2024-25 Fantasy Hockey Point Projections — Defencemen

Projected 2024-25 points for every NHL skater, plus projected wins and shutouts for every goalie, built from 2023-24 production.

Updated October 3, 2026

How these projections are built

Built from 2023-24 NHL regular-season production under the scoring shown below, regressed toward the positional average so a short hot streak does not outrank a full season. No allowance is made for injuries or games missed. Players with fewer than 20 games last season are not ranked.

Scoring used for these projections

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Scoring used for these projections — Forwards · Defencemen
Category	Points
Goals	1
Assists	1

Goalies

Scoring used for these projections — Goalies
Category	Points
Wins	2
Shutouts	2

Defencemen

Quoted over 82 games — what the busiest defenceman actually played in 2023-24.

Tier 1 — 6 players, 88 down to 74 projected points6-point gap to the next tier
- 1Cale Makar88ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 1.07
- 2Quinn Hughes85ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 1.04
- 3Roman Josi79ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.96
- 4Evan Bouchard77ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.94
- 5Adam Fox76ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.93
- 6Victor Hedman74ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.90
Tier 2 — 12 players, 68 down to 53 projected points3-point gap to the next tier
- 7Noah Dobson68ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.82
- 8Shea Theodore65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 47Projected points per game 0.79
- 9Josh Morrissey65ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.79
- 10Zach Werenski62ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 70Projected points per game 0.75
- 11Morgan Rielly61ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.75
- 12Vince Dunn59ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 59Projected points per game 0.71
- 13Mike Matheson58ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.71
- 14Miro Heiskanen58ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 71Projected points per game 0.71
- 15Rasmus Dahlin56ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.68
- 16Shayne Gostisbehere53ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.65
- 17Erik Karlsson53ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.64
- 18Dougie Hamilton53ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 20Projected points per game 0.64
Tier 3 — 42 players, 49 down to 32 projected points
- 19John Carlson49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.60
- 20MacKenzie Weegar49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.60
- 21Charlie McAvoy49ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 74Projected points per game 0.60
- 22Kris Letang48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.59
- 23Devon Toews48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.58
- 24Drew Doughty48ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.58
- 25Thomas Harley46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.57
- 26Filip Hronek46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.56
- 27Brady Skjei46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.56
- 28Noah Hanifin46ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.56
- 29Brock Faber45ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.55
- 30Luke Hughes45ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.55
- 31Thomas Chabot45ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2023-24 51Projected points per game 0.55
- 32Mattias Ekholm45ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.54
- 33Travis Sanheim43ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.52
- 34Sean Durzi42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.52
- 35Mikhail Sergachev42ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.51
- 36Brent Burns41ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.50
- 37Moritz Seider40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.49
- 38Alex Pietrangelo40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 64Projected points per game 0.49
- 39Torey Krug40ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.49
- 40Jakob Chychrun39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.48
- 41Rasmus Andersson39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.48
- 42Brandon Montour39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 66Projected points per game 0.48
- 43Justin Faulk39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 60Projected points per game 0.48
- 44Gustav Forsling39ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.48
- 45Cam Fowler38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.46
- 46Jake Sanderson38ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.46
- 47Seth Jones37ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 67Projected points per game 0.45
- 48Jaccob Slavin36ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.44
- 49Pavel Mintyukov35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.43
- 50Owen Power35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.42
- 51Jonas Brodin35ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 62Projected points per game 0.42
- 52Ryan McDonagh34ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 74Projected points per game 0.42
- 53Damon Severson33ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 67Projected points per game 0.41
- 54Timothy Liljegren33ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 55Projected points per game 0.40
- 55Sam Malinski33ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 23Projected points per game 0.40
- 56Erik Gustafsson33ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.40
- 57Darren Raddysh32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.39
- 58Neal Pionk32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.39
- 59Oliver Ekman-Larsson32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.39
- 60David Savard32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 60Projected points per game 0.39
