Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – September 2020
Dobber
2020-09-04
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – September edition!
Curated directly from the overall Top 300 skaters list (posted Thursday here), these defensemen are valuable based on their ability to either reach at least 35 points in the year ahead, have ‘some’ odds of doing so, or could potentially do so down the road (factoring in wait time for this). As always, players ranked within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and become a matter of your team’s need or your personal preference.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sept | Aug | Change |
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 127.3 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 105.3 | 48 | 51 | -3 |
| 3 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 103.0 | 53 | 62 | -9 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 99.8 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| 5 | Roman Josi | NSH | 96.0 | 60 | 63 | -3 |
| 6 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 92.8 | 67 | 67 | 0 |
| 7 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 92.1 | 71 | 70 | 1 |
| 8 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 87.6 | 76 | 76 | 0 |
| 9 | Torey Krug | BOS | 81.0 | 84 | 85 | -1 |
| 10 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 76.7 | 94 | 93 | 1 |
| 11 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.0 | 97 | 96 | 1 |
| 12 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 74.5 | 100 | 164 | -64 |
| 13 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 73.8 | 101 | 100 | 1 |
| 14 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 70.7 | 109 | 117 | -8 |
| 15 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 69.8 | 113 | 112 | 1 |
| 16 | Tyson Barrie | TOR | 69.5 | 114 | 103 | 11 |
| 17 | Brent Burns | SJS | 68.6 | 117 | 116 | 1 |
| 18 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 66.3 | 121 | 121 | 0 |
| 19 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 65.4 | 125 | 137 | -12 |
| 20 | Kris Letang | PIT | 60.0 | 137 | 135 | 2 |
| 21 | John Klingberg | DAL | 58.3 | 139 | 138 | 1 |
| 22 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 50.0 | 158 | 158 | 0 |
| 23 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 46.7 | 170 | 169 | 1 |
| 24 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 44.7 | 174 | 147 | 27 |
| 25 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 42.7 | 177 | 154 | 23 |
| 26 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 42.4 | 180 | 187 | -7 |
| 27 | Filip Hronek | DET | 42.1 | 182 | 181 | 1 |
| 28 | Erik Gustafsson | CGY | 42.1 | 183 | 171 | 12 |
| 29 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 41.3 | 188 | 186 | 2 |
| 30 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 38.6 | 197 | 197 | 0 |
| 31 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 37.6 | 201 | 191 | 10 |
| 32 | Adam Fox | NYR | 37.0 | 205 | 214 | -9 |
| 33 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 35.5 | 208 | 206 | 2 |
| 34 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 34.2 | 215 | 212 | 3 |
| 35 | Samuel Girard | COL | 33.6 | 219 | 219 | 0 |
| 36 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 33.0 | 222 | 237 | -15 |
| 37 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 32.9 | 223 | 223 | 0 |
| 38 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 32.2 | 227 | 209 | 18 |
| 39 | Shea Weber | MON | 31.7 | 228 | 226 | 2 |
| 40 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 30.0 | 233 | 232 | 1 |
| 41 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 28.8 | 236 | 243 | -7 |
| 42 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 28.5 | 240 | 241 | -1 |
| 43 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 28.5 | 241 | 242 | -1 |
| 44 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 27.5 | 245 | 244 | 1 |
| 45 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 27.1 | 247 | 246 | 1 |
| 46 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 24.8 | 259 | 258 | 1 |
| 47 | Vince Dunn | STL | 23.9 | 267 | 267 | 0 |
| 48 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 23.2 | 270 | 261 | 9 |
| 49 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 22.6 | 279 | 279 | 0 |
| 50 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 21.9 | 284 | 284 | 0 |
