By the Round.
The best forward and best defender drafted in each round, ranked by points per game. Rounds 1 through 6, the rounds shared across all three PWHL drafts.
Point-per-game is a blunt instrument, but it does one job well: it surfaces who made the most of the games they played. Round-by-round it sharpens further, because now everyone in the comparison was taken under the same expectations.
A single forward and single defender per round are ranked across all three drafts simultaneously. The 20-game minimum matters because a player who scored four points in five call-ups is not the round's best forward, even if her PPG says so. The deep rounds of the 2023 draft, which had no 2024 or 2025 counterparts, are excluded.
Cards are named for the team that drafted the player, not by the team they play for now. For example, Daryl Watts is Ottawa, even though she currently plays for Toronto.
Ranked by Points Per Game · Min 20 GP · Through 2025-26
Source: PWHL.com
1
Round
#12024
Sarah Fillier
New York
0.88PPG
59GP
22G
30A
52P
From 10 forwards across all three drafts
#22025
Haley Winn
Boston
0.63PPG
30GP
5G
14A
19P
From 10 defenders across all three drafts
2
Round
#92024
Britta Curl-Salemme
Minnesota
0.76PPG
58GP
20G
24A
44P
From 11 forwards across all three drafts
#102023
Sophie Jaques
Boston
0.68PPG
77GP
18G
34A
52P
From 7 defenders across all three drafts
3
Round
#162023
Jessie Eldridge
New York
0.73PPG
84GP
30G
31A
61P
From 15 forwards across all three drafts
#172023
Jincy Roese
Ottawa
0.33PPG
79GP
3G
23A
26P
From 3 defenders across all three drafts
4
Round
#232023
Natalie Spooner
Toronto
0.59PPG
68GP
26G
14A
40P
From 11 forwards across all three drafts
#242023
Maggie Flaherty
Minnesota
0.22PPG
76GP
6G
11A
17P
From 8 defenders across all three drafts
5
Round
#252023
Susanna Tapani
Minnesota
0.57PPG
86GP
24G
25A
49P
From 14 forwards across all three drafts
#302023
Kati Tabin
Montreal
0.32PPG
82GP
7G
19A
26P
From 4 defenders across all three drafts
6
Round
#322023
Daryl Watts
Ottawa
0.78PPG
81GP
32G
31A
63P
From 10 forwards across all three drafts
#332024
Mae Batherson
Minnesota
0.33PPG
55GP
3G
15A
18P
From 7 defenders across all three drafts
Method
Picks are credited to the team that exercised them. Players are ranked by career points per game across all PWHL regular seasons. A 20-game minimum applies. Career points then earlier pick number break ties.
This view is capped at round 6 because that's the deepest round shared across all three drafts. The 2023 draft ran 15 rounds, 2024 ran 7, 2025 ran 6.