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

Players within +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal preference or team needs. This list was curated from the full Top 300 skaters list (my list actually has closer to 800 players). You can find the Top 300 list here.

(Click a player name to be taken to his custom-made fantasy profile – where you should be doing all your player analysis!)

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Def Rk	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Feb	Jan
1	John Carlson	WAS	141.4	21	25	-4
2	Roman Josi	NSH	108.9	43	53	-10
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	104.0	50	47	3
4	Cale Makar	COL	102.3	52	51	1
5	Erik Karlsson	SJS	92.6	62	55	7
6	Quinn Hughes	VAN	82.3	74	85	-11
7	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	81.9	76	106	-30
8	Morgan Rielly	TOR	81.2	79	72	7
9	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	79.3	84	95	-11
10	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	78.1	85	52	33
11	Brent Burns	SJS	77.8	86	74	12
12	Keith Yandle	FLA	77.2	87	91	-4
13	Torey Krug	BOS	76.4	89	82	7
14	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	71.0	101	96	5
15	Tyson Barrie	TOR	69.6	102	105	-3
16	Thomas Chabot	OTT	67.1	106	102	4
17	Kris Letang	PIT	62.7	123	117	6
18	Seth Jones	CBJ	62.3	124	123	1
19	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.4	131	131	0
20	John Klingberg	DAL	54.2	141	135	6
21	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	51.2	148	145	3
22	Jacob Trouba	NYR	50.1	151	134	17
23	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	48.0	155	150	5
24	Drew Doughty	LAK	46.6	160	141	19
25	Shea Theodore	VGK	44.2	163	197	-34
26	Mark Giordano	CGY	43.6	167	155	12
27	Erik Gustafsson	CHI	42.8	171	182	-11
28	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	40.0	176	187	-11
29	Shea Weber	MON	39.6	178	168	10
30	Ivan Provorov	PHI	38.9	182	170	12
31	Neal Pionk	WPG	36.7	191	242	-51
32	Ryan Suter	MIN	36.2	192	214	-22
33	Ryan Ellis	NSH	35.5	194	156	38
34	Ryan Pulock	NYI	34.6	196	200	-4
35	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	34.2	198	204	-6
36	Josh Morrissey	WPG	33.8	200	171	29
37	Filip Hronek	DET	33.3	204	207	-3
38	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	32.2	206	184	22
39	Samuel Girard	COL	31.1	211	272	-61
40	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	29.7	223	237	-14
41	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	28.0	229	232	-3
42	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	26.7	239	222	17
43	Adam Fox	NYR	26.0	243	284	-41
44	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	26.0	245	243	2
45	Jeff Petry	MON	25.9	247	256	-9
46	Darnell Nurse	EDM	25.0	256	230	26
47	Matt Dumba	MIN	24.2	260	252	8
48	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	24.1	263	233	30
49	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	22.6	270	262	8
50	Adam Boqvist	CHI	20.4	287	291	-4
51	Cam Fowler	ANA	17.8	314	323	-9
52	Evan Bouchard	EDM	17.4	321	327	-6
53	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.3	322	329	-7
54	Brandon Montour	BUF	17.2	323	263	60
55	Sami Vatanen	NJD	16.8	328	296	32
56	Travis Sanheim	PHI	16.0	344	354	-10
57	Vince Dunn	STL	15.7	349	359	-10
58	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	15.4	358	387	-29
59	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	15.2	360	340	20
60	Mike Matheson	FLA	15.0	364	334	30
61	Brady Skjei	NYR	15.0	366	404	-38
62	Nick Leddy	NYI	14.7	371	289	82
63	Colton Parayko	STL	14.2	379	369	10
64	Alex Goligoski	ARI	13.8	384	384	0
65	P.K. Subban	NJD	13.6	388	392	-4
66	Travis Dermott	TOR	13.6	390	388	2
67	Will Butcher	NJD	13.6	391	357	34
68	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	13.5	393	330	63
69	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.1	398	398	0
70	John Marino	PIT	12.7	402	428	-26
71	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	12.2	410	408	2
72	Ryan Graves	COL	12.1	412	572	-160
73	Esa Lindell	DAL	12.1	413	429	-16
74	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.9	415	410	5
75	Justin Faulk	STL	11.3	422	407	15
76	Damon Severson	NJD	11.3	423	425	-2
77	Alexander Edler	VAN	11.3	424	343	81
78	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.3	425	415	10
79	Ian Cole	COL	11.2	426	NR	#####
80	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	11.2	427	406	21
81	Noah Hanifin	CGY	11.1	428	416	12
82	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	11.0	429	417	12
83	Ethan Bear	EDM	11.0	430	418	12
84	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.9	431	420	11
85	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	10.2	434	426	8
86	Dennis Cholowski	DET	9.7	438	434	4
87	Bowen Byram	COL	9.6	441	436	5
88	Devon Toews	NYI	9.0	446	346	100
89	Jake Muzzin	TOR	8.9	448	432	16
90	Sami Niku	WPG	8.8	450	449	1
91	Jake Gardiner	CAR	8.8	451	444	7
92	TJ Brodie	CGY	8.8	452	438	14
93	Sean Walker	LAK	8.7	453	448	5
94	Cody Ceci	TOR	7.8	462	464	-2
95	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	7.7	465	468	-3
96	Ty Smith	NJD	7.6	468	461	7
97	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	7.5	469	443	26
98	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	7.5	470	470	0
99	Lawrence Pilut	BUF	7.2	472	473	-1
100	Dante Fabbro	NSH	7.2	473	474	-1

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