| 51 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 21.8 | 286 | 286 | 0 |
| 52 | Damon Severson | NJD | 20.8 | 302 | 299 | 3 |
| 53 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 20.6 | 306 | 304 | 2 |
| 54 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 20.4 | 309 | 307 | 2 |
| 55 | Jeff Petry | MON | 19.4 | 317 | 316 | 1 |
| 56 | Will Butcher | NJD | 18.9 | 322 | 320 | 2 |
| 57 | Kevin Shattenkirk | TBL | 18.5 | 325 | 313 | 12 |
| 58 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 18.4 | 326 | 323 | 3 |
| 59 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.6 | 334 | 332 | 2 |
| 60 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 17.3 | 341 | 338 | 3 |
| 61 | Ryan Graves | COL | 17.0 | 345 | 343 | 2 |
| 62 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 16.3 | 353 | 351 | 2 |
| 63 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 15.8 | 363 | 361 | 2 |
| 64 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 15.4 | 367 | 383 | -16 |
| 65 | Sami Vatanen | CAR | 15.4 | 368 | 366 | 2 |
| 66 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 15.3 | 369 | 388 | -19 |
| 67 | Devon Toews | NYI | 15.0 | 374 | 412 | -38 |
| 68 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.8 | 381 | 378 | 3 |
| 69 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 14.5 | 387 | 385 | 2 |
| 70 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 14.4 | 388 | 403 | -15 |
| 71 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 13.6 | 399 | 398 | 1 |
| 72 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 13.4 | 402 | 401 | 1 |
| 73 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | 13.2 | 405 | 404 | 1 |
| 74 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 12.7 | 409 | 408 | 1 |
| 75 | Bowen Byram | COL | 12.6 | 412 | 411 | 1 |
| 76 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 12.1 | 415 | 416 | -1 |
| 77 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 12.1 | 417 | 418 | -1 |
| 78 | Justin Faulk | STL | 12.1 | 418 | 419 | -1 |
| 79 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 11.9 | 419 | 420 | -1 |
| 80 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 11.2 | 424 | 424 | 0 |
| 81 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.9 | 427 | 427 | 0 |
| 82 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 10.7 | 430 | 429 | 1 |
| 83 | Ty Smith | NJD | 10.6 | 431 | 431 | 0 |
| 84 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | 10.5 | 432 | 432 | 0 |
| 85 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 10.2 | 434 | 433 | 1 |
| 86 | John Marino | PIT | 10.2 | 436 | 435 | 1 |
| 87 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 10.0 | 440 | 440 | 0 |
| 88 | Philippe Myers | PHI | 10.0 | 441 | 441 | 0 |
| 89 | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | 9.9 | 442 | 469 | -27 |
| 90 | Kale Clague | LAK | 9.2 | 448 | 450 | -2 |
| 91 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.8 | 452 | 453 | -1 |
| 92 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | 8.8 | 453 | 454 | -1 |
| 93 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 8.8 | 454 | 455 | -1 |
| 94 | Sean Walker | LAK | 8.6 | 456 | 456 | 0 |
| 95 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 8.2 | 461 | 460 | 1 |
| 96 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | 8.2 | 462 | 461 | 1 |
| 97 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 8.2 | 464 | 463 | 1 |
| 98 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 7.8 | 468 | 467 | 1 |
| 99 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 7.6 | 473 | 473 | 0 |
| 100 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 7.6 | 474 | 474 | 0 |
| 101 | Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | 7.0 | 480 | 480 | 0 |
| 102 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.0 | 481 | 481 | 0 |
| 103 | Josh Mahura | ANA | 6.9 | 485 | 485 | 0 |
| 104 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.8 | 487 | 487 | 0 |
| 105 | Dustin Byfuglien | UFA | 6.6 | 488 | 426 | 62 |
| 106 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 6.6 | 489 | 488 | 1 |
| 107 | Jake Gardiner | CAR | 6.6 | 490 | 489 | 1 |
| 108 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 6.6 | 491 | 490 | 1 |
| 109 | Brennan Menell | MIN | 6.4 | 494 | 493 | 1 |
| 110 | Jake Bean | CAR | 6.4 | 495 | 494 | 1 |
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