Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – July 2025
Dobber
2025-07-26
Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!
But first, coming SATURDAY afternoon, July 26,, the 20th edition – Dobber’s Fantasy Hockey Guide! Buy it on its own here, or package it with the recently released Prospects Report here.
For this month, the draft picks from June are in! Schaefer makes his debut!
As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal preference (upside, certainty, wait time, injury risk, etc.)
Legend: FPR is their ranking for June’s Fantasy Prospects Report (available in the shop).
Click any player name to be taken to his DobberProspects fantasy scouting profile page.
| July | Prospect | Team | Shoots | Prospect Rating | FPR | May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 78.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Zeev Buium | MIN | LD | 70.9 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Matthew Schaefer | NYI | LD | 69.9 | NR | NR |
| 4 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 69.2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 67.1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 66.3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | RD | 64.2 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | David Jiricek | MIN | RD | 54.7 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 53.2 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Scott Morrow | NYR | RD | 50.7 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 50.3 | 13 | 11 |
| 12 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 50.2 | 12 | 15 |
| 13 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 49.3 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Logan Mailloux | STL | RD | 49.0 | 11 | 16 |
| 15 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 48.7 | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 48.6 | 14 | 12 |
| 17 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 48.5 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 46.2 | 18 | 19 |
| 19 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 45.1 | 17 | 13 |
| 20 | Radim Mrtka | BUF | RD | 44.5 | NR | NR |
| 21 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 41.5 | 19 | 28 |
| 22 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 40.6 | 20 | 22 |
| 23 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 37.7 | 21 | 18 |
| 24 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 36.3 | 22 | 20 |
| 25 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 36.2 | 25 | 23 |
| 26 | Lian Bichsel | DAL | LD | 35.9 | 23 | 21 |
| 27 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 35.3 | 24 | 24 |
| 28 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 35.1 | 26 | 37 |
| 29 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 32.7 | 28 | 27 |
| 30 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 31.6 | 27 | 25 |
| 31 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 30.1 | 29 | 26 |
| 32 | Maveric Lamoureux | UTA | LD | 29.4 | 30 | 29 |
| 33 | Logan Hensler | OTT | RD | 28.9 | NR | NR |
| 34 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.1 | 31 | 31 |
| 35 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 27.2 | 32 | 34 |
| 36 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 27.0 | 33 | 43 |
| 37 | Mikhail Gulyayev | COL | LD | 26.6 | 37 | 32 |
| 38 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 26.6 | 38 | 30 |
| 39 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 26.4 | 34 | 35 |
| 40 | Anton Silayev | NJD | LD | 26.3 | 41 | 38 |
| 41 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 26.3 | 36 | 39 |
| 42 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 26.1 | 35 | 36 |
| 43 | Sascha Boumedienne | WPG | LD | 25.2 | NR | NR |
| 44 | Cameron Reid | NSH | LD | 25.2 | NR | NR |
| 45 | Lukas Dragicevic | SEA | RD | 24.8 | 43 | 47 |
| 46 | Adam Engstrom | MON | LD | 24.4 | 39 | 45 |
| 47 | Jack Thompson | SJS | RD | 24.4 | 40 | 41 |
| 48 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 23.6 | 42 | 42 |
| 49 | Adam Jiricek | STL | RD | 23.4 | 46 | 40 |
| 50 | Sawyer Mynio | VAN | LD | 23.4 | 47 | 70 |
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