Who is #1 in the 2026 NHL Draft rankings?

Gavin McKenna (LW, Penn State, NCAA) is the consensus #1 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft across The Prospect Don, consensus, and major scout rankings.

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NHL Draft Rankings: 2027 big board

This page shows the 2027 NHL Draft class.

This page shows the 2026 NHL Draft class.

The 2027 Board

Reading the 2027 class…

2027 NHL Draft rankings, ranks 1-32: The Prospect Don's 2027 NHL Draft board, September rankings, as of 7 Sep 2026.

Landon DuPont, -, -
Nazar Privalov, -, -
Jonah Neuenschwander, -, EHC Biel-Bienne (NL)
Carter Meyer, C, Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
Brock England, C, Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
Sergei Skvortsov, -, -
Dima Zhilkin, LW, Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
Milan Sundström, C, MoDo Hockey U20 (U20 Nationell)
Alexis Joseph, -, -
Sammy Nelson, -, -
Jaxon Jacobson, C, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
Luca Santala, C, Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
Brock Cripps, D, Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
Timothy Kazda, RW, Guelph Storm (OHL)
Jaakko Wycisk, C, Guelph Storm (OHL)
Andrei Pustovoi, -, -
Bosse Meijer, C, Frölunda HC (SHL)
Petr Tomek, -, BYD Energie Karlovy Vary (Czechia)
Tomáš Selič, -, HC Kometa Brno
Noah Davidson, C, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
James Scantlebury, C, Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
Jamie Glance, -, -
Max Calce, -, Adler Mannheim (DEL)
Vladimir Shtyrkhunov, D, Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Evgeny Yakunin, -, -
Lenni Kokkonen, -, Kärpät U20
Levi Harper, D, Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll, C, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Boston Tait, D, Wenatchee Wild (WHL)
Nolan Fitzhenry, -, -
Ryerson Edgar, C, Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
Malik L'Italien, D, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)

