NHL 23 Player Ratings for Top 50 Players Revealed, Along with Top 10 Lists for Positions & Attributes

EA Sports has just revealed the complete Top 50 player ratings for the upcoming NHL 23, along with the Top 10 lists for various positions and attributes.

The list crowns Connor McDavid, star centre and captain of Edmonton Oilers as the #1 Overall Player!

NHL 23 Player Ratings – Top 50 Overall Players:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Connor	McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	Center	95
Auston	Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	Center	94
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	Center	94
Cale	Makar	Colorado Avalanche	Right Defense	94
Andrei	Vasilevskiy	Tampa Bay Lightning	Goalie	94
Leon	Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	Center	93
Roman	Josi	Nashville Predators	Left Defense	93
Sidney	Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	93
Patrick	Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	Right Wing	93
Victor	Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	Left Defense	93
Igor	Shesterkin	New York Rangers	Goalie	92
Aleksander	Barkov	Florida Panthers	Center	92
Jonathan	Huberdeau	Calgary Flames	Left Wing	92
Artemi	Panarin	New York Rangers	Left Wing	92
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	Right Wing	92
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	92
Kirill	Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	Left Wing	91
David	Pastrnak	Boston Bruins	Right Wing	91
Brad	Marchand	Boston Bruins	Left Wing	91
Mikko	Rantanen	Colorado Avalanche	Right Wing	91
Adam	Fox	New York Rangers	Right Defense	90
Matthew	Tkachuk	Florida Panthers	Left Wing	90
Johnny	Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	Left Wing	90
Mitchell	Marner	Toronto Maple Leafs	Right Wing	90
Steven	Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	Center	90
Jacob	Markstrom	Calgary Flames	Goalie	90
Connor	Hellebuyck	Winnipeg Jets	Goalie	90
John	Gibson	Anaheim Ducks	Goalie	90
Kyle	Connor	Winnipeg Jets	Left Wing	90
John	Carlson	Washington Capitals	Right Defense	90
Evgeni	Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	90
Patrice	Bergeron	Boston Bruins	Center	89
Charlie	McAvoy	Boston Bruins	Right Defense	89
Sebastian	Aho	Carolina Hurricanes	Center	89
Elias	Lindholm	Calgary Flames	Center	89
Gabriel	Landeskog	Colorado Avalanche	Left Wing	89
Dylan	Larkin	Detroit Red Wings	Center	89
Filip	Forsberg	Nashville Predators	Left Wing	89
Anze	Kopitar	Los Angeles Kings	Center	89
Mark	Stone	Vegas Golden Knights	Right Wing	89
Brayden	Point	Tampa Bay Lightning	Center	89
Alex	Pietrangelo	Vegas Golden Knights	Right Defense	89
Alex	DeBrincat	Ottawa Senators	Right Wing	89
Jack	Eichel	Vegas Golden Knights	Center	89
Juuse	Saros	Nashville Predators	Goalie	89
Aaron	Ekblad	Florida Panthers	Right Defense	89
Drew	Doughty	Los Angeles Kings	Right Defense	89
Mark	Scheifele	Winnipeg Jets	Center	89
Frederik	Andersen	Carolina Hurricanes	Goalie	89
Thatcher	Demko	Vancouver Canucks	Goalie	89

NHL 23 Top 10 Centres:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Connor	McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	Center	95
Auston	Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	Center	94
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	Center	94
Leon	Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	Center	93
Sidney	Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	93
Aleksander	Barkov	Florida Panthers	Center	92
Steven	Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	Center	90
Evgeni	Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	90
Sebastian	Aho	Carolina Hurricanes	Center	89
Patrice	Bergeron	Boston Bruins	Center	89

NHL 23 Top 10 Left Defensemen:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Roman	Josi	Nashville Predators	Left Defense	93
Victor	Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	Left Defense	93
Devon	Toews	Colorado Avalanche	Left Defense	88
Morgan	Rielly	Toronto Maple Leafs	Left Defense	88
Miro	Heiskanen	Dallas Stars	Defense	88
Rasmus	Dahlin	Buffalo Sabres	Left Defense	88
Quinn	Hughes	Vancouver Canucks	Left Defense	87
Zach	Werenski	Columbus Blue Jackets	Left Defense	87
Jaccob	Slavin	Carolina Hurricanes	Left Defense	87
Shea	Theodore	Vegas Golden Knights	Left Defense	87

