Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2021
Dobber
2021-01-04
Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – January edition!
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As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias.
The Top 300 Keeper League Skaters were posted yesterday here.
Click on a player name to be taken to his customized fantasy player profile – all you need to evaluate his worth in your league’s settings.
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 135.8 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 99.4 | 52 | 53 | -1 |
| 3 | Roman Josi | NSH | 98.0 | 55 | 54 | 1 |
| 4 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 96.1 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| 5 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 95.3 | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| 6 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 94.5 | 61 | 62 | -1 |
| 7 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 92.8 | 63 | 65 | -2 |
| 8 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 87.4 | 72 | 76 | -4 |
| 9 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 85.6 | 79 | 74 | 5 |
| 10 | Torey Krug | STL | 83.4 | 81 | 82 | -1 |
| 11 | Brent Burns | SJS | 80.7 | 87 | 87 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 76.6 | 93 | 94 | -1 |
| 13 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 76.1 | 94 | 99 | -5 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 74.6 | 98 | 98 | 0 |
| 15 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 72.9 | 101 | 102 | -1 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 69.5 | 106 | 107 | -1 |
| 17 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 67.9 | 111 | 111 | 0 |
| 18 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 63.5 | 120 | 126 | -6 |
| 19 | Kris Letang | PIT | 61.9 | 125 | 124 | 1 |
| 20 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 57.6 | 137 | 137 | 0 |
| 21 | John Klingberg | DAL | 56.9 | 138 | 138 | 0 |
| 22 | Erik Gustafsson | PHI | 49.0 | 157 | 157 | 0 |
| 23 | Adam Fox | NYR | 44.9 | 171 | 172 | -1 |
| 24 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 43.7 | 172 | 171 | 1 |
| 25 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 43.0 | 173 | 173 | 0 |
| 26 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 42.6 | 175 | 175 | 0 |
| 27 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 42.4 | 177 | 169 | 8 |
| 28 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 38.5 | 186 | 181 | 5 |
| 29 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 38.0 | 189 | 185 | 4 |
| 30 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 37.5 | 191 | 195 | -4 |
| 31 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 36.1 | 202 | 202 | 0 |
| 32 | Filip Hronek | DET | 36.1 | 203 | 204 | -1 |
| 33 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 36.0 | 204 | 205 | -1 |
| 34 | Devon Toews | COL | 35.3 | 207 | 209 | -2 |
| 35 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 35.3 | 208 | 197 | 11 |
| 36 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 35.2 | 209 | 210 | -1 |
| 37 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 34.7 | 210 | 217 | -7 |
| 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 | 30.6 | 237 | 245 | -8 |
| 44 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 30.1 | 238 | 248 | -10 |
| 45 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 26.3 | 261 | 262 | -1 |
| 46 | Damon Severson | NJD | 26.0 | 262 | 263 | -1 |
| 47 | Jeff Petry | MON | 24.8 | 272 | 271 | 1 |
| 48 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 24.5 | 275 | 273 | 2 |
| 49 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 23.8 | 281 | 280 | 1 |
| 50 | Colton Parayko | STL | 22.1 | 291 | 290 | 1 |
| 51 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 21.7 | 295 | 296 | -1 |
| 52 | Mike Matheson | PIT | 21.5 | 298 | 299 | -1 |
| 53 | Vince Dunn | STL | 21.4 | 299 | 300 | -1 |
| 54 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 21.2 | 303 | 304 | -1 |
| 55 | Shea Weber | MON | 19.8 | 316 | 319 | -3 |
| 56 | Nate Schmidt | VAN | 19.7 | 317 | 335 | -18 |
| 57 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | 18.1 | 332 | 361 | -29 |
| 58 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.7 | 342 | 343 | -1 |
| 59 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 17.4 | 345 | 371 | -26 |
| 60 | Will Butcher | NJD | 17.2 | 349 | 349 | 0 |
| 61 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 16.1 | 365 | 365 | 0 |
| 62 | Tyler Myers | VAN | 14.3 | 388 | 406 | -18 |
| 63 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 14.3 | 389 | 391 | -2 |
| 64 | Bowen Byram | COL | 14.2 | 390 | 393 | -3 |
| 65 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 13.7 | 397 | 375 | 22 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Rasmus Andersson | CGY | Sean Walker | LAK | |
| Alexander Romanov | MON | Alexander Edler | VAN | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Dennis Cholowski | DET | |
| Jake Muzzin | TOR | Scott Perunovich | STL | |
| Brady Skjei | CAR | Kale Clague | LAK | |
| Travis Dermott | TOR | Ryan Graves | COL | |
| Ty Smith | NJD | Jake Gardiner | CAR | |
| 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 | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY |
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 | Philippe Myers | PHI | |
| Sami Niku | WPG | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | |
| Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Yegor Zamula | PHI | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Justin Schultz | WAS | |
| Jake Bean | CAR | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | |
| Noah Dobson | NYI | Christian Djoos | ANA | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | |
| Conor Timmins | COL | Vladislav Gavrikov | CBJ | |
| Colin Miller | BUF | Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | |
| Caleb Jones | EDM | Bode Wilde | NYI | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Jett Woo | VAN | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Nick Leddy | NYI | |
| Jake McCabe | BUF | Mario Ferraro | SJS | |
| Ryan Merkley | SJS | John Marino | PIT |
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