Top Prospects: The Defensemen
Below are the Top 50 Under-24 defensemen prospects that are not regular NHL players. There is no set limit for NHL games played before a player is no longer condsidered a prospect, but in general if he has played more than half of a season on an NHL roster he will graduate from this list.
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Fall 2021 Edition
Last Updated Spetember 11, 2021
| Rank | Previous Rank | Player Name | Tier | Birthdate | Position | Draft Year | Age | Height | Height (CMs) | Weight | Draft Position | Pre-Draft Ranking | Age/Production Score | Prospect Score | NHL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Drysdale | 1 | 4/8/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 5'11 | 180 | 165 | 6 | 6 | -2.42 | -3.46 | ANA |
| 2 | 2 | Bowen Byram | 1 | 6/13/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'0 | 183 | 195 | 4 | 3 | -2.96 | -3.45 | COL |
| 3 | NR | Owen Power | 1 | 11/22/2002 | Defenseman | 2021 | 19 | 6'5 | 196 | 209 | 1 | 1 | -1.39 | -3.41 | BUF |
| 4 | 6 | Moritz Seider | 2 | 4/6/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'3 | 191 | 208 | 6 | 17 | 0.39 | -3.05 | DET |
| 5 | 5 | Victor Soderstrom | 2 | 2/26/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 6'0 | 183 | 182 | 11 | 14 | -0.34 | -3.03 | ARZ |
| 6 | NR | Luke Hughes | 2 | 9/9/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 18 | 6'0 | 183 | 161 | 4 | 7 | -2.13 | -3.02 | NJD |
| 7 | 3 | Jake Sanderson | 2 | 7/8/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 6'1 | 185 | 170 | 5 | 9 | -0.96 | -2.99 | OTT |
| 8 | 4 | Evan Bouchard | 2 | 10/20/1999 | Defenseman | 2018 | 22 | 6'2 | 188 | 195 | 10 | 9 | -3.52 | -2.97 | EDM |
| 9 | NR | Brandt Clarke | 3 | 2/9/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 19 | 6'1 | 185 | 181 | 8 | 6 | -0.66 | -2.85 | LAK |
| 10 | NR | Simon Edvinsson | 3 | 2/5/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 19 | 6'4 | 193 | 185 | 6 | 5 | 0.61 | -2.67 | DET |
| 11 | 7 | Kaiden Guhle | 3 | 1/18/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 20 | 6'3 | 191 | 187 | 16 | 19 | -0.89 | -2.50 | MON |
| 12 | 9 | Thomas Harley | 3 | 8/19/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'3 | 191 | 193 | 18 | 19 | -2.12 | -2.31 | DAL |
| 13 | 10 | Braden Schneider | 3 | 9/20/2001 | Defenseman | 2020 | 20 | 6'2 | 188 | 209 | 19 | 18 | -0.99 | -2.28 | NYR |
| 14 | 12 | Cam York | 3 | 1/5/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 5'11 | 180 | 172 | 14 | 16 | -1.29 | -2.17 | PHI |
| 15 | 11 | Philip Broberg | 4 | 6/25/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'3 | 191 | 200 | 8 | 14 | 0.53 | -2.05 | EDM |
| 16 | 8 | Ville Heinola | 4 | 3/2/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 5'11 | 180 | 178 | 20 | 27 | -1.84 | -1.95 | WPG |
| 17 | NR | Olen Zellweger | 4 | 9/10/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 18 | 5'10 | 178 | 174 | 34 | 50 | -3.62 | -1.83 | ANA |
| 18 | NR | Carson Lambos | 4 | 1/14/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 19 | 6'1 | 185 | 201 | 26 | 21 | -0.98 | -1.79 | MIN |
| 19 | 22 | Alexander Alexeyev | 4 | 11/15/1999 | Defenseman | 2018 | 22 | 6'3 | 191 | 195 | 31 | 34 | -1.59 | -1.73 | WAS |
| 20 | 27 | Helge Grans | 4 | 5/10/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 6'3 | 191 | 192 | 35 | 43 | -1.67 | -1.64 | LAK |
| 21 | NR | Corson Ceulemans | 4 | 5/5/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 18 | 6'2 | 188 | 190 | 25 | 23 | -1.04 | -1.64 | CBJ |
| 22 | 28 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 4 | 7/1/1999 | Defenseman | 2017 | 22 | 6'2 | 188 | 168 | 23 | 32 | -1.20 | -1.63 | PIT |
