Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2018
Dobber
2018-01-10
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in a points-only keeper league – January 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 | Jan | Dec |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 115.5 | 26 | 16 |
| 2 | John Klingberg | DAL | 92.6 | 46 | 48 |
| 3 | Brent Burns | SJS | 91.6 | 48 | 57 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 91.2 | 50 | 44 |
| 5 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 83.6 | 61 | 96 |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 79.3 | 69 | 68 |
| 7 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 69.3 | 89 | 113 |
| 8 | John Carlson | WAS | 67.2 | 93 | 118 |
| 9 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 63.7 | 100 | 103 |
| 10 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 62.0 | 102 | 119 |
| 11 | Roman Josi | NSH | 61.7 | 104 | 98 |
| 12 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 55.8 | 119 | 80 |
| 13 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 54.7 | 125 | 112 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 53.4 | 129 | 111 |
| 15 | Kris Letang | PIT | 49.6 | 136 | 137 |
| 16 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 49.2 | 140 | 144 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 48.3 | 141 | 115 |
| 18 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 48.0 | 142 | 145 |
| 19 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 43.9 | 150 | 159 |
| 20 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 43.8 | 151 | 127 |
| 21 | Torey Krug | BOS | 43.6 | 152 | 146 |
| 22 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 39.5 | 165 | 161 |
| 23 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 37.1 | 173 | 164 |
| 24 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 34.7 | 181 | 153 |
| 25 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 32.6 | 188 | 186 |
| 26 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 32.6 | 189 | 207 |
| 27 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 31.5 | 195 | 196 |
| 28 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 31.3 | 200 | 194 |
| 29 | Will Butcher | NJD | 29.8 | 203 | 205 |
| 30 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 28.9 | 205 | 198 |
| 31 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 28.6 | 208 | 228 |
| 32 | Colton Parayko | STL | 28.5 | 209 | 223 |
| 33 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 28.3 | 210 | 216 |
| 34 | Shea Weber | MON | 27.4 | 213 | 170 |
| 35 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 27.2 | 217 | 229 |
| 36 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 26.7 | 220 | 240 |
| 37 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 25.6 | 226 | 183 |
| 38 | Colin Miller | VGK | 25.5 | 229 | 242 |
| 39 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 24.8 | 233 | 234 |
| 40 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 23.7 | 235 | 246 |
| 41 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 22.7 | 242 | 250 |
| 42 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 22.5 | 243 | 271 |
| 43 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 22.2 | 244 | 212 |
| 44 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 21.8 | 249 | 252 |
| 45 | Mike Green | DET | 21.7 | 250 | 254 |
| 46 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 20.3 | 260 | 288 |
| 47 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 18.8 | 271 | 278 |
| 48 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 18.3 | 275 | 281 |
| 49 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 17.5 | 286 | 290 |
| 50 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 16.6 | 294 | 180 |
| 51 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 16.6 | 295 | 243 |
| 52 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 15.2 | 312 | 348 |
| 53 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 14.4 | 321 | 327 |
| 54 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 13.9 | 326 | 383 |
| 55 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 13.4 | 334 | 360 |
| 56 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 13.1 | 337 | 273 |
| 57 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.1 | 338 | 339 |
| 58 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.1 | 340 | 346 |
| 59 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 13.0 | 342 | 329 |
| 60 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 11.8 | 355 | 393 |
| 61 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 11.7 | 356 | 352 |
| 62 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 11.7 | 357 | 363 |
| 63 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 11.6 | 359 | 370 |
| 64 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 11.3 | 364 | 416 |
| 65 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 10.9 | 367 | 391 |
| 66 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 10.8 | 368 | 350 |
| 67 | Jan Rutta | CHI | 10.6 | 370 | 295 |
| 68 | Julius Honka | DAL | 10.5 | 371 | 377 |
| 69 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 10.1 | 374 | 384 |
| 70 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 9.4 | 378 | 394 |
| 71 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | 9.3 | 379 | 395 |
| 72 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.9 | 382 | 398 |
| 73 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 8.6 | 385 | 428 |
| 74 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 8.2 | 391 | 408 |
| 75 | Jake Walman | STL | 8.1 | 392 | 409 |
| 76 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 7.9 | 394 | 381 |
| 77 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 399 | 414 |
| 78 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 7.3 | 407 | 419 |
| 79 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 7.1 | 411 | 344 |
| 80 | Kyle Wood | ARI | 6.9 | 415 | 422 |
| 81 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 6.9 | 417 | 423 |
| 82 | Viktor Antipin | BUF | 6.6 | 421 | 431 |
| 83 | Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 6.3 | 426 | 437 |
| 84 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 6.3 | 427 | 438 |
| 85 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 6.3 | 428 | 439 |
| 86 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 6.1 | 429 | 407 |
| 87 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 6.1 | 430 | 440 |
| 88 | David Savard | CBJ | 6.0 | 434 | 413 |
| 89 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 5.9 | 435 | 445 |
| 90 | Michael Del Zotto | VAN | 5.9 | 436 | 463 |
| 91 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 5.7 | 444 | 451 |
| 92 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 5.7 | 445 | 453 |
| 93 | Tim Heed | SJS | 5.7 | 446 | 430 |
| 94 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | 5.5 | 449 | 471 |
| 95 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 5.5 | 450 | 373 |
| 96 | Mark Pysyk | FLA | 5.1 | 454 | 433 |
| 97 | Victor Mete | MON | 4.9 | 456 | 461 |
| 98 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 4.7 | 461 | 468 |
| 99 | Vince Dunn | STL | 4.5 | 464 | 472 |
| 100 | Cale Makar | COL | 4.4 | 473 | 492 |
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