- 61Bowen Byram32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.39
- 62Darnell Nurse32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.39
- 63Mike Reilly32ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 61Projected points per game 0.38
- 64Ivan Provorov31ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.38
- 65Conor Timmins31ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 25Projected points per game 0.38
- 66Jake McCabe31ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.38
- 67Dylan Demelo31ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.37
- 68Tyler Myers30ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.37
- 69K'Andre Miller30ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.37
- 70Cam York30ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.36
- 71Marcus Pettersson30ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.36
- 72Tyson Barrie29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.36
- 73Artem Zub29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2023-24 69Projected points per game 0.36
- 74Sean Walker29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.36
- 75Hampus Lindholm29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.35
- 76Aaron Ekblad29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 51Projected points per game 0.35
- 77Tony DeAngelo29ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 31Projected points per game 0.35
- 78Kaedan Korczak28ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 26Projected points per game 0.34
- 79Olen Zellweger28ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 26Projected points per game 0.34
- 80Nick Leddy28ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.34
- 81Rasmus Sandin28ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 68Projected points per game 0.34
- 82Jordan Spence28ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2023-24 71Projected points per game 0.34
- 83Erik Gudbranson27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.33
- 84John Marino27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 75Projected points per game 0.33
- 85TJ Brodie27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.33
- 86Jake Walman27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.33
- 87Ty Emberson27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 30Projected points per game 0.33
- 88Josh Manson27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.33
- 89Jeff Petry27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.33
- 90Ryan Pulock27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 58Projected points per game 0.33
- 91J.J. Moser27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.33
- 92Michael Kesselring27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2023-24 65Projected points per game 0.32
- 93Nils Lundkvist27ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 59Projected points per game 0.32
- 94Jacob Trouba26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2023-24 69Projected points per game 0.32
- 95Egor Zamula26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 66Projected points per game 0.32
- 96Mason Lohrei26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.32
- 97Simon Nemec26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 60Projected points per game 0.32
- 98Brayden McNabb26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.32
- 99Colton Parayko26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.32
- 100Dmitry Orlov26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SJSGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.32
- 101Esa Lindell26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.32
- 102Cody Ceci26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.32
- 103Scott Perunovich26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 54Projected points per game 0.32
- 104Kaiden Guhle26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 70Projected points per game 0.32
- 105Jake Middleton26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.31
- 106Nick Perbix26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.31
- 107Alec Martinez26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 55Projected points per game 0.31
- 108Matt Roy26ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.31
- 109Samuel Girard25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 59Projected points per game 0.31
- 110Jalen Chatfield25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.31
- 111Josh Mahura25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 30Projected points per game 0.31
- 112Will Borgen25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.31
- 113Daniil Miromanov25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 24Projected points per game 0.30
- 114Jamie Drysdale25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.30
- 115Vladislav Gavrikov25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.30
- 116Declan Chisholm25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 31Projected points per game 0.30
- 117Zac Jones25ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 31Projected points per game 0.30
- 118Adam Boqvist24ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 35Projected points per game 0.30
- 119Adam Pelech23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 58Projected points per game 0.28
- 120Jan Rutta23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 69Projected points per game 0.28
- 121Justin Barron23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2023-24 48Projected points per game 0.28
- 122Alexandre Carrier23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.28
- 123Radko Gudas23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 66Projected points per game 0.28
- 124Jacob MacDonald23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.28
- 125Alexander Romanov23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.28
- 126Henri Jokiharju23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 74Projected points per game 0.28
- 127Andrew Peeke23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 38Projected points per game 0.28
- 128Mario Ferraro23ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.28
- 129Nikita Zadorov22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 75Projected points per game 0.27
- 130Dmitry Kulikov22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.27
- 131Erik Brannstrom22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.27
- 132Ben Chiarot22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.27
- 133Brenden Dillon22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 77Projected points per game 0.27
- 134Ryker Evans22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 36Projected points per game 0.27
- 135Oliver Kylington22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 33Projected points per game 0.26
- 136Chris Tanev22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 75Projected points per game 0.26
- 137Jordan Harris22ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 56Projected points per game 0.26
- 138Ben Hutton21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.26
- 139Juuso Valimaki21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 68Projected points per game 0.26
- 140Olli Maatta21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.26
- 141Martin Fehervary21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 66Projected points per game 0.25
- 142Mikey Anderson21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 74Projected points per game 0.25
- 143David Jiricek21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 43Projected points per game 0.25
- 144Brendan Smith21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.25
- 145Jackson LaCombe21ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2023-24 71Projected points per game 0.25
- 146Calen Addison20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.25
- 147Dante Fabbro20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 56Projected points per game 0.25
- 148Arber Xhekaj20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 44Projected points per game 0.25
- 149Jacob Bryson20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 36Projected points per game 0.25
- 150Wyatt Kaiser20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2023-24 32Projected points per game 0.25
- 151Haydn Fleury20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 24Projected points per game 0.24
- 152Zach Whitecloud20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 61Projected points per game 0.24
- 153Spencer Stastney20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 20Projected points per game 0.24
- 154Braden Schneider20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.24
- 155Dylan Samberg20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.24
- 156Connor Clifton20ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BOSGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.24
- 157Gustav Lindstrom19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 46Projected points per game 0.24
- 158Caleb Jones19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 25Projected points per game 0.24
- 159Nate Schmidt19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.24
- 160Ryan Lindgren19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.24
- 161Henry Thrun19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 51Projected points per game 0.23
- 162Dennis Gilbert19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.23
- 163Nick DeSimone19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team UTAGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.23
- 164Adam Larsson19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team SEAGames played in 2023-24 81Projected points per game 0.23
- 165Pierre-Olivier Joseph19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CARGames played in 2023-24 52Projected points per game 0.23
- 166Zach Bogosian19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MINGames played in 2023-24 65Projected points per game 0.23
- 167Marc-Edouard Vlasic19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 57Projected points per game 0.23
- 168Johnathan Kovacevic19ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 62Projected points per game 0.23
- 169Alex Vlasic18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.22
- 170Urho Vaakanainen18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYRGames played in 2023-24 68Projected points per game 0.22
- 171Parker Wotherspoon18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.22
- 172Niko Mikkola18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.22
- 173Ryan Suter18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.22
- 174Colin Miller18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 46Projected points per game 0.22
- 175Josh Brown18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 51Projected points per game 0.22
- 176Isaak Phillips18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WPGGames played in 2023-24 33Projected points per game 0.22
- 177Ryan Graves18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 70Projected points per game 0.22
- 178Trevor van Riemsdyk18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 70Projected points per game 0.22
- 179Ethan Bear18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 24Projected points per game 0.21
- 180Brian Dumoulin18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.21
- 181Jack Johnson18ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 80Projected points per game 0.21
- 182Kevin Korchinski17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.21
- 183Jacob Bernard-Docker17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.21
- 184Matthew Kessel17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 39Projected points per game 0.21
- 185Brett Kulak17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.21
- 186Erik Cernak17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 69Projected points per game 0.21
- 187Brett Pesce17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 70Projected points per game 0.20
- 188Mattias Samuelsson17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.20
