Sergachev fantasy defense

NHL.com ranks the top 50 fantasy hockey defensemen in standard leagues for the rest of the 2026-27 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.

"NHL Fantasy Stars" has a fantasy point scoring structure for skaters with the following values: 7 points for a goal, 4 points for an assist, 1 point for a shot on goal, 1 point for a hit and 1 point for a blocked shot.

1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
3. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
4. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
5. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI
6. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
7. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
8. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
9. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
10. Seth Jones, D, FLA
11. Adam Fox, D, NYR
12. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
13. Moritz Seider, D, DET
14. Roman Josi, D, NSH
15. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
16. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
17. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR
18. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
19. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
20. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
21. John Carlson, D, TBL
22. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie)
23. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA
24. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
25. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
26. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
27. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
28. Philip Broberg, D, STL
29. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
30. Devon Toews, D, COL
31. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
32. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
33. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
34. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
35. Bowen Byram, D, CHI (INJ.)
36. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
37. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
38. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
39. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
40. Owen Power, D, BUF
41. Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D, TBL
42. Sean Walker, D, CAR
43. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
44. Jacob Trouba, D, SJS
45. Zayne Parekh, D, CGY
46. Tristan Luneau, D, ANA
47. Jamie Drysdale, D, PHI
48. Dmitry Orlov, D, SJS
49. Olen Zellweger, D, BUF
50. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA

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Key injuries:

Brock Faber, D, MIN
Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
Colton Parayko, D, STL

Others to consider:

Kris Letang, D, PIT
K'Andre Miller, D, CAR
Nikita Zadorov, F, BOS
Jeremy Lauzon, D, NSH
Elias Pettersson, D, VAN
Tyler Kleven, D, OTT
Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
Kaiden Guhle, D, MTL
Mattias Ehkholm, D, EDM
Brayden McNabb, D, VGK
Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
Justin Faulk, D, DET
Darnell Nurse, D, SJS
Jayden Struble, D, NSH
Sam Malinski, D, COL
Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR
Ryker Evans, D, SEA
Sean Durzi, D, NYR
Simon Nemec, D, CGY
Mason Lohrei, D, BOS
Jake McCabe, D, TOR
Vladislav Gavrikov, D, NYR
Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI

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