Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen
Dobber
2019-01-12
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – January edition!
As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. These rankings are late this month due to the extensive work done in the 11th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide (pick it up here right now!). Going over all the players very closely, lots of adjustments were made here. This list was curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list (you can find that here). The Midseason Guide, besides having second-half projections, also has over a dozen NCAA free agents that NHL teams are looking at, plus European players of interest, a look at the 2019 draft, some prospects who could join their NHL club late in the season and help you – and much more! Check it out here!
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 133.4 | 32 | 80 | 48 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 132.7 | 34 | 43 | 9 |
| 3 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 127.4 | 38 | 40 | 2 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 118.7 | 41 | 50 | 9 |
| 5 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 103.6 | 53 | 45 | -8 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 86.5 | 80 | 62 | -18 |
| 7 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 86.2 | 81 | 77 | -4 |
| 8 | Kris Letang | PIT | 82.3 | 83 | 101 | 18 |
| 9 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 81.3 | 86 | 107 | 21 |
| 10 | John Klingberg | DAL | 79.4 | 93 | 79 | -14 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.9 | 96 | 116 | 20 |
| 12 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 73.4 | 98 | 119 | 21 |
| 13 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 72.1 | 99 | 113 | 14 |
| 14 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 70.0 | 103 | 189 | 86 |
| 15 | Roman Josi | NSH | 66.5 | 112 | 124 | 12 |
| 16 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 63.6 | 118 | 123 | 5 |
| 17 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 62.4 | 121 | 218 | 97 |
| 18 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 60.0 | 125 | 92 | -33 |
| 19 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 59.3 | 126 | 104 | -22 |
| 20 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.9 | 127 | 120 | -7 |
| 21 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 54.2 | 133 | 117 | -16 |
| 22 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 51.3 | 136 | 150 | 14 |
| 23 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 44.4 | 149 | 160 | 11 |
| 24 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 43.3 | 151 | 186 | 35 |
| 25 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 42.0 | 157 | 183 | 26 |
| 26 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 41.6 | 158 | 247 | 89 |
| 27 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 39.2 | 166 | 155 | -11 |
| 28 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 38.9 | 169 | 176 | 7 |
| 29 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 37.8 | 173 | 167 | -6 |
| 30 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 36.4 | 180 | 420 | 240 |
| 31 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 36.3 | 181 | 131 | -50 |
| 32 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 33.0 | 194 | 258 | 64 |
| 33 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 32.8 | 195 | 172 | -23 |
| 34 | Jeff Petry | MON | 32.2 | 196 | 279 | 83 |
| 35 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 31.8 | 198 | 193 | -5 |
| 36 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 29.9 | 208 | 275 | 67 |
| 37 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 28.0 | 213 | 416 | 203 |
| 38 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 27.3 | 216 | 181 | -35 |
| 39 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 26.7 | 220 | 223 | 3 |
| 40 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 25.6 | 225 | 188 | -37 |
| 41 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 25.1 | 226 | 239 | 13 |
| 42 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 24.4 | 234 | 333 | 99 |
| 43 | Damon Severson | NJD | 22.5 | 246 | 232 | -14 |
| 44 | Neal Pionk | NYR | 22.2 | 247 | 241 | -6 |
| 45 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 21.5 | 250 | 237 | -13 |
| 46 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 21.2 | 252 | 228 | -24 |
| 47 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 21.1 | 253 | 297 | 44 |
| 48 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 20.7 | 258 | 244 | -14 |
| 49 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 19.4 | 273 | 194 | -79 |
| 50 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 279 | 293 | 14 |
| 51 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 17.8 | 288 | 363 | 75 |
| 52 | Shea Weber | MON | 17.3 | 290 | 309 | 19 |
| 53 | Colin Miller | VGK | 16.1 | 307 | 284 | -23 |
| 54 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 16.0 | 310 | 292 | -18 |
| 55 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 15.5 | 319 | 341 | 22 |
| 56 | Samuel Girard | COL | 14.5 | 333 | 254 | -79 |
| 57 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 14.3 | 336 | 583 | 247 |
| 58 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 14.0 | 339 | 365 | 26 |
| 59 | Vince Dunn | STL | 13.8 | 343 | 387 | 44 |
| 60 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 13.7 | 347 | 307 | -40 |
| 61 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 13.6 | 349 | 305 | -44 |
| 62 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.3 | 353 | 317 | -36 |
| 63 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 13.2 | 354 | 460 | 106 |
| 64 | Will Butcher | NJD | 12.8 | 358 | 252 | -106 |
| 65 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 12.4 | 365 | 385 | 20 |
| 66 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 12.3 | 366 | 386 | 20 |
| 67 | Colton Parayko | STL | 12.3 | 368 | 253 | -115 |
| 68 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 12.3 | 369 | 389 | 20 |
| 69 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 11.9 | 374 | 273 | -101 |
| 70 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 11.9 | 375 | 395 | 20 |
| 71 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 380 | 400 | 20 |
| 72 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 10.7 | 392 | 290 | -102 |
| 73 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 393 | 409 | 16 |
| 74 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.1 | 396 | 461 | 65 |
| 75 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 397 | 414 | 17 |
| 76 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 399 | 419 | 20 |
| 77 | Filip Hronek | DET | 9.4 | 403 | 423 | 20 |
| 78 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.4 | 404 | 397 | -7 |
| 79 | Mike Green | DET | 9.3 | 406 | 394 | -12 |
| 80 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 410 | 426 | 16 |
| 81 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 9.1 | 412 | 398 | -14 |
| 82 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 8.9 | 415 | 427 | 12 |
| 83 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 8.8 | 416 | 315 | -101 |
| 84 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 423 | 437 | 14 |
| 85 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.2 | 424 | 407 | -17 |
| 86 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 425 | 438 | 13 |
| 87 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 428 | 447 | 19 |
| 88 | Ryan Murray | CBJ | 7.8 | 430 | 579 | 149 |
| 89 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 7.7 | 431 | 433 | 2 |
| 90 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 432 | 449 | 17 |
| 91 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 7.6 | 433 | 421 | -12 |
| 92 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 7.4 | 437 | 455 | 18 |
| 93 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 438 | 456 | 18 |
| 94 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 439 | 457 | 18 |
| 95 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 441 | 459 | 18 |
| 96 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 444 | 463 | 19 |
| 97 | Lawrence Pilut | BUF | 6.9 | 446 | 498 | 52 |
| 98 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 6.2 | 457 | 412 | -45 |
| 99 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 459 | 477 | 18 |
| 100 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 5.8 | 465 | NR | NEW |
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