Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – July 2019
Dobber
2019-07-08
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – July edition!
This month – new faces (NHL Draft), new places (FA Frenzy). It's all here. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and not worthy of nitpicking. When they're that close, it becomes a matter of your team needs and/or your personal bias. On August 1st the 14th annual DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is out and at that point each and every player will be audited and properly valued for the season(s) ahead.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | July | June | Change |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 124.2 | 37 | 36 | -1 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 119.1 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| 3 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 110.4 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 108.3 | 53 | 52 | -1 |
| 5 | Tyson Barrie | TOR | 88.5 | 81 | 87 | 6 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 88.1 | 82 | 79 | -3 |
| 7 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 86.0 | 86 | 85 | -1 |
| 8 | John Klingberg | DAL | 81.0 | 93 | 90 | -3 |
| 9 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 77.0 | 97 | 96 | -1 |
| 10 | Torey Krug | BOS | 74.3 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 11 | Roman Josi | NSH | 73.9 | 102 | 101 | -1 |
| 12 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 73.7 | 103 | 98 | -5 |
| 13 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 73.2 | 104 | 103 | -1 |
| 14 | Kris Letang | PIT | 68.7 | 111 | 109 | -2 |
| 15 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 67.8 | 117 | 114 | -3 |
| 16 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 64.7 | 123 | 129 | 6 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 63.9 | 125 | 125 | 0 |
| 18 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 63.8 | 126 | 123 | -3 |
| 19 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 63.0 | 128 | 128 | 0 |
| 20 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 62.4 | 130 | 126 | -4 |
| 21 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 62.2 | 131 | 122 | -9 |
| 22 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 56.1 | 143 | 140 | -3 |
| 23 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 55.1 | 145 | 143 | -2 |
| 24 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 53.7 | 152 | 146 | -6 |
| 25 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 50.0 | 163 | 158 | -5 |
| 26 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 46.6 | 173 | 168 | -5 |
| 27 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 41.8 | 185 | 186 | 1 |
| 28 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 41.7 | 187 | 182 | -5 |
| 29 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 40.2 | 190 | 191 | 1 |
| 30 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 38.9 | 192 | 189 | -3 |
| 31 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 37.1 | 198 | 187 | -11 |
| 32 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 35.6 | 199 | 196 | -3 |
| 33 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 35.5 | 200 | 198 | -2 |
| 34 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 34.4 | 203 | 201 | -2 |
| 35 | Jake Gardiner | UFA | 33.5 | 205 | 202 | -3 |
| 36 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 33.3 | 206 | 200 | -6 |
| 37 | Vince Dunn | STL | 31.1 | 218 | 216 | -2 |
| 38 | Cale Makar | COL | 31.0 | 220 | 224 | 4 |
| 39 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 30.7 | 221 | 220 | -1 |
| 40 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 30.6 | 223 | 218 | -5 |
| 41 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 30.4 | 225 | 227 | 2 |
| 42 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 30.1 | 226 | 237 | 11 |
| 43 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 28.9 | 234 | 249 | 15 |
| 44 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 28.1 | 240 | 230 | -10 |
| 45 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 27.8 | 241 | 232 | -9 |
| 46 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 27.1 | 246 | 244 | -2 |
| 47 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 26.2 | 254 | 256 | 2 |
| 48 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 24.7 | 265 | 259 | -6 |
| 49 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 24.6 | 267 | 266 | -1 |
| 50 | Will Butcher | NJD | 24.5 | 269 | 253 | -16 |
| 51 | Shea Weber | MON | 24.3 | 270 | 252 | -18 |
| 52 | Damon Severson | NJD | 22.7 | 282 | 264 | -18 |
| 53 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 22.0 | 290 | 282 | -8 |
| 54 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 21.7 | 291 | 344 | 53 |
| 55 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 21.1 | 293 | 283 | -10 |
| 56 | Colton Parayko | STL | 21.1 | 294 | 284 | -10 |
| 57 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 20.9 | 297 | 315 | 18 |
| 58 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 20.4 | 304 | 309 | 5 |
| 59 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 20.2 | 307 | 303 | -4 |
| 60 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 20.0 | 311 | 298 | -13 |
| 61 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 19.6 | 317 | 292 | -25 |
| 62 | Samuel Girard | COL | 19.5 | 319 | 312 | -7 |
| 63 | Tyler Myers | VAN | 18.7 | 334 | 337 | 3 |
| 64 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 18.3 | 339 | 328 | -11 |
| 65 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.1 | 353 | 322 | -31 |
| 66 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 16.7 | 358 | 329 | -29 |
| 67 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 16.6 | 364 | 335 | -29 |
| 68 | Jeff Petry | MON | 16.0 | 372 | 334 | -38 |
| 69 | Colin Miller | BUF | 15.7 | 378 | 355 | -23 |
| 70 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 13.3 | 405 | 388 | -17 |
| 71 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 13.2 | 407 | 410 | 3 |
| 72 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 13.1 | 413 | 425 | 12 |
| 73 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 12.9 | 417 | 422 | 5 |
| 74 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 12.7 | 422 | 417 | -5 |
| 75 | Filip Hronek | DET | 12.5 | 426 | 418 | -8 |
| 76 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 11.4 | 442 | 403 | -39 |
| 77 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 11.2 | 444 | 448 | 4 |
| 78 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 11.0 | 446 | 426 | -20 |
| 79 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 11.0 | 447 | 459 | 12 |
| 80 | Ty Smith | NJD | 11.0 | 448 | 494 | 46 |
| 81 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.9 | 450 | 440 | -10 |
| 82 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 10.8 | 451 | 427 | -24 |
| 83 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 10.6 | 453 | 449 | -4 |
| 84 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 10.4 | 454 | 447 | -7 |
| 85 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 10.1 | 459 | 437 | -22 |
| 86 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 10.0 | 460 | 442 | -18 |
| 87 | Devon Toews | NYI | 9.9 | 462 | 443 | -19 |
| 88 | Bowen Byram | COL | 9.6 | 464 | NR | NEW |
| 89 | Kale Clague | LAK | 9.2 | 467 | 461 | -6 |
| 90 | Adam Fox | NYR | 9.2 | 468 | 513 | 45 |
| 91 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 9.1 | 469 | 453 | -16 |
| 92 | Conor Timmins | COL | 8.9 | 470 | 464 | -6 |
| 93 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | 8.9 | 471 | 468 | -3 |
| 94 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.7 | 472 | 462 | -10 |
| 95 | Calle Rosen | COL | 8.7 | 474 | 457 | -17 |
| 96 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 8.1 | 480 | 476 | -4 |
| 97 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 7.9 | 485 | 466 | -19 |
| 98 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 7.9 | 486 | 454 | -32 |
| 99 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 7.2 | 495 | 496 | 1 |
| 100 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 6.5 | 509 | 479 | -30 |
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