Top 50 Players in NHL 18

Steve Noah

Published: Aug 30, 2017 10:52 pm

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This week, EA Sports revealed plenty of NHL 18 player ratings. Cover star, Connor McDavid, took the top spot in both the young stars and the top 50 players with a 93 overall rating – up five points from his ranking last year, and blowing past many of the top stars and veterans of the NHL.

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EA Sports recently detailed the new ratings methodology in place for NHL 18 in a blog post. Most important to the young stars is that they are rated so they can step right out of the NHL Entry Draft and into the NHL directly.

NHL 18 hits the ice on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 15. Check out the top 50 rated players in NHL 18 below, along with links to the top 10 at each position.

1. Connor McDavid – 93 Overall

2. Sidney Crosby – 93 Overall

3. Evgeni Malkin – 92 Overall

4. Carey Price – 92 Overall

5. Alex Ovechkin – 92 Overall

6. Erik Karlsson – 91 Overall

7. Patrick Kane – 91 Overall

8. Drew Doughty – 91 Overall

9. Steven Stamkos – 91 Overall

10. John Tavares – 90 Overall

11. Brent Burns – 90 Overall

12. Victor Hedman – 90 Overall

13. Vladimir Tarasenko – 90 Overall

14. Jamie Benn – 90 Overall

15. Braden Holtby – 90 Overall

16. Duncan Keith – 90 Overall

17. Nicklas Backstrom – 89 Overall

18. Patrice Bergeron – 89 Overall

19. Nikita Kucherov – 89 Overall

20. Ryan Getzlaf – 89 Overall

21. Tyler Seguin – 89 Overall

22. Sergei Bobrovsky – 89 Overall

23. Jonathan Toews – 89 Overall

24. Anze Kopitar – 89 Overall

25. Ryan Suter – 89 Overall

26. Cory Schneider – 89 Overall

27. Shea Weber – 89 Overall

28. Joe Pavelski – 88 Overall

29. Mark Scheifele – 88 Overall

30. Matt Murray – 88 Overall

31. Henrik Lundqvist – 88 Overall

32. Kris Letang – 88 Overall

33. Roman Josi – 88 Overall

34. Alex Pietrangelo – 88 Overall

35. Devan Dubnyk – 88 Overall

36. Tuukka Rask – 88 Overall

37. Claude Giroux – 88 Overall

38. Blake Wheeler – 87 Overall

39. Auston Matthews – 87 Overall

40. P.K. Subban – 87 Overall

41. Taylor Hall – 87 Overall

42. Leon Draisaitl – 87 Overall

43. Jack Eichel – 87 Overall

44. Corey Crawford – 87 Overall

45. Oliver Ekman-Larsson – 87 Overall

46. Brad Marchand – 87 Overall

47. David Pastrnak – 87 Overall

48. Johnny Gaudreau – 87 Overall

49. Dustin Byfuglien – 87 Overall

50. Max Pacioretty – 87 Overall

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Steve Noah

Steve is the Editor in Chief at Operation Sports. He's been here since the year 2000 posting news, features and interviews, along with keeping the hardcore sports gaming community alive and well for over two decades. He covers almost every game related to sports but enjoys basketball, football and baseball games the most.