Top Prospects: Defensemen
Top 50 of Fall 2025
Below is the Hockey Prophets Top 50 Defensemen prospect ranking for the fall of 2025. The full ranking of nearly 500 of the world's top blueline prospects is available for premium members.
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Last list update: 9/22/2025
Rank | Name | Position | Age | Height | Weight | Draft Selection | Pre-Draft Ranking | A/P Score | Comment |
1 | Schaefer, Matthew | Defenseman | 18 | 6'2 | 186 | 1 | 1 | -4.24 | |
2 | Levshunov, Artyom | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 205 | 2 | 6 | -2.84 | |
3 | Parekh, Zayne | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 170 | 9 | 4 | -4.29 | |
4 | Buium, Zeev | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 186 | 12 | 5 | -4.30 | |
5 | Dickinson, Sam | Defenseman | 19 | 6'2 | 203 | 11 | 9 | -2.76 | |
6 | Yakemchuk, Carter | Defenseman | 20 | 6'3 | 202 | 7 | 17 | -2.50 | |
7 | Silayev, Anton | Defenseman | 19 | 6'7 | 207 | 10 | 10 | -0.52 | |
8 | Reinbacher, David | Defenseman | 21 | 6'2 | 194 | 5 | 11 | -0.90 | |
9 | Smith, Jackson | Defenseman | 18 | 6'4 | 199 | 14 | 9 | -1.75 | |
10 | Sandin Pellikka, Axel | Defenseman | 21 | 5'11 | 185 | 17 | 14 | -2.03 | |
11 | Aitcheson, Kashawn | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 199 | 17 | 15 | -1.86 | |
12 | Mrtka, Radim | Defenseman | 18 | 6'5 | 218 | 9 | 17 | -1.88 | |
13 | Hutson, Cole | Defenseman | 19 | 5'10 | 159 | 43 | 29 | -2.35 | |
14 | Hensler, Logan | Defenseman | 19 | 6'2 | 198 | 23 | 32 | -0.06 | |
15 | Reid, Cameron | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 183 | 21 | 19 | -1.74 | |
16 | Simashev, Dmitri | Defenseman | 21 | 6'5 | 203 | 6 | 31 | 0.47 | |
17 | Mews, Henry | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 189 | 74 | 28 | -2.23 | |
18 | Willander, Tom | Defenseman | 21 | 6'1 | 180 | 11 | 33 | -0.35 | |
19 | Boumedienne, Sascha | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 184 | 28 | 35 | -0.05 | |
20 | Dragicevic, Lukas | Defenseman | 20 | 6'2 | 196 | 57 | 18 | -2.98 | |
21 | Bonk, Oliver | Defenseman | 21 | 6'2 | 179 | 22 | 36 | -0.73 | |
22 | Marrelli, Luca | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 185 | 86 | 27 | -1.59 | |
23 | Brzustewicz, Henry | Defenseman | 19 | 6'2 | 194 | 31 | 22 | -0.91 | |
24 | Fiddler, Blake | Defenseman | 18 | 6'4 | 220 | 36 | 24 | -0.72 | |
25 | Rombach, Jacob | Defenseman | 19 | 6'6 | 209 | 35 | 40 | 0.29 | |
26 | Gill, Spencer | Defenseman | 19 | 6'3 | 186 | 59 | 32 | -1.57 | |
27 | Molendyk, Tanner | Defenseman | 21 | 6'0 | 181 | 24 | 41 | -0.64 | |
28 | Solberg, Stian | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 205 | 23 | 55 | 0.05 | |
29 | Morin, Etienne | Defenseman | 21 | 6'0 | 180 | 48 | 33 | -2.78 | |
30 | Freij, Alfons | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 197 | 37 | 30 | -0.93 | |
31 | Amico, Carter | Defenseman | 19 | 6'5 | 232 | 38 | 59 | 0.73 | |
32 | Gulyayev, Mikhail | Defenseman | 20 | 5'11 | 183 | 31 | 23 | -2.21 | |
33 | Rinzel, Sam | Defenseman | 21 | 6'4 | 190 | 25 | 59 | -0.11 | |
34 | Kettles, Peyton | Defenseman | 18 | 6'5 | 195 | 39 | 54 | 0.22 | |
35 | Wang, Haoxi | Defenseman | 18 | 6'5 | 222 | 33 | 85 | 1.10 | |
36 | Pickford, Bryce | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 183 | 81 | 50 | -1.79 | |
37 | Psenicka, Max | Defenseman | 19 | 6'5 | 185 | 46 | 46 | 0.39 | |
38 | Mailloux, Logan | Defenseman | 22 | 6'3 | 214 | 31 | 78 | 0.10 | |
39 | Lamoureux, Maveric | Defenseman | 22 | 6'7 | 214 | 29 | 53 | -0.11 | |
40 | Smith, Tarin | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 187 | 79 | 51 | -1.10 | |
41 | Bertucci, Tristan | Defenseman | 20 | 6'2 | 179 | 61 | 37 | -1.86 | |
42 | Duda, Artyom | Defenseman | 22 | 6'1 | 187 | 36 | 43 | -1.04 | |
43 | Pickering, Owen | Defenseman | 22 | 6'5 | 185 | 21 | 24 | -0.50 | |
44 | Morrow, Scott | Defenseman | 23 | 6'2 | 190 | 40 | 77 | 0.16 | |
45 | Sahlin Wallenius, Leo | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 180 | 53 | 46 | -1.51 | |
46 | Danford, Ben | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 191 | 31 | 75 | -0.45 | |
47 | Jiricek, Adam | Defenseman | 19 | 6'2 | 176 | 16 | 58 | 0.80 | |
48 | Akey, Beau | Defenseman | 21 | 6'0 | 175 | 56 | 32 | -1.26 | |
49 | Brzustewicz, Hunter | Defenseman | 21 | 6'0 | 190 | 75 | 39 | -1.64 | |
50 | Limatov, Kurban | Defenseman | 19 | 6'3 | 198 | 67 | 31 | -0.06 |