Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in our points-only keeper leagues – November edition! *NOW AVAILABLE* Pick up the 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide for immediate download here!

Not a lot changed this month because, well, not a lot has happened over the last month. But, you’re dying for your fantasy rankings fix and I’m your pusher. As always, players between +/-5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs. Click any player name to be taken to his player profile page – a page where Eric Daoust and I customized to suit the fantasy owner. And as fantasy owners ourselves, we know what the fantasy owner wants – and we built it! So check them out.

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	137.5	25	25	0
2	Cale Makar	COL	99.4	53	53	0
3	Roman Josi	NSH	98.0	54	54	0
4	Morgan Rielly	TOR	96.1	58	58	0
5	Victor Hedman	TBL	95.3	59	59	0
6	Quinn Hughes	VAN	92.8	62	62	0
7	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	91.1	65	65	0
8	Erik Karlsson	SJS	87.1	74	73	1
9	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	85.7	76	75	1
10	Torey Krug	STL	83.4	82	88	-6
11	Brent Burns	SJS	82.2	87	86	1
12	Thomas Chabot	OTT	76.6	94	94	0
13	Tyson Barrie	EDM	74.6	98	98	0
14	Shea Theodore	VGK	74.4	99	99	0
15	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	71.2	102	102	0
16	Zach Werenski	CBJ	69.5	107	107	0
17	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	67.9	111	111	0
18	Kris Letang	PIT	61.9	124	133	-9
19	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	61.8	126	125	1
20	Seth Jones	CBJ	57.6	137	137	0
21	John Klingberg	DAL	56.9	138	149	-11
22	Erik Gustafsson	PHI	49.0	157	158	-1
23	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	44.1	169	170	-1
24	Ivan Provorov	PHI	43.7	171	181	-10
25	Adam Fox	NYR	43.2	172	172	0
26	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	43.0	173	173	0
27	Drew Doughty	LAK	42.6	175	175	0
28	Keith Yandle	FLA	40.2	181	182	-1
29	Ryan Pulock	NYI	39.5	185	186	-1
30	Ryan Ellis	NSH	37.5	195	196	-1
31	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	37.2	197	198	-1
32	Neal Pionk	WPG	36.1	202	203	-1
33	Filip Hronek	DET	36.1	204	205	-1
34	Josh Morrissey	WPG	36.0	205	206	-1
35	Devon Toews	COL	35.3	209	249	-40
36	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	35.2	210	210	0
37	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	33.0	217	217	0
38	Matt Dumba	MIN	33.0	218	218	0
39	Darnell Nurse	EDM	32.5	219	219	0
40	Ryan Suter	MIN	32.0	226	226	0
41	Samuel Girard	COL	31.6	229	229	0
42	Mark Giordano	CGY	31.3	232	232	0
43	Jacob Trouba	NYR	28.9	245	245	0
44	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	28.4	248	248	0
45	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	26.3	262	263	-1
46	Damon Severson	NJD	26.0	263	264	-1
47	Jeff Petry	MON	24.8	271	272	-1
48	Travis Sanheim	PHI	24.5	273	274	-1
49	Adam Boqvist	CHI	23.8	280	281	-1
50	Colton Parayko	STL	22.1	290	292	-2
51	Evan Bouchard	EDM	21.7	296	296	0
52	Mike Matheson	PIT	21.5	299	299	0
53	Vince Dunn	STL	21.4	300	300	0
54	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	21.2	304	304	0
55	Shea Weber	MON	19.8	319	318	1
56	Nate Schmidt	VAN	18.0	335	335	0
57	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	17.7	343	343	0
58	Will Butcher	NJD	17.2	349	349	0
59	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	16.4	361	404	-43
60	Noah Hanifin	CGY	16.1	365	364	1
61	Brandon Montour	BUF	15.7	371	370	1
62	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	15.6	375	374	1
63	Esa Lindell	DAL	14.3	391	390	1
64	Bowen Byram	COL	14.2	393	392	1
65	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.6	398	397	1

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

Alexander Romanov	MON	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS
P.K. Subban	NJD	Brady Skjei	CAR
Tyler Myers	VAN	Dennis Cholowski	DET
Jake Muzzin	TOR	Scott Perunovich	STL
Travis Dermott	TOR	Kale Clague	LAK
Ty Smith	NJD	Ryan Graves	COL
Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	TJ Brodie	TOR
Ethan Bear	EDM	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Erik Brannstrom	OTT	Rasmus Sandin	TOR
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	Hampus Lindholm	ANA
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Alexander Edler	VAN
Juuso Valimaki	CGY	Justin Faulk	STL
Sean Walker	LAK

Vets who can chip in, injury risks, prospects with varying degrees of upside and wait time, other defensemen with lower upside and expectations but can chip in at times:

Ryan McDonagh	TBL	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Oscar Klefbom	EDM	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Erik Cernak	TBL	Justin Schultz	WAS
Sami Niku	WPG	Dmitry Orlov	WAS
Jake Gardiner	CAR	Mackenzie Weegar	FLA
Mikko Lehtonen	TOR	Kyle Capobianco	ARI
Marcus Pettersson	PIT	Ryan Merkley	SJS
Cam Fowler	ANA	Philippe Myers	PHI
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Timothy Liljegren	TOR
Jake Bean	CAR	Colin Miller	BUF
Noah Dobson	NYI	K’Andre Miller	NYR
Josh Mahura	ANA	Nick Leddy	NYI
Victor Mete	MON	Brandon Carlo	BOS
Conor Timmins	COL	Josh Brook	MON
Caleb Jones	EDM	Sami Vatanen	UFA

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	JOSH DOAN	BUF

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	COL Players
	15.5	NATHAN MACKINNON ARTTURI LEHKONEN GABRIEL LANDESKOG
	10.6	JOEL KIVIRANTA PARKER KELLY JACK DRURY
	9.8	BROCK NELSON MARTIN NECAS NAZEM KADRI

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