Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – April 2026
Dobber
2026-05-01
Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues, April edition! (yes, I know it’s now officially May)
Click any player name to be taken to the fantasy scouting profile over at DobberProspects, where we have updated every player on this list with scouting notes.
As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal.
Click here to see the Top 200 fantasy prospect forwards
Here are recent graduates from this list (and the forwards one):
Fraser Minten
Ryan Greene
Emmitt Finnie
Samuel Helenius
Ozzy Wiesblatt
Adam Wilsby
Noah Laba
Matthew Robertson
Donovan Sebrango
Elmer Soderblom
Jimmy Snuggerud
Collin Graf
Ryan Winterton
Liam Ohgren
Max Sasson
Justin Sourdif
| Mar | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Mar | Feb |
| 1 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 132.1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 130.4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 129.6 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 108.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kashawn Aitcheson | NYI | LD | 96.8 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 92.1 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 85.8 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Cameron Reid | NSH | LD | 85.1 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 85.1 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Scott Morrow | NYR | RD | 85.0 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Jackson Smith | CBJ | LD | 84.6 | 11 | 15 |
| 12 | Adam Jiricek | STL | RD | 84.4 | 12 | 18 |
| 13 | Harrison Brunicke | PIT | RD | 84.4 | 13 | 24 |
| 14 | Radim Mrtka | BUF | RD | 82.1 | 14 | 9 |
| 15 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 81.9 | 15 | 35 |
| 16 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 81.3 | 16 | 13 |
| 17 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 80.9 | 17 | 11 |
| 18 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 79.3 | 18 | 14 |
| 19 | Logan Mailloux | STL | RD | 78.5 | 19 | 16 |
| 20 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 75.7 | 20 | 19 |
| 21 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 75.5 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Leo Sahlin Wallenius | SJS | LD | 71.6 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Sascha Boumedienne | WPG | LD | 70.7 | 23 | 20 |
| 24 | Henry Mews | CGY | RD | 70.0 | 24 | 25 |
| 25 | Eric Pohlkamp | SJS | RD | 69.9 | 29 | 47 |
| 26 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 69.1 | 25 | 5 |
| 27 | Logan Hensler | OTT | RD | 67.9 | 26 | 23 |
| 28 | Bryce Pickford | MON | RD | 67.5 | 27 | NR |
| 29 | Tarin Smith | ANA | LD | 67.1 | 28 | 33 |
| 30 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 66.4 | 33 | 32 |
| 31 | David Jiricek | PHI | RD | 66.2 | 30 | 30 |
| 32 | Luca Marrelli | CBJ | RD | 65.6 | 31 | 31 |
| 33 | Adam Engstrom | MON | LD | 65.0 | 32 | 44 |
| 34 | Lukas Dragicevic | SEA | RD | 64.5 | 34 | 28 |
| 35 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 64.5 | 35 | 29 |
| 36 | Henry Brzustewicz | LAK | RD | 64.4 | 36 | 34 |
| 37 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 63.5 | 37 | 37 |
| 38 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 63.2 | 38 | 27 |
| 39 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 62.6 | 40 | 39 |
| 40 | Tristan Bertucci | DAL | LD | 62.1 | 41 | 40 |
| 41 | Tyson Jugnauth | SEA | LD | 61.8 | 42 | 41 |
| 42 | Alfons Freij | WPG | LD | 61.3 | 43 | 26 |
| 43 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 59.7 | 44 | 46 |
| 44 | Tomas Lavoie | UTA | RD | 59.4 | 45 | 49 |
| 45 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 58.7 | 46 | 36 |
| 46 | Frederic Brunet | BOS | LD | 57.5 | 47 | 65 |
| 47 | Luke Osburn | BUF | LD | 57.2 | 48 | 59 |
| 48 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 57.0 | 49 | 48 |
| 49 | Ty Nelson | SEA | RD | 56.3 | 50 | 51 |
| 50 | Paul Fischer | EDM | LD | 56.3 | 51 | 56 |
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