Rest of season · Updated October 2, 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

76 players · D

As of 2026-10-02 · Published

			Pos RK				Status
1	Evan Bouchard→	D	1	EDM	T1	—	Active	80	403.0	82%
5	Zach Werenski→	D	2	CBJ	T1	—	Active	81	364.6	81%
6	Cale Makar→	D	3	COL	T1	—	Active	81	357.6	81%
12	Quinn Hughes→	D	4	MIN	T1	—	Active	81	304.9	81%
14	Rasmus Dahlin→	D	5	BUF	T2	—	Active	81	303.3	81%
21	Jake Sanderson→	D	6	OTT	T2	—	Active	81	274.2	73%
22	Roman Josi→	D	7	NSH	T2	—	Active	81	270.3	81%
26	Darren Raddysh→	D	8	TOR	T2	—	Active	80	267.4	82%
29	Matthew Schaefer→	D	9	NYI	T2	—	Active	81	264.5	81%
31	Erik Karlsson→	D	10	PIT	T3	—	Active	81	261.1	81%
33	Adam Fox→	D	11	NYR	T3	—	Active	80	255.4	82%
34	Shayne Gostisbehere→	D	12	CAR	T3	—	Active	81	255.3	81%
37	Mikhail Sergachev→	D	13	UTA	T3	—	Active	81	252.0	81%
39	John Carlson→	D	14	TBL	T3	—	Active	81	249.5	81%
40	Lane Hutson→	D	15	MTL	T3	—	Active	81	249.3	81%
41	Charlie McAvoy→	D	16	BOS	T3	—	Active	77	248.1	73%
43	Dougie Hamilton→	D	17	NJD	T3	—	Active	81	242.0	81%
50	Vince Dunn→	D	18	SEA	T3	—	Active	81	226.0	81%
52	Shea Theodore→	D	19	VGK	T3	—	Active	81	224.0	81%
55	Noah Dobson→	D	20	MTL	T3	—	Active	81	221.6	81%
57	Filip Hronek→	D	21	VAN	T3	—	Active	80	220.2	82%
60	Brandon Montour→	D	22	SEA	T3	—	Active	81	217.3	81%
77	Brock Faber→	D	23	MIN	T4	—	Active	76	207.5	73%
78	Rasmus Andersson→	D	24	VGK	T4	—	Active	81	206.2	81%
79	MacKenzie Weegar→	D	25	UTA	T4	—	Active	81	205.9	81%
81	Mattias Samuelsson→	D	26	BUF	T4	—	Active	81	201.2	81%
84	Victor Hedman→	D	27	TBL	T4	—	Active	81	197.9	81%
86	Luke Hughes→	D	28	NJD	T4	—	Active	81	197.1	81%
89	Seth Jones→	D	29	FLA	T4	—	Active	80	194.1	82%
92	Mattias Ekholm→	D	30	EDM	T4	—	Active	80	190.9	82%
95	Devon Toews→	D	31	COL	T4	—	Active	81	189.6	81%
96	Brandt Clarke→	D	32	LAK	T4	—	Active	81	189.3	81%
97	Jacob Trouba→	D	33	SJS	T4	—	Active	81	189.2	81%
98	Josh Manson→	D	34	COL	T4	—	Active	81	188.3	81%
99	Mike Matheson→	D	35	MTL	T4	—	Active	81	188.2	81%
105	Darnell Nurse→	D	36	SJS	T5	—	Active	81	184.6	81%
106	Noah Hanifin→	D	37	VGK	T5	—	Active	81	183.9	81%
107	Kris Letang→	D	38	PIT	T5	—	Active	81	183.8	81%
112	Brent Burns→	D	39	COL	T5	—	Active	81	181.1	81%
113	Sam Malinski→	D	40	COL	T5	—	Active	81	181.1	81%
114	Travis Sanheim→	D	41	PHI	T5	—	Active	80	180.7	82%
115	Sean Walker→	D	42	CAR	T5	—	Active	81	180.6	81%
116	K'Andre Miller→	D	43	CAR	T5	—	Active	81	180.2	81%
124	Morgan Rielly→	D	44	TOR	T5	—	Active	80	172.1	82%
133	Owen Power→	D	45	BUF	T5	—	Active	81	164.3	81%
135	Brayden McNabb→	D	46	VGK	T5	—	Active	81	163.7	81%
137	Gustav Forsling→	D	47	FLA	T5	—	Active	80	162.7	74%
143	Tony DeAngelo→	D	48	NYI	T5	—	Active	81	161.9	81%
145	Nikita Zadorov→	D	49	BOS	T5	—	Active	81	161.5	81%
146	Jake Walman→	D	50	EDM	T5	—	Active	80	161.2	82%

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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