The 2026 Board

Reading the board…

Rk	Player	Pos	Club	Draft Prospects Hockey	Bluechip Prospect	Brock Otten	Hot Take Hockey	Nathan Grav	NHL Draft Pros	Steven Ellis	Prospect Don · NHL-Affiliated Top 78	Consensus of every board
1	Gavin McKenna	LW	Penn State (NCAA)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Ivar Stenberg	LW/RW	Frölunda HC (SHL)	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
3	Caleb Malhotra	C	Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)	3	5	4	4	4	5	6	10	3
4	Keaton Verhoeff	RD	North Dakota (NCAA)	4	2	11	5	3	3	4	7	4
5	Chase Reid	RD	Soo Greyhounds (OHL)	5	11	3	3	15	4	3	6	6
6	Carson Carels	LD	Prince George Cougars (WHL)	6	4	5	6	5	6	5	12	5
7	Alberts Smits	LD	Jukurit (Liiga)	7	8	9	9	7	7	8	15	8
8	Viggo Björck	C/RW	Djurgårdens IF (SHL)	8	6	6	7	6	11	9	23	7
9	Tynan Lawrence	C	Boston University (NCAA)	10	10	13	11	21	10	11	29	10
10	Ethan Belchetz	LW	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)	9	15	12	8	9	8	12	32	9
11	Daxon Rudolph	RD	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	12	12	10	10	24	9	8	16	11
12	Wyatt Cullen	F	USDP	11	29	8	18	20	29	24	30	16
13	Oscar Hemming	F	Boston College (NCAA)	13	13	14	16	22	12	13	65	13
14	Maddox Dagenais	C	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	14	33	15	23	26	33	31	68	22
15	Nikita Klepov	F	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)	19	9	17	12	10	14	19	73	15
16	Ryan Lin	RD	Vancouver Giants (WHL)	15	14	19	13	12	15	10	34	12
17	J.P. Hurlbert	F	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	21	16	23	14	26	16	21	72	17
18	Oliver Suvanto	C	Tappara (Liiga)	18	7	21	15	8	13	17	51	14
19	Malte Gustafsson	LD	HV71 (J20)	17	32	7	32	10	32	22	45	21
20	Adam Novotný	LW/RW	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	20	17	22	22	23	17	15		18
21	Ilia Morozov	F	Miami (Ohio) (NCAA)	22	18		19	27	18	28		20
22	Xavier Villeneuve	LD	Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)	16	22	26	17	29	22	16	36	19
23	Juho Piiparinen	RD	Tappara (Liiga)	25	19	28	29	25	19	23		23
24	Tommy Bleyl	RD	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)	23		24		15		46		26
25	Mathis Preston	F	Vancouver Giants (WHL)	26	25	29		19	25	27		25
26	Elton Hermansson	RW/LW	MoDo Hockey (Allsvenskan)	27	30	18		24	30	20		24
27	William Håkansson	LD	Luleå HF (SHL)	28	23	45		30	23	38		32
28	Liam Ruck	F	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	29	24	31	20	39	24	14	77	27
29	Adam Valentini	F	Michigan (NCAA)	30	31		24	38	31	41		35
30	Giorgos Pantelas	RD	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	31	20			17	20	42		28
31	Egor Shilov	C	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	32	28		30	28	28	30		33
32	Alexander Command	C	Örebro HK (J20)	24	43	16	28	11	43	26		29
33	Maksim Sokolovskii	LD	London (OHL)	37		37		76		48		52
34	Brooks Rogowski	C	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	40	26	40	25	32	26	53		37
35	Markus Ruck	F	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	35	27	39	21	18	27	18		30
36	Ryan Roobroeck	C	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)	36	21		27	31	21	33		31
37	Nikita Shcherbakov	LD	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)	41	34			13	34	37		36
38	Simas Ignatavicius	F	Genève-Servette HC (NL)	42	41			23	41	40		40
39	Ryder Cali	C	North Bay Battalion (OHL)	33		27		34		54		38
40	Marcus Nordmark	RW	Djurgårdens IF (J20)	34	38		31	19	38	29		34
41	Victor Plante	F	USDP	53				25		35		44
42	Adam Goljer	RD	HK Dukla Trencin	43	44	34		33	44	36		41
43	Dmitri Borichev	G	Loko-76 Yaroslavl (MHL)	45		32		46		46		47
44	Jakub Vaněček	LD	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	46		35				37		46
45	Ben MacBeath	LD	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	50	35	50		43	35	49		49
46	Vladimír Dravecký	RD	Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)	44	39				39	67		43
47	Jack Hextall	C	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	51	37	49		16	37	39		42
48	Alan Shaikhlislamov	RW/LW	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)	52						88		62
49	Jaxon Cover	LW	London Knights (OHL)	47	40			36	40	48		48
50	Niklas Aaram-Olsen	RW/LW	Örebro HK (J20)	49	42	42		68	42	38		53
51	Casey Mutryn	F	USDP	55		41		30		44		50
52	Mikey Berchild	F	USDP	61	45			63	45	66		60
53	Pierce Mbuyi	LW	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)	48	36		26	56	36	45		45
54	Rudolfs Berzkalns	C	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	38	50	43		45	50	84		56
55	Luke Schairer	RD	USDP	56				55		63		61
56	Thomas Vandenberg	C	Ottawa 67s (OHL)	57		33		58		65		59
57	Alessandro Di Iorio	C	Sarnia Sting (OHL)	54	48				48	43		55
58	Tomas Chrenko	C	HK Nitra	63	49			50	49	32		57
59	Blake Zielinski	F	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)	59	47			14	47			51
60	Adam Nemec	F	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)	58						64		64
61	Oliver Murnieks
62	Nils Bartholdsson	RW	Rögle BK (J20)	64						73		69
63	Egor Barabanov	F	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)	65						70		67
64	Dayne Beuker	C	USDP	62								65
65	Tobias Trejbal	G	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	66		25		54		34		54
66	Tomas Galvas	LD	HC Liberec	67						79		70
67	Gleb Pugachyov	RW/LW	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)	39		30		27		55		39
68	Cooper Williams	F	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	68								72
69	Beckham Edwards	C	Sarnia Sting (OHL)	69	46				46	68		63
70	Simon Katolicky	LW/RW	Tappara (J20)	70								76
71	Oscar Holmertz	C	Linköping HC (J20)	71				78		47		68
72	Lavr Gashilov	C	Avto Yekaterinburg (MHL)	72						59		71
73	Lars Steiner	RW	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	73				57		52		66
74	Filip Ruzicka	G	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	80								88
75	Landon Hafele	C	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)	84				66				87
76	Braidy Wassilyn	F	London Knights (OHL)	74						71		78
77	Colin Fitzgerald	C	Soo Greyhounds (OHL)	75						74		80
78	Ethan MacKenzie	LD	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)	76				75		73		81
79	Will Lacelle	G	Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)	81				49				77
80	Brady Knowling	G	USDP	82						58		79
81	Yaroslav Fedoseyev	RD	Belye Medvedi (MHL)	83								93
82	Landon Nycz	LD	Massachusetts (NCAA)	86				72		67		85
83	Casper Juustovaara Karlsson	C/LW	Luleå HF (SHL)	87						92		90
84	Samu Alalauri	RD	Pelicans (J20)	88				48		53		74
85	Viktor Fyodorov	C	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)	89								100
86	Chase Harrington	F	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)	77						56		75
87	Charlie Morrison	LD	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	100				60		51		86
88	Cole Zurawski	RW	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)	92								103
89	Axel Elofsson	RD	Örebro HK (J20)	104						50		98
90	Jean-Cristoph Lemieux	C	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)	94				69				96
91	Vilho Vanhatalo	RW/LW	Tappara (J20)	95						99		106
92	Vertti Svensk	LD	SaiPa (J20)	97				67		75		94
93	Jonas Lagerberg-Hoen	RW	Leksand IF (J20)	105				79				107
94	Filip Novak	F	Sparta Praha (J20)	106								113
95	Evan Jardine	F	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	107								115
96	Brek Liske	RD	Everett Silvertips (WHL)	108				47		63		91
97	Landon Amrhein	F	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	109						72		102
98	Max Isaksson	C	Växjö Lakers (J20)	110								116
99	Alexander Bilecki	LD	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	60		36		51		58		58
100	Myles Brosnan	RD	Dexter Southfield (Prep)	111								117

Board order: The Prospect Don's 2026 board workbook, as of 30 Jul 2026. Other columns: each board's own published ranking, as of 6 Aug 2026 (Draft Prospects Hockey, Bluechip Prospect, Brock Otten, Hot Take Hockey, Nathan Grav, NHL Draft Pros, Steven Ellis, Prospect Don · NHL-Affiliated Top 78). Consensus: the average of those boards except Prospect Don · NHL-Affiliated Top 78, as of 6 Aug 2026. GP and Pts: The Prospect Don's 2026 board workbook, not an official league record.

2027 NHL Draft Rankings