NHL 23 Player Ratings: Top 10 centers

Updated: Sep 22, 2022 8:21 pm

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NHL 23 has released its new player ratings, providing fans with their first real taste of what they can expect from the latest installment of the franchise. This is a special experience for the NHL 23 community as fans get to analyze which specific player ratings improved, declined, or plateaued since NHL 22.

With several player ratings revealed, it can be quite overwhelming to process all of the new information. So to ease you into it, we’re going to start off by listing and reviewing the Top 10 players from each position NHL 23 has covered, starting off with the centers.

The NHL has a lot of really talented centers and it remains to be one of the most star-packed positions in the game. But with so much taking place over the course of last season, who made the Top 10 list this year? Let’s get right to it and see.

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NHL 23: Top 10 Centers

1. Connor McDavid (95 Overall) – Edmonton Oilers
2. Auston Matthews (94 Overall) – Toronto Maple Leafs
3. Nathan MacKinnon (94 Overall) – Colorado Avalanche
4. Leon Draisaitl (93 Overall) – Edmonton Oilers
5. Sidney Crosby (93 Overall) – Pittsburgh Penguins
6. Aleksander Barkov (92 Overall) – Florida Panthers
7. Steven Stamkos (90 Overall) – Tampa Bay Lightening
8. Evgeni Malkin (90 Overall) – Pittsburgh Penguins
9. Sebastian Aho (89 Overall) – Carolina Hurricanes
10. Patrice Bergeron (89 Overall) – Boston Bruins

Considering the type of season the NHL had with so many stars rising to the occasion, this Top 10 is actually quite fitting and reflective of the best centers in the game.

NHL 22: Top 10 Centers

A helpful trick to garner a better understanding of the new player ratings in NHL 23, is to look over the ratings from the previous edition. In short, this allows fans to visualize the movement within the rankings from season to season.

Let’s have a look at the Top 10 Centers from NHL 22:

1. Connor McDavid (95 Overall) – Edmonton Oilers
2. Nathan MacKinnon (93 Overall) – Colorado Avalanche
3. Sidney Crosby (93 Overall) – Pittsburgh Penguins
4. Leon Draisaitl (93 Overall) – Edmonton Oilers
5. Auston Matthews (92 Overall) – Toronto Maple Leafs
6. Patrice Bergeron (91 Overall) – Boston Bruins
7. Jack Eichel (91 Overall) – Buffalo Sabres
8. Aleksander Barkov (90 Overall) – Florida Panthers
9. Anze Kopitar (90 Overall) – Los Angeles Kings
10. Steven Stamkos (90 Overall) – Tampa Bay Lightening

Upon looking at the NHL 22 list, you’ll notice that NHL 23 does not have as many 90 overalls in their Top 10. Players like Matthews, Barkov, and MacKinnon all rose the ranks with their overall ratings while Bergeron, Eichel, and Kopitar fell a few spots down on the list.