
#42	Linus Ullmark	G	Boston Bruins	–	90
#43	Jake Oettinger	G	Dallas Stars	–	90
#44	Tim Stutzle	C	Ottawa Senators	–	89
#45	Juuse Saros	G	Nashville Predators	–	89
#46	Clayton Keller	LW	Arizona Coyotes	+1	89
#47	Andrei Svechnikov	RW	Carolina Hurricanes	+1	89
#48	Johnny Gaudreau	LW	Columbus Blue Jackets	-1	89
#49	Brady Tkachuk	LW	Ottawa Senators	+3	89
#50	William Nylander	RW	Toronto Maple Leafs	+2	89

We can quickly observe that many players have improved dramatically in their last season, such as Jason Robertson, who didn’t even appear in the top 50 of NHL 23 and, after a great last season with the Dallas Stars, climbed to the 18th position with a rating of 92 OVR.

With many upgrades and downgrades compared to the previous installment of the franchise, these are the top 50 players in NHL 24. For more about NHL 24, we suggest checking out our other guides: