Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2022
Dobber
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. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Fox | NYR | 131.7 | 24 | 33 | 9 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 124.3 | 29 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | John Carlson | WAS | 115.8 | 37 | 36 | -1 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 113.1 | 38 | 47 | 9 |
| 5 | Roman Josi | NSH | 101.2 | 51 | 51 | 0 |
| 6 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 99.2 | 52 | 50 | -2 |
| 7 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 97.8 | 58 | 83 | 25 |
| 8 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 84.5 | 83 | 85 | 2 |
| 9 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 83.6 | 85 | 96 | 11 |
| 10 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 77.9 | 94 | 126 | 32 |
| 11 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.5 | 105 | 99 | -6 |
| 12 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 73.9 | 109 | 80 | -29 |
| 13 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 73.6 | 111 | 70 | -41 |
| 14 | Seth Jones | CHI | 72.0 | 116 | 106 | -10 |
| 15 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 71.9 | 117 | 119 | 2 |
| 16 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 71.3 | 118 | 88 | -30 |
| 17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 70.5 | 120 | 133 | 13 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 68.2 | 125 | 114 | -11 |
| 19 | Torey Krug | STL | 63.8 | 131 | 132 | 1 |
| 20 | Devon Toews | COL | 62.2 | 136 | 204 | 68 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 61.4 | 137 | 145 | 8 |
| 22 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 61.3 | 138 | 142 | 4 |
| 23 | John Klingberg | DAL | 54.9 | 151 | 148 | -3 |
| 24 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 54.4 | 154 | 149 | -5 |
| 25 | Samuel Girard | COL | 52.0 | 162 | 166 | 4 |
| 26 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 51.8 | 163 | 173 | 10 |
| 27 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 46.0 | 179 | 152 | -27 |
| 28 | Moritz Seider | DET | 45.5 | 183 | 184 | 1 |
| 29 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 43.2 | 188 | 181 | -7 |
| 30 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 42.5 | 190 | 178 | -12 |
| 31 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 39.2 | 203 | 217 | 14 |
| 32 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 37.2 | 213 | 267 | 54 |
| 33 | Brent Burns | SJS | 36.8 | 214 | 221 | 7 |
| 34 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 36.1 | 220 | 213 | -7 |
| 35 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 35.3 | 224 | 227 | 3 |
| 36 | Filip Hronek | DET | 35.0 | 225 | 228 | 3 |
| 37 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 33.4 | 232 | 231 | -1 |
| 38 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 33.3 | 233 | 232 | -1 |
| 39 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | 32.5 | 237 | 238 | 1 |
| 40 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 31.1 | 242 | 263 | 21 |
| 41 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 28.1 | 257 | 256 | -1 |
| 42 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 27.6 | 260 | 281 | 21 |
| 43 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 25.6 | 271 | 293 | 22 |
| 44 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 24.9 | 276 | 271 | -5 |
| 45 | Bowen Byram | COL | 24.7 | 278 | 273 | -5 |
| 46 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 24.5 | 280 | 276 | -4 |
| 47 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 24.4 | 281 | 291 | 10 |
| 48 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 22.5 | 290 | 288 | -2 |
| 49 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 21.9 | 295 | 455 | 160 |
| 50 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 20.4 | 311 | 307 | -4 |
| 51 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 20.1 | 317 | 278 | -39 |
| 52 | Ty Smith | NJD | 20.1 | 318 | 312 | -6 |
| 53 | Nate Schmidt | WPG | 19.9 | 320 | 418 | 98 |
| 54 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 19.7 | 327 | 321 | -6 |
| 55 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 19.4 | 328 | 358 | 30 |
| 56 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.5 | 357 | 333 | -24 |
| 57 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | 16.7 | 371 | 369 | -2 |
| 58 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 16.4 | 376 | 373 | -3 |
| 59 | Damon Severson | NJD | 15.9 | 383 | 415 | 32 |
| 60 | Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | 15.9 | 384 | 381 | -3 |
| 61 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 15.6 | 388 | 384 | -4 |
| 62 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 15.4 | 391 | 327 | -64 |
| 63 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 14.8 | 399 | 390 | -9 |
| 64 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 14.2 | 405 | 395 | -10 |
| 65 | Alex Goligoski | MIN | 13.9 | 407 | 510 | 103 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | |
| Brett Pesce | CAR | Vladislav Gavrikov | CBJ | |
| Ethan Bear | CAR | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | |
| Jake Bean | CBJ | Sean Durzi | LAK | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Kale Clague | MON | |
| Ryan Suter | DAL | David Farrance | NSH | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Ryan Pulock | NYI | |
| Nils Lundkvist | NYR | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Travis Sanheim | PHI | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | |
| Mike Matheson | PIT | Jake Muzzin | TOR | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Travis Dermott | TOR |
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 Lindholm | ANA | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Owen Power | BUF | |
| Conor Timmins | ARI | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | |
| Brady Skjei | CAR | Nick Leddy | DET | |
| Esa Lindell | DAL | Matt Roy | LAK | |
| Jeff Petry | MON | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Mattias Ekholm | NSH | Ryan Graves | NJD | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Luke Hughes | NJD | |
| Cameron York | PHI | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | Robin Salo | NYI | |
| Mario Ferraro | SJS | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Artem Zub | OTT | |
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | John Marino | PIT | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Dylan Coghlan | VGK | |
| Jack Rathbone | VAN | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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