Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen
Dobber
2025-12-26
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!)
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 |
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