Here are the 50 top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – December edition!

But first, the 18th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide will be out in just under two weeks! Look for it January 8, 2026 and you can pre-order it here (unless you bought the Ultimate Fantasy Pack or have the Gold/Platinum subscription – in which case you will already get it!)

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As always – players ranked within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal. Click any name to be taken to his DobberProspects fantasy scouting profile page for more details.

The following players have graduated this month:
Matthew Schaefer
Alexander Nikishin
Zeev Buium
Artyom Levshunov
Axel Sandin Pellikka
Denton Mateychuk
Shakir Mukhamadullin

Dec	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Nov	Oct
1	Sam Dickinson	SJS	LD	128.5	4	7
2	Zayne Parekh	CGY	RD	128.3	5	2
3	Cole Hutson	WAS	LD	110.9	8	14
4	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	RD	102.6	9	11
5	Radim Mrtka	BUF	RD	100.5	10	13
6	Logan Mailloux	STL	RD	98.2	11	9
7	Luca Cagnoni	SJS	LD	96.7	12	12
8	Sam Rinzel	CHI	RD	93.4	14	10
9	Tanner Molendyk	NSH	LD	92.2	15	15
10	Tom Willander	VAN	RD	92.1	16	20
11	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	89.2	17	18
12	Scott Morrow	NYR	RD	88.6	18	16
13	Kashawn Aitcheson	NYI	LD	87.6	39	66
14	Seamus Casey	NJD	RD	86.2	19	17
15	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	82.9	20	19
16	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	79.0	21	24
17	Cameron Reid	NSH	LD	77.8	23	38
18	Jackson Smith	CBJ	LD	76.1	24	49
19	Logan Hensler	OTT	RD	75.9	25	35
20	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY	RD	74.0	22	27
21	Sascha Boumedienne	WPG	LD	74.0	26	48
22	Henry Mews	CGY	RD	73.7	27	60
23	Tristan Luneau	ANA	RD	72.9	28	21
24	Adam Jiricek	STL	RD	72.1	30	50
25	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	71.2	31	33
26	Lukas Dragicevic	SEA	RD	70.7	29	36
27	Harrison Brunicke	PIT	RD	70.5	32	29
28	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	69.1	42	41
29	Anton Silayev	NJD	LD	68.1	33	44
30	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	LD	67.0	34	37
31	Maxim Strbak	BUF	RD	67.0	35	45
32	David Jiricek	MIN	RD	66.7	36	22
33	Ethan Del Mastro	CHI	LD	66.4	37	34
34	Tarin Smith	ANA	LD	66.4	38	59
35	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	RD	66.3	40	26
36	Leo Sahlin Wallenius	SJS	LD	64.9	43	81
37	Theo Lindstein	STL	LD	64.6	44	43
38	Henry Brzustewicz	LAK	RD	64.4	45	95
39	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	64.3	46	31
40	Dmitri Simashev	UTA	LD	64.3	47	23
41	Sawyer Mynio	VAN	LD	63.9	48	51
42	Luca Marrelli	CBJ	RD	63.9	49	69
43	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	63.5	50	28
44	Mikhail Gulyayev	COL	LD	62.8	51	42
45	Stian Solberg	ANA	LD	62.8	52	84
46	Artyom Duda	UTA	LD	62.4	53	40
47	Alfons Freij	WPG	LD	62.4	54	93
48	Etienne Morin	CGY	LD	62.3	55	56
49	Justin Kipkie	UTA	LD	62.1	56	70
50	Tristan Bertucci	DAL	LD	61.9	57	58