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2025-2026 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks
# | Player Name | Pos. | Team | G | A | +/- | PPP | SOG | BLK | FanPts^ | Avg Rnk |
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4 | Morgan Rielly | D | TOR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20.50 | 41.25 |
12 | Brandt Clarke | D | LAK | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14.80 | 66.17 |
20 | Cale Makar | D | COL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.90 | 73.25 |
25 | Nikita Zadorov | D | BOS | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11.90 | 77.67 |
26 | Drew Doughty | D | LAK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9.70 | 78.50 |
28 | Aaron Ekblad | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9.60 | 80.58 |
35 | Brent Burns | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.70 | 85.42 |
39 | Brandon Carlo | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.80 | 87.50 |
42 | Gustav Forsling | D | FLA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10.70 | 88.92 |
43 | Ryan Shea | D | PIT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.00 | 89.08 |
44 | Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8.50 | 89.17 |
50 | Rasmus Andersson | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6.80 | 91.08 |
55 | Sam Malinski | D | COL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.90 | 95.25 |
56 | Erik Karlsson | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.80 | 95.42 |
58 | Jake McCabe | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.90 | 95.92 |
65 | Ty Emberson | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.70 | 101.08 |
66 | Jakob Chychrun | D | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.60 | 102.42 |
67 | Wyatt Kaiser | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.80 | 104.00 |
68 | Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.90 | 105.92 |
70 | Kris Letang | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.90 | 106.58 |
72 | Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.80 | 106.75 |
73 | Matt Roy | D | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.80 | 106.75 |
74 | Matthew Grzelcyk | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.80 | 106.75 |
75 | Cody Ceci | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.50 | 107.92 |
76 | Joel Edmundson | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.90 | 108.83 |
81 | Sam Rinzel | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.90 | 110.67 |
83 | John Carlson | D | WSH | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4.80 | 111.25 |
87 | Chris Tanev | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 112.92 |
88 | Will Borgen | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 112.92 |
89 | Carson Soucy | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 112.92 |
90 | Samuel Girard | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 112.92 |
92 | Brian Dumoulin | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1.30 | 113.92 |
93 | Connor Murphy | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2.80 | 114.17 |
94 | Kaedan Korczak | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 114.50 |
96 | MacKenzie Weegar | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 114.50 |
99 | Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.80 | 115.33 |
104 | Harrison Brunicke | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 117.25 |
107 | Lane Hutson | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.70 | 117.92 |
108 | Artyom Levshunov | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.80 | 118.50 |
111 | Devon Toews | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 120.25 |
113 | Andrew Peeke | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 121.42 |
117 | Kevin Bahl | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.90 | 123.33 |
122 | Mason Lohrei | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 124.33 |
124 | Mikey Anderson | D | LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 124.33 |
125 | Niko Mikkola | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.90 | 124.67 |
126 | Hampus Lindholm | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.90 | 124.67 |
129 | Caleb Jones | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 125.83 |
134 | Simon Benoit | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 125.92 |
135 | Josh Manson | D | COL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 125.92 |
136 | Henri Jokiharju | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 125.92 |
137 | Shea Theodore | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.30 | 126.50 |
141 | Darnell Nurse | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.90 | 129.00 |
144 | Martin Fehervary | D | WSH | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.90 | 129.00 |
146 | Jeremy Lauzon | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.90 | 129.00 |
147 | Ethan Del Mastro | D | CHI | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.90 | 129.00 |
148 | Seth Jones | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.90 | 129.00 |
157 | Alec Regula | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1.20 | 132.17 |
162 | Brayden McNabb | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 133.83 |
166 | Noah Hanifin | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.70 | 135.92 |
167 | Jake Bean | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 136.08 |
170 | Parker Wotherspoon | D | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 137.25 |
171 | Vladislav Gavrikov | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 137.25 |
174 | Zach Whitecloud | D | VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 137.25 |
176 | Charlie McAvoy | D | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 137.25 |
178 | Joel Hanley | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 137.25 |
183 | Noah Dobson | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.10 | 137.58 |
184 | Braden Schneider | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.10 | 137.58 |
191 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 140.33 |
193 | Mike Matheson | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 140.33 |
203 | Kaiden Guhle | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 140.42 |
205 | Adam Fox | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.10 | 142.67 |
209 | Brett Kulak | D | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 151.75 |
217 | Urho Vaakanainen | D | NYR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 152.08 |
219 | Jeff Petry | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 152.08 |
222 | Dmitry Kulikov | D | FLA | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 152.08 |
223 | Brayden Pachal | D | CGY | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 152.08 |
224 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | TOR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.10 | 152.08 |
229 | Alexandre Carrier | D | MTL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.00 | 163.50 |
Notes: Official player data is provided daily by The National Hockey League (nhl.com). For highest data quality, we average ties (draws) when calculating ranks. Goalie Starts^ data is shown for reference only, not ranked. This ranking analysis is particularly relevant to popular Yahoo Fantasy Hockey Rotisserie or Head-to-Head League default scoring.
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