The Elite Prospects 2025 QMJHL Entry Draft top 50 ranking

Concluding our first season of CHL draft coverage is our QMJHL Entry Draft ranking. 

For at least a couple of years, this draft has been headlined by Alexis Joseph. The towering pivot had one of the best QM18AAA seasons ever for a 14-year-old and then followed it up with another big year. 

As time moved on, the top of this class tightened up, making it one of the most exciting QMJHL draft classes in years. James Scantlebury, Malik L'Italien, Thomas Charbonneau, and Antoine Provencher are just some of the top names you need to know, whether you’re a fan of junior hockey or looking for a glimpse of the 2027 and 2028 NHL Draft classes. 

This is not a prediction of how the actual draft will shake out, but a ranking of who we anticipate providing the most value in the league. We consider a combination of upside and probability of filling a top-six/top-four role. Skating, ability to make plays at speed (pace), puck skills, physical skills, motor, details, and more are considered, as is growth potential. And as usual, we show our work, with hundreds of game reports scattered across EP player pages.

We also have a new grading scale for this ranking. Instead of 1-9, it’s 0-100 with 5-point intervals. 50 represents WHL calibre, 70 equivalent to middle-six/pair-level, and 90 being the high-end tools that you’d expect to see in top-line and top-pair players. 

Here’s our first-ever QMJHL Entry Draft ranking, complete with analysis, grades, and more for our top 50 skaters.