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

These were pulled directly from my Top 300 skaters ranking (posted here). As always, two players who are within 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value. Players between 70 and 130 are ridiculously close, and have varying values for upside, immediate help, proneness to injury, etc.

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	126.5	31	34	3
2	Brent Burns	SJS	109.4	49	43	-6
3	Morgan Rielly	TOR	109.2	50	42	-8
4	Erik Karlsson	SJS	103.5	53	57	4
5	Cale Makar	COL	101.2	58	106	48
6	Victor Hedman	TBL	98.9	63	67	4
7	Roman Josi	NSH	97.0	67	75	8
8	Torey Krug	BOS	95.1	70	96	26
9	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	93.7	72	108	36
10	Quinn Hughes	VAN	77.1	93	178	85
11	Thomas Chabot	OTT	75.7	95	90	-5
12	Keith Yandle	FLA	73.9	100	116	16
13	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	73.3	103	86	-17
14	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	70.2	106	102	-4
15	Tyson Barrie	TOR	69.6	109	115	6
16	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	67.0	116	175	59
17	Seth Jones	CBJ	66.8	117	103	-14
18	Kris Letang	PIT	60.3	129	131	2
19	Jacob Trouba	NYR	58.2	132	124	-8
20	John Klingberg	DAL	57.9	133	122	-11
21	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	57.5	135	146	11
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	57.2	138	149	11
23	Drew Doughty	LAK	56.8	139	137	-2
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	56.0	144	129	-15
25	Mark Giordano	CGY	52.8	151	136	-15
26	Ryan Ellis	NSH	52.7	152	153	1
27	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	47.6	167	188	21
28	Ivan Provorov	PHI	46.7	170	167	-3
29	Josh Morrissey	WPG	45.5	173	172	-1
30	Erik Gustafsson	CHI	44.9	174	157	-17
31	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	41.8	182	180	-2
32	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	41.8	183	155	-28
33	Shea Weber	MON	38.4	190	249	59
34	Matt Dumba	MIN	37.4	196	126	-70
35	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	35.1	204	200	-4
36	Shea Theodore	VGK	33.5	212	199	-13
37	Ryan Pulock	NYI	32.7	215	207	-8
38	P.K. Subban	NJD	31.4	218	194	-24
39	Adam Fox	NYR	31.0	221	443	222
40	Brandon Montour	BUF	30.6	223	218	-5
41	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	29.2	229	261	32
42	Filip Hronek	DET	28.6	231	229	-2
43	Ryan Suter	MIN	28.5	232	253	21
44	Darnell Nurse	EDM	28.2	233	197	-36
45	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	28.0	235	331	96
46	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	28.0	236	225	-11
47	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	26.4	247	204	-43
48	Will Butcher	NJD	26.2	249	221	-28
49	Jake Muzzin	TOR	24.9	260	240	-20
50	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	24.8	261	214	-47
51	Samuel Girard	COL	22.6	273	292	19
52	Colton Parayko	STL	22.3	275	278	3
53	Devon Toews	NYI	20.8	287	313	26
54	Travis Sanheim	PHI	19.5	299	280	-19
55	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	19.4	303	256	-47
56	Vince Dunn	STL	19.2	305	282	-23
57	Jeff Petry	MON	18.7	317	285	-32
58	Alexander Edler	VAN	18.6	319	342	23
59	Evan Bouchard	EDM	17.4	332	339	7
60	Adam Boqvist	CHI	17.4	333	340	7
61	Mike Matheson	FLA	17.3	334	305	-29
62	Nick Leddy	NYI	17.2	337	344	7
63	Nate Schmidt	VGK	16.3	348	431	83
64	Noah Hanifin	CGY	15.9	359	273	-86
65	Neal Pionk	WPG	15.7	362	366	4
66	Cam Fowler	ANA	15.7	363	523	160
67	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	15.6	366	405	39
68	Jake Gardiner	CAR	14.4	382	275	-107
69	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	14.1	385	393	8
70	Travis Dermott	TOR	14.0	388	396	8
71	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	13.7	390	336	-54
72	Damon Severson	NJD	13.6	391	319	-72
73	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.1	400	378	-22
74	Justin Faulk	STL	12.3	413	386	-27
75	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	12.2	414	418	4
76	Justin Schultz	PIT	11.9	415	390	-25
77	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.9	416	420	4
78	TJ Brodie	CGY	11.7	420	323	-97
79	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.3	422	428	6
80	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.9	424	433	9
81	Michal Kempny	WAS	10.9	425	434	9
82	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	10.8	428	388	-40
83	Dennis Cholowski	DET	10.7	430	439	9
84	Alex Goligoski	ARI	10.5	432	530	98
85	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	10.2	434	445	11
86	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	10.1	438	459	21
87	Esa Lindell	DAL	10.0	439	398	-41
88	Marcus Pettersson	PIT	10.0	442	430	-12
89	Sami Vatanen	NJD	10.0	443	426	-17
90	Bowen Byram	COL	9.6	449	451	2
91	Brady Skjei	NYR	9.2	455	455	0
92	Christian Djoos	WAS	8.9	460	461	1
93	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	8.9	462	464	2
94	Sean Walker	LAK	8.8	463	NR	NEW
95	Sami Niku	WPG	8.7	465	465	0
96	Brad Hunt	MIN	8.1	468	471	3
97	Olli Juolevi	VAN	8.1	469	472	3
98	Ty Smith	NJD	8.0	471	474	3
99	Ethan Bear	EDM	7.8	474	479	5
100	Noah Dobson	NYI	7.6	478	482	4

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 15 - 19:11	CBJ	vs	PIT
Nov 15 - 21:11	UTA	vs	VGK
Nov 15 - 21:11	CGY	vs	NSH
Nov 15 - 21:11	COL	vs	WSH
Nov 15 - 22:11	ANA	vs	DET