- 189Ryan Johnson17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.20
- 190Connor Murphy17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 46Projected points per game 0.20
- 191Jayden Struble17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team MTLGames played in 2023-24 56Projected points per game 0.20
- 192Nick Seeler17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 71Projected points per game 0.20
- 193Brandon Carlo17ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.20
- 194Jamie Oleksiak16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.20
- 195Jake Bean16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 72Projected points per game 0.20
- 196Nikita Okhotyuk16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 52Projected points per game 0.20
- 197Dakota Mermis16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 47Projected points per game 0.20
- 198Nick Jensen16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team ANAGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.20
- 199Matt Grzelcyk16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.20
- 200Jeremy Lauzon16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 79Projected points per game 0.19
- 201John Ludvig16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 33Projected points per game 0.19
- 202Calvin de Haan16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 59Projected points per game 0.19
- 203Jon Merrill16ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 65Projected points per game 0.19
- 204Samuel Bolduc15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team OTTGames played in 2023-24 34Projected points per game 0.19
- 205Carson Soucy15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CBJGames played in 2023-24 40Projected points per game 0.19
- 206Louis Crevier15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team BUFGames played in 2023-24 24Projected points per game 0.19
- 207Nicolas Hague15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.18
- 208Jonas Siegenthaler15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NJDGames played in 2023-24 57Projected points per game 0.18
- 209Rasmus Ristolainen15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 31Projected points per game 0.18
- 210Matt Dumba15ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 76Projected points per game 0.18
- 211Emil Lilleberg14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TBLGames played in 2023-24 37Projected points per game 0.18
- 212Uvis Balinskis14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team FLAGames played in 2023-24 26Projected points per game 0.18
- 213Justin Holl14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 38Projected points per game 0.17
- 214Brayden Pachal14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 50Projected points per game 0.17
- 215Travis Dermott14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 50Projected points per game 0.17
- 216Jordan Oesterle14ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 22Projected points per game 0.17
- 217Scott Mayfield13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 41Projected points per game 0.16
- 218Ian Cole13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CHIGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.16
- 219Vincent Desharnais13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team WSHGames played in 2023-24 78Projected points per game 0.16
- 220Derek Forbort13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2023-24 35Projected points per game 0.16
- 221Noah Juulsen13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team COLGames played in 2023-24 54Projected points per game 0.16
- 222Troy Stecher13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team TORGames played in 2023-24 54Projected points per game 0.16
- 223Travis Hamonic13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 48Projected points per game 0.16
- 224Joel Hanley13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 42Projected points per game 0.16
- 225Kevin Bahl13ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team CGYGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.16
- 226Logan Stanley12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NYIGames played in 2023-24 25Projected points per game 0.15
- 227Joel Edmundson12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 53Projected points per game 0.15
- 228Tyler Tucker12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team STLGames played in 2023-24 26Projected points per game 0.15
- 229William Lagesson12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 40Projected points per game 0.15
- 230Andreas Englund12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DETGames played in 2023-24 82Projected points per game 0.14
- 231Luke Schenn12ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VANGames played in 2023-24 63Projected points per game 0.14
- 232Kyle Burroughs11ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team DALGames played in 2023-24 73Projected points per game 0.14
- 233Ilya Lyubushkin11ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team NSHGames played in 2023-24 74Projected points per game 0.13
- 234Alexander Alexeyev11ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PITGames played in 2023-24 39Projected points per game 0.13
- 235Jacob Moverare10ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team LAKGames played in 2023-24 24Projected points per game 0.13
- 236Erik Johnson10ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 67Projected points per game 0.12
- 237Chad Ruhwedel10ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team —Games played in 2023-24 52Projected points per game 0.12
- 238Simon Benoit9ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team PHIGames played in 2023-24 64Projected points per game 0.11
- 239Ryan Shea9ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team EDMGames played in 2023-24 31Projected points per game 0.11
- 240Jaycob Megna8ProjectedProjected points over the season
  Team VGKGames played in 2023-24 44Projected points per game 0.10

