This is simply pulling defensemen out of the regular 'Rankings' list and adding a few more at the bottom. Ratings are a reflection of a player's trade value in 'rollover' fantasy hockey pools. They reflect a players predicted points, historical points, injury risk, team "reputation/potential powerhouse" value, powerplay time, and long-term potential. Basically, if you are in a keeper league, this is my opinion based on my statistical model of a player's 'trade value'. Naturally, individual trades would depend on the direction you are taking with your team at the present.
July 2015 complete
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | July | June |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 115.2 | 24 | 23 |
| 2 | P.K. Subban | MON | 97.4 | 46 | 42 |
| 3 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | 83.3 | 67 | 65 |
| 4 | Keith Yandle | NYR | 78.7 | 72 | 70 |
| 5 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 74.4 | 80 | 81 |
| 6 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 72.2 | 85 | 84 |
| 7 | Shea Weber | NSH | 65.6 | 100 | 95 |
| 8 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 64.4 | 105 | 102 |
| 9 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 63.3 | 110 | 97 |
| 10 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.6 | 111 | 122 |
| 11 | Roman Josi | NSH | 62.3 | 115 | 124 |
| 12 | Kris Letang | PIT | 62.2 | 116 | 106 |
| 13 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 61.6 | 117 | 109 |
| 14 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 61.6 | 118 | 117 |
| 15 | Brent Burns | SJS | 58.2 | 126 | 136 |
| 16 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 57.7 | 130 | 138 |
| 17 | Mike Green | DET | 55.4 | 139 | 157 |
| 18 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 52.2 | 149 | 158 |
| 19 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 50.1 | 153 | 149 |
| 20 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 47.8 | 159 | 162 |
| 21 | Justin Schultz | EDM | 44.8 | 168 | 175 |
| 22 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 44.4 | 171 | 169 |
| 23 | John Klingberg | DAL | 42.2 | 178 | 184 |
| 24 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 41.4 | 180 | 178 |
| 25 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 40.2 | 185 | 181 |
| 26 | Seth Jones | NSH | 40.1 | 186 | 183 |
| 27 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 39.4 | 188 | 182 |
| 28 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 37.9 | 193 | 187 |
| 29 | Cody Franson | UFA | 36.7 | 196 | 189 |
| 30 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 35.5 | 201 | 195 |
| 31 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 33.2 | 210 | 210 |
| 32 | Niklas Kronwall | DET | 32.3 | 215 | 208 |
| 33 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 32.2 | 216 | 212 |
| 34 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 32.0 | 219 | 221 |
| 35 | Torey Krug | BOS | 31.5 | 226 | 220 |
| 36 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 30.4 | 231 | 224 |
| 37 | Anthony DeAngelo | TBL | 29.8 | 236 | 359 |
| 38 | Dennis Wideman | CGY | 29.8 | 237 | 223 |
| 39 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 29.6 | 238 | 238 |
| 40 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 28.2 | 244 | 364 |
| 41 | Jack Johnson | CBJ | 28.0 | 245 | 236 |
| 42 | Mark Streit | PHI | 25.9 | 253 | 237 |
| 43 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 24.9 | 259 | 246 |
| 44 | Damon Severson | NJD | 24.6 | 261 | 258 |
| 45 | Alex Goligoski | DAL | 24.5 | 262 | 245 |
| 46 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 23.8 | 269 | 266 |
| 47 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 23.8 | 271 | 261 |
| 48 | Michael Del Zotto | PHI | 21.4 | 285 | 274 |
| 49 | David Savard | CBJ | 21.0 | 288 | 290 |
| 50 | James Wisniewski | CAR | 20.9 | 290 | 260 |
| 51 | Olli Maatta | PIT | 20.8 | 292 | 286 |
| 52 | Erik Johnson | COL | 20.2 | 298 | 280 |
| 53 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 19.7 | 302 | 288 |
| 54 | Nathan Beaulieu | MON | 19.4 | 307 | 302 |
| 55 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 19.2 | 309 | 296 |
| 56 | Dion Phaneuf | TOR | 18.4 | 316 | 298 |
| 57 | Adam Larsson | NJD | 17.7 | 324 | 318 |
| 58 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 17.3 | 327 | 329 |
| 59 | Patrick Wiercioch | OTT | 17.3 | 331 | 317 |
| 60 | Trevor Daley | DAL | 16.8 | 338 | 312 |
| 61 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 16.6 | 341 | 297 |
| 62 | Johnny Boychuk | NYI | 16.0 | 349 | 323 |
| 63 | Shea Theodore | ANA | 15.9 | 351 | 475 |
| 64 | Andrei Markov | MON | 15.7 | 353 | 320 |
| 65 | Brendan Smith | DET | 15.6 | 356 | 344 |
| 66 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 15.6 | 357 | 457 |
| 67 | Jason Garrison | TBL | 15.5 | 358 | 333 |
| 68 | Kevin Connauton | CBJ | 15.4 | 360 | 362 |
| 69 | Travis Hamonic | NYI | 15.1 | 363 | 355 |
| 70 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 14.6 | 368 | 427 |
| 71 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | 14.4 | 370 | 524 |
| 72 | Calvin de Haan | NYI | 14.2 | 373 | 366 |
| 73 | Brandon Gormley | ARI | 14.2 | 374 | 370 |
| 74 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.0 | 380 | 392 |
| 75 | Connor Carrick | WAS | 13.9 | 382 | 470 |
| 76 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 13.4 | 388 | 441 |
| 77 | Connor Murphy | ARI | 13.1 | 393 | 384 |
| 78 | Eric Gelinas | NJD | 13.0 | 395 | 400 |
| 79 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 12.7 | 401 | 492 |
| 80 | Griffin Reinhart | EDM | 12.6 | 403 | 513 |
| 81 | Nikita Nesterov | TBL | 12.3 | 404 | 547 |
| 82 | Joe Morrow | BOS | 12.3 | 405 | 446 |
| 83 | Slava Voynov | LAK | 12.3 | 406 | 388 |
| 84 | Michael Stone | ARI | 12.2 | 409 | 385 |
| 85 | Kris Russell | CGY | 11.9 | 415 | 374 |
| 86 | Ryan Murphy | CAR | 11.9 | 416 | 443 |
| 87 | Adam Clendening | VAN | 11.8 | 417 | 451 |
| 88 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 11.4 | 420 | 431 |
| 89 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 11.0 | 423 | 519 |
| 90 | Simon Despres | ANA | 10.6 | 429 | 414 |
| 91 | Dmitry Kulikov | FLA | 10.4 | 431 | 402 |
| 92 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 9.8 | 436 | 512 |
| 93 | Brandon Manning | PHI | 9.5 | 441 | 473 |
| 94 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 9.5 | 443 | 520 |
| 95 | Brayden McNabb | LAK | 9.4 | 444 | 410 |
| 96 | Stefan Elliott | COL | 9.4 | 445 | 479 |
| 97 | Zach Bogosian | BUF | 9.4 | 446 | 408 |
| 98 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 9.4 | 447 | 403 |
| 99 | Nikita Zadorov | BUF | 9.2 | 449 | 418 |
| 100 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 9.2 | 451 | 416 |
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