NHL 23 Top 10 Right Defensemen:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Cale	Makar	Colorado Avalanche	Right Defense	94
Adam	Fox	New York Rangers	Right Defense	90
John	Carlson	Washington Capitals	Right Defense	90
Charlie	McAvoy	Boston Bruins	Right Defense	89
Alex	Pietrangelo	Vegas Golden Knights	Right Defense	89
Aaron	Ekblad	Florida Panthers	Right Defense	89
Drew	Doughty	Los Angeles Kings	Right Defense	89
Kris	Letang	Pittsburgh Penguins	Right Defense	88
Dougie	Hamilton	New Jersey Devils	Right Defense	88
Moritz	Seider	Detroit Red Wings	Right Defense	87

NHL 23 Top 10 Left Wingers:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Jonathan	Huberdeau	Calgary Flames	Left Wing	92
Artemi	Panarin	New York Rangers	Left Wing	92
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	92
Brad	Marchand	Boston Bruins	Left Wing	91
Kirill	Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	Left Wing	91
Johnny	Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	Left Wing	90
Matthew	Tkachuk	Florida Panthers	Left Wing	90
Kyle	Connor	Winnipeg Jets	Left Wing	90
Gabriel	Landeskog	Colorado Avalanche	Left Wing	89
Filip	Forsberg	Nashville Predators	Left Wing	89

NHL 23 Top 10 Right Wingers:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Patrick	Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	Right Wing	93
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	Right Wing	92
Mikko	Rantanen	Colorado Avalanche	Right Wing	91
David	Pastrnak	Boston Bruins	Right Wing	91
Mitchell	Marner	Toronto Maple Leafs	Right Wing	90
Alex	DeBrincat	Ottawa Senators	Right Wing	89
Mark	Stone	Vegas Golden Knights	Right Wing	89
Andrei	Svechnikov	Carolina Hurricanes	Right Wing	88
Vladimir	Tarasenko	St. Louis Blues	Right Wing	88
Jordan	Kyrou	St. Louis Blues	Right Wing	87

NHL 23 Top 10 Goalies:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Andrei	Vasilevskiy	Tampa Bay Lightning	Goalie	94
Igor	Shesterkin	New York Rangers	Goalie	92
Connor	Hellebuyck	Winnipeg Jets	Goalie	90
Jacob	Markstrom	Calgary Flames	Goalie	90
John	Gibson	Anaheim Ducks	Goalie	90
Thatcher	Demko	Vancouver Canucks	Goalie	89
Juuse	Saros	Nashville Predators	Goalie	89
Frederik	Andersen	Carolina Hurricanes	Goalie	89
Ilya	Sorokin	New York Islanders	Goalie	88
Sergei	Bobrovsky	Florida Panthers	Goalie	88

NHL 23 Top 10 Speed – Overall:

First Name	Last Name	Team	OVR
Connor	McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	97
Cale	Makar	Colorado Avalanche	96
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	95
Mathew	Barzal	New York Islanders	95
Dylan	Larkin	Detroit Red Wings	93
Matt	Duchene	Nashville Predators	93
Johnny	Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	93
Kasperi	Kapanen	Pittsburgh Penguins	93
Quinn	Hughes	Vancouver Canucks	93
Taylor	Hall	Boston Bruins	93

NHL 23 Top 10 Speed – Centre:

First Name	Last Name	Team	OVR
Connor	McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	97
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	95
Mathew	Barzal	New York Islanders	95
Dylan	Larkin	Detroit Red Wings	93
Evgeny	Kuznetsov	Washington Capitals	93
Matt	Duchene	Nashville Predators	93
Steven	Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	92
Jack	Eichel	Vegas Golden Knights	92
Martin	Necas	Carolina Hurricanes	91
Jack	Hughes	New Jersey Devils	90

NHL 23 Top 10 Speed – Defense:

First Name	Last Name	Team	OVR
Cale	Makar	Colorado Avalanche	96
Quinn	Hughes	Vancouver Canucks	93
Adam	Fox	New York Rangers	92
Samuel	Girard	Colorado Avalanche	92
Morgan	Rielly	Toronto Maple Leafs	91
Ryan	Merkley	San Jose Sharks	90
Bowen	Byram	Colorado Avalanche	90
John	Klingberg	Anaheim Ducks	90
Jared	Spurgeon	Minnesota Wild	90
Miro	Heiskanen	Dallas Stars	90

NHL 23 Top 10 Speed – Wingers:

