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NHL.com ranks the top 50 fantasy hockey defensemen in standard leagues for the rest of the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

Fantasy categories taken into account for these rankings include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.

1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
4. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
5. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
6. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
7. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
8. Moritz Seider, D, DET
9. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
10. Victor Hedman, D, TBL (INJ.)
11. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
12. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
13. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
14. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
15. John Carlson, D, WSH
16. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
17. Roman Josi, D, NSH
18. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
19. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
20. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
21. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
22. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
23. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
24. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
25. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
26. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
27. Justin Faulk, D, STL
28. Brock Faber, D, MIN
29. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
30. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
31. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
32. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
33. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
34. Seth Jones, D, FLA
35. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
36. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
37. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
38. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
39. Zeev Buium, D, MIN (rookie)
40. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
41. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI
42. Vladislav Gavrikov, D, NYR
43. Olen Zellweger, D, ANA
44. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
45. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
46. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
47. Cam Fowler, D, STL
48. Simon Nemec, D, NJD
49. Kris Letang, D, PIT
50. Dmitry Orlov, D, SJS

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Key injuries:

Adam Fox, D, NYR
Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
Jake Walman, D, EDM
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)

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Just missed:

Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Brent Burns, D, COL
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Neal Pionk, D, WPG
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, TOR (INJ.)

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