Position board
Defensemen Fantasy Hockey Rankings
Ranked inside the same default 8-team, position-restricted rotisserie model as the overall board. Goalie ratios remain volume-weighted and are never summed.
Inputs updated 2026-10-15
Skater rankings
| Rank | Player | Pos / team | G | A | +/− | PIM | PPP | SOG | H | BK | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Bouchard | D · EDM | 20 | 69 | +26 | 33 | 33 | 221 | 35 | 103 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | D · COL | 22 | 60 | +32 | 24 | 31 | 221 | 40 | 123 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 3 | Moritz Seider | D · DET | 10 | 46 | +9 | 54 | 27 | 191 | 148 | 194 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | D · BUF | 18 | 53 | +16 | 74 | 23 | 206 | 90 | 91 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 5 | Zach Werenski | D · CBJ | 22 | 61 | +7 | 22 | 21 | 258 | 30 | 112 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 6 | Jakob Chychrun | D · WSH | 24 | 33 | +14 | 62 | 18 | 214 | 61 | 116 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 7 | MacKenzie Weegar | D · UTA | 7 | 31 | -22 | 85 | 11 | 180 | 202 | 210 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 8 | Nikita Zadorov | D · BOS | 4 | 18 | +18 | 156 | 0 | 106 | 204 | 101 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 9 | Darren Raddysh | D · TBL | 19 | 44 | +17 | 50 | 23 | 183 | 65 | 78 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 10 | Matthew Schaefer | D · NYI | 24 | 37 | +13 | 38 | 18 | 229 | 39 | 110 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 11 | Quinn Hughes | D · MIN | 9 | 72 | +1 | 31 | 36 | 197 | 10 | 84 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 12 | Noah Dobson | D · MTL | 13 | 40 | +3 | 39 | 11 | 192 | 73 | 204 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 13 | Lane Hutson | D · MTL | 10 | 60 | +30 | 35 | 21 | 113 | 30 | 130 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 14 | Charlie McAvoy | D · BOS | 10 | 45 | +10 | 67 | 19 | 116 | 89 | 132 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 15 | John Carlson | D · ANA | 17 | 43 | +13 | 33 | 23 | 179 | 34 | 121 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 16 | Josh Manson | D · COL | 5 | 24 | +32 | 84 | 0 | 122 | 176 | 97 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 17 | Roman Josi | D · NSH | 14 | 49 | -14 | 36 | 26 | 210 | 34 | 120 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 18 | Rasmus Andersson | D · VGK | 16 | 29 | -4 | 71 | 12 | 171 | 38 | 165 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 19 | Darnell Nurse | D · EDM | 7 | 20 | -7 | 99 | 0 | 166 | 153 | 159 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 20 | Josh Morrissey | D · WPG | 14 | 45 | +11 | 30 | 18 | 165 | 43 | 117 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 21 | Miro Heiskanen | D · DAL | 9 | 51 | +9 | 29 | 27 | 143 | 27 | 119 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 22 | Brock Faber | D · MIN | 14 | 34 | +14 | 36 | 11 | 169 | 39 | 146 | ESPN projection 2026-09-29 |
| 23 | Thomas Chabot | D · OTT | 10 | 35 | +8 | 35 | 12 | 157 | 59 | 173 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 24 | Adam Fox | D · NYR | 12 | 52 | +7 | 31 | 27 | 120 | 35 | 108 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 25 | Mikhail Sergachev | D · UTA | 10 | 46 | -1 | 39 | 23 | 146 | 44 | 129 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 26 | Bowen Byram | D · BUF | 14 | 37 | -15 | 62 | 26 | 158 | 58 | 103 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 27 | Jake Sanderson | D · OTT | 15 | 41 | +11 | 10 | 23 | 153 | 35 | 134 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 28 | Mike Matheson | D · MTL | 8 | 38 | +4 | 47 | 5 | 149 | 68 | 182 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 29 | Victor Hedman | D · TBL | 10 | 41 | +14 | 42 | 22 | 136 | 41 | 92 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 30 | Erik Karlsson | D · PIT | 14 | 48 | +2 | 26 | 23 | 196 | 24 | 72 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 31 | Brandt Clarke | D · LAK | 7 | 30 | +9 | 54 | 11 | 150 | 27 | 166 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 32 | Sean Walker | D · CAR | 9 | 22 | +5 | 58 | 1 | 170 | 139 | 124 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 33 | Jacob Trouba | D · ANA | 8 | 24 | -2 | 41 | 1 | 164 | 155 | 169 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 