Via Daily Faceoff’s Scott Maxwell, EA Sports revealed its list of their top 10 right-handed defensemen in the NHL 26 video game in terms of their overall skill rankings, and Moritz Seider cracked the list…But he’s tied with a host of defenders who have an 88-out-of-100 skill set:
Cale Makar sits at 95 OVR in #NHL26.
— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) August 25, 2025
Adam Fox trails at 90, too big of a gap? 🤔
See Defensive Ratings here: https://t.co/1ZOOUJeVAz pic.twitter.com/S004oecFDS
I’m not a big gamer, so I’m guessing that 88 out of 100 is very good, but not “elite.” So it is, I guess. It seems like the gaming world feels the same about Seider’s skill set that the media does–i.e. they underrate it.