2024-25 Fantasy Hockey Point Projections — Defencemen — Defencemen
#	Player	Team	GP 2023-24	Pts/GP	Projected
Tier 1 — 6 players, 88 down to 74 projected points6-point gap to the next tier
1	Cale Makar	COL	77	1.07	88
2	Quinn Hughes	MIN	82	1.04	85
3	Roman Josi	NSH	82	0.96	79
4	Evan Bouchard	EDM	81	0.94	77
5	Adam Fox	NYR	72	0.93	76
6	Victor Hedman	TBL	78	0.90	74
Tier 2 — 12 players, 68 down to 53 projected points3-point gap to the next tier
7	Noah Dobson	MTL	79	0.82	68
8	Shea Theodore	VGK	47	0.79	65
9	Josh Morrissey	WPG	81	0.79	65
10	Zach Werenski	CBJ	70	0.75	62
11	Morgan Rielly	TOR	72	0.75	61
12	Vince Dunn	SEA	59	0.71	59
13	Mike Matheson	MTL	82	0.71	58
14	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	71	0.71	58
15	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	81	0.68	56
16	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	81	0.65	53
17	Erik Karlsson	PIT	82	0.64	53
18	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	20	0.64	53
Tier 3 — 42 players, 49 down to 32 projected points
19	John Carlson	TBL	82	0.60	49
20	MacKenzie Weegar	UTA	82	0.60	49
21	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	74	0.60	49
22	Kris Letang	PIT	82	0.59	48
23	Devon Toews	COL	82	0.58	48
24	Drew Doughty	LAK	82	0.58	48
25	Thomas Harley	DAL	79	0.57	46
26	Filip Hronek	VAN	81	0.56	46
27	Brady Skjei	NSH	80	0.56	46
28	Noah Hanifin	VGK	80	0.56	46
29	Brock Faber	MIN	82	0.55	45
30	Luke Hughes	NJD	82	0.55	45
31	Thomas Chabot	OTT	51	0.55	45
32	Mattias Ekholm	EDM	79	0.54	45
33	Travis Sanheim	PHI	81	0.52	43
34	Sean Durzi	NYR	76	0.52	42
35	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	34	0.51	42
36	Brent Burns	COL	82	0.50	41
37	Moritz Seider	DET	82	0.49	40
38	Alex Pietrangelo	—	64	0.49	40
39	Torey Krug	—	77	0.49	40
40	Jakob Chychrun	WSH	82	0.48	39
41	Rasmus Andersson	VGK	78	0.48	39
42	Brandon Montour	SEA	66	0.48	39
43	Justin Faulk	DET	60	0.48	39
44	Gustav Forsling	FLA	79	0.48	39
45	Cam Fowler	STL	81	0.46	38
46	Jake Sanderson	OTT	79	0.46	38
47	Seth Jones	FLA	67	0.45	37
48	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	81	0.44	36
49	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	63	0.43	35
50	Owen Power	BUF	76	0.42	35
51	Jonas Brodin	MIN	62	0.42	35
52	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	74	0.42	34
53	Damon Severson	CBJ	67	0.41	33
54	Timothy Liljegren	WSH	55	0.40	33
55	Sam Malinski	COL	23	0.40	33
56	Erik Gustafsson	LAK	76	0.40	33
57	Darren Raddysh	TOR	82	0.39	32
58	Neal Pionk	WPG	82	0.39	32
59	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	TOR	80	0.39	32
60	David Savard	—	60	0.39	32
61	Bowen Byram	CHI	73	0.39	32
62	Darnell Nurse	SJS	81	0.39	32
63	Mike Reilly	CAR	61	0.38	32
64	Ivan Provorov	CBJ	82	0.38	31
65	Conor Timmins	BUF	25	0.38	31
66	Jake McCabe	TOR	73	0.38	31
67	Dylan Demelo	WPG	82	0.37	31
68	Tyler Myers	DAL	77	0.37	30
69	K'Andre Miller	CAR	80	0.37	30
70	Cam York	PHI	82	0.36	30
71	Marcus Pettersson	NYR	82	0.36	30
72	Tyson Barrie	—	41	0.36	29
73	Artem Zub	OTT	69	0.36	29
74	Sean Walker	CAR	81	0.36	29
75	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	73	0.35	29
76	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	51	0.35	29
77	Tony DeAngelo	NYI	31	0.35	29
78	Kaedan Korczak	PIT	26	0.34	28
79	Olen Zellweger	BUF	26	0.34	28
80	Nick Leddy	SJS	82	0.34	28
81	Rasmus Sandin	WSH	68	0.34	28
82	Jordan Spence	OTT	71	0.34	28
83	Erik Gudbranson	CBJ	78	0.33	27
84	John Marino	UTA	75	0.33	27
