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

In case you missed the full Top 300 Keeper League Skaters list posted on Canada Day, you can find that here.

As always, players with a rating +/- 5.0 of each other should be considered equal.

Click on a player name to be taken to his profile page customized for fantasy hockey. Those profiles now have all of that player’s various rankings on the site (full, roto, cap league, prospect, etc.)

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Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	July	Apr	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	127.3361	25	17	-8
2	Cale Makar	COL	105.0629	51	53	2
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	99.84833	55	52	-3
4	Morgan Rielly	TOR	96.19005	61	88	27
5	Roman Josi	NSH	96.01728	62	42	-20
6	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	94.21532	65	71	6
7	Quinn Hughes	VAN	92.11144	73	63	-10
8	Erik Karlsson	SJS	87.64575	76	72	-4
9	Torey Krug	BOS	80.96246	86	86	0
10	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	76.69813	100	84	-16
11	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	74.96053	96	99	3
12	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	73.83535	99	78	-21
13	Tyson Barrie	TOR	73.20568	94	102	8
14	Thomas Chabot	OTT	69.77794	112	109	-3
15	Brent Burns	SJS	68.64272	115	85	-30
16	Zach Werenski	CBJ	68.04742	124	124	0
17	Seth Jones	CBJ	66.25262	119	156	37
18	John Klingberg	DAL	60.91107	125	137	12
19	Kris Letang	PIT	59.96203	135	121	-14
20	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	54.14505	138	159	21
21	Keith Yandle	FLA	52.12203	153	107	-46
22	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	51.80003	156	145	-11
23	Drew Doughty	LAK	49.98902	158	171	13
24	Shea Theodore	VGK	49.03192	164	148	-16
25	Ivan Provorov	PHI	46.67013	170	176	6
26	Erik Gustafsson	CGY	45.83815	172	164	-8
27	Filip Hronek	DET	42.13881	182	224	42
28	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	41.34163	187	168	-19
29	Ryan Pulock	NYI	41.08569	188	193	5
30	Josh Morrissey	WPG	40.17049	192	198	6
31	Matt Dumba	MIN	38.62135	198	271	73
32	Ryan Ellis	NSH	35.48134	205	180	-25
33	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	35.43797	207	255	48
34	Ryan Suter	MIN	34.90381	209	187	-22
35	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	34.23229	212	208	-4
36	Adam Fox	NYR	34.16407	214	234	20
37	Samuel Girard	COL	33.6211	219	199	-20
38	Jacob Trouba	NYR	32.94778	224	167	-57
39	Shea Weber	MON	31.66073	227	206	-21
40	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	30.02548	233	232	-1
41	Neal Pionk	WPG	28.92442	238	174	-64
42	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	28.51801	242	212	-30
43	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.45493	243	225	-18
44	Mark Giordano	CGY	28.43891	244	172	-72
45	Darnell Nurse	EDM	27.51088	247	254	7
46	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	27.09559	249	237	-12
47	Adam Boqvist	CHI	24.77651	260	289	29
48	Vince Dunn	STL	23.94294	268	351	83
49	Brandon Montour	BUF	22.5904	278	319	41
50	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	21.89739	284	260	-24
51	Travis Sanheim	PHI	21.78632	286	345	59
52	Damon Severson	NJD	20.80532	299	322	23
53	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	20.41211	306	383	77
54	Evan Bouchard	EDM	20.36889	307	316	9
55	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	19.73593	312	227	-85
56	Jeff Petry	MON	19.44004	315	245	-70
57	Will Butcher	NJD	18.91484	319	410	91
58	Mike Matheson	FLA	18.39774	322	370	48
59	Colton Parayko	STL	17.63709	332	384	52
60	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.28739	338	318	-20
61	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	16.31885	350	404	54
62	Cam Fowler	ANA	15.75914	360	310	-50
63	Sami Vatanen	CAR	15.37977	365	308	-57
64	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	14.76807	377	376	-1
65	P.K. Subban	NJD	14.62447	382	395	13
66	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	14.52994	384	427	43
67	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	14.26619	387	430	43
68	Travis Dermott	TOR	13.57267	397	397	0
69	Alexander Romanov	MON	13.38424	400	447	47
70	Ethan Bear	EDM	13.24776	402	431	29
71	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	13.23333	403	413	10
72	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	12.71707	407	366	-41
73	Ryan Graves	COL	12.63083	410	416	6
74	Bowen Byram	COL	12.5927	411	444	33
75	Devon Toews	NYI	12.55384	412	437	25
76	Noah Hanifin	CGY	12.14804	416	428	12
77	Esa Lindell	DAL	12.10267	418	439	21
78	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.86735	420	419	-1
79	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	11.74466	423	422	-1
80	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	11.22654	425	435	10
81	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	10.93011	426	470	44
82	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.87832	427	432	5
83	Dennis Cholowski	DET	10.6722	429	442	13
84	Ty Smith	NJD	10.55495	431	474	43
85	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	10.49601	432	475	43
86	Scott Perunovich	STL	10.24168	433	502	69
87	John Marino	PIT	10.20855	435	465	30
88	Kale Clague	LAK	9.247964	449	501	52
89	Sami Niku	WPG	8.827879	452	455	3
90	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	8.808479	453	476	23
91	Philippe Myers	PHI	8.785539	454	495	41
92	Sean Walker	LAK	8.629465	456	496	40
93	Ian Mitchell	CHI	8.235542	461	522	61
94	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	8.235542	460	482	22
95	Dante Fabbro	NSH	8.205021	463	478	15
96	TJ Brodie	CGY	7.753677	467	468	1
97	Marcus Pettersson	PIT	7.688984	469	489	20
98	Alex Goligoski	ARI	7.615777	473	426	-47
99	Noah Dobson	NYI	7.608271	474	491	17
100	Alexander Edler	VAN	7.607878	475	409	-66

UPCOMING GAMES

Oct 07 - 17:10	FLA	vs	CHI
Oct 07 - 20:10	NYR	vs	PIT
Oct 07 - 22:10	L.A	vs	COL

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	JOE VELENO	MTL
	CONNOR BEDARD	CHI
	JACKSON LACOMBE	ANA
	DYLAN HOLLOWAY	STL
	ALEXIS LAFRENIERE	NYR

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	ARTURS SILOVS	PIT
	CALLE CLANG	ANA
	JAKE ALLEN	N.J
	LUKAS DOSTAL	ANA
	THATCHER DEMKO	VAN

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	Frequency	L.A Players
	21.9	ALEX LAFERRIERE KEVIN FIALA QUINTON BYFIELD
	21.7	TREVOR MOORE WARREN FOEGELE PHILLIP DANAULT
	15.9	ANDREI KUZMENKO ANZE KOPITAR ADRIAN KEMPE

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