The Toronto Maple Leafs’ top-10 ratings for EA Sports’ NHL 26 have officially been released.
Atop the rankings is none other than Toronto’s captain, Auston Matthews, who’s sporting a 94 rating, the 12th-highest rating within the game. The 27-year-old’s rating dipped by one point when comparing it to his NHL 25 rating.
Matthews’ wrist-shot power, however, is the best in the game at 95, tied only with Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak. Matthews is also the only Maple Leafs player to have a 90 or above rating in all five categories (acceleration, speed, deking, passing, slap shot power, and wrist shot power).
The Scottsdale, Arizona, native is tied as the fourth-best center in the game, behind Jack Eichel (94), Sidney Crosby (94), Aleksander Barkov (95), Leon Draisaitl (96), Nathan MacKinnon (96), and Connor McDavid (97).
Second on Toronto’s list is William Nylander. He’s rated a 92 overall (one rating above his NHL 25 total of 91) and is the 25th-best player in the game. Nylander is ranked one spot above former Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (also a 92-rated player), who one-ups the Swede in only one category: passing.
John Tavares is next on the list with an 88 rating. He’s also the 25th-highest center in the game. Matthew Knies and Morgan Rielly each have an 87 rating. Knies is tied for 15th in the game’s top left-wingers, while Rielly is tied with 11 players for the 20th spot in NHL 26’s best left defensemen.
Among the other players in Toronto’s top-10 are Brandon Carlo (86), Anthony Stolarz (85), Chris Tanev (85), Jake McCabe (85), and Joseph Woll (85). Three of those five players are coming off their first season with the Maple Leafs organization.
Carlo was acquired from the Bruins at the trade deadline in March for Fraser Minten, a 2026 first-round pick, and a 2025 fourth-round pick. Tanev’s rights were traded to Toronto before the start of free agency last summer, and he then signed a six-year, $27 million contract with the Maple Leafs.
Stolarz inked a two-year, $5 million contract with Toronto on July 1, 2024, and is entering the final year of his deal. The 31-year-old had an up-and-down season with injuries, but finished the regular season with a .926 save percentage in 34 games.
He appeared in seven games during the playoffs for the Maple Leafs. Stolarz had a .901 save percentage in that span before leaving Game 1 of their second-round series against the Florida Panthers following a Sam Bennett forearm to the head.
Toronto’s full top-10 ratings in NHL 26 are as follows: 1. Matthews (94), 2. Nylander (92), 3. Tavares (88), 4. Knies (87), 5. Rielly (87), 6. Carlo (86), 7. Stolarz (85), 8. Tanev (85), 9. McCabe (85), and 10. Woll (85).
The game is available for purchase on both XBOX Series X|S and PlayStation 5 systems, with the release date set for September 12.
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