34 | Mattias Ekholm | D · EDM | 7 | 33 | +32 | 32 | 3 | 138 | 70 | 121 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 35 | Mattias Samuelsson | D · BUF | 11 | 25 | +31 | 28 | 2 | 98 | 127 | 139 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 36 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D · CAR | 13 | 44 | +6 | 31 | 24 | 141 | 36 | 71 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 37 | Simon Edvinsson | D · DET | 10 | 17 | +13 | 79 | 1 | 93 | 99 | 156 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 38 | Logan Stanley | D · BUF | 9 | 17 | +3 | 128 | 1 | 96 | 110 | 84 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 39 | Jeremy Lauzon | D · VGK | 1 | 13 | -3 | 99 | 0 | 82 | 281 | 108 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 40 | Devon Toews | D · COL | 6 | 31 | +38 | 35 | 2 | 150 | 40 | 108 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 41 | Alexander Nikishin | D · CAR | 11 | 23 | +18 | 35 | 10 | 124 | 141 | 92 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 42 | J.J. Moser | D · TBL | 7 | 21 | +39 | 66 | 1 | 107 | 59 | 88 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 43 | Jackson LaCombe | D · ANA | 10 | 42 | -4 | 22 | 15 | 141 | 72 | 134 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 44 | Dougie Hamilton | D · NJD | 11 | 28 | -2 | 46 | 14 | 186 | 77 | 74 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 45 | Filip Hronek | D · VAN | 8 | 42 | -14 | 37 | 18 | 133 | 131 | 93 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 46 | Connor Clifton | D · PIT | 3 | 6 | +8 | 81 | 0 | 53 | 274 | 128 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 47 | Radko Gudas | D · ANA | 3 | 15 | -3 | 91 | 0 | 86 | 223 | 119 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 48 | Brent Burns | D · COL | 11 | 24 | +28 | 30 | 3 | 185 | 23 | 95 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 49 | Kaiden Guhle | D · MTL | 4 | 18 | +10 | 80 | 0 | 78 | 168 | 123 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 50 | Kris Letang | D · PIT | 4 | 35 | -4 | 47 | 12 | 127 | 117 | 107 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 51 | Thomas Harley | D · DAL | 9 | 33 | +10 | 26 | 9 | 130 | 42 | 142 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 52 | Esa Lindell | D · DAL | 7 | 26 | +31 | 18 | 2 | 90 | 38 | 187 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 53 | Vince Dunn | D · SEA | 11 | 34 | -16 | 55 | 19 | 171 | 28 | 85 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 54 | Justin Faulk | D · DET | 13 | 26 | -7 | 41 | 10 | 143 | 75 | 131 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 55 | Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D · TBL | 6 | 24 | -4 | 120 | 2 | 80 | 98 | 78 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 56 | Emil Lilleberg | D · TBL | 6 | 12 | +23 | 93 | 0 | 65 | 146 | 68 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 57 | Jake McCabe | D · TOR | 5 | 20 | +7 | 59 | 0 | 75 | 116 | 174 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 58 | Neal Pionk | D · WPG | 4 | 13 | +1 | 55 | 3 | 145 | 165 | 112 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 59 | Ivan Provorov | D · CBJ | 9 | 25 | +12 | 33 | 5 | 148 | 33 | 135 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 60 | K'Andre Miller | D · CAR | 8 | 28 | +6 | 53 | 3 | 122 | 113 | 91 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 61 | Colton Parayko | D · STL | 7 | 18 | -3 | 25 | 0 | 133 | 112 | 203 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 62 | Brandon Montour | D · SEA | 12 | 22 | -19 | 53 | 11 | 194 | 80 | 83 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 63 | Sam Malinski | D · COL | 7 | 29 | +34 | 19 | 1 | 142 | 44 | 90 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 64 | Travis Sanheim | D · PHI | 10 | 28 | +6 | 27 | 4 | 113 | 55 | 157 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 65 | Noah Hanifin | D · VGK | 6 | 29 | +3 | 17 | 9 | 162 | 45 | 139 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 66 | Vincent Desharnais | D · SJS | 1 | 9 | +10 | 98 | 0 | 49 | 148 | 119 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 67 | Parker Wotherspoon | D · PIT | 3 | 26 | +16 | 52 | 0 | 67 | 154 | 106 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 68 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D · TOR | 7 | 26 | -2 | 73 | 8 | 111 | 90 | 73 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 69 | Jonathan Aspirot | D · BOS | 4 | 12 | +37 | 54 | 1 | 59 | 107 | 103 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 70 | Erik Cernak | D · TBL | 4 | 10 | +4 | 92 | 0 | 66 | 140 | 123 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 71 | Martin Fehervary | D · WSH | 5 | 20 | +12 | 35 | 0 | 73 | 130 | 169 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 72 | Adam Larsson | D · SEA | 6 | 17 | +4 | 43 | 0 | 111 | 116 | 157 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 73 | Morgan Rielly | D · TOR | 11 | 32 | -15 | 32 | 10 | 153 | 44 | 135 | ESPN projection 2026-10-15 |
