NHL defensemen tier list
Each NHL team's top 2 Ds on its depth chart. Rank NHL defensemen from S to F.
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Jackson LaCombe#2D · ANA
Drew Helleson#14D · ANA
Hampus Lindholm#27D · BOS
Charlie McAvoy#73D · BOS
Rasmus Dahlin#26D · BUF
Mattias Samuelsson#23D · BUF
Joel Hanley#44D · CGY
Simon Nemec#71D · CGY
Jaccob Slavin#74D · CAR
Jalen Chatfield#5D · CAR
Alex Vlasic#72D · CHI
Ian Cole#28D · CHI
Brett Kulak#27D · COL
Cale Makar#8D · COL
Zach Werenski#8D · CBJ
Damon Severson#78D · CBJ
Thomas Harley#55D · DAL
Nils Lundkvist#5D · DAL
Ben Chiarot#8D · DET
Moritz Seider#53D · DET
Mattias Ekholm#14D · EDM
Evan Bouchard#2D · EDM
Gustav Forsling#42D · FLA
Aaron Ekblad#5D · FLA
Brandt Clarke#92D · LA
Joel Edmundson#6D · LA
Quinn Hughes#43D · MIN
Jonas Brodin#25D · MIN
Lane Hutson#48D · MTL
Noah Dobson#53D · MTL
Roman Josi#59D · NSH
Adam Wilsby#2D · NSH
Luke Hughes#43D · NJ
Brett Pesce#22D · NJ
Adam Pelech#3D · NYI
Matthew Schaefer#48D · NYI
Vladislav Gavrikov#44D · NYR
Adam Fox#23D · NYR
Jake Sanderson#85D · OTT
Artem Zub#2D · OTT
Travis Sanheim#6D · PHI
Jamie Drysdale#9D · PHI
Spencer Stastney#24D · PIT
Erik Karlsson#65D · PIT
Darnell Nurse#25D · SJ
Michael Kesselring#7D · SJ
Vince Dunn#29D · SEA
Adam Larsson#6D · SEA
Philip Broberg#6D · STL
Logan Mailloux#23D · STL
Charle-Edouard D'Astous#51D · TB
John Carlson#74D · TB
Jake McCabe#22D · TOR
Darren Raddysh#43D · TOR
Mikhail Sergachev#98D · UTAH
MacKenzie Weegar#52D · UTAH
Zeev Buium#8D · VAN
Filip Hronek#17D · VAN
Brayden McNabb#3D · VGK
Shea Theodore#27D · VGK
Jakob Chychrun#6D · WSH
Matt Roy#3D · WSH
Josh Morrissey#44D · WPG
Dylan DeMelo#2D · WPG
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.
Each NHL team's top 2 Ds on its depth chart.
Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top NHL defensemen for November 2026.
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