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