Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper leagues – August edition!

Not a whole lot of changes this month, just some tweaks. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point are based on personal bias or team need.

Click on any player name to be taken to his fantasy scouting profile over at DobberProspects. Check out yesterday’s Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards list too.

Aug	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	July	May
1	Adam Boqvist	CHI	d	73.8	1	1
2	Noah Dobson	NYI	d	70.7	2	2
3	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	d	70.4	3	3
4	Evan Bouchard	EDM	d	67.6	4	4
5	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	d	62.1	5	5
6	Bowen Byram	COL	d	60.4	6	7
7	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	d	58.5	7	6
8	Nils Lundkvist	NYR	d	56.4	8	19
9	K’Andre Miller	NYR	d	55.3	9	24
10	Scott Perunovich	STL	d	54.5	10	8
11	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	d	53.9	11	22
12	Ryan Merkley	SJS	d	52.9	12	18
13	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	d	52.7	21	26
14	Ty Smith	NJD	d	52.0	13	13
15	Alexander Romanov	MON	d	51.8	15	11
16	Ville Heinola	WPG	d	49.4	14	28
17	Thomas Harley	DAL	d	47.7	16	12
18	Moritz Seider	DET	d	47.7	17	15
19	Calen Addison	MIN	d	46.8	18	17
20	Kale Clague	LAK	d	46.8	19	20
21	Conor Timmins	COL	d	46.5	20	16
22	Bode Wilde	NYI	d	44.6	22	29
23	Sami Niku	WPG	d	44.5	23	25
24	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	d	43.8	24	21
25	Ian Mitchell	CHI	d	43.6	25	27
26	Brogan Rafferty	VAN	d	41.6	26	31
27	Nicolas Hague	VGK	d	40.6	27	30
28	Josh Mahura	ANA	d	40.4	28	36
29	Jake Bean	CAR	d	40.0	29	32
30	Mikko Lehtonen	TOR	d	39.5	36	NR
31	Brendan Guhle	ANA	d	38.7	30	35
32	Brennan Menell	MIN	d	37.9	31	47
33	David Farrance	NSH	d	37.6	32	51
34	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	d	37.5	33	23
35	Kyle Capobianco	ARI	d	37.5	34	39
36	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	36.1	35	40
37	Yegor Zamula	PHI	d	35.7	37	42
38	Lassi Thomson	OTT	d	34.6	38	52
39	Max Gildon	FLA	d	33.7	39	44
40	Cal Foote	TBL	d	33.1	40	45
41	Jared McIsaac	DET	d	32.3	41	48
42	Dylan Samberg	WPG	d	32.1	42	49
43	Joey Keane	CAR	d	32.1	43	56
44	Nicolas Beaudin	CHI	d	32.1	44	34
45	Josh Brook	MON	d	32.0	45	50
46	Christian Wolanin	OTT	d	31.7	46	62
47	Jack Ahcan	BOS	d	31.0	47	46
48	Andrew Peeke	CBJ	d	30.3	48	41
49	Jack Rathbone	VAN	d	30.0	49	91
50	Brinson Pasichnuk	SJS	d	29.3	50	53