Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – August edition!

The August edition is my annual full audit, as I go over each player and each team thoroughly for the purposes of the Fantasy Guide (pick up the 14th annual Fantasy Guide and/or the packages here). As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of one another should be considered equal value and are hardly worth squabbling over.

I posted the Top 100 Keeper League Goalies here. And the Top 300 Keeper League Skaters can be found here.

 

Def Rk Player Team Rating Aug July Change
1 Brent Burns SJS 115.5 46 42 -4
2 Morgan Rielly TOR 112.5 48 50 2
3 Erik Karlsson SJS 105.0 52 37 -15
4 John Carlson WAS 103.0 57 53 -4
5 Tyson Barrie TOR 90.7 76 81 5
6 Victor Hedman TBL 89.6 77 82 5
7 Erik Gustafsson CHI 86.7 82 130 48
8 Thomas Chabot OTT 83.1 88 86 -2
9 John Klingberg DAL 80.3 93 93 0
10 Keith Yandle FLA 76.1 98 104 6
11 Torey Krug BOS 75.8 100 100 0
12 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI 73.7 102 126 24
13 Mark Giordano CGY 72.1 104 103 -1
14 Seth Jones CBJ 70.7 107 117 10
15 Rasmus Dahlin BUF 69.7 109 97 -12
16 Roman Josi NSH 67.0 112 102 -10
17 Matt Dumba MIN 62.6 124 143 19
18 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI 61.6 130 128 -2
19 Kris Letang PIT 60.3 135 111 -24
20 Jacob Trouba NYR 57.9 138 131 -7
21 Drew Doughty LAK 56.8 139 145 6
22 Zach Werenski CBJ 56.7 140 125 -15
23 P.K. Subban NJD 52.1 148 123 -25
24 Alex Pietrangelo STL 48.6 162 163 1
25 Dougie Hamilton CAR 48.2 163 152 -11
26 Miro Heiskanen DAL 46.3 168 254 86
27 Cale Makar COL 43.1 173 220 47
28 Josh Morrissey WPG 43.0 174 190 16
29 Shea Theodore VGK 42.0 177 192 15
30 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF 40.3 179 187 8
31 Ryan Pulock NYI 39.6 182 203 21
32 Ryan Ellis NSH 39.1 184 173 -11
33 Brandon Montour BUF 37.5 190 223 33
34 Darnell Nurse EDM 36.4 193 200 7
35 Will Butcher NJD 36.0 198 269 71
36 Mikhail Sergachev TBL 34.4 204 225 21
37 Dustin Byfuglien WPG 34.0 205 198 -7
38 Aaron Ekblad FLA 33.5 207 221 14
39 Quinn Hughes VAN 30.8 213 291 78
40 Ryan McDonagh TBL 30.8 214 240 26
41 Ryan Suter MIN 30.2 219 206 -13
42 Charlie McAvoy BOS 29.3 225 185 -40
43 Ivan Provorov PHI 29.3 227 246 19
44 Travis Sanheim PHI 27.3 236 234 -2
45 Jake Muzzin TOR 26.2 243 241 -2
46 Vince Dunn STL 25.7 246 218 -28
47 Noah Hanifin CGY 25.5 248 267 19
48 Filip Hronek DET 25.5 249 426 177
49 Jake Gardiner UFA 25.3 254 205 -49
50 Tony DeAngelo NYR 25.0 258 226 -32
51 Mattias Ekholm NSH 24.4 262 199 -63
52 Damon Severson NJD 22.7 270 282 12
53 Colton Parayko STL 22.3 273 294 21
54 Samuel Girard COL 22.0 276 319 43
55 Mike Matheson FLA 21.1 288 293 5
56 Jaccob Slavin CAR 20.7 294 265 -29
57 Tyler Myers VAN 20.1 302 334 32
58 TJ Brodie CGY 19.9 306 353 47
59 Shea Weber MON 19.3 311 270 -41
60 Nate Schmidt VGK 17.9 330 364 34
61 Oscar Klefbom EDM 17.7 332 405 73
62 Jeff Petry MON 17.4 339 372 33
63 Evan Bouchard EDM 17.4 340 304 -36
64 Justin Faulk CAR 17.4 341 446 105
65 Colin Miller BUF 17.0 344 378 34
66 Adam Boqvist CHI 16.4 353 413 60
67 Rasmus Andersson CGY 15.0 376 290 -86
68 Justin Schultz PIT 14.4 385 317 -68
69 Jared Spurgeon MIN 14.1 387 358 -29
70 Travis Dermott TOR 14.0 390 339 -51
71 Esa Lindell DAL 13.6 393 311 -82
72 Henri Jokiharju BUF 12.2 414 407 -7
73 Erik Brannstrom OTT 11.9 416 417 1
74 Hampus Lindholm ANA 11.7 420 469 49
75 Neal Pionk WPG 11.4 426 442 16
76 Matt Grzelcyk BOS 11.3 428 297 -131
77 Marcus Pettersson PIT 11.2 429 493 64
78 Ty Smith NJD 11.0 430 448 18
79 Oliver Kylington CGY 10.9 431 450 19
80 Juuso Valimaki CGY 10.6 437 453 16
81 Alexander Edler VAN 10.5 439 486 47
82 Dmitry Orlov WAS 10.3 440 509 69
83 Brady Skjei NYR 9.9 448 444 -4
84 Erik Cernak TBL 9.7 450 452 2
85 Dennis Cholowski DET 9.7 451 454 3
86 Bowen Byram COL 9.6 454 464 10
87 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR 9.5 456 307 -149
88 Cody Ceci TOR 9.4 459 466 NEW
89 Adam Fox NYR 9.2 460 468 8
90 Jakob Chychrun ARI 9.1 462 447 -15
91 Conor Timmins COL 8.9 463 470 7
92 Pierre-Olivier Joseph PIT 8.9 464 471 7
93 Sami Niku WPG 8.7 465 472 7
94 Timothy Liljegren TOR 8.7 467 475 8
95 Nikita Zadorov COL 8.6 468 476 8
96 Calle Rosen COL 8.3 471 474 3
97 Nick Leddy NYI 8.2 473 451 -22
98 Olli Juolevi VAN 8.1 476 480 4
99 Christian Djoos WAS 7.9 478 460 -18
100 Duncan Keith CHI 7.8 480 535 55