NHL defensemen tier list
Every current NHL defensemen, best known first. Rank NHL defensemen from S to F.
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Victor Hedman#77D · TB
Drew Doughty#8D · LA
Erik Karlsson#65D · PIT
Brent Burns#84D · COL
Roman Josi#59D · NSH
Oliver Ekman-Larsson#95D · TOR
Rasmus Dahlin#26D · BUF
Adam Fox#23D · NYR
Kris Letang#58D · PIT
Aaron Ekblad#5D · FLA
Cam Fowler#17D · STL
Alex Pietrangelo#7D · VGK
Noah Hanifin#15D · VGK
Zach Werenski#8D · CBJ
Ryan McDonagh#27D · TB
Justin Faulk#72D · DET
Seth Jones#3D · FLA
Tyler Myers#57D · DAL
Radko Gudas#6D · FLA
Josh Morrissey#44D · WPG
Colton Parayko#55D · STL
John Carlson#74D · TB
Olli Maatta#3D · MIN
Shea Theodore#27D · VGK
Mattias Ekholm#14D · EDM
Jonas Brodin#25D · MIN
Jonas Siegenthaler#71D · NJ
Rasmus Ristolainen#55D · PHI
Nikita Zadorov#91D · BOS
Connor Murphy#5D · EDM
Dougie Hamilton#7D · NJ
Adam Larsson#6D · SEA
Dmitry Orlov#9D · SJ
Hampus Lindholm#27D · BOS
Jaccob Slavin#74D · CAR
Zach Bogosian#24D · MIN
Mike Matheson#8D · MTL
Luke Schenn#2D · VAN
Devon Toews#7D · COL
Marcus Pettersson#26D · NYR
Thomas Chabot#72D · OTT
Nate Schmidt#88D · UTAH
Brayden McNabb#3D · VGK
Haydn Fleury#24D · WPG
Erik Gudbranson#44D · CBJ
Ian Cole#28D · CHI
Josh Manson#42D · COL
Gustav Forsling#42D · FLA
Cody Ceci#5D · LA
Jamie Oleksiak#4D · VAN
Zach Whitecloud#28D · CGY
Jared Spurgeon#46D · MIN
Brandon Montour#62D · SEA
Mike Reilly#6D · CAR
Ben Chiarot#8D · DET
Mario Ferraro#38D · WPG
Dante Fabbro#15D · CBJ
Logan Stanley#64D · NYI
Ryan Pulock#6D · NYI
Andrew Peeke#20D · UTAH
Dylan DeMelo#2D · WPG
Simon Nemec#71D · CGY
Brock Faber#7D · MIN
Alexandre Carrier#45D · MTL
Jake Sanderson#85D · OTT
Jackson LaCombe#2D · ANA
Cale Fleury#8D · SEA
David Jiricek#5D · PHI
Dylan Coghlan#52D · VGK
Tyler Kleven#43D · OTT
Drew Helleson#14D · ANA
Travis Mitchell#34D · ANA
Tristan Luneau#67D · ANA
Noah Warren#47D · ANA
Pavel Mintyukov#98D · ANA
Ian Moore#3D · ANA
Tyson Hinds#55D · ANA
Charlie McAvoy#73D · BOS
Will Borgen#17D · BOS
Frederic Brunet#42D · BOS
Mason Lohrei#6D · BOS
Connor Clifton#75D · BOS
Jonathan Aspirot#45D · BOS
Mattias Samuelsson#23D · BUF
Olen Zellweger#8D · BUF
Owen Power#25D · BUF
Conor Timmins#21D · BUF
Zach Metsa#73D · BUF
Louis Crevier#46D · BUF
Matt Grzelcyk#48D · BUF
Jalen Chatfield#5D · CAR
K'Andre Miller#19D · CAR
Sean Walker#26D · CAR
ANAlexander Nikishin#21
D · CAR
Shayne Gostisbehere#4D · CAR
Juuso Valimaki#8D · CAR
Damon Severson#78D · CBJ
Denton Mateychuk#5D · CBJ
Ivan Provorov#9D · CBJ
Jake Christiansen#2D · CBJ
Joel Hanley#44D · CGY
Jake Middleton#55D · CGY
Yan Kuznetsov#37D · CGY
Zayne Parekh#19D · CGY
Brayden Pachal#94D · CGY
Kevin Bahl#7D · CGY
Alex Vlasic#72D · CHI
Artyom Levshunov#55D · CHI
Ethan Del Mastro#38D · CHI
Sam Rinzel#6D · CHI
Wyatt Kaiser#44D · CHI
Kevin Korchinski#14D · CHI
Bowen Byram#24D · CHI
Brett Kulak#27D · COL
Cale Makar#8D · COL
Sam Malinski#70D · COL
Noah Juulsen#47D · COL
AGAlex Gagne#28
D · COL
Nils Lundkvist#5D · DAL
Thomas Harley#55D · DAL
Esa Lindell#23D · DAL
Lian Bichsel#6D · DAL
Miro Heiskanen#4D · DAL
Kyle Capobianco#20D · DAL
LKLuke Krys#36
D · DAL
Moritz Seider#53D · DET
William Wallinder#54D · DET
Andreas Englund#24D · DET
Anton Johansson#42D · DET
Albert Johansson#20D · DET
Jacob Bernard-Docker#25D · DET
Simon Edvinsson#77D · DET
