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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. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
3. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
4. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
5. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
6. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
7. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
8. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT (INJ.)
9. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
10. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
11. Roman Josi, D, NSH
12. Moritz Seider, D, DET
13. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
14. John Carlson, D, ANA (INJ.)
15. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
16. Adam Fox, D, NYR 
17. Victor Hedman, D, TBL 
18. Brock Faber, D, MIN
19. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR (INJ.)
20. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
21. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA (INJ.)
22. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
23. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
24. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
25. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
26. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
27. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
28. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
29. Brandon Montour, D, SEA 
30. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
31. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
32. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
33. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
34. Sam Rinzel, D, CHI (rookie)
35. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
36. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
37. Justin Faulk, D, DET
38. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
39. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
40. Bowen Byram, D, BUF
41. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
42. Owen Power, D, BUF
43. Kris Letang, D, PIT
44. Jake Walman, D, EDM
45. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
46. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
47. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
48. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
49. Colton Parayko, D, STL (INJ.)
50. Philip Broberg, D, STL

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Key injuries:

Seth Jones, D, FLA (nearing return)
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)

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Just missed:

Simon Edvinsson, D, DET
Logan Mailloux, D, STL (rookie)
Zayne Parekh, D, CGY (rookie)
Devon Toews, D, COL
Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR (rookie)

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