Top Defensemen

Caleb Desnoyers $260.00 — 0% Roger McQueen $186.85 ▲ 1% Michael Hage $83.44 ▲ 1.3% Yegor Surin $75.00 — 0% Matias Vanhanen $80.00 — 0% Theo Stockselius $50.00 — 0% Sasha Pastujov $5.00 — 0% Andrew Basha $45.00 — 0% Maxmillian Curran $10.00 — 0% Vincent Desjardins $1.00 — 0% Lucas Pettersson $50.00 — 0% Dean Letourneau $70.71 ▲ 1% Clarke Caswell $15.00 — 0% Jesse Kiiskinen $20.31 ▲ 1.5% Gabe Smith $20.00 — 0% Andrei Loshko $10.00 — 0% Julius Sumpf $15.00 — 0% Oscar Fisker Molgaard $20.32 ▲ 1.6% Emmanuel Vermette $1.00 — 0% Jere Lassila $1.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jaxon Cover $110.86 ▼ 1.9% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $197.40 ▼ 1.3% JP Hurlbert $143.22 ▼ 1.2% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $186.92 ▼ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $343.58 ▼ 1.8% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Keaton Verhoeff $242.56 ▲ 1.1% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $294.27 ▼ 1.9% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $260.50 ▼ 1.7% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92% Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40% Caleb Desnoyers $260.00 — 0% Roger McQueen $186.85 ▲ 1% Michael Hage $83.44 ▲ 1.3% Yegor Surin $75.00 — 0% Matias Vanhanen $80.00 — 0% Theo Stockselius $50.00 — 0% Sasha Pastujov $5.00 — 0% Andrew Basha $45.00 — 0% Maxmillian Curran $10.00 — 0% Vincent Desjardins $1.00 — 0% Lucas Pettersson $50.00 — 0% Dean Letourneau $70.71 ▲ 1% Clarke Caswell $15.00 — 0% Jesse Kiiskinen $20.31 ▲ 1.5% Gabe Smith $20.00 — 0% Andrei Loshko $10.00 — 0% Julius Sumpf $15.00 — 0% Oscar Fisker Molgaard $20.32 ▲ 1.6% Emmanuel Vermette $1.00 — 0% Jere Lassila $1.00 — 0% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jaxon Cover $110.86 ▼ 1.9% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $197.40 ▼ 1.3% JP Hurlbert $143.22 ▼ 1.2% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $186.92 ▼ 1.6% Caleb Malhotra $343.58 ▼ 1.8% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Keaton Verhoeff $242.56 ▲ 1.1% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $294.27 ▼ 1.9% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $260.50 ▼ 1.7% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92% Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40%

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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

Top 50 Defensemen Prospects
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