| 23 | 30 | Nicolas Beaudin | 4 | 10/7/1999 | Defenseman | 2018 | 22 | 5'10 | 178 | 172 | 27 | 42 | -2.32 | -1.62 | CHI |
| 24 | 33 | Calen Addison | 4 | 4/11/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 5'10 | 178 | 178 | 53 | 40 | -2.41 | -1.61 | MIN |
| 25 | 31 | Matthew Robertson | 5 | 3/9/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 6'3 | 191 | 200 | 49 | 27 | -0.88 | -1.51 | NYR |
| 26 | 23 | Ryan O'Rourke | 5 | 5/16/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 6'2 | 188 | 181 | 39 | 41 | -1.35 | -1.50 | MIN |
| 27 | 39 | Lukas Cormier | 5 | 3/27/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 5'8 | 173 | 170 | 68 | 48 | -1.81 | -1.48 | VGK |
| 28 | 25 | Nils Lundkvist | 5 | 7/27/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 5'11 | 180 | 173 | 28 | 36 | -0.72 | -1.46 | NYR |
| 29 | 37 | Jeremie Poirier | 5 | 6/2/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 6'0 | 183 | 192 | 72 | 41 | -1.97 | -1.45 | CGY |
| 30 | 16 | Ryan Merkley | 5 | 8/14/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 5'11 | 180 | 167 | 21 | 35 | -3.08 | -1.44 | SJS |
| 31 | 20 | Justin Barron | 5 | 11/15/2001 | Defenseman | 2020 | 20 | 6'2 | 188 | 187 | 25 | 32 | -0.50 | -1.43 | COL |
| 32 | 18 | Timothy Liljegren | 5 | 4/30/1999 | Defenseman | 2017 | 22 | 6'0 | 183 | 193 | 17 | 14 | -1.41 | -1.42 | TOR |
| 33 | 34 | Sean Durzi | 5 | 10/21/1998 | Defenseman | 2017 | 23 | 6'0 | 183 | 188 | 52 | 52 | -2.56 | -1.38 | LAK |
| 34 | 32 | Lassi Thomson | 5 | 9/24/2000 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 6'0 | 183 | 186 | 19 | 37 | -0.79 | -1.37 | OTT |
| 35 | 35 | Mattias Samuelsson | 5 | 3/14/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 6'4 | 193 | 218 | 32 | 36 | -0.53 | -1.35 | BUF |
| 36 | NR | Daniil Chayka | 5 | 10/22/2002 | Defenseman | 2021 | 19 | 6'2 | 188 | 187 | 38 | 28 | -0.26 | -1.35 | VGK |
| 37 | 26 | Jared McIsaac | 5 | 3/27/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 6'1 | 185 | 188 | 36 | 30 | -1.42 | -1.35 | DET |
| 38 | 73 | David Farrance | 5 | 6/23/1999 | Defenseman | 2017 | 22 | 5'11 | 180 | 195 | 92 | 66 | -0.80 | -1.33 | NAS |
| 39 | 15 | Olli Juolevi | 5 | 5/5/1998 | Defenseman | 2016 | 23 | 6'2 | 188 | 185 | 5 | 7 | -1.54 | -1.31 | VAN |
| 40 | 29 | Bode Wilde | 6 | 1/24/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 22 | 6'2 | 188 | 198 | 41 | 22 | -0.90 | -1.27 | NYI |
| 41 | 55 | Ronnie Attard | 6 | 3/20/1999 | Defenseman | 2017 | 22 | 6'3 | 191 | 205 | 72 | 80 | -1.97 | -1.25 | PHI |
| 42 | 52 | Zac Jones | 6 | 10/18/2000 | Defenseman | 2019 | 21 | 5'9 | 175 | 175 | 68 | 74 | -1.67 | -1.25 | NYR |
| 43 | 44 | Ryan Johnson | 6 | 7/24/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'0 | 183 | 170 | 31 | 35 | -0.54 | -1.20 | BUF |
| 44 | 46 | Emil Andrae | 6 | 2/23/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 20 | 5'9 | 175 | 183 | 54 | 57 | -1.38 | -1.18 | PHI |
| 45 | NR | Jack Peart | 6 | 5/15/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 18 | 5'11 | 180 | 180 | 54 | 42 | -0.89 | -1.17 | MIN |
| 46 | 74 | Robin Salo | 6 | 10/13/1998 | Defenseman | 2017 | 23 | 6'0 | 183 | 181 | 46 | 77 | -0.51 | -1.15 | NYI |
| 47 | 68 | Topi Niemela | 6 | 3/25/2002 | Defenseman | 2020 | 19 | 6'0 | 183 | 163 | 64 | 44 | 0.25 | -1.11 | TOR |
| 48 | NR | Shai Buium | 6 | 3/26/2003 | Defenseman | 2021 | 18 | 6'3 | 191 | 214 | 36 | 45 | -0.40 | -1.10 | DET |
| 49 | 85 | Alex Vlasic | 6 | 6/5/2001 | Defenseman | 2019 | 20 | 6'5 | 196 | 198 | 43 | 37 | -0.49 | -1.10 | CHI |
| 50 | 36 | Jett Woo | 6 | 7/27/2000 | Defenseman | 2018 | 21 | 6'0 | 183 | 200 | 37 | 46 | -1.00 | -1.08 | VAN |
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