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Defensemen rankings

2026 NHL Draft defensemen rankings.

This static page filters the consensus top 100 to defensemen so users can search the 2026 NHL Draft class by position. It uses the same local ranking rows as the main rankings hub and links back to player pages and the sortable board.

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Consensus defensemen

Position pages are designed for searchers who know the player type they care about. They avoid mixing goalie and skater stat meanings while preserving consensus and source-spread context.

RankPlayerProfileCurrent teamLatest rowRank context
#3Chase Reid Player board →D / USAMichigan State Univ. / NCAA45 GP, 18-30-48, 1.07 P/GP17 sources, #2-#10
#4Keaton Verhoeff Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of North Dakota / NCAA36 GP, 6-14-20, 0.56 P/GP17 sources, #1-#12
#6Carson Carels Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of North Dakota / NCAA58 GP, 20-53-73, 1.26 P/GP16 sources, #3-#23
#9Daxon Rudolph Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of Denver / NCAA68 GP, 28-50-78, 1.15 P/GP15 sources, #5-#20
#10Ryan Lin Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of Denver / NCAANo stat row17 sources, #7-#18
#13Alberts Smits Player board →D / LatviaJukurit / Liiga38 GP, 6-7-13, 0.34 P/GP15 sources, #2-#15
#14Malte Gustafsson Player board →D / SwedenHV71 / SHL27 GP, 0-3-3, 0.11 P/GP15 sources, #6-#27
#19Xavier Villeneuve Player board →D / CanadaBoston Univ. / NCAA37 GP, 6-32-38, 1.03 P/GP13 sources, #5-#31
#20Juho Piiparinen Player board →D / FinlandTappara / Liiga29 GP, 0-3-3, 0.10 P/GP13 sources, #6-#29
#33William Håkansson Player board →D / SwedenLuleå HF / SHL22 GP, 0-2-2, 0.09 P/GP7 sources, #12-#33
#34Tommy Bleyl Player board →D / USAMoncton Wildcats / QMJHL63 GP, 13-68-81, 1.29 P/GP10 sources, #17-#34
#36Nikita Shcherbakov Player board →D / RussiaToros Neftekamsk / VHL35 GP, 4-6-10, 0.29 P/GP8 sources, #13-#36
#43Adam Goljer Player board →D / SlovakiaHK Dukla Trencin / Slovakia43 GP, 4-7-11, 0.26 P/GP5 sources, #14-#43
#46Ben Macbeath Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of Denver / NCAA67 GP, 7-44-51, 0.76 P/GP4 sources, #22-#46
#48Giorgos Pantelas Player board →D / CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings / WHL68 GP, 6-31-37, 0.54 P/GP2 sources, #30-#48
#52Samu Alalauri Player board →D / FinlandPelicans U20 / U20 SM-sarja40 GP, 6-19-25, 0.63 P/GP2 sources, #17-#52
#56Jakub Vaněček Player board →D / CzechiaTri-City Americans / WHL59 GP, 14-21-35, 0.59 P/GP2 sources, #31-#56
#57Maksim Sokolovskii Player board →D / RussiaLondon Knights / OHL44 GP, 2-6-8, 0.18 P/GP2 sources, #22-#57
#60Brek Liske Player board →D / CanadaEverett Silvertips / WHL52 GP, 7-17-24, 0.46 P/GP1 sources, #60-#60
#61Luke Schairer Player board →D / USAUSNTDP Juniors / USHL62 GP, 1-21-22, 0.35 P/GP1 sources, #61-#61
#62Alexander Bilecki Player board →D / CanadaKitchener Rangers / OHL66 GP, 9-20-29, 0.44 P/GP1 sources, #62-#62
#65Tomas Galvas Player board →D / CzechiaBílí Tygři Liberec / Czechia32 GP, 8-16-24, 0.75 P/GP1 sources, #65-#65
#67Timofei Runtso Player board →D / USAMiami Univ. (Ohio) / NCAA68 GP, 11-33-44, 0.65 P/GP1 sources, #67-#67
#69Ethan MacKenzie Player board →D / CanadaUniv. of North Dakota / NCAA59 GP, 22-36-58, 0.98 P/GP1 sources, #69-#69
#71Axel Elofsson Player board →D / SwedenIK Oskarshamn / HockeyAllsvenskan32 GP, 9-32-41, 1.28 P/GP2 sources, #29-#71
#72Vladimír Dravecký Player board →D / CzechiaBrantford Bulldogs / OHL58 GP, 9-19-28, 0.48 P/GP1 sources, #72-#72
#75Charlie Morrison Player board →D / CanadaQuébec Remparts / QMJHL41 GP, 4-9-13, 0.32 P/GP1 sources, #75-#75
#76Vertti Svensk Player board →D / FinlandSaiPa / Liiga33 GP, 3-28-31, 0.94 P/GP1 sources, #76-#76
#86Måns Gudmundsson Player board →D / SwedenFärjestad BK U20 / U20 Nationell35 GP, 1-24-25, 0.71 P/GP2 sources, #18-#86
#94Landon Nycz Player board →D / USAUniv. of Massachusetts / NCAA35 GP, 1-2-3, 0.09 P/GP1 sources, #94-#94