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Top Prospects: Defensemen Top 50

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Top Prospects: Defensemen

Top 50 of Fall 2023

Below is the Hockey Prophets Top 50 Defensemen prospect ranking for the fall of 2023. The full ranking of nearly 500 of the world's top blueline prospects is available for premium members.

Last list update: 9/27/2023

Top 50 Defensemen Prospects
Rank	Name	Position	Age	Height	Weight	Draft Selection	Pre-Draft Ranking	A/P Score	Comment
1	Jiricek, David	Defenseman	20	6'3	176	6	5	-2.42
2	Nemec, Simon	Defenseman	20	6'1	192	2	4	-1.02
3	Hughes, Luke	Defenseman	20	6'0	161	4	7	-2.10
4	Mintyukov, Pavel	Defenseman	20	6'1	194	10	12	-2.02
5	Korchinski, Kevin	Defenseman	19	6'2	185	7	12	-2.57
6	Mateychuk, Denton	Defenseman	19	5'10	194	12	22	-2.67
7	Reinbacher, David	Defenseman	19	6'2	194	5	11	-0.92
8	Edvinsson, Simon	Defenseman	21	6'4	185	6	5	0.62
9	Clarke, Brandt	Defenseman	21	6'1	181	8	6	-0.65
10	Sandin Pellikka, Axel	Defenseman	19	5'11	180	17	15	-2.06
11	Lambos, Carson	Defenseman	21	6'1	201	26	21	-0.97
12	Willander, Tom	Defenseman	19	6'1	180	11	22	-0.37
13	Pickering, Owen	Defenseman	20	6'4	180	21	22	-0.51
14	Zellweger, Olen	Defenseman	20	5'10	174	34	50	-3.59
15	Luneau, Tristan	Defenseman	20	6'1	189	53	35	-1.10
16	Hutson, Lane	Defenseman	20	5'8	158	62	38	-2.33
17	Rinzel, Sam	Defenseman	19	6'3	180	25	36	-0.11
18	Bichsel, Lian	Defenseman	19	6'5	225	18	31	0.31
19	Ceulemans, Corson	Defenseman	20	6'2	190	25	23	-1.02
20	Evans, Ryker	Defenseman	22	5'11	180	250	206	-0.27
21	Heinola, Ville	Defenseman	23	5'11	178	20	27	-1.82
22	Nelson, Ty	Defenseman	19	5'10	185	68	49	-1.61
23	Wallinder, William	Defenseman	21	6'4	192	32	33	-0.68
24	Morrow, Scott	Defenseman	21	6'2	190	40	48	0.15
25	Mailloux, Logan	Defenseman	20	6'3	214	31	42	0.09
26	Dragicevic, Lukas	Defenseman	18	6'1	194	57	39	-3.02
27	Svozil, Stanislav	Defenseman	21	6'0	172	69	46	0.58
28	Odelius, Calle	Defenseman	19	6'0	188	65	36	-0.74
29	Gulyayev, Mikhail	Defenseman	18	5'10	170	31	27	-2.24
30	Havelid, Mattias	Defenseman	20	5'10	172	45	42	-0.34
31	Bonk, Oliver	Defenseman	19	6'1	180	22	35	-0.75
32	O'Rourke, Ryan	Defenseman	21	6'2	181	39	41	-1.33
33	Molendyk, Tanner	Defenseman	19	5'11	181	24	37	-0.66
34	Simashev, Dmitri	Defenseman	19	6'4	201	6	17	0.46
35	Casey, Seamus	Defenseman	20	5'9	173	46	43	-0.89
36	Kyrou, Christian	Defenseman	20	5'10	172	50	73	-1.72
37	Thomson, Lassi	Defenseman	23	6'0	186	19	37	-0.78
38	Lamoureux, Maveric	Defenseman	20	6'6	199	29	49	-0.12
39	Lindstein, Theo	Defenseman	19	6'0	185	29	44	0.98
40	Duda, Artyom	Defenseman	19	6'1	180	36	71	-1.06
41	Mukhamadullin, Shakur	Defenseman	22	6'2	170	20	45	-0.84
42	Chesley, Ryan	Defenseman	20	6'0	201	37	30	-0.23
43	Strbak, Maxim	Defenseman	18	6'1	198	45	52	0.12
44	Chayka, Daniil	Defenseman	21	6'2	187	38	28	-0.25
45	Buium, Shai	Defenseman	20	6'3	214	36	45	-0.39
46	Warren, Noah	Defenseman	19	6'5	224	42	46	-0.21
47	Nikishin, Alexander	Defenseman	22	6'0	159	69	107	0.61
48	Kleven, Tyler	Defenseman	22	6'4	190	44	47	0.70
49	Gibson, Andrew	Defenseman	19	6'2	202	42	64	-0.27
50	Dvorak, Jakub	Defenseman	18	6'5	210	54	59	0.51