Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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As always, any player ranked within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal.

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Carlson and Makar are tied. Literally decimal points separate the two. Consider them equal. Makar is younger and has higher upside, but he’s also had six injuries in two shortened seasons. Six! (Just to head off any yelling at me…)

Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	115.8	32	33	-1
2	Cale Makar	COL	115.3	34	34	0
3	Adam Fox	NYR	104.4	46	45	1
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	96.4	52	52	0
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	96.4	53	53	0
6	Roman Josi	NSH	91.6	59	60	-1
7	Shea Theodore	VGK	91.3	61	62	-1
8	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	88.9	65	66	-1
9	Tyson Barrie	EDM	83.9	73	74	-1
10	Thomas Chabot	OTT	83.9	74	75	-1
11	Morgan Rielly	TOR	78.3	86	86	0
12	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	75.5	94	94	0
13	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	69.8	104	104	0
14	Kris Letang	PIT	66.5	111	111	0
15	Torey Krug	STL	63.8	115	115	0
16	Seth Jones	CHI	62.6	117	118	-1
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.9	127	127	0
18	John Klingberg	DAL	56.1	136	136	0
19	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	56.1	137	137	0
20	Samuel Girard	COL	55.2	138	138	0
21	Tony DeAngelo	CAR	52.7	145	146	-1
22	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	49.5	157	156	1
23	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	49.4	160	159	1
24	Darnell Nurse	EDM	48.1	168	165	3
25	Neal Pionk	WPG	47.2	172	169	3
26	Ivan Provorov	PHI	46.4	175	173	2
27	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	45.1	183	180	3
28	Drew Doughty	LAK	42.8	191	187	4
29	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	42.7	192	188	4
30	Filip Hronek	DET	41.6	197	194	3
31	Jeff Petry	MON	41.1	199	196	3
32	Erik Karlsson	SJS	38.7	207	205	2
33	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	34.9	214	213	1
34	Ty Smith	NJD	30.7	228	228	0
35	Mackenzie Weegar	FLA	30.4	231	230	1
36	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	29.1	234	232	2
37	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	VAN	29.1	235	233	2
38	Brent Burns	SJS	28.1	239	237	2
39	Matt Dumba	MIN	28.0	240	238	2
40	Ryan Pulock	NYI	27.8	244	242	2
41	Devon Toews	COL	27.6	248	246	2
42	Ryan Ellis	PHI	27.3	250	248	2
43	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	26.0	259	255	4
44	Evan Bouchard	EDM	24.5	267	263	4
45	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	23.6	271	266	5
46	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	21.0	287	287	0
47	Josh Morrissey	WPG	20.8	291	291	0
48	Damon Severson	NJD	20.5	293	293	0
49	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	20.5	294	294	0
50	Ryan Merkley	SJS	20.4	295	295	0
51	Vince Dunn	SEA	19.1	314	313	1
52	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	19.1	315	314	1
53	Colton Parayko	STL	18.7	323	322	1
54	Noah Hanifin	CGY	18.2	329	328	1
55	Nick Leddy	DET	17.8	332	331	1
56	Rasmus Ristolainen	PHI	17.4	342	341	1
57	Bowen Byram	COL	16.9	353	349	4
58	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	16.7	362	358	4
59	Nils Lundkvist	NYR	16.5	367	362	5
60	Jake Muzzin	TOR	15.6	379	375	4
61	Travis Sanheim	PHI	15.1	383	379	4
62	Keith Yandle	PHI	14.7	388	383	5
63	Alexander Romanov	MON	14.2	393	388	5
64	Gustav Forsling	FLA	14.1	396	390	6
65	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	14.1	397	391	6

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

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Conor Timmins	ARI	Josh Mahura	ANA
Victor Soderstrom	ARI	Jake Bean	CBJ
Will Butcher	BUF	P.K. Subban	NJD
Ethan Bear	CAR	David Farrance	NSH
Juuso Valimaki	CGY	Dante Fabbro	NSH
Wyatt Kalynuk	CHI	Noah Dobson	NYI
Moritz Seider	DET	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT
Brandon Montour	FLA	Mike Matheson	PIT
Jonas Brodin	MIN	Erik Cernak	TBL
Jacob Trouba	NYR	Rasmus Sandin	TOR
Scott Perunovich	STL	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Erik Gustafsson	UFA	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Dmitry Orlov	WAS

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

Cam Fowler	ANA	Brady Lyle	BOS
Mike Reilly	BOS	Brett Pesce	CAR
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Ryan Suter	DAL
Nicolas Beaudin	CHI	Max Gildon	FLA
Esa Lindell	DAL	Ryan Graves	NJD
Sean Walker	LAK	Luke Hughes	NJD
Josh Brook	MON	Philippe Myers	NSH
Robin Salo	NYI	John Marino	PIT
K’Andre Miller	NYR	Dennis Cholowski	SEA
Cameron York	PHI	Mark Giordano	SEA
Marcus Pettersson	PIT	Mario Ferraro	SJS
Justin Faulk	STL	TJ Brodie	TOR
Ryan McDonagh	TBL	Alec Martinez	VGK
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Dylan Coghlan	VGK
Justin Schultz	WAS	Ville Heinola	WPG

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 18 - 19:12	DET	vs	PHI
Dec 18 - 19:12	DAL	vs	TOR
Dec 18 - 21:12	MIN	vs	FLA
Dec 18 - 22:12	ANA	vs	WPG
Dec 18 - 22:12	UTA	vs	VAN