Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – April 2020
Dobber
2020-04-03
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.
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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 |
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