85	TJ Brodie	—	78	0.33	27
86	Jake Walman	EDM	63	0.33	27
87	Ty Emberson	EDM	30	0.33	27
88	Josh Manson	COL	76	0.33	27
89	Jeff Petry	MIN	73	0.33	27
90	Ryan Pulock	NYI	58	0.33	27
91	J.J. Moser	TBL	80	0.33	27
92	Michael Kesselring	SJS	65	0.32	27
93	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	59	0.32	27
94	Jacob Trouba	SJS	69	0.32	26
95	Egor Zamula	CBJ	66	0.32	26
96	Mason Lohrei	BOS	41	0.32	26
97	Simon Nemec	CGY	60	0.32	26
98	Brayden McNabb	VGK	82	0.32	26
99	Colton Parayko	STL	82	0.32	26
100	Dmitry Orlov	SJS	82	0.32	26
101	Esa Lindell	DAL	82	0.32	26
102	Cody Ceci	LAK	79	0.32	26
103	Scott Perunovich	LAK	54	0.32	26
104	Kaiden Guhle	MTL	70	0.32	26
105	Jake Middleton	CGY	80	0.31	26
106	Nick Perbix	NSH	77	0.31	26
107	Alec Martinez	—	55	0.31	26
108	Matt Roy	WSH	81	0.31	26
109	Samuel Girard	PIT	59	0.31	25
110	Jalen Chatfield	CAR	72	0.31	25
111	Josh Mahura	SEA	30	0.31	25
112	Will Borgen	BOS	82	0.31	25
113	Daniil Miromanov	—	24	0.30	25
114	Jamie Drysdale	PHI	34	0.30	25
115	Vladislav Gavrikov	NYR	77	0.30	25
116	Declan Chisholm	NJD	31	0.30	25
117	Zac Jones	—	31	0.30	25
118	Adam Boqvist	NYI	35	0.30	24
119	Adam Pelech	NYI	58	0.28	23
120	Jan Rutta	—	69	0.28	23
121	Justin Barron	STL	48	0.28	23
122	Alexandre Carrier	MTL	73	0.28	23
123	Radko Gudas	FLA	66	0.28	23
124	Jacob MacDonald	WSH	34	0.28	23
125	Alexander Romanov	NYI	81	0.28	23
126	Henri Jokiharju	BOS	74	0.28	23
127	Andrew Peeke	UTA	38	0.28	23
128	Mario Ferraro	WPG	78	0.28	23
129	Nikita Zadorov	BOS	75	0.27	22
130	Dmitry Kulikov	FLA	76	0.27	22
131	Erik Brannstrom	—	76	0.27	22
132	Ben Chiarot	DET	77	0.27	22
133	Brenden Dillon	NJD	77	0.27	22
134	Ryker Evans	SEA	36	0.27	22
135	Oliver Kylington	—	33	0.26	22
136	Chris Tanev	TOR	75	0.26	22
137	Jordan Harris	BOS	56	0.26	22
138	Ben Hutton	VGK	41	0.26	21
139	Juuso Valimaki	CAR	68	0.26	21
140	Olli Maatta	MIN	72	0.26	21
141	Martin Fehervary	WSH	66	0.25	21
142	Mikey Anderson	LAK	74	0.25	21
143	David Jiricek	PHI	43	0.25	21
144	Brendan Smith	CBJ	63	0.25	21
145	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	71	0.25	21
146	Calen Addison	NJD	72	0.25	20
147	Dante Fabbro	CBJ	56	0.25	20
148	Arber Xhekaj	MTL	44	0.25	20
149	Jacob Bryson	DET	36	0.25	20
150	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	32	0.25	20
151	Haydn Fleury	WPG	24	0.24	20
152	Zach Whitecloud	CGY	61	0.24	20
153	Spencer Stastney	EDM	20	0.24	20
154	Braden Schneider	NYR	82	0.24	20
155	Dylan Samberg	WPG	78	0.24	20
156	Connor Clifton	BOS	79	0.24	20
157	Gustav Lindstrom	—	46	0.24	19
158	Caleb Jones	PIT	25	0.24	19
159	Nate Schmidt	UTA	63	0.24	19
160	Ryan Lindgren	SEA	76	0.24	19
161	Henry Thrun	WPG	51	0.23	19
162	Dennis Gilbert	BUF	34	0.23	19
163	Nick DeSimone	UTA	34	0.23	19
164	Adam Larsson	SEA	81	0.23	19
165	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	CAR	52	0.23	19
166	Zach Bogosian	MIN	65	0.23	19
167	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	—	57	0.23	19
168	Johnathan Kovacevic	NJD	62	0.23	19
169	Alex Vlasic	CHI	76	0.22	18
170	Urho Vaakanainen	NYR	68	0.22	18
171	Parker Wotherspoon	VGK	41	0.22	18
172	Niko Mikkola	FLA	82	0.22	18
173	Ryan Suter	—	82	0.22	18
174	Colin Miller	WPG	46	0.22	18
175	Josh Brown	EDM	51	0.22	18
176	Isaak Phillips	WPG	33	0.22	18
177	Ryan Graves	PIT	70	0.22	18
178	Trevor van Riemsdyk	PIT	70	0.22	18
179	Ethan Bear	NYI	24	0.21	18
180	Brian Dumoulin	LAK	80	0.21	18
181	Jack Johnson	—	80	0.21	18
182	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	76	0.21	17
