Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2022

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2022-01-06

Here are the Top 200 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!

As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs.

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Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingJanDecChange
1Adam FoxNYR131.724339
2Cale MakarCOL124.329301
3John CarlsonWAS115.83736-1
4Victor HedmanTBL113.138479
5Roman JosiNSH101.251510
6Quinn HughesVAN99.25250-2
7Morgan RiellyTOR97.8588325
8Shea TheodoreVGK84.583852
9Tony DeAngeloCAR83.6859611
10Aaron EkbladFLA77.99412632
11Rasmus DahlinBUF75.510599-6
12Tyson BarrieEDM73.910980-29
13Dougie HamiltonNJD73.611170-41
14Seth JonesCHI72.0116106-10
15Thomas ChabotOTT71.91171192
16Miro HeiskanenDAL71.311888-30
17Kris LetangPIT70.512013313
18Zach WerenskiCBJ68.2125114-11
19Torey KrugSTL63.81311321
20Devon ToewsCOL62.213620468
21Charlie McAvoyBOS61.41371458
22Alex PietrangeloVGK61.31381424
23John KlingbergDAL54.9151148-3
24Erik KarlssonSJS54.4154149-5
25Samuel GirardCOL52.01621664
26Drew DoughtyLAK51.816317310
27Darnell NurseEDM46.0179152-27
28Moritz SeiderDET45.51831841
29Neal PionkWPG43.2188181-7
30Mikhail SergachevTBL42.5190178-12
31Evan BouchardEDM39.220321714
32Jaccob SlavinCAR37.221326754
33Brent BurnsSJS36.82142217
34Ivan ProvorovPHI36.1220213-7
35Shayne GostisbehereARI35.32242273
36Filip HronekDET35.02252283
37Mackenzie WeegarFLA33.4232231-1
38Matt DumbaMIN33.3233232-1
39Ryan EllisPHI32.52372381
40Adam BoqvistCBJ31.124226321
41Rasmus AnderssonCGY28.1257256-1
42Oliver KylingtonCGY27.626028121
43Brandon MontourFLA25.627129322
44Jamie DrysdaleANA24.9276271-5
45Bowen ByramCOL24.7278273-5
46Josh MorrisseyWPG24.5280276-4
47Gustav ForslingFLA24.428129110
48Jacob TroubaNYR22.5290288-2
49Noah DobsonNYI21.9295455160
50Ryan MerkleySJS20.4311307-4
51Jakob ChychrunARI20.1317278-39
52Ty SmithNJD20.1318312-6
53Nate SchmidtWPG19.932041898
54Dmitry OrlovWAS19.7327321-6
55Cam FowlerANA19.432835830
56Colton ParaykoSTL17.5357333-24
57Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN16.7371369-2
58Jonas BrodinMIN16.4376373-3
59Damon SeversonNJD15.938341532
60Kevin ShattenkirkANA15.9384381-3
61Jared SpurgeonMIN15.6388384-4
62Vince DunnSEA15.4391327-64
63Noah HanifinCGY14.8399390-9
64Alexander RomanovMON14.2405395-10
65Alex GoligoskiMIN13.9407510103

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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Matt GrzelcykBOSVictor SoderstromARI
Brett PesceCAR Vladislav GavrikovCBJ
Ethan BearCARWyatt KalynukCHI
Jake BeanCBJ Sean DurziLAK
Juuso ValimakiCGYKale ClagueMON
Ryan SuterDAL David FarranceNSH
P.K. SubbanNJDRyan PulockNYI
Nils LundkvistNYR Rasmus RistolainenPHI
Erik BrannstromOTTPierre-Olivier JosephPIT
Travis SanheimPHI Rasmus SandinTOR
Mike MathesonPITJake MuzzinTOR
Scott PerunovichSTL Nicolas HagueVGK
Travis DermottTOR

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

Hampus LindholmANAKyle CapobiancoARI
Josh MahuraANAOwen PowerBUF
Conor TimminsARINicolas BeaudinCHI
Brady SkjeiCARNick LeddyDET
Esa LindellDALMatt RoyLAK
Jeff PetryMONMattias NorlinderMON
Mattias EkholmNSHRyan GravesNJD
Dante FabbroNSHLuke HughesNJD
Cameron YorkPHIAlexandre CarrierNSH
Marcus PetterssonPITRobin SaloNYI
Mario FerraroSJSK’Andre MillerNYR
Justin FaulkSTLArtem ZubOTT
Ryan McDonaghTBLJohn MarinoPIT
Timothy LiljegrenTORDylan CoghlanVGK
Jack RathboneVANVille HeinolaWPG

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