Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!

Not a lot done this month, just some tweaks based on a couple of key NHL trades, some injury news, etc. You’ll notice a bit of a bump for Los Angeles players. This is due to their acquisition of Kevin Fiala, which makes such a huge impact on their overall potential offense, the ripple effect will be felt team-wide.

BOOM
👇https://t.co/fJHzEyEyKk pic.twitter.com/6qedyNjgR3
— Dobber (@DobberHockey) June 26, 2022

Pick up the 16th annual Fantasy Prospects Report here. Or get it with the Fantasy Guide at a discount, via the Keeper League Fantasy Pack here.

The defensemen rankings are curated from the overall Top 300 rankings. As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team need or personal bias. Click any player name to be taken to his customized fantasy hockey player profile page. Check it out!

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	July	June	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	176.9	13	13	0
2	Adam Fox	NYR	128.4	33	34	1
3	Roman Josi	NSH	127.6	36	37	1
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	111.3	47	48	1
5	John Carlson	WAS	104.1	58	58	0
6	Morgan Rielly	TOR	103.7	59	59	0
7	Quinn Hughes	VAN	99.8	69	68	-1
8	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	92.4	78	78	0
9	Shea Theodore	VGK	85.9	92	93	1
10	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	83.2	98	99	1
11	Tony DeAngelo	CAR	77.4	108	108	0
12	Devon Toews	COL	76.1	111	111	0
13	Moritz Seider	DET	75.9	112	112	0
14	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	73.7	116	115	-1
15	Thomas Chabot	OTT	73.4	118	116	-2
16	Seth Jones	CHI	72.2	121	121	0
17	Kris Letang	UFA	68.2	132	132	0
18	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	67.3	136	135	-1
19	Zach Werenski	CBJ	65.5	140	139	-1
20	John Klingberg	UFA	62.5	145	146	1
21	Drew Doughty	LAK	57.7	155	167	12
22	Torey Krug	STL	57.7	157	158	1
23	Erik Karlsson	SJS	52.3	174	174	0
24	Evan Bouchard	EDM	51.6	176	178	2
25	Samuel Girard	COL	47.7	187	190	3
26	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	46.5	194	141	-53
27	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	46.3	195	197	2
28	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	43.3	203	204	1
29	Noah Dobson	NYI	42.6	208	207	-1
30	Darnell Nurse	EDM	42.1	210	210	0
31	Tyson Barrie	EDM	41.9	212	212	0
32	Filip Hronek	DET	41.4	217	215	-2
33	Neal Pionk	WPG	41.1	219	217	-2
34	Noah Hanifin	CGY	39.8	222	220	-2
35	Ivan Provorov	PHI	37.4	226	225	-1
36	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	36.3	232	232	0
37	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	36.1	236	235	-1
38	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	35.0	239	238	-1
39	Mackenzie Weegar	FLA	35.0	240	239	-1
40	Jacob Trouba	NYR	34.6	243	240	-3
41	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	33.7	248	245	-3
42	Brent Burns	SJS	33.3	251	248	-3
43	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	31.4	258	257	-1
44	Josh Morrissey	WPG	31.0	259	258	-1
45	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	29.8	265	264	-1
46	Bowen Byram	COL	29.1	267	266	-1
47	Damon Severson	NJD	28.6	269	268	-1
48	Matt Dumba	MIN	27.9	273	272	-1
49	Scott Perunovich	STL	27.8	276	274	-2
50	Gustav Forsling	FLA	25.9	288	287	-1
51	Owen Power	BUF	25.2	292	285	-7
52	Brandon Montour	FLA	23.3	302	299	-3
53	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	23.1	304	398	94
54	Vince Dunn	SEA	21.6	313	312	-1
55	Sean Durzi	LAK	19.9	330	328	-2
56	Justin Faulk	STL	19.7	335	331	-4
57	Ryan Ellis	PHI	19.4	337	335	-2
58	Travis Sanheim	PHI	18.6	344	344	0
59	Ty Smith	NJD	18.6	345	345	0
60	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	18.5	347	347	0
61	Jonas Brodin	MIN	17.4	358	361	3
62	Cam Fowler	ANA	16.9	367	369	2
63	Oliver Kylington	CGY	15.8	385	385	0
64	Braden Schneider	NYR	15.5	390	391	1
65	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	15.0	395	399	4

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

📢 advertisement:

Vladislav Gavrikov	CBJ	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Jake Bean	CBJ	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
Jordan Spence	LAK	Brady Skjei	CAR
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Brett Pesce	CAR
Mattias Ekholm	NSH	Alexander Romanov	MON
Ryan Pulock	NYI	Alexandre Carrier	NSH
K’Andre Miller	NYR	Cameron York	PHI
Nils Lundkvist	NYR	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT
Erik Brannstrom	OTT	Jake Muzzin	TOR
Mike Matheson	PIT	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Ryan Merkley	SJS	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Colton Parayko	STL	Nate Schmidt	WPG
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	VAN

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

Josh Mahura	ANA	Kevin Shattenkirk	ANA
Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	Janis Moser	ARI
Hampus Lindholm	BOS	Jacob Bryson	BUF
Matt Roy	LAK	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Luke Hughes	NJD	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Ryan Graves	NJD	Nicolas Beaudin	CHI
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Philip Broberg	EDM
David Farrance	NSH	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Robin Salo	NYI	Jeff Petry	MON
Zachary Jones	NYR	Justin Barron	MON
Jake Sanderson	OTT	John Marino	PIT
Rasmus Ristolainen	PHI	Nick Leddy	UFA
Erik Cernak	TBL	Travis Dermott	VAN
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Dylan Coghlan	VGK
Dmitry Orlov	WAS	Ville Heinola	WPG

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA