Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2017
Dobber
2017-12-05
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in a points-only keeper league – December edition.
As always, consider players within +/-5.0 rating points as having equal value and at that point become just a matter of need and/or personal preference. This list was simply pulled from the overall top skaters list (to see the Top 300 Keeper Leagues skaters click here)
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Dec | Nov |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 124.6 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 89.4 | 44 | 46 |
| 3 | John Klingberg | DAL | 84.4 | 48 | 56 |
| 4 | Brent Burns | SJS | 81.2 | 57 | 31 |
| 5 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 76.4 | 68 | 72 |
| 6 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 72.3 | 80 | 76 |
| 7 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 66.7 | 96 | 102 |
| 8 | Roman Josi | NSH | 66.1 | 98 | 109 |
| 9 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 63.7 | 103 | 108 |
| 10 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 60.0 | 111 | 128 |
| 11 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 59.0 | 112 | 107 |
| 12 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 58.7 | 113 | 120 |
| 13 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.2 | 115 | 111 |
| 14 | John Carlson | WAS | 57.0 | 118 | 140 |
| 15 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 56.9 | 119 | 150 |
| 16 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 55.0 | 127 | 115 |
| 17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 49.6 | 137 | 141 |
| 18 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 47.3 | 144 | 162 |
| 19 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 46.6 | 145 | 127 |
| 20 | Torey Krug | BOS | 46.5 | 146 | 158 |
| 21 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 43.8 | 153 | 157 |
| 22 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 42.5 | 159 | 188 |
| 23 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 42.4 | 161 | 152 |
| 24 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 41.3 | 164 | 138 |
| 25 | Shea Weber | MON | 39.6 | 170 | 173 |
| 26 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 36.2 | 180 | 185 |
| 27 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 35.7 | 183 | 149 |
| 28 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 35.4 | 186 | 164 |
| 29 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 34.0 | 194 | 190 |
| 30 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 32.8 | 196 | 186 |
| 31 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 31.7 | 198 | 202 |
| 32 | Will Butcher | NJD | 29.8 | 205 | 230 |
| 33 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 29.6 | 207 | 208 |
| 34 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 28.5 | 212 | 196 |
| 35 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 28.3 | 216 | 213 |
| 36 | Colton Parayko | STL | 27.1 | 223 | 232 |
| 37 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 26.7 | 228 | 198 |
| 38 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 25.7 | 229 | 300 |
| 39 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 24.8 | 234 | 228 |
| 40 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 24.1 | 240 | 214 |
| 41 | Colin Miller | VGK | 24.0 | 242 | 236 |
| 42 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 24.0 | 243 | 192 |
| 43 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 23.7 | 246 | 243 |
| 44 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 22.7 | 250 | 237 |
| 45 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 21.8 | 252 | 265 |
| 46 | Mike Green | DET | 21.7 | 254 | 287 |
| 47 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 19.3 | 271 | 313 |
| 48 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 19.2 | 273 | 256 |
| 49 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 18.8 | 278 | 227 |
| 50 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 18.3 | 281 | 369 |
| 51 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 17.6 | 288 | 281 |
| 52 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 17.5 | 290 | 283 |
| 53 | Jan Rutta | CHI | 17.0 | 295 | 379 |
| 54 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 14.4 | 327 | 327 |
| 55 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 14.0 | 329 | 330 |
| 56 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.6 | 339 | 342 |
| 57 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 13.1 | 344 | 272 |
| 58 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.1 | 346 | 349 |
| 59 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 12.9 | 348 | 351 |
| 60 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 12.8 | 350 | 354 |
| 61 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 12.7 | 352 | 312 |
| 62 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 11.9 | 360 | 364 |
| 63 | Damon Severson | NJD | 11.7 | 362 | 317 |
| 64 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 11.7 | 363 | 367 |
| 65 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 11.3 | 370 | 357 |
| 66 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 10.8 | 373 | 377 |
| 67 | Julius Honka | DAL | 10.5 | 377 | 381 |
| 68 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 10.2 | 381 | 366 |
| 69 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 10.2 | 382 | 385 |
| 70 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 10.2 | 383 | 365 |
| 71 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 10.1 | 384 | 403 |
| 72 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 9.7 | 391 | 394 |
| 73 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 9.5 | 393 | 398 |
| 74 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 9.4 | 394 | NR |
| 75 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | 9.3 | 395 | 401 |
| 76 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.9 | 398 | 388 |
| 77 | Nathan Beaulieu | BUF | 8.7 | 399 | 359 |
| 78 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 8.4 | 404 | 410 |
| 79 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 8.2 | 407 | 411 |
| 80 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 8.2 | 408 | 412 |
| 81 | Jake Walman | STL | 8.1 | 409 | 413 |
| 82 | David Savard | CBJ | 7.8 | 413 | 417 |
| 83 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 414 | 418 |
| 84 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 7.5 | 416 | 458 |
| 85 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 7.3 | 419 | 424 |
| 86 | Kyle Wood | ARI | 6.9 | 422 | 427 |
| 87 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 6.9 | 423 | 428 |
| 88 | Tim Heed | SJS | 6.7 | 430 | 433 |
| 89 | Viktor Antipin | BUF | 6.6 | 431 | 415 |
| 90 | Mark Pysyk | FLA | 6.6 | 433 | 435 |
| 91 | Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 6.3 | 437 | 439 |
| 92 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 6.3 | 438 | 440 |
| 93 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 6.3 | 439 | 441 |
| 94 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 6.1 | 440 | 442 |
| 95 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 5.9 | 445 | 447 |
| 96 | Troy Stecher | VAN | 5.9 | 447 | 423 |
| 97 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 5.7 | 451 | 453 |
| 98 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 5.7 | 453 | 454 |
| 99 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 5.7 | 454 | 400 |
| 100 | Victor Mete | MON | 4.9 | 461 | 464 |
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