Evan Bouchard#2D · EDM
Ryan Shea#6D · EDM
Shakir Mukhamadullin#85D · EDM
Ty Emberson#49D · EDM
Alec Regula#75D · EDM
Jake Walman#96D · EDM
Niko Mikkola#77D · FLA
Uvis Balinskis#26D · FLA
Dmitry Kulikov#7D · FLA
Brandt Clarke#92D · LA
Joel Edmundson#6D · LA
Brian Dumoulin#2D · LA
Mikey Anderson#44D · LA
Quinn Hughes#43D · MIN
David Spacek#82D · MIN
Matt Kiersted#26D · MIN
Lane Hutson#48D · MTL
Noah Dobson#53D · MTL
Kaiden Guhle#21D · MTL
Adam Engstrom#42D · MTL
Arber Xhekaj#72D · MTL
Brett Pesce#22D · NJ
Luke Hughes#43D · NJ
Declan Chisholm#47D · NJ
Johnathan Kovacevic#8D · NJ
Seamus Casey#24D · NJ
Adam Wilsby#2D · NSH
Brady Skjei#76D · NSH
Nick Perbix#48D · NSH
Daemon Hunt#52D · NSH
Jayden Struble#3D · NSH
Ilya Lyubushkin#46D · NSH
Nicolas Hague#41D · NSH
William Trudeau#85D · NSH
Adam Pelech#3D · NYI
Matthew Schaefer#48D · NYI
Tony DeAngelo#77D · NYI
Ben Hutton#71D · NYI
Matthew Kessel#4D · NYI
Scott Mayfield#24D · NYI
Alexander Romanov#28D · NYI
Vladislav Gavrikov#44D · NYR
Braden Schneider#4D · NYR
Matthew Robertson#29D · NYR
Scott Morrow#60D · NYR
Marc Del Gaizo#27D · NYR
Sean Durzi#5D · NYR
Alberts Smits#12D · NYR
Artem Zub#2D · OTT
Jordan Spence#10D · OTT
Nikolas Matinpalo#33D · OTT
Carter Yakemchuk#26D · OTT
Jamie Drysdale#9D · PHI
Travis Sanheim#6D · PHI
Cam York#8D · PHI
Oliver Bonk#59D · PHI
Nick Seeler#24D · PHI
Simon Benoit#44D · PHI
Spencer Stastney#24D · PIT
Kaedan Korczak#6D · PIT
Samuel Girard#49D · PIT
Declan Carlile#72D · PIT
Ilya Solovyov#7D · PIT
Trevor van Riemsdyk#57D · PIT
Ryan Graves#27D · PIT
Vince Dunn#29D · SEA
Ryker Evans#41D · SEA
Joshua Mahura#28D · SEA
Ville Ottavainen#46D · SEA
Ryan Lindgren#55D · SEA
Darnell Nurse#25D · SJ
Michael Kesselring#7D · SJ
Jacob Trouba#65D · SJ
Sam Dickinson#6D · SJ
EPEric Pohlkamp#48
D · SJ
Nolan Allan#5D · SJ
Logan Mailloux#23D · STL
Philip Broberg#6D · STL
Justin Barron#72D · STL
Brandon Carlo#25D · STL
Calle Rosen#43D · STL
Tyler Tucker#75D · STL
Charle-Edouard D'Astous#51D · TB
Erik Cernak#81D · TB
JJ Moser#90D · TB
Emil Lilleberg#78D · TB
Darren Raddysh#43D · TOR
Jake McCabe#22D · TOR
Chris Tanev#8D · TOR
Dakota Mermis#36D · TOR
Troy Stecher#28D · TOR
Cole McWard#82D · TOR
Morgan Rielly#44D · TOR
Marshall Rifai#83D · TOR
Nick Blankenburg#3D · TOR
MacKenzie Weegar#52D · UTAH
Mikhail Sergachev#98D · UTAH
Dmitri Simashev#26D · UTAH
Nick DeSimone#57D · UTAH
Zac Jones#15D · UTAH
John Marino#6D · UTAH
Maveric Lamoureux#10D · UTAH
Filip Hronek#17D · VAN
Zeev Buium#8D · VAN
Guillaume Brisebois#55D · VAN
Elias N. Pettersson#25D · VAN
Tom Willander#5D · VAN
Victor Mancini#90D · VAN
Jeremy Lauzon#5D · VGK
Rasmus Andersson#4D · VGK
Parker Wotherspoon#29D · VGK
Dylan Samberg#54D · WPG
Neal Pionk#4D · WPG
Tyrel Bauer#77D · WPG
Henry Thrun#8D · WPG
Elias Salomonsson#57D · WPG
Jakob Chychrun#6D · WSH
Matt Roy#3D · WSH
Martin Fehervary#42D · WSH
Timothy Liljegren#27D · WSH
Cole Hutson#44D · WSH
Jack St. Ivany#29D · WSH
Justin Holl#4D · WSH
Rasmus Sandin#38D · WSH
Vincent Desharnais#73D · WSH
Top NHL defensemen — November 2026
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About this tier list
A tier list sorts everyone into rows from S (the best) to F. Rename the rows, recolour them, or add your own.
Every current NHL defensemen, best known first.
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