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Every current NHL center, best known first. Set two sides of NHL centers against each other and decide who takes each row, or call it even.

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Sidney Crosby#87

C · PIT

Connor McDavid#97

C · EDM

Auston Matthews#34

C · TOR

Nathan MacKinnon#29

C · COL

Ryan O'Reilly#90

C · NSH

Jordan Staal#11

C · CAR

Sam Bennett#9

C · FLA

John Tavares#91

C · TOR

Jack Eichel#9

C · VGK

Bo Horvat#14

C · NYI

Aleksander Barkov#16

C · FLA

Zemgus Girgensons#28

C · TB

Mikael Granlund#64

C · ANA

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins#93

C · EDM

Brayden Schenn#10

C · NYI

Brayden Point#21

C · TB

Vincent Trocheck#16

C · UTAH

William Karlsson#71

C · VGK

Mathew Barzal#13

C · NYI

Jack Hughes#86

C · NJ

Brock Nelson#11

C · COL

Sam Reinhart#13

C · FLA

Elias Pettersson#40

C · VAN

Mark Scheifele#55

C · WPG

Mikael Backlund#11

C · CGY

Sean Couturier#14

C · PHI

Tomas Hertl#48

C · VGK

Charlie Coyle#3

C · CBJ

Joel Eriksson Ek#14

C · MIN

Nazem Kadri#91

C · COL

Nick Bjugstad#72

C · WPG

Pavel Zacha#18

C · BOS

Andrew Copp#18

C · DET

Ryan Hartman#38

RW · MIN

Jean-Gabriel Pageau#44

C · NYI

Dylan Strome#17

C · WSH

Sean Monahan#23

C · CBJ

Nico Sturm#78

C · MIN

Cody Glass#12

C · NJ

Nick Paul#20

LW · TOR

Nick Schmaltz#8

C · UTAH

Evan Rodrigues#17

C · NJ

Shane Pinto#12

C · OTT

Peyton Krebs#19

C · BUF

Ridly Greig#71

C · OTT

Kevin Stenlund#82

C · UTAH

Marco Rossi#23

C · VAN

Macklin Celebrini#71

C · SJ

Adam Lowry#17

C · WPG

Paul Cotter#47

LW · VAN

Berkly Catton#27

C · SEA

Zack Ostapchuk#63

C · SJ

Leo Carlsson#91

C · ANA

Tim Washe#42

C · ANA

Roger McQueen#95

C · ANA

Ryan Poehling#25

C · ANA

Fraser Minten#93

C · BOS

Elias Lindholm#28

C · BOS

Matthew Poitras#51

C · BOS

Sean Kuraly#52

C · BOS

Noah Ostlund#86

C · BUF

Josh Norris#9

C · BUF

Tyson Kozak#48

C · BUF

Sebastian Aho#20

C · CAR

Logan Stankoven#22

C · CAR

Mark Jankowski#77

C · CAR

Jesperi Kotkaniemi#82

C · CAR

Adam Fantilli#19

C · CBJ

Steven Lorentz#18

C · CBJ

Luca Del Bel Belluz#93

C · CBJ

Martin Pospisil#76

C · CGY

Morgan Frost#16

C · CGY

JCJonathan Castagna#38

C · CGY

Samuel Honzek#29

LW · CGY

Connor Bedard#98

C · CHI

Anton Frondell#16

C · CHI

Frank Nazar#91

C · CHI

Ryan Greene#20

C · CHI

Fedor Svechkov#9

C · COL

Roope Hintz#24

C · DAL

Wyatt Johnston#53

C · DAL

Justin Hryckowian#49

C · DAL

Radek Faksa#12

C · DAL

Oskar Back#10

C · DAL

Emmitt Finnie#58

C · DET

J.T. Compher#37

LW · DET

Sheldon Dries#15

C · DET

Jason Dickinson#16

C · EDM

Owen Michaels#43

C · EDM

Colton Dach#34

C · EDM

Anton Lundell#15

C · FLA

Cole Schwindt#79

RW · FLA

Alex Laferriere#14

RW · LA

Quinton Byfield#55

RW · LA

Scott Laughton#21

C · LA

Kenny Connors#34

C · LA

Samuel Helenius#79

C · LA

Danila Yurov#22

RW · MIN

Michael McCarron#47

C · MIN

Nick Suzuki#14

C · MTL

Phillip Danault#24

C · MTL

Jake Evans#71

C · MTL

Oliver Kapanen#91

C · MTL

Nico Hischier#13

C · NJ

Shane Wright#15

C · NSH

Alexander Kerfoot#14

C · NSH

Jack Drury#18

C · NSH

Casey Cizikas#53

C · NYI

Mika Zibanejad#93

C · NYR

J.T. Miller#10

LW · NYR

Noah Laba#42

C · NYR

Luke Glendening#43

C · NYR

Joe Veleno#90

C · NYR

Tim Stutzle#18

C · OTT

Stephen Halliday#34

C · OTT

Christian Dvorak#22

C · PHI

Trevor Zegras#46

C · PHI

Noah Cates#27

LW · PHI

Cole Knuble#54

RW · PHI

Ben Kindel#81

C · PIT

Hendrix Lapierre#22

C · PIT

Blake Lizotte#46

C · PIT

Matty Beniers#10

C · SEA

Frederick Gaudreau#89

C · SEA

Ben Meyers#59

C · SEA

Logan Morrison#96

C · SEA

Alexander Wennberg#21

C · SJ

Ty Dellandrea#10

C · SJ

Robert Thomas#18

C · STL

Mason McTavish#83

C · STL

Connor McMichael#77

LW · STL

Pius Suter#22

C · STL

Dillon Dube#65

C · STL

Anthony Cirelli#71

C · TB

Conor Geekie#94

C · TB

Sam O'Reilly#23

RW · TB

Teddy Blueger#73

C · TOR

Barrett Hayton#27

C · UTAH

Max Sasson#63

C · VAN

Jacob Quillan#26

C · VAN

Filip Chytil#77

C · VAN

Nic Dowd#26

C · VGK

Kai Uchacz#77

C · VGK

Brayden Yager#29

C · WPG

Morgan Barron#36

C · WPG

Justin Sourdif#34

RW · WSH

Pierre-Luc Dubois#80

LW · WSH

Ilya Protas#62

LW · WSH

Top NHL centers — November 2026

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