| 74 | Artem Zub | D · OTT | 5 | 20 | +18 | 54 | 0 | 89 | 78 | 123 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 75 | Max Crozier | D · TBL | 2 | 20 | +15 | 87 | 0 | 100 | 85 | 67 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 76 | Brady Skjei | D · NSH | 6 | 28 | -7 | 49 | 5 | 150 | 81 | 103 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 77 | Shea Theodore | D · VGK | 10 | 35 | +17 | 25 | 8 | 129 | 4 | 86 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 78 | Ben Chiarot | D · DET | 5 | 9 | -8 | 70 | 0 | 95 | 158 | 148 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 79 | Gustav Forsling | D · FLA | 5 | 27 | +7 | 44 | 2 | 139 | 65 | 100 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 80 | Vladislav Gavrikov | D · NYR | 13 | 23 | -1 | 46 | 4 | 123 | 51 | 113 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 81 | Hampus Lindholm | D · BOS | 6 | 24 | +3 | 66 | 5 | 113 | 14 | 117 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 82 | Arber Xhekaj | D · MTL | 1 | 4 | -9 | 136 | 0 | 47 | 208 | 50 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 83 | Aaron Ekblad | D · FLA | 3 | 25 | +1 | 53 | 6 | 104 | 88 | 99 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 84 | Brayden McNabb | D · VGK | 6 | 8 | +2 | 31 | 0 | 98 | 133 | 171 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 85 | Louis Crevier | D · CHI | 7 | 18 | -2 | 61 | 0 | 111 | 121 | 93 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 86 | Tyler Kleven | D · OTT | 3 | 16 | +2 | 58 | 0 | 98 | 137 | 102 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 87 | Damon Severson | D · CBJ | 8 | 24 | +14 | 48 | 3 | 90 | 40 | 92 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 88 | Dmitry Orlov | D · SJS | 4 | 33 | -19 | 43 | 15 | 102 | 126 | 78 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 89 | Seth Jones | D · FLA | 8 | 29 | -8 | 25 | 18 | 117 | 66 | 83 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 90 | Brayden Pachal | D · CGY | 2 | 12 | -2 | 92 | 0 | 55 | 173 | 78 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 91 | Donovan Sebrango | D · FLA | 0 | 14 | -9 | 123 | 0 | 60 | 139 | 58 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 92 | Johnathan Kovacevic | D · NJD | 0 | 18 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 67 | 127 | 87 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 93 | Sean Durzi | D · UTA | 6 | 28 | -15 | 63 | 5 | 106 | 51 | 111 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 94 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D · PHI | 2 | 22 | +17 | 28 | 2 | 100 | 83 | 109 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 95 | Alexander Petrovic | D · DAL | 3 | 11 | +3 | 66 | 0 | 80 | 124 | 108 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 96 | Jack St. Ivany | D · PIT | 0 | 27 | +15 | 23 | 0 | 65 | 182 | 91 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 97 | Michael Kesselring | D · BUF | 0 | 4 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 103 | 56 | 85 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 98 | Mario Ferraro | D · SJS | 6 | 16 | -9 | 38 | 0 | 94 | 136 | 150 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 99 | Ian Cole | D · UTA | 3 | 19 | +15 | 46 | 0 | 57 | 68 | 140 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 100 | Drew Doughty | D · LAK | 7 | 21 | +8 | 34 | 9 | 96 | 65 | 88 | ESPN projection 2026-09-26 |
| 101 | Josh Mahura | D · SEA | 3 | 7 | +26 | 53 | 0 | 50 | 86 | 119 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 102 | Jacob Middleton | D · MIN | 2 | 14 | +2 | 77 | 0 | 63 | 88 | 119 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |
| 103 | Jonas Brodin | D · MIN | 5 | 17 | +23 | 20 | 1 | 93 | 12 | 154 | Official NHL history · modelled forward 2026-09-26 |