2024-25 PAL Rating and Value Rating: performance and contract value

Two scores from 0 to 100, where 50 is the average NHL player. PAL Rating measures performance: offense, creation, shooting, possession, defense, discipline, power play and penalty kill, compared with players at the same position and adjusted for ice time. A defensive player isn't punished for not scoring: the score starts from the player's strength, offensive or defensive, and every player gets a profile. Salary never enters it. Value Rating answers a different question: for what the player costs, does the return come in more or less than expected?

How it's calculated →WAR, in wins →

Top forward

100PAL89ValueLeon Draisaitl

EDM · Elite Top defenseman

100PAL89ValueQuinn Hughes

VAN · Elite Top goalie

99PAL91ValueConnor Hellebuyck

WPG · Elite

Best contracts

Highest Value Rating among players rated 70 or more.

99Jackson LaCombeANA · 0.93 M$ · PAL 96 (expected 36)
99Logan O'ConnorCOL · 1.05 M$ · PAL 96 (expected 39)
98Dylan SambergWPG · 1.40 M$ · PAL 93 (expected 42)
98Wyatt JohnstonDAL · 0.89 M$ · PAL 91 (expected 37)
98Mark JankowskiCAR · 0.80 M$ · PAL 90 (expected 36)

Heaviest contracts

Lowest Value Rating among cap hits of $5M or more.

1Jacob TroubaANA · 8.00 M$ · PAL 14 (expected 69)
1Dylan CozensOTT · 7.10 M$ · PAL 9 (expected 66)
1Chandler StephensonSEA · 6.25 M$ · PAL 1 (expected 64)
1Casey MittelstadtBOS · 5.75 M$ · PAL 5 (expected 63)
1Trevor ZegrasANA · 5.75 M$ · PAL 4 (expected 63)

The scale — PAL Rating

90–100 Elite
80–89 Excellent
70–79 Very good
60–69 Above average
40–59 Around average
20–39 Below average
0–19 Very poor

The scale — Value Rating

90–100 Exceptional value
75–89 Very good contract
55–74 Good value
45–54 Fair value
25–44 Poor return
0–24 Very poor return

