Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – August 2020
Dobber
2020-08-05
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – August edition!
As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other are pretty much the same value, and at that point become a matter of team need and/or personal bias.
Not a lot has changed over the past month, as we watch the play-ins and playoffs unfold…
Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy hockey profile page, complete with customized game logs.
See the overall Top 300 Keeper League Skaters list (published yesterday) here.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Aug | July | Change |
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 127.3 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 105.1 | 51 | 51 | 0 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 99.8 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| 4 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 96.2 | 62 | 61 | 1 |
| 5 | Roman Josi | NSH | 96.0 | 63 | 62 | 1 |
| 6 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 93.9 | 67 | 65 | 2 |
| 7 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 92.1 | 70 | 73 | -3 |
| 8 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 87.6 | 76 | 76 | 0 |
| 9 | Torey Krug | BOS | 81.0 | 85 | 86 | -1 |
| 10 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 76.7 | 93 | 100 | -7 |
| 11 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.0 | 96 | 96 | 0 |
| 12 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 73.8 | 100 | 99 | 1 |
| 13 | Tyson Barrie | TOR | 73.2 | 103 | 94 | 9 |
| 14 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 69.8 | 112 | 112 | 0 |
| 15 | Brent Burns | SJS | 68.6 | 116 | 115 | 1 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 68.0 | 117 | 124 | -7 |
| 17 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 66.3 | 121 | 119 | 2 |
| 18 | Kris Letang | PIT | 60.0 | 135 | 135 | 0 |
| 19 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 58.3 | 137 | 156 | -19 |
| 20 | John Klingberg | DAL | 58.3 | 138 | 125 | 13 |
| 21 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 54.1 | 147 | 138 | 9 |
| 22 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 52.1 | 154 | 153 | 1 |
| 23 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 50.0 | 158 | 158 | 0 |
| 24 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 49.0 | 164 | 164 | 0 |
| 25 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 46.7 | 169 | 170 | -1 |
| 26 | Erik Gustafsson | CGY | 45.8 | 171 | 172 | -1 |
| 27 | Filip Hronek | DET | 42.1 | 181 | 182 | -1 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 41.3 | 186 | 187 | -1 |
| 29 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 41.1 | 187 | 188 | -1 |
| 30 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 40.2 | 191 | 192 | -1 |
| 31 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 38.6 | 197 | 198 | -1 |
| 32 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 35.5 | 206 | 205 | 1 |
| 33 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 34.9 | 209 | 209 | 0 |
| 34 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 34.2 | 212 | 212 | 0 |
| 35 | Adam Fox | NYR | 34.2 | 214 | 214 | 0 |
| 36 | Samuel Girard | COL | 33.6 | 219 | 219 | 0 |
| 37 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 32.9 | 223 | 224 | -1 |
| 38 | Shea Weber | MON | 31.7 | 226 | 227 | -1 |
| 39 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 30.0 | 232 | 233 | -1 |
| 40 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 28.9 | 237 | 238 | -1 |
| 41 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 28.5 | 241 | 242 | -1 |
| 42 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 28.5 | 242 | 243 | -1 |
| 43 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 28.4 | 243 | 244 | -1 |
| 44 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 27.5 | 244 | 247 | -3 |
| 45 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 27.1 | 246 | 249 | -3 |
| 46 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 24.8 | 258 | 260 | -2 |
| 47 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 24.6 | 261 | 207 | 54 |
| 48 | Vince Dunn | STL | 23.9 | 267 | 268 | -1 |
| 49 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 22.6 | 279 | 278 | 1 |
| 50 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 21.9 | 284 | 284 | 0 |
| 51 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 21.8 | 286 | 286 | 0 |
| 52 | Damon Severson | NJD | 20.8 | 299 | 299 | 0 |
| 53 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 20.6 | 304 | 306 | -2 |
| 54 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 20.4 | 307 | 307 | 0 |
| 55 | Kevin Shattenkirk | TBL | 19.7 | 313 | 312 | 1 |
| 56 | Jeff Petry | MON | 19.4 | 316 | 315 | 1 |
| 57 | Will Butcher | NJD | 18.9 | 320 | 319 | 1 |
| 58 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 18.4 | 323 | 322 | 1 |
| 59 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.6 | 332 | 332 | 0 |
| 60 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 17.3 | 338 | 338 | 0 |
| 61 | Ryan Graves | COL | 17.0 | 343 | 410 | -67 |
| 62 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 16.3 | 351 | 350 | 1 |
| 63 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 15.8 | 361 | 360 | 1 |
| 64 | Sami Vatanen | CAR | 15.4 | 366 | 365 | 1 |
| 65 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.8 | 378 | 377 | 1 |
| 66 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 14.6 | 383 | 382 | 1 |
| 67 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 14.5 | 385 | 384 | 1 |
| 68 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 14.3 | 388 | 387 | 1 |
| 69 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 13.6 | 398 | 397 | 1 |
| 70 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 13.4 | 401 | 400 | 1 |
| 71 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 13.2 | 403 | 402 | 1 |
| 72 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | 13.2 | 404 | 403 | 1 |
| 73 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 12.7 | 408 | 407 | 1 |
| 74 | Bowen Byram | COL | 12.6 | 411 | 411 | 0 |
| 75 | Devon Toews | NYI | 12.6 | 412 | 412 | 0 |
| 76 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 12.1 | 416 | 416 | 0 |
| 77 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 12.1 | 418 | 418 | 0 |
| 78 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 11.9 | 420 | 420 | 0 |
| 79 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 11.7 | 423 | 423 | 0 |
| 80 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 11.2 | 424 | 425 | -1 |
| 81 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 11.2 | 425 | 424 | 1 |
| 82 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 10.9 | 426 | 426 | 0 |
| 83 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.9 | 427 | 427 | 0 |
| 84 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 10.7 | 429 | 429 | 0 |
| 85 | Ty Smith | NJD | 10.6 | 431 | 431 | 0 |
| 86 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | 10.5 | 432 | 432 | 0 |
| 87 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 10.2 | 433 | 433 | 0 |
| 88 | John Marino | PIT | 10.2 | 435 | 435 | 0 |
| 89 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 10.0 | 440 | 440 | 0 |
| 90 | Philippe Myers | PHI | 10.0 | 441 | 454 | -13 |
| 91 | Kale Clague | LAK | 9.2 | 450 | 449 | 1 |
| 92 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.8 | 453 | 452 | 1 |
| 93 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | 8.8 | 454 | 453 | 1 |
| 94 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 8.8 | 455 | 474 | -19 |
| 95 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 8.8 | 456 | 455 | 1 |
| 96 | Sean Walker | LAK | 8.6 | 457 | 456 | 1 |
| 97 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 8.2 | 460 | 460 | 0 |
| 98 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | 8.2 | 461 | 461 | 0 |
| 99 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 8.2 | 463 | 463 | 0 |
| 100 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 7.8 | 467 | 467 | 0 |
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