Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – July 2026

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2026-07-14

The 2026 NHL Draftees are in! Here are the top defense prospects to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!

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Jun	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Jun	May
1	Cole Hutson	WAS	LD	140.8	1	1
2	Zayne Parekh	CGY	RD	126.7	2	3
3	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	RD	122.1	3	4
4	Chase Reid	SEA	RD	122.0	NR	NR
5	Carson Carels	CGY	LD	109.7	NR	NR
6	Alberts Smits	NYR	LD	97.1	NR	NR
7	Kashawn Aitcheson	NYI	LD	96.9	4	5
8	Keaton Verhoeff	SJS	RD	90.6	NR	NR
9	Cameron Reid	NSH	LD	90.4	5	8
10	Xavier Villeneuve	CHI	LD	89.9	NR	NR
11	Thomas Bleyl	NSH	RD	87.0	NR	NR
12	Sam Rinzel	CHI	RD	86.5	6	7
13	Adam Jiricek	STL	RD	86.0	7	12
14	Jackson Smith	CBJ	LD	85.9	10	11
15	Scott Morrow	NYR	RD	85.7	8	10
16	Tanner Molendyk	NSH	LD	85.1	9	9
17	Ryan Lin	SJS	RD	85.1	NR	NR
18	Daxon Rudolph	BUF	RD	84.5	NR	NR
19	Harrison Brunicke	PIT	RD	84.4	11	13
20	Radim Mrtka	BUF	RD	82.2	12	14
21	Dmitri Simashev	UTA	LD	82.0	14	15
22	Seamus Casey	NJD	RD	82.0	13	16
23	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	79.3	15	17
24	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY	RD	76.3	16	19
25	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	76.2	17	20
26	Bryce Pickford	MON	RD	75.2	18	21
27	Eric Pohlkamp	SJS	RD	74.1	19	26
28	Sascha Boumedienne	WPG	LD	72.9	20	24
29	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	72.0	21	23
30	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	RD	71.7	22	35
31	David Jiricek	PHI	RD	71.5	23	31
32	Henry Mews	CGY	RD	70.1	24	25
33	Luca Cagnoni	SJS	LD	69.2	25	27
34	Logan Hensler	OTT	RD	68.0	26	28
35	Leo Sahlin Wallenius	SJS	LD	67.3	27	22
36	Tarin Smith	ANA	LD	67.2	28	29
37	Theo Lindstein	STL	LD	66.4	29	30
38	Luca Marrelli	CBJ	RD	65.6	31	32
39	Adam Engstrom	MON	LD	65.6	30	33
40	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	65.5	32	37
41	Tyson Jugnauth	SEA	LD	65.1	33	41
42	Maxim Strbak	BUF	RD	63.4	34	38
43	Artyom Duda	UTA	LD	63.3	35	39
44	Alfons Freij	WPG	LD	61.4	37	42
45	Alexander Bilecki	TOR	LD	61.1	NR	NR
46	Axel Elofsson	COL	RD	60.8	NR	NR
47	Nikita Shcherbakov	NJD	LD	60.4	NR	NR
48	Henry Brzustewicz	LAK	RD	59.8	38	36
49	Lukas Dragicevic	SEA	RD	59.7	40	34
50	Mike Benning	CGY	RD	59.7	39	43

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