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top 20 centers in 2026

R	Player	Team	League	Born	HT	WT	S
1	Connor McDavid (F)	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	01/13/1997	6'1"	194	L
2	Nathan MacKinnon (F)	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	09/01/1995	6'0"	201	R
3	Auston Matthews (F)	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	09/17/1997	6'3"	216	L
4	Connor Bedard (F)	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	07/17/2005	5'10"	190	R
5	Jack Hughes (F)	New Jersey Devils	NHL	05/14/2001	5'11"	176	L
6	Aleksander Barkov (F)	Florida Panthers	NHL	09/02/1995	6'3"	214	L
7	Leon Draisaitl (F)	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	10/27/1995	6'2"	209	L
8	Leo Carlsson (F)	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	12/26/2004	6'3"	207	L
9	Adam Fantilli (F)	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	10/12/2004	6'2"	205	L
10	Elias Pettersson (F)	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	11/12/1998	6'2"	185	L
11	Tim Stützle (F)	Ottawa Senators	NHL	01/15/2002	6'0"	192	L
12	Michael Misa (F)	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	02/16/2007	6'1"	183	L
13	Nick Suzuki (F)	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	08/10/1999	5'11"	207	R
14	Sidney Crosby (F)	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	08/07/1987	5'11"	201	L
15	Macklin Celebrini (F)	San Jose Sharks	NHL	06/13/2006	6'0"	190	L
16	Calum Ritchie (F)	New York Islanders	NHL	01/21/2005	6'2"	190	R
17	Matty Beniers (F)	Seattle Kraken	NHL	11/05/2002	6'2"	179	L
18	Sebastian Aho (F)	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	07/26/1997	6'0"	190	L
19	Dylan Cozens (F)	Ottawa Senators	NHL	02/09/2001	6'3"	205	R
20	Logan Cooley (F)	Utah Mammoth	NHL	05/04/2004	6'0"	192	L