NCAA Defensemen Scoring Leaders 2025‑2026

NCAA defenseman scoring leaders in the 2025-2026 season.

Rk	Name	Team	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1	Ty Hanson	UMD	20	D	13	6	10	16	2	14	1	0	2	0.462	0.769	1.231	44	13.6%
2	Cole Hutson	BST	19	D	11	5	10	15	8	9	0	0	2	0.455	0.909	1.364	45	11.1%
3	Eric Pohlkamp	DEN	21	D	11	8	5	13	17	12	1	1	2	0.727	0.455	1.182	49	16.3%
4	Brandon Holt	UME	24	D	11	2	10	12	2	7	0	0	1	0.182	0.909	1.091	19	10.5%
5	Ben Robertson	UMI	21	D	13	0	12	12	14	15	0	0	0	0.000	0.923	0.923	19	0.0%
6	Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen	UMI	19	D	13	3	8	11	4	4	2	0	0	0.231	0.615	0.846	18	16.7%
7	Francesco Dell'Elce	UMA	20	D	12	3	7	10	6	2	1	0	3	0.250	0.583	0.833	32	9.4%
8	Paul Fischer	NDM	20	D	11	3	6	9	16	-3	2	0	0	0.273	0.545	0.818	22	13.6%
9	Abram Wiebe	UND	22	D	11	2	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0.182	0.636	0.818	22	9.1%
10	Vladislav Lukashevich	MOH	22	D	9	1	8	9	2	6	0	0	0	0.111	0.889	1.000	9	11.1%
11	Jake Livanavage	UND	21	D	11	1	8	9	6	3	1	0	0	0.091	0.727	0.818	17	5.9%
12	Ben Dexheimer	UWI	23	D	11	1	8	9	2	-2	1	0	0	0.091	0.727	0.818	22	4.6%
13	Boston Buckberger	DEN	22	D	11	1	8	9	4	14	0	0	1	0.091	0.727	0.818	36	2.8%
14	Henry Mews	UMI	19	D	10	0	9	9	6	5	0	0	0	0.000	0.900	0.900	20	0.0%
15	Evan Murr	MNS	22	D	11	5	3	8	0	5	1	0	2	0.455	0.273	0.727	34	14.7%
16	Tyler Cristall	SLU	23	D	10	4	4	8	4	1	2	0	1	0.400	0.400	0.800	25	16.0%
17	Chris Hedden	AIR	23	D	11	4	4	8	4	0	1	1	0	0.364	0.364	0.727	24	16.7%
18	Samuel Sj�lund	WMI	24	D	11	3	5	8	10	4	0	0	0	0.273	0.455	0.727	14	21.4%
19	Matt Basgall	MIS	23	D	9	2	6	8	0	7	0	0	2	0.222	0.667	0.889	17	11.8%
20	Mikey Adamson	SHU	24	D	10	2	6	8	4	-4	1	0	0	0.200	0.600	0.800	26	7.7%
21	J�r�my Langlois	UME	22	D	11	2	6	8	10	8	0	0	0	0.182	0.545	0.727	13	15.4%
22	Jackson Smith	PSS	18	D	11	2	6	8	10	-3	2	0	0	0.182	0.545	0.727	24	8.3%
23	Isaiah Norlin	CLG	22	D	11	2	6	8	0	-3	2	0	0	0.182	0.545	0.727	33	6.1%
24	Hudson Thornton	BMS	22	D	13	2	6	8	6	2	1	0	1	0.154	0.462	0.615	20	10.0%
25	Crossley Stewart	RIT	23	D	10	1	7	8	4	6	0	0	1	0.100	0.700	0.800	12	8.3%
26	Adam Barone	LSS	21	D	11	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.727	0.727	17	0.0%
27	Tyler Dunbar	UNC	22	D	10	4	3	7	6	10	1	0	0	0.400	0.300	0.700	36	11.1%
28	Keaton Verhoeff	UND	17	D	11	4	3	7	4	5	1	0	2	0.364	0.273	0.636	22	18.2%
29	Nicholas Bernardo	LIU	22	D	10	3	4	7	4	2	2	0	0	0.300	0.400	0.700	21	14.3%
30	Evan Orr	STO	24	D	11	2	5	7	2	-3	0	0	0	0.182	0.455	0.636	41	4.9%
31	Jake Peterson	AIR	22	D	11	2	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0.182	0.455	0.636	19	10.5%
32	Axel Kumlin	NDM	23	D	11	1	6	7	15	4	0	0	0	0.091	0.545	0.636	15	6.7%
33	Reid Andresen	MIT	20	D	11	1	6	7	2	2	0	0	0	0.091	0.545	0.636	5	20.0%
34	Nathan Rickey	UAF	22	D	11	1	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.091	0.545	0.636	21	4.8%
35	William Elias	HCR	22	D	12	1	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.083	0.500	0.583	14	7.1%
36	Cooper Wylie	SCU	24	D	12	1	6	7	4	3	1	0	0	0.083	0.500	0.583	28	3.6%
37	Luke Mittelstadt	UMN	22	D	13	1	6	7	8	-2	1	0	1	0.077	0.462	0.538	28	3.6%
38	Griffin Ludtke	NEO	22	D	9	0	7	7	10	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.778	0.778	7	0.0%
39	Breck McKinley	BGS	22	D	9	0	7	7	6	7	0	0	0	0.000	0.778	0.778	12	0.0%
40	Ryan Philbrick	UNH	21	D	10	4	2	6	4	7	0	1	2	0.400	0.200	0.600	13	30.8%
41	William Staring	AIR	22	D	11	4	2	6	21	-3	1	0	1	0.364	0.182	0.545	28	14.3%
42	Drew Fortescue	BSC	20	D	10	3	3	6	19	3	0	0	0	0.300	0.300	0.600	16	18.8%
43	Michael Mastrodomenico	NDM	21	D	11	3	3	6	4	-5	1	0	1	0.273	0.273	0.545	25	12.0%
44	Aidan De La Gorgendiere	NEO	23	D	9	2	4	6	4	1	1	0	0	0.222	0.444	0.667	21	9.5%
45	Vinny Borgesi	NEA	21	D	9	2	4	6	6	7	0	0	1	0.222	0.444	0.667	23	8.7%
46	Brayden Crampton	BGS	21	D	9	2	4	6	0	2	0	0	1	0.222	0.444	0.667	27	7.4%
47	Zack Sharp	WMI	20	D	9	2	4	6	4	2	0	0	0	0.222	0.444	0.667	20	10.0%
48	Luke Osburn	UWI	19	D	10	2	4	6	8	2	0	0	0	0.200	0.400	0.600	26	7.7%
49	T.J. Schweighardt	UML	24	D	11	2	4	6	2	-2	0	1	1	0.182	0.364	0.545	25	8.0%
50	Thomas Klassek	RPI	20	D	11	2	4	6	2	-2	1	0	0	0.182	0.364	0.545	14	14.3%

NCAA Defensemen Scoring Leaders 2025‑2026

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