NHL 24 ratings: best players

Check out the top 50 players in NHL 24

EA Sports’ latest soccer simulation game is in players’ hands, but its ice hockey counterpart is not too far behind: NHL 24 is set to be released on October 6, 2023, for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. As is customary, the developers have been releasing some player ratings ahead of the release date.

We have now arrived at the highlight of this phase with the reveal of the 50 best NHL 24 players, which you can check out below.

The 50 best players of NHL 24 have been revealed.

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NHL 24: top 50 players

Canadian star Connor McDavid leads the rankings with an unbeatable 97 OVR, leading a quartet of pursuers that fill up this year’s top five ranked players: These are Colorado Avalanche players Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon, Czech right-winger David Pastrnak, and McDavid’s German team mate Leon Draisaitl. All of them have 95 OVR, trailing McDavid by two points.

• Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) – Center | 97 OVR
• Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche) – Right Defense | 95 OVR
• Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) – Center | 95 OVR
• Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) – Center | 95 OVR
• David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins) – Right Wing | 95 OVR
• Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers) – Left Wing | 94 OVR
• Roman Josi (Nashville Predators) – Left Defense | 94 OVR
• Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning) – Right Wing | 94 OVR
• Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) – Center | 93 OVR
• Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) – Center | 93 OVR
• Mikko Rantanen (Colorado Avalanche) – Right Wing | 93 OVR
• Artemi Panarin (New York Rangers) – Left Wing | 93 OVR
• Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning) – Goalie | 93 OVR
• Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning) – Left Defense | 93 OVR
• Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks) – Center | 92 OVR
• Ilya Sorokin (New York Islanders) – Goalie | 92 OVR
• Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers) – Goalie | 92 OVR
• Jason Robertson (Dallas Stars) – Left Wing | 92 OVR
• Kirill Kaprizov (Minnesota Wild) – Left Wing | 92 OVR
• Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins) – Right Defense | 92 OVR
• Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers) – Center | 92 OVR
• Mitchell Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs) – Right Wing | 92 OVR
• Adam Fox (New York Rangers) – Right Defense | 92 OVR
• Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning) – Center | 92 OVR
• Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils) – Center | 91 OVR
• Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres) – Left Defense | 91 OVR
• Tage Thompson (Buffalo Sabres) – Center | 91 OVR
• Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) – Left Wing | 91 OVR
• Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins) – Right Defense | 91 OVR
• Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins) – Left Wing | 91 OVR
• Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights) – Center | 91 OVR
• Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets) – Goalie | 91 OVR
• Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks) – Left Defense | 90 OVR
• Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars) – Defense | 90 OVR
• Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers) – Center | 90 OVR
• Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes) – Center | 90 OVR
• Dougie Hamilton (New Jersey Devils) – Right Defense | 90 OVR
• Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) – Center | 90 OVR
• Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning) – Center | 90 OVR
• Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights) – Right Wing | 90 OVR
• John Carlson (Washington Capitals) – Right Defense | 90 OVR
• Linus Ullmark (Boston Bruins) – Goalie | 90 OVR
• Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars) – Goalie | 90 OVR
• Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators) – Center | 89 OVR
• Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators) – Goalie | 89 OVR
• Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes) – Left Wing | 89 OVR
• Andrei Svechnikov (Carolina Hurricanes) – Right Wing | 89 OVR
• Johnny Gaudreau (Columbus Blue Jackets) – Left Wing | 89 OVR
• Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators) – Left Wing | 89 OVR
• William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs) – Right Wing | 89 OVR

For more information on the upcoming game, check out our NHL 24 preview, which details all the changes and improvements compared to last year’s iteration.