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NHL.com ranks the top 50 fantasy hockey defensemen in standard leagues for the rest of the 2024-25 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.

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1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
3. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
4. Roman Josi, D, NSH
5. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
6. Adam Fox, D, NYR
7. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
8. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
9. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
10. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
11. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
12. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
13. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
14. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
15. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
16. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
17. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
18. Devon Toews, D, COL
19. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
20. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
21. Moritz Seider, D, DET
22. Brock Faber, D, MIN
23. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
24. Luke Hughes, D, NJD (NEW)
25. John Carlson, D, WSH
26. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
27. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
28. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
29. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
30. Seth Jones, D, CHI
31. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
32. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
33. Kris Letang, D, PIT
34. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
35. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
36. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
37. Brady Skjei, D, NSH
38. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
39. Neal Pionk, D, WPG (NEW)
40. Philip Broberg, D, STL
41. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH (INJ.)
42. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, TOR
43. J.J. Moser, D, UTA (NEW)
44. Brent Burns, D, CAR
45. Owen Power, D, BUF (NEW)
46. Michael Kesselring, D, UTA
47. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR (NEW)
48. Jake Middleton, D, MIN (NEW)
49. Mason Lohrei, D, BOS (NEW)
50. Ryker Evans, D, SEA (NEW)

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Key injuries:

Vince Dunn, D, SEA
Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie; nearing return)
Sean Durzi, D, UTA

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