Here are the Top 100 115 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – April edition!

I increased the list to 115 this month. As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each others should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias.

Click any player name to be taken to their fantasy hockey stats profile and analysis page…

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	April	Mar	Jan
1	John Carlson	WAS	145.6874	17	17	0
2	Roman Josi	NSH	108.9259	42	43	1
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	99.84833	52	50	-2
4	Cale Makar	COL	99.56277	53	52	-1
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	89.11144	63	62	-1
6	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	84.72452	71	82	11
7	Erik Karlsson	SJS	83.16159	72	77	5
8	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	79.27811	78	76	-2
9	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	77.80909	84	83	-1
10	Brent Burns	SJS	77.78595	85	84	-1
11	Torey Krug	BOS	77.75287	86	85	-1
12	Morgan Rielly	TOR	77.23788	88	86	-2
13	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	70.96903	99	98	-1
14	Tyson Barrie	TOR	68.26252	102	100	-2
15	Keith Yandle	FLA	64.65322	107	102	-5
16	Thomas Chabot	OTT	63.21695	109	110	1
17	Kris Letang	PIT	59.96203	121	120	-1
18	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.37513	124	123	-1
19	John Klingberg	DAL	54.18528	137	137	0
20	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	50.51622	145	144	-1
21	Shea Theodore	VGK	49.48307	148	147	-1
22	Seth Jones	CBJ	46.46192	156	156	0
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	45.60498	159	159	0
24	Erik Gustafsson	CGY	43.73245	164	163	-1
25	Jacob Trouba	NYR	41.62721	167	166	-1
26	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	41.34163	168	167	-1
27	Drew Doughty	LAK	40.13759	171	171	0
28	Mark Giordano	CGY	39.7037	172	172	0
29	Neal Pionk	WPG	39.35576	174	174	0
30	Ivan Provorov	PHI	38.878	176	176	0
31	Ryan Ellis	NSH	38.12055	180	180	0
32	Ryan Suter	MIN	36.23843	187	188	1
33	Ryan Pulock	NYI	34.60601	193	194	1
34	Josh Morrissey	WPG	33.75375	198	199	1
35	Samuel Girard	COL	33.6211	199	200	1
36	Shea Weber	MON	31.88444	206	206	0
37	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	31.68591	208	208	0
38	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	30.89683	212	212	0
39	Filip Hronek	DET	29.16109	224	224	0
40	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.45493	225	225	0
41	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	28.33096	227	227	0
42	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	27.51148	232	232	0
43	Adam Fox	NYR	27.3088	234	234	0
44	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	27.09559	237	237	0
45	Jeff Petry	MON	25.85677	245	245	0
46	Darnell Nurse	EDM	24.99687	254	276	22
47	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	24.94159	255	250	-5
48	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	24.14486	260	260	0
49	Matt Dumba	MIN	22.43404	271	272	1
50	Adam Boqvist	CHI	20.36889	289	288	-1
51	Sami Vatanen	CAR	17.89377	308	306	-2
52	Cam Fowler	ANA	17.78042	310	313	3
53	Evan Bouchard	EDM	17.36889	316	317	1
54	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.28739	318	318	0
55	Brandon Montour	BUF	17.22931	319	319	0
56	Damon Severson	NJD	17.11071	322	321	-1
57	Travis Sanheim	PHI	15.98455	345	341	-4
58	Vince Dunn	STL	15.68944	351	346	-5
59	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	15.16881	366	360	-6
60	Mike Matheson	FLA	14.99012	370	364	-6
61	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	14.76807	376	370	-6
62	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	14.32335	383	377	-6
63	Colton Parayko	STL	14.22947	384	378	-6
64	P.K. Subban	NJD	13.62447	395	387	-8
65	Travis Dermott	TOR	13.57267	397	389	-8
66	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.07904	404	395	-9
67	Alexander Edler	VAN	12.55509	409	401	-8
68	Will Butcher	NJD	12.55376	410	402	-8
69	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	12.23333	413	405	-8
70	Ryan Graves	COL	12.12148	416	408	-8
71	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.86735	419	411	-8
72	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	11.74466	422	414	-8
73	Alex Goligoski	ARI	11.31039	426	418	-8
74	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.29013	427	419	-8
75	Noah Hanifin	CGY	11.14804	428	420	-8
76	Justin Faulk	STL	11.05164	429	421	-8
77	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	11.02638	430	422	-8
78	Ethan Bear	EDM	11.00795	431	423	-8
79	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.87832	432	424	-8
80	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	10.22654	435	427	-8
81	Devon Toews	NYI	10.1597	437	429	-8
82	Jake Muzzin	TOR	9.915796	438	430	-8
83	Esa Lindell	DAL	9.862859	439	431	-8
84	Dennis Cholowski	DET	9.6722	442	434	-8
85	Bowen Byram	COL	9.592701	444	436	-8
86	Alexander Romanov	MON	9.384244	447	439	-8
87	Brady Skjei	CAR	9.026411	450	400	-50
88	Nick Leddy	NYI	8.942693	453	444	-9
89	Sami Niku	WPG	8.827879	455	446	-9
90	Jake Gardiner	CAR	8.824861	456	447	-9
91	John Marino	PIT	7.8144	465	456	-9
92	TJ Brodie	CGY	7.753677	468	459	-9
93	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	7.690303	470	461	-9
94	Erik Cernak	TBL	7.663006	471	462	-9
95	Ian Cole	COL	7.659846	472	463	-9
96	Ty Smith	NJD	7.554946	474	465	-9
97	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	7.495823	476	467	-9
98	Dante Fabbro	NSH	7.205021	478	469	-9
99	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	6.984777	482	473	-9
100	Conor Timmins	COL	6.963019	483	474	-9
101	Josh Mahura	ANA	6.869809	484	475	-9
102	Victor Mete	MON	6.824109	486	477	-9
103	Joel Persson	ANA	6.712775	488	479	-9
104	Marcus Pettersson	PIT	6.688984	489	480	-9
105	Noah Dobson	NYI	6.608271	491	482	-9
106	Olli Juolevi	VAN	6.6	492	483	-9
107	Caleb Jones	EDM	6.6	493	484	-9
108	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	6.6	494	485	-9
109	Philippe Myers	PHI	6.5	495	486	-9
110	Sean Walker	LAK	6.5	496	487	-9
111	Jake Bean	CAR	6.4	497	488	-9
112	Scott Perunovich	STL	6.2	502	493	-9
113	Justin Schultz	PIT	6.2	503	494	-9
114	Nicolas Hague	VGK	5.9	507	498	-9
115	Tyler Myers	VAN	5.9	509	500	-9

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