Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho is one of the NHL's top players and heading into the 2025-26 season, he was ranked as the 13th best center currently in the league by NHL Network.
The Finnish forward has pretty much been Carolina's top player since he entered the NHL in 2016, having led the team in points in seven of his nine seasons.
Another stellar season and another appearance on our Top 20 Centers Right Now list for Sebastian Aho!@Canes | #NHLTopPlayerspic.twitter.com/i4uYTsKcJn
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 20, 2025
Last year, Aho had a 29-goal, 74-point campaign to lead Carolina and was one goal shy of his fifth 30+ goal season.
The Finnish center is also one of the NHL's top two-way players, playing a solid and dependable two-way game.
In fact, he's also an extremely potent shorthanded threat as nobody has scored more shorthanded goals than him since he entered the league.
Aho also is second in the entire league in game-winning goals over the past three seasons and he plays a pivotal role in every situation for the Hurricanes.
Not only is he productive in the regular season, but the Finnish phenom is also nearly a point-per-game player in the postseason (84 points in 89 games) and he is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff points, goals and assists.
Players ranked ahead of Aho include:
- Connor McDavid
- Nathan MacKinnon
- Leon Draisaitl
- Aleksander Barkov
- Sidney Crosby
- Jack Eichel
- Auston Matthews
- Brayden Point
- Mark Scheifele
- Nick Suzuki
- Jack Hughes
- Robert Thomas
Our Top 20 Centers Right Now list has a total of:
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 20, 2025
• 12 Stanley Cups
• 5 Conn Smythe Trophies
• 10 Ted Lindsay Awards
• 8 Hart Trophies
• 8 Art Ross Trophies
• 7 Maurice Richard Trophies
• 3 Selke Trophies
What do you think of our list?@NHL | #NHLTopPlayerspic.twitter.com/7xSsx0hpuh
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