Top NHL Forwards by Time on Ice per Game

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Connor McDavid (EDM) leads NHL forwards with 22:59 time on ice per game across 82 games, 0:43 ahead of Nathan MacKinnon. Kirill Kaprizov rounds out the top three at 22:09. Rankings cover the 2025-26 NHL season among qualifying forwards.

Position: ForwardsMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	82	48	90	57	138	4.39	15.6%	56.6	54.3	+17	23.0	$12.50M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	80	53	74	50	127	4.28	15.1%	60.8	56.9	+57	22.3	$12.60M
Kirill Kaprizov LMIN#97	MIN	L	29	78	45	44	27	89	3.09	16.7%	55.1	51.4	+10	22.1	$9.00M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	65	35	62	40	97	4.15	18.8%	55.2	53.4	+13	21.6	$14.00M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	82	39	53	33	92	3.13	14.2%	48.9	49.4	−2	21.5	$7.14M
Mark Scheifele CWPG#55	WPG	C	33	82	36	67	42	103	3.50	20.6%	48.7	49.7	0	21.5	$8.50M
Martin Necas CCOL#88	COL	C	27	78	38	62	35	100	3.58	18.4%	57.8	55.4	+47	21.5	$6.50M
Macklin Celebrini CSJS#71	SJS	C	20	82	45	70	46	115	3.95	15.7%	50.7	48.7	+8	21.3	$975,000
Jack Hughes CNJD#86	NJD	C	25	61	27	50	32	77	3.55	11.8%	53.9	56.6	0	21.3	$8.00M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	64	29	32	20	61	2.69	17.5%	47.3	51.2	−18	21.3	$8.63M
Jack Eichel CVGK#9	VGK	C	29	74	27	63	30	90	3.44	10.4%	60.4	53.8	+23	21.2	$10.00M
Mika Zibanejad CNYR#93	NYR	C	33	81	34	44	29	78	2.76	15.8%	48.6	49.5	−20	20.9	$8.50M
Connor Bedard CCHI#98	CHI	C	21	69	30	45	33	75	3.13	13.3%	45.0	43.8	−18	20.9	$950,000
Artemi Panarin LLAK#10	LAK	L	34	78	28	56	30	84	3.10	12.5%	51.3	54.4	−7	20.8	$11.64M
Nick Suzuki CMTL#14	MTL	C	27	82	29	72	45	101	3.55	15.8%	54.4	52.3	+37	20.8	$7.88M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	60	27	26	15	53	2.55	11.9%	47.5	45.9	−4	20.8	$13.25M
Bo Horvat CNYI#14	NYI	C	31	68	31	26	10	57	2.42	13.7%	50.3	52.6	+8	20.8	$8.50M
Nico Hischier CNJD#13	NJD	C	27	82	28	38	23	66	2.33	13.3%	53.4	54.7	−6	20.7	$7.25M
Mathew Barzal CNYI#13	NYI	C	29	81	19	53	31	72	2.58	10.3%	51.3	51.7	+10	20.7	$9.15M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	77	29	71	57	100	3.77	11.1%	48.4	48.8	+4	20.7	$11.25M
Matt Boldy LMIN#12	MIN	L	25	76	42	43	23	85	3.26	16.5%	53.1	51.2	+18	20.6	$7.00M
Vincent Trocheck CNYR#16	NYR	C	33	67	16	37	19	53	2.31	14.0%	41.6	50.0	−16	20.6	$5.63M
Alexander Wennberg CSJS#21	SJS	C	32	80	18	37	24	55	2.02	19.4%	47.3	48.9	−25	20.5	$5.00M
Ryan O'Reilly CNSH#90	NSH	C	35	81	25	49	32	74	2.69	16.2%	52.1	52.6	+8	20.4	$4.50M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	76	44	86	51	130	5.05	19.0%	57.0	55.8	+43	20.3	$9.50M
Tim Stützle COTT#18	OTT	C	24	80	34	49	26	83	3.07	17.5%	52.7	54.7	+7	20.3	$8.35M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	45	51	24	96	3.47	15.3%	55.2	50.7	+22	20.3	$7.75M
Jake Guentzel CTBL#59	TBL	C	32	81	38	50	29	88	3.22	17.3%	53.9	53.2	+13	20.2	$9.00M
Dylan Larkin CDET#71	DET	C	30	74	34	33	16	67	2.69	14.8%	49.4	50.8	+3	20.2	$8.70M
Mikko Rantanen RDAL#96	DAL	R	29	64	22	55	34	77	3.58	15.8%	52.9	44.9	0	20.2	$12.00M
J.T. Miller LNYR#8	NYR	L	33	68	17	36	17	53	2.32	11.8%	48.2	50.5	−30	20.1	$8.00M
Wyatt Johnston CDAL#53	DAL	C	23	82	45	41	24	86	3.13	21.8%	52.1	45.2	−5	20.1	$8.40M
Quinton Byfield RLAK#55	LAK	R	24	79	24	25	16	49	1.86	13.3%	52.3	53.3	−2	20.0	$6.25M
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	58	31	21	13	52	2.69	19.5%	56.5	51.8	+13	20.0	$5.50M
Mitch Marner RVGK#16	VGK	R	29	81	24	56	38	80	2.97	14.5%	56.3	54.4	+17	20.0	$12.00M
Bryan Rust RPIT#17	PIT	R	34	72	29	36	20	65	2.72	15.8%	45.6	48.5	0	20.0	$5.13M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	71	36	38	26	74	3.16	16.8%	60.1	58.2	+34	19.8	$6.50M
Nick Schmaltz CUTA#8	UTA	C	30	82	33	41	30	74	2.75	16.0%	55.2	55.9	+17	19.7	$5.85M
Brock Nelson CCOL#11	COL	C	34	81	33	32	16	65	2.45	17.7%	60.2	57.3	+15	19.7	$7.50M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	27	53	32	80	3.10	13.8%	56.2	61.9	+11	19.6	$9.75M
Tom Wilson RWSH#43	WSH	R	32	72	30	32	17	62	2.65	19.6%	54.9	53.4	+15	19.5	$6.50M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	65	30	49	37	79	3.76	19.2%	46.4	47.7	−14	19.4	$11.50M
Chandler Stephenson CSEA#9	SEA	C	32	80	16	33	14	49	1.90	17.2%	37.8	40.3	−24	19.4	$6.25M
Adrian Kempe RLAK#9	LAK	R	30	81	36	37	23	73	2.80	15.9%	48.0	52.0	+14	19.3	$5.50M
Matty Beniers CSEA#10	SEA	C	23	82	20	30	19	50	1.90	13.4%	47.0	46.6	−8	19.3	$7.14M
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	81	40	41	28	81	3.12	14.7%	50.8	50.3	−6	19.2	$7.14M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	68	29	45	28	74	3.40	18.1%	48.5	49.9	0	19.2	$8.70M
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	60	28	45	31	73	3.80	21.5%	62.1	55.5	+26	19.2	$9.50M
Mikael Granlund CANA#64	ANA	C	34	58	19	22	12	41	2.21	16.2%	53.3	52.1	−9	19.2	$7.00M
Leo Carlsson CANA#91	ANA	C	21	70	29	38	23	67	3.00	15.0%	54.4	56.6	+4	19.2	$950,000

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Green: Above 50% (league avg)

Red: Below 50%