Rest of season · Updated October 20, 2026

Fantasy Hockey Defensemen ROS Rankings

Compare the top fantasy hockey defensemen for the rest of the season using PuckGuide ROS value, movement, availability, and projected games remaining.

Ranking sourcePuckGuide ROSLatest published model run · Updated automatically

70 players · D

As of 2026-10-20 · Published

			Pos RK				Status
2	Evan Bouchard→	D	1	EDM	T1	+2	Active	74	379.8	88%
8	Cale Makar→	D	2	COL	T1	—	Active	74	322.5	88%
10	Zach Werenski→	D	3	CBJ	T1	-4	Active	75	317.6	87%
17	Quinn Hughes→	D	4	MIN	T2	-5	Active	73	291.8	89%
20	Rasmus Dahlin→	D	5	BUF	T2	—	Active	75	288.8	79%
24	Roman Josi→	D	6	NSH	T2	—	Active	74	269.5	88%
28	Jake Sanderson→	D	7	OTT	T2	+2	Active	81	262.5	81%
32	Charlie McAvoy→	D	8	BOS	T3	—	Active	79	261.0	83%
33	Matthew Schaefer→	D	9	NYI	T3	-4	Active	74	257.9	88%
37	Mikhail Sergachev→	D	10	UTA	T3	-5	Active	72	251.7	90%
38	Moritz Seider→	D	11	DET	T3	-1	Active	74	250.7	88%
40	Lane Hutson→	D	12	MTL	T3	+8	Active	74	245.6	88%
46	Jakob Chychrun→	D	13	WSH	T3	-18	Active	74	238.0	88%
47	Darren Raddysh→	D	14	TOR	T3	+2	Active	72	233.1	90%
50	Shayne Gostisbehere→	D	15	CAR	T3	-9	Active	72	230.8	90%
52	Miro Heiskanen→	D	16	DAL	T3	+8	Active	74	227.7	88%
54	Adam Fox→	D	17	NYR	T3	-4	Active	71	226.9	91%
56	Seth Jones→	D	18	FLA	T3	+35	Active	73	226.6	89%
58	Erik Karlsson→	D	19	PIT	T3	-4	Active	72	225.9	90%
59	John Carlson→	D	20	TBL	T3	-25	Active	74	225.4	88%
67	Josh Morrissey→	D	21	WPG	T4	-9	Active	72	217.1	77%
71	Dougie Hamilton→	D	22	NJD	T4	+4	Active	74	215.0	88%
78	Brock Faber→	D	23	MIN	T4	-10	Active	75	204.8	73%
82	Jackson LaCombe→	D	24	ANA	T4	-15	Active	74	202.2	88%
95	Brandt Clarke→	D	25	LAK	T4	+5	Active	76	191.7	86%
96	Brandon Montour→	D	26	SEA	T4	-20	Active	73	190.4	81%
97	Mattias Samuelsson→	D	27	BUF	T4	+39	Active	73	190.2	89%
98	Vince Dunn→	D	28	SEA	T4	-19	Active	73	190.2	89%
99	Shea Theodore→	D	29	VGK	T4	-13	Active	72	189.3	90%
102	Noah Dobson→	D	30	MTL	T5	-5	Active	74	185.6	88%
103	Thomas Chabot→	D	31	OTT	T5	-38	Active	69	185.5	82%
104	MacKenzie Weegar→	D	32	UTA	T5	-14	Active	72	185.4	90%
105	Neal Pionk→	D	33	WPG	T5	+52	Active	74	185.0	88%
107	Mattias Ekholm→	D	34	EDM	T5	-11	Active	74	183.5	88%
108	Justin Faulk→	D	35	DET	T5	+4	Active	74	182.4	88%
110	Thomas Harley→	D	36	DAL	T5	-4	Active	74	181.7	88%
111	Devon Toews→	D	37	COL	T5	-13	Active	73	181.3	89%
113	Cole Hutson→	D	38	WSH	T5	-21	Active	74	180.1	88%
115	Luke Hughes→	D	39	NJD	T5	+1	Active	74	179.3	88%
118	Rasmus Andersson→	D	40	VGK	T5	+16	Active	72	178.9	90%
120	Filip Hronek→	D	41	VAN	T5	-26	Active	72	176.1	90%
125	Victor Hedman→	D	42	TBL	T5	+3	Active	74	173.3	88%
129	Josh Manson→	D	43	COL	T5	-26	Active	73	170.7	89%
131	Damon Severson→	D	44	CBJ	T5	+6	Active	77	167.3	85%
132	Sean Walker→	D	45	CAR	T5	-17	Active	72	166.5	90%
134	Darnell Nurse→	D	46	SJS	T5	-8	Active	74	162.7	88%
139	Jacob Trouba→	D	47	SJS	T5	-22	Active	73	160.6	89%
143	Owen Power→	D	48	BUF	T5	—	Active	73	159.8	89%
146	Jared Spurgeon→	D	49	MIN	T5	-1	Active	72	158.9	79%
148	Sam Malinski→	D	50	COL	T5	+2	Active	74	158.1	88%

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+/− reflects movement versus the previous published ROS list when available. CSV downloads reflect the active scoring format, position, search, and sort.

Column key:RK overall PuckGuide rankPos player positionPos RK rank within position+/− movement vs. previous published listGP Rem projected games remainingROS Value projected rest-of-season fantasy valueConf model confidenceDTD day-to-dayW2W week-to-weekIR injured reserveLTIR long-term injured reserve