183	Jacob Bernard-Docker	DET	72	0.21	17
184	Matthew Kessel	NYI	39	0.21	17
185	Brett Kulak	COL	82	0.21	17
186	Erik Cernak	TBL	69	0.21	17
187	Brett Pesce	NJD	70	0.20	17
188	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	41	0.20	17
189	Ryan Johnson	BUF	41	0.20	17
190	Connor Murphy	EDM	46	0.20	17
191	Jayden Struble	MTL	56	0.20	17
192	Nick Seeler	PHI	71	0.20	17
193	Brandon Carlo	STL	76	0.20	17
194	Jamie Oleksiak	VAN	82	0.20	16
195	Jake Bean	CGY	72	0.20	16
196	Nikita Okhotyuk	—	52	0.20	16
197	Dakota Mermis	TOR	47	0.20	16
198	Nick Jensen	ANA	78	0.20	16
199	Matt Grzelcyk	BUF	63	0.20	16
200	Jeremy Lauzon	VGK	79	0.19	16
201	John Ludvig	—	33	0.19	16
202	Calvin de Haan	—	59	0.19	16
203	Jon Merrill	—	65	0.19	16
204	Samuel Bolduc	OTT	34	0.19	15
205	Carson Soucy	CBJ	40	0.19	15
206	Louis Crevier	BUF	24	0.19	15
207	Nicolas Hague	NSH	73	0.18	15
208	Jonas Siegenthaler	NJD	57	0.18	15
209	Rasmus Ristolainen	PHI	31	0.18	15
210	Matt Dumba	—	76	0.18	15
211	Emil Lilleberg	TBL	37	0.18	14
212	Uvis Balinskis	FLA	26	0.18	14
213	Justin Holl	WSH	38	0.17	14
214	Brayden Pachal	CGY	50	0.17	14
215	Travis Dermott	—	50	0.17	14
216	Jordan Oesterle	—	22	0.17	14
217	Scott Mayfield	NYI	41	0.16	13
218	Ian Cole	CHI	78	0.16	13
219	Vincent Desharnais	WSH	78	0.16	13
220	Derek Forbort	VAN	35	0.16	13
221	Noah Juulsen	COL	54	0.16	13
222	Troy Stecher	TOR	54	0.16	13
223	Travis Hamonic	DET	48	0.16	13
224	Joel Hanley	CGY	42	0.16	13
225	Kevin Bahl	CGY	82	0.16	13
226	Logan Stanley	NYI	25	0.15	12
227	Joel Edmundson	LAK	53	0.15	12
228	Tyler Tucker	STL	26	0.15	12
229	William Lagesson	DET	40	0.15	12
230	Andreas Englund	DET	82	0.14	12
231	Luke Schenn	VAN	63	0.14	12
232	Kyle Burroughs	DAL	73	0.14	11
233	Ilya Lyubushkin	NSH	74	0.13	11
234	Alexander Alexeyev	PIT	39	0.13	11
235	Jacob Moverare	LAK	24	0.13	10
236	Erik Johnson	—	67	0.12	10
237	Chad Ruhwedel	—	52	0.12	10
238	Simon Benoit	PHI	64	0.11	9
239	Ryan Shea	EDM	31	0.11	9
240	Jaycob Megna	VGK	44	0.10	8

In a 12-team league the last starter at this position is ranked 48. From there to 96 production falls 10 points — that drop is what taking one early actually buys you.

Who moved

Change in per-game production from 2022-23 to 2023-24, scored the same way both times, quoted over a full season. Players with fewer than 30 games in either season are left out, since that measures availability rather than how they played.

Defencemen

Biggest risers

Evan Bouchard +43 — first season at a point per game
Victor Hedman +27
Noah Dobson +21
Travis Sanheim +21
MacKenzie Weegar +21

Biggest fallers

Erik Karlsson -45 — changed teams
Brandon Montour -34
Hampus Lindholm -25
Tyson Barrie -23 — played a much smaller schedule
Tony DeAngelo -20 — changed teams, played a much smaller schedule

These use one simple scoring profile, so your own league's totals will differ.

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Tier 1 — 6 players, 88 down to 74 projected points· 6-point gap to the next tier

Tier 2 — 12 players, 68 down to 53 projected points· 3-point gap to the next tier

Tier 3 — 42 players, 49 down to 32 projected points

Who moved

Defencemen

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

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Tier 1 — 6 players, 88 down to 74 projected points6-point gap to the next tier

Tier 2 — 12 players, 68 down to 53 projected points3-point gap to the next tier