First Name	Last Name	Team	OVR
Johnny	Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	93
Taylor	Hall	Boston Bruins	93
Kasperi	Kapanen	Pittsburgh Penguins	93
Artemi	Panarin	New York Rangers	92
Nikolaj	Ehlers	Winnipeg Jets	92
Anthony	Duclair	Florida Panthers	92
Patrick	Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	92
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	92
David	Pastrnak	Boston Bruins	92
Alex	DeBrincat	Ottawa Senators	92

NHL 23 Top 10 Strength:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Milan	Lucic	Calgary Flames	Left Wing	93
Jamie	Oleksiak	Seattle Kraken	Left Defense	93
Tom	Wilson	Washington Capitals	Right Wing	93
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	93
Victor	Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	Left Defense	93
Ryan	Reaves	New York Rangers	Right Wing	92
Zack	Kassian	Arizona Coyotes	Right Wing	92
Leon	Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	Center	92
Evgeni	Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	92
Roman	Josi	Nashville Predators	Left Defense	92

NHL 23 Top 10 Body Checking:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Radko	Gudas	Florida Panthers	Right Defense	94
Matt	Martin	New York Islanders	Left Wing	93
Ryan	Reaves	New York Rangers	Right Wing	93
Milan	Lucic	Calgary Flames	Left Wing	93
Tom	Wilson	Washington Capitals	Right Wing	92
Tanner	Jeannot	Nashville Predators	Left Wing	91
Brady	Tkachuk	Ottawa Senators	Left Wing	91
Nicolas	Deslauriers	Philadelphia Flyers	Left Wing	91
Luke	Schenn	Vancouver Canucks	Right Defense	91
Zack	Kassian	Arizona Coyotes	Right Wing	91

NHL 23 Top 10 Skills – Deking:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Cale	Makar	Colorado Avalanche	Right Defense	97
Connor	McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	Center	97
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	Right Wing	96
Artemi	Panarin	New York Rangers	Left Wing	96
Patrick	Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	Right Wing	96
Johnny	Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	Left Wing	96
David	Pastrnak	Boston Bruins	Right Wing	95
Kirill	Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	Left Wing	94
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	Center	94
Mitchell	Marner	Toronto Maple Leafs	Right Wing	94

NHL 23 Top 10 Skills – Slap Shot Power:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	96
Victor	Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	Left Defense	94
Steven	Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	Center	94
Patrik	Laine	Columbus Blue Jackets	Right Wing	94
Adam	Pelech	New York Islanders	Left Defense	93
Andrei	Svechnikov	Carolina Hurricanes	Right Wing	93
Colton	Parayko	St. Louis Blues	Right Defense	93
John	Carlson	Washington Capitals	Right Defense	93
Kaapo	Kakko	New York Rangers	Right Wing	92
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	Center	92

NHL 23 Top 10 Skills – Wrist Shot Power:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Auston	Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	Center	94
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	94
Patrik	Laine	Columbus Blue Jackets	Right Wing	93
John	Carlson	Washington Capitals	Right Defense	93
Andrei	Svechnikov	Carolina Hurricanes	Right Wing	92
Leon	Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	Center	92
Steven	Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	Center	92
Nathan	MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	Center	92
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	Right Wing	92
Evgeni	Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	Center	92

NHL 23 Top 10 EU Players:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Andrei	Vasilevskiy	Tampa Bay Lightning	Goalie	94
Leon	Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	Center	93
Roman	Josi	Nashville Predators	Left Defense	93
Victor	Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	Left Defense	93
Igor	Shesterkin	New York Rangers	Goalie	92
Aleksander	Barkov	Florida Panthers	Center	92
Nikita	Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	Right Wing	92
Artemi	Panarin	New York Rangers	Left Wing	92
Alex	Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	Left Wing	92
Kirill	Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	Left Wing	91

NHL 23 Top 10 Under 23:

First Name	Last Name	Team	Position	OVR
Andrei	Svechnikov	Carolina Hurricanes	Right Wing	88
Rasmus	Dahlin	Buffalo Sabres	Left Defense	88
Trevor	Zegras	Anaheim Ducks	Center	87
Jack	Hughes	New Jersey Devils	Center	87
Moritz	Seider	Detroit Red Wings	Right Defense	87
Bowen	Byram	Colorado Avalanche	Left Defense	85
Tim	Stützle	Ottawa Senators	Center	85
Spencer	Knight	Florida Panthers	Goalie	84
Noah	Dobson	New York Islanders	Right Defense	84
Cole	Caufield	Montreal Canadiens	Right Wing	84

And that’s about it for the complete NHL 23 Player Ratings and Top 10 Lists! Let us know in the comments below if you agree with the ratings or not.

NHL 23 will be available worldwide on October 15 for the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

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