Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – April 2021
Dobber
2021-04-02
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – April edition!
As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias. This list was simply curated from the full Top 300 skaters list that was posted Thursday. Access all the rankings historically, here.
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| Def Rank | Player | Team | Rating | April | March | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 116.4 | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 113.3 | 34 | 47 | -13 |
| 3 | Cale Makar | COL | 111.3 | 35 | 38 | -3 |
| 4 | Adam Fox | NYR | 97.7 | 52 | 161 | -109 |
| 5 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 96.1 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| 6 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 96.1 | 56 | 61 | -5 |
| 7 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 95.5 | 58 | 48 | 10 |
| 8 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 89.9 | 64 | 70 | -6 |
| 9 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 85.8 | 68 | 95 | -27 |
| 10 | Roman Josi | NSH | 81.6 | 74 | 69 | 5 |
| 11 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 74.3 | 88 | 91 | -3 |
| 12 | John Klingberg | DAL | 72.9 | 90 | 89 | 1 |
| 13 | Kris Letang | PIT | 67.6 | 105 | 142 | -37 |
| 14 | Torey Krug | STL | 63.6 | 116 | 104 | 12 |
| 15 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 62.6 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| 16 | Samuel Girard | COL | 62.5 | 120 | 158 | -38 |
| 17 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 59.9 | 126 | 151 | -25 |
| 18 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 56.8 | 133 | 136 | -3 |
| 19 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 56.8 | 134 | 182 | -48 |
| 20 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 56.3 | 136 | 138 | -2 |
| 21 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 52.5 | 145 | 150 | -5 |
| 22 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 52.4 | 146 | 122 | 24 |
| 23 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 51.6 | 148 | 97 | 51 |
| 24 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 50.9 | 152 | 131 | 21 |
| 25 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 48.9 | 158 | 141 | 17 |
| 26 | Brent Burns | SJS | 47.4 | 162 | 124 | 38 |
| 27 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 46.9 | 165 | 174 | -9 |
| 28 | Jeff Petry | MON | 44.1 | 175 | 183 | -8 |
| 29 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 42.7 | 180 | 221 | -41 |
| 30 | Filip Hronek | DET | 40.0 | 184 | 209 | -25 |
| 31 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 39.8 | 187 | 179 | 8 |
| 32 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 38.3 | 189 | 207 | -18 |
| 33 | Ty Smith | NJD | 37.5 | 192 | 198 | -6 |
| 34 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 36.3 | 199 | 180 | 19 |
| 35 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 36.3 | 200 | 316 | -116 |
| 36 | Devon Toews | COL | 34.1 | 210 | 298 | -88 |
| 37 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 31.7 | 221 | 188 | 33 |
| 38 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 30.5 | 225 | 237 | -12 |
| 39 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 30.0 | 226 | 227 | -1 |
| 40 | Erik Gustafsson | PHI | 29.0 | 230 | 159 | 71 |
| 41 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 27.9 | 241 | 226 | 15 |
| 42 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 25.9 | 249 | 233 | 16 |
| 43 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 23.8 | 262 | 282 | -20 |
| 44 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 22.8 | 268 | 256 | 12 |
| 45 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 19.8 | 289 | 405 | -116 |
| 46 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 19.8 | 291 | 326 | -35 |
| 47 | Justin Schultz | WAS | 19.4 | 293 | 415 | -122 |
| 48 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.7 | 315 | 262 | 53 |
| 49 | Alec Martinez | VGK | 17.0 | 321 | 418 | -97 |
| 50 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 16.3 | 336 | 313 | 23 |
| 51 | Shea Weber | MON | 16.2 | 338 | 285 | 53 |
| 52 | Vince Dunn | STL | 15.9 | 341 | 275 | 66 |
| 53 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 15.8 | 342 | 289 | 53 |
| 54 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 15.7 | 344 | 200 | 144 |
| 55 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 15.4 | 352 | 242 | 110 |
| 56 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 15.2 | 355 | 327 | 28 |
| 57 | Will Butcher | NJD | 14.9 | 361 | 343 | 18 |
| 58 | Bowen Byram | COL | 14.7 | 364 | 387 | -23 |
| 59 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 14.4 | 366 | 232 | 134 |
| 60 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 13.8 | 375 | 339 | 36 |
| 61 | Damon Severson | NJD | 13.7 | 376 | 278 | 98 |
| 62 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 13.2 | 380 | 407 | -27 |
| 63 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 13.1 | 383 | 276 | 107 |
| 64 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 12.8 | 387 | 416 | -29 |
| 65 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 12.6 | 390 | 494 | -104 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Esa Lindell | DAL | |
| Jake Bean | CAR | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Kale Clague | LAK | |
| Brett Pesce | CAR | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Ethan Bear | EDM | Jonas Brodin | MIN | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Ian Mitchell | CHI | |
| Noah Dobson | NYI | Dante Fabbro | NSH | |
| Mike Matheson | PIT | Ryan Graves | COL | |
| Brandon Montour | BUF | Erik Cernak | TBL | |
| Noah Hanifin | CGY | Cam Fowler | ANA | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Dennis Cholowski | DET | Sami Niku | WPG | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL |
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
| Justin Faulk | STL | Caleb Jones | EDM | |
| David Farrance | NSH | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | |
| Rasmus Sandin | TOR | Yegor Zamula | PHI | |
| Conor Timmins | COL | Sean Walker | LAK | |
| Ryan Suter | MIN | Matt Roy | LAK | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | |
| Mikko Lehtonen | CBJ | Christian Djoos | DET | |
| Nate Schmidt | VAN | Bode Wilde | NYI | |
| Jake Gardiner | CAR | Mike Reilly | OTT | |
| Tyler Myers | VAN | Vladislav Gavrikov | CBJ | |
| Ryan Merkley | SJS | Jett Woo | VAN | |
| Philippe Myers | PHI | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Mario Ferraro | SJS |
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