Top 50 Keeper League Defensemen – May 2023

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2023-05-07

Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – May edition!

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As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your keeper team’s needs (immediate help vs long-term upside) or personal preference.

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingMayAprChange
1Cale MakarCOL174.316193
2Erik KarlssonSJS142.03517-18
3Adam FoxNYR138.03633-3
4Rasmus DahlinBUF137.63731-6
5Quinn HughesVAN124.74340-3
6Roman JosiNSH118.55548-7
7Josh MorrisseyWPG113.86350-13
8Dougie HamiltonNJD111.06556-9
9Miro HeiskanenDAL109.96662-4
10Brandon MontourFLA101.98168-13
11Mikhail SergachevTBL93.691943
12Evan BouchardEDM93.29312835
13Victor HedmanTBL91.6961015
14Shea TheodoreVGK91.29812224
15Thomas ChabotOTT89.910111211
16Morgan RiellyTOR88.51041117
17Moritz SeiderDET88.210613327
18Charlie McAvoyBOS84.4111103-8
19Devon ToewsCOL81.4118115-3
20Vince DunnSEA81.111991-28
21John CarlsonWAS80.812016444
22Aaron EkbladFLA77.612815123
23Zach WerenskiCBJ69.214420258
24Noah DobsonNYI68.31471558
25Jakob ChychrunOTT66.81511565
26Tony DeAngeloPHI65.2155136-19
27Drew DoughtyLAK61.6169134-35
28Rasmus AnderssonCGY55.5182165-17
29Brent BurnsCAR52.1187145-42
30Bowen ByramCOL51.918920314
31Kris LetangPIT49.919420410
32Darnell NurseEDM49.4195194-1
33Calen AddisonMIN45.92062082
34Shayne GostisbehereCAR44.4213191-22
35Alex PietrangeloVGK43.9214174-40
36Samuel GirardCOL42.12172181
37Hampus LindholmBOS41.5219189-30
38Sean DurziLAK39.0227223-4
39Filip HronekVAN37.6233205-28
40Tyson BarrieNSH37.0235152-83
41Noah HanifinCGY36.723825416
42Owen PowerBUF36.42392489
43Seth JonesCHI36.0242235-7
44Juuso ValimakiARI34.924729447
45K’Andre MillerNYR34.1254215-39
46Ivan ProvorovPHI31.82592667
47Gustav ForslingFLA31.8260226-34
48Adam BoqvistCBJ31.026627610
49Jamie DrysdaleANA30.5269255-14
50John KlingbergMIN29.527229220
51Justin FaulkSTL28.6275232-43
52Neal PionkWPG27.927929314
53Rasmus SandinWAS27.728131635
54Jacob TroubaNYR27.728232543
55Damon SeversonNJD26.728733649
56Jaccob SlavinCAR25.629435258
57Ty SmithPIT24.930231210
58David JiricekCBJ22.0318289-29
59Scott PerunovichSTL21.6320318-2
60Cam YorkPHI19.7333440107
61Simon NemecNJD19.5334307-27
62Cam FowlerANA19.2338291-47
63Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT18.134440359
64Nils LundkvistDAL17.735136918
65Kaiden GuhleMON17.535437016

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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Olen ZellwegerANAVictor SoderstromARI
Janis MoserARI Matt GrzelcykBOS
Dmitry OrlovBOSHenri JokiharjuBUF
Brady SkjeiCAR Jacob BrysonBUF
Mackenzie WeegarCGYAlexander NikishinCAR
Mattias EkholmEDM Jared SpurgeonMIN
Vladislav GavrikovLAK Brandt ClarkeLAK
Jordan SpenceLAKLuke HughesNJD
Mike MathesonMONRyan GravesNJD
Jake SandersonOTT Dante FabbroNSH
Erik BrannstromOTTAlexander RomanovNYI
Torey KrugSTL Jack RathboneVAN
Erik GustafssonTOR

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

Brett PesceCARPavel MintyukovANA
Jake BeanCBJScott MorrowCAR
Josh MahuraFLANick BlankenburgCBJ
Sean WalkerLAKDenton MateychukCBJ
Matt RoyLAKIan MitchellCHI
Robin SaloNYIThomas HarleyDAL
Ryan PulockNYISimon EdvinssonDET
Zac JonesNYRPhilip BrobergEDM
Braden SchneiderNYRMattias NorlinderMON
Travis SanheimPHIJustin BarronMON
Nicolas HagueVGKYegor ZamulaPHI
Justin SchultzSEAColton ParaykoSTL
Timothy LiljegrenTORNick PerbixTBL
Oliver Ekman-LarssonVANTravis DermottVAN
  Ville HeinolaWPG

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