#	Player			Profile
1	Leon DraisaitlEDM · F	100	89	Offensive	100	61	8.50 M$	8.1	71	100	83	99	100	32	90	99	51
2	Sam ReinhartFLA · F	100	89	Two-way	97	99	8.63 M$	3.6	76	91	95	96	95	100	68	91	85
3	Nico HischierNJD · F	99	90	Two-way	97	70	7.25 M$	4.8	71	87	94	99	92	54	99	97	74
4	Connor McDavidEDM · F	99	84	Two-way	99	73	12.50 M$	4.5	64	99	86	87	100	43	96	96	55
5	Auston MatthewsTOR · F	99	83	Two-way	99	84	13.25 M$	2.7	63	97	98	92	98	64	81	95	82
6	Seth JarvisCAR · F	99	90	Two-way	96	98	7.42 M$	2.0	69	85	97	89	99	98	95	87	81
7	Nathan MacKinnonCOL · F	98	83	Offensive	99	45	12.60 M$	5.0	78	99	70	71	99	18	83	100	49
8	Jack HughesNJD · F	98	88	Two-way	98	79	8.00 M$	3.5	62	96	86	94	94	58	81	98	81
9	Aleksander BarkovFLA · F	98	86	Two-way	90	99	10.00 M$	3.1	64	87	45	48	97	99	65	99	90
10	Tomas HertlVGK · F	98	88	Two-way	98	73	8.14 M$	1.6	71	90	99	99	88	70	28	95	54
11	Nikita KucherovTBL · F	97	85	Offensive	100	25	9.50 M$	5.4	75	100	70	91	87	15	89	100	31
12	David PastrnakBOS · F	97	83	Offensive	99	38	11.25 M$	5.1	78	99	90	96	84	30	84	98	47
13	Jason RobertsonDAL · F	97	88	Two-way	95	77	7.75 M$	5.1	78	92	83	96	82	77	90	93	34
14	Nikolaj EhlersWPG · F	97	90	Offensive	95	62	6.00 M$	3.1	67	98	80	85	92	48	99	87	40
15	Brandon HagelTBL · F	96	89	Two-way	90	94	6.50 M$	3.2	79	91	84	81	97	91	62	65	77
16	Matthew TkachukFLA · F	96	84	Offensive	98	42	9.50 M$	3.0	52	98	96	87	97	23	42	95	44
17	Alex IafalloWPG · F	96	93	Defensive	63	100	4.00 M$	1.9	79	47	30	53	98	99	52	71	96
18	Logan O'ConnorCOL · F	96	99	Defensive	27	100	1.05 M$	1.9	76	10	18	30	93	100	98	29	99
19	Kirill KaprizovMIN · F	95	84	Offensive	96	62	9.00 M$	2.8	38	98	79	92	91	51	67	89	30
20	Mark StoneVGK · F	95	84	Two-way	91	92	9.50 M$	2.5	63	97	51	62	92	87	66	91	79
21	Brady TkachukOTT · F	95	85	Offensive	97	60	8.21 M$	1.6	72	81	100	89	96	38	11	94	40
22	Zach HymanEDM · F	95	90	Two-way	96	72	5.50 M$	1.3	71	65	100	94	99	49	44	86	17
23	Alex DeBrincatDET · F	94	85	Offensive	97	26	7.88 M$	3.5	78	92	93	98	53	26	94	99	41
24	Warren FoegeleLAK · F	94	93	Two-way	80	97	3.50 M$	2.8	79	59	96	75	96	79	57	43	99
25	Roope HintzDAL · F	94	84	Offensive	96	53	8.45 M$	2.6	72	95	89	94	59	29	51	98	92
26	Anthony CirelliTBL · F	94	88	Two-way	78	96	6.25 M$	2.5	77	72	78	73	98	96	82	55	70
27	Mitch MarnerTOR · F	93	80	Two-way	91	70	10.90 M$	3.6	77	98	24	64	82	61	86	97	75
28	Pavel DorofeyevVGK · F	93	96	Two-way	89	89	1.84 M$	3.5	79	79	88	97	93	89	29	82	23
29	Sebastian AhoCAR · F	93	81	Two-way	90	89	9.75 M$	2.8	75	89	68	79	95	41	38	89	98
30	Dylan LarkinDET · F	93	83	Two-way	93	71	8.70 M$	2.4	78	83	94	81	83	75	66	97	9
31	Brayden PointTBL · F	92	81	Offensive	98	11	9.50 M$	3.8	74	97	93	100	32	9	86	97	44
32	Tom WilsonWSH · F	92	86	Two-way	89	82	6.50 M$	3.1	78	84	85	95	77	81	64	86	71
33	Rickard RakellPIT · F	92	88	Offensive	93	69	5.00 M$	2.9	78	83	92	95	68	74	48	93	43
34	Sean MonahanCBJ · F	92	87	Offensive	94	66	5.50 M$	0.9	50	93	97	76	91	36	25	80	87
35	Jack EichelVGK · F	91	79	Offensive	89	64	10.00 M$	3.4	77	91	65	74	81	57	87	92	58
36	Aliaksei ProtasWSH · F	91	91	Two-way	85	86	3.38 M$	3.3	76	94	66	83	81	56	77	46	97
37	Lucas RaymondDET · F	91	82	Offensive	88	61	8.08 M$	2.4	78	88	67	77	70	45	97	96	79
38	Wyatt JohnstonDAL · F	91	98	Offensive	94	44	0.89 M$	1.7	78	86	96	97	38	34	66	94	86
39	Jake GuentzelTBL · F	90	79	Offensive	95	28	9.00 M$	3.3	78	90	92	97	69	17	74	93	75
40	Mark JankowskiCAR · F	90	98	Defensive	62	99	0.80 M$	1.3	56	35	66	66	96	98	13	14	92
41	William KarlssonVGK · F	90	85	Defensive	58	96	5.90 M$	1.0	50	55	37	18	95	94	84	68	88
42	Jackson BlakeCAR · F	90	98	Two-way	82	88	0.91 M$	0.1	76	55	94	81	98	83	79	73	25
43	Gabriel VilardiWPG · F	89	90	Offensive	87	58	3.44 M$	3.2	71	84	76	95	38	70	91	91	27
44	Noah CatesPHI · F	89	92	Defensive	52	97	2.63 M$	1.9	75	46	43	64	84	97	70	8	91
45	Garnet HathawayPHI · F	89	93	Defensive	43	98	2.38 M$	1.3	64	28	53	29	88	99	86	21	90
46	Anders LeeNYI · F	89	82	Offensive	92	63	7.00 M$	0.9	78	78	99	86	90	54	20	67	18
47	Jordan KyrouSTL · F	88	79	Offensive	87	57	8.13 M$	4.1	80	88	74	98	67	57	93	71	29
48	Jesper BrattNJD · F	88	79	Offensive	92	37	7.88 M$	2.0	77	96	58	58	71	20	71	99	85
49	Barrett HaytonUTA · F	88	92	Offensive	86	65	2.65 M$	1.2	78	56	99	82	94	57	78	80	8
50	Stefan NoesenNJD · F	88	91	Offensive	92	66	2.75 M$	1.1	75	69	99	74	80	56	11	92	73

PickALeague calculation from the play-by-play and on-ice shifts of every game (NHL data) and the season's cap hits.