Top Prospects: Defensemen
Top 50 of Fall 2024
Below is the Hockey Prophets Top 50 Defensemen prospect ranking for the fall of 2024. The full ranking of nearly 500 of the world's top blueline prospects is available for premium members.
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Last list update: 8/12/2024
| Rank | Name | Position | Age | Height | Weight | Draft Selection | Pre-Draft Ranking | A/P Score | Comment |
| 1 | Levshunov, Artyom | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 205 | 2 | 5 | -2.87 | |
| 2 | Reinbacher, David | Defenseman | 20 | 6'2 | 194 | 5 | 11 | -0.92 | |
| 3 | Parekh, Zayne | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 170 | 9 | 8 | -4.33 | |
| 4 | Buium, Zeev | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 186 | 12 | 6 | -4.34 | |
| 5 | Sandin Pellikka, Axel | Defenseman | 19 | 5'11 | 180 | 17 | 15 | -2.05 | |
| 6 | Willander, Tom | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 180 | 11 | 22 | -0.36 | |
| 7 | Silayev, Anton | Defenseman | 18 | 6'7 | 207 | 10 | 7 | -0.52 | |
| 8 | Jiricek, Adam | Defenseman | 18 | 6'2 | 176 | 16 | 20 | 0.81 | |
| 9 | Dickinson, Sam | Defenseman | 18 | 6'2 | 203 | 11 | 7 | -2.78 | |
| 10 | Mateychuk, Denton | Defenseman | 20 | 5'11 | 192 | 12 | 22 | -2.66 | |
| 11 | Clarke, Brandt | Defenseman | 22 | 6'2 | 185 | 8 | 6 | -0.64 | |
| 12 | Yakemchuk, Carter | Defenseman | 19 | 6'3 | 202 | 7 | 13 | -2.53 | |
| 13 | Zellweger, Olen | Defenseman | 21 | 5'10 | 174 | 34 | 50 | -3.57 | |
| 14 | Edvinsson, Simon | Defenseman | 22 | 6'6 | 216 | 6 | 5 | 0.62 | |
| 15 | Bonk, Oliver | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 180 | 22 | 35 | -0.74 | |
| 16 | Solberg, Stian | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 205 | 23 | 21 | 0.31 | |
| 17 | Molendyk, Tanner | Defenseman | 19 | 5'11 | 181 | 24 | 37 | -0.65 | |
| 18 | Simashev, Dmitri | Defenseman | 20 | 6'4 | 201 | 6 | 17 | 0.47 | |
| 19 | Dragicevic, Lukas | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 194 | 57 | 39 | -3.01 | |
| 20 | Gulyayev, Mikhail | Defenseman | 19 | 5'10 | 172 | 31 | 27 | -2.23 | |
| 21 | Emery, EJ | Defenseman | 18 | 6'3 | 183 | 30 | 32 | 0.59 | |
| 22 | Morin, Etienne | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 180 | 48 | 47 | -2.81 | |
| 23 | Pickering, Owen | Defenseman | 21 | 6'5 | 185 | 21 | 22 | -0.50 | |
| 24 | Hutson, Lane | Defenseman | 21 | 5'10 | 161 | 62 | 38 | -2.32 | |
| 25 | Bichsel, Lian | Defenseman | 20 | 6'5 | 225 | 18 | 31 | 0.31 | |
| 26 | Rinzel, Sam | Defenseman | 20 | 6'3 | 180 | 25 | 36 | -0.11 | |
| 27 | Lamoureux, Maveric | Defenseman | 21 | 6'6 | 199 | 29 | 49 | -0.12 | |
| 28 | Badinka, Dominik | Defenseman | 19 | 6'2 | 185 | 34 | 33 | -0.62 | |
| 29 | Elick, Charlie | Defenseman | 19 | 6'3 | 202 | 36 | 37 | 0.00 | |
| 30 | Luneau, Tristan | Defenseman | 21 | 6'1 | 189 | 53 | 35 | -1.10 | |
| 31 | Akey, Beau | Defenseman | 20 | 6'0 | 175 | 56 | 56 | -1.27 | |
| 32 | Danford, Ben | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 191 | 31 | 54 | -0.45 | |
| 33 | Brzustewicz, Hunter | Defenseman | 20 | 5'11 | 190 | 75 | 55 | -1.66 | |
| 34 | Nelson, Ty | Defenseman | 20 | 5'10 | 185 | 68 | 49 | -1.60 | |
| 35 | Mailloux, Logan | Defenseman | 21 | 6'3 | 214 | 31 | 42 | 0.10 | |
| 36 | Duda, Artyom | Defenseman | 20 | 6'1 | 180 | 36 | 71 | -1.05 | |
| 37 | Mukhamadullin, Shakur | Defenseman | 23 | 6'2 | 170 | 20 | 45 | -0.83 | |
| 38 | Casey, Seamus | Defenseman | 21 | 5'10 | 181 | 46 | 43 | -0.88 | |
| 39 | Gibson, Andrew | Defenseman | 20 | 6'2 | 202 | 42 | 64 | -0.26 | |
| 40 | Bertucci, Tristan | Defenseman | 19 | 6'1 | 175 | 61 | 81 | -1.87 | |
| 41 | Nikishin, Alexander | Defenseman | 23 | 6'4 | 216 | 69 | 107 | 0.61 | |
| 42 | Wallinder, William | Defenseman | 22 | 6'4 | 192 | 32 | 33 | -0.68 | |
| 43 | Freij, Alfons | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 197 | 37 | 37 | -0.94 | |
| 44 | Price, Caden | Defenseman | 19 | 6'0 | 190 | 84 | 54 | -1.21 | |
| 45 | Heinola, Ville | Defenseman | 23 | 5'11 | 178 | 20 | 27 | -1.81 | |
| 46 | Lambos, Carson | Defenseman | 22 | 6'1 | 201 | 26 | 21 | -0.96 | |
| 47 | Cagnoni, Luca | Defenseman | 20 | 5'9 | 182 | 123 | 69 | -2.18 | |
| 48 | Buium, Shai | Defenseman | 21 | 6'3 | 214 | 36 | 45 | -0.38 | |
| 49 | Kleber, Adam | Defenseman | 18 | 6'5 | 215 | 42 | 54 | -0.17 | |
| 50 | Morrow, Scott | Defenseman | 22 | 6'2 | 190 | 40 | 48 | 0.16 |