Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – July 2023
Dobber
2023-07-06
Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July 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 Rk | Player | Team | Rating | July | June | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 172.5 | 16 | 15 | -1 |
| 2 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 139.5 | 36 | 35 | -1 |
| 3 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 138.1 | 37 | 36 | -1 |
| 4 | Adam Fox | NYR | 134.2 | 39 | 38 | -1 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 125.2 | 43 | 42 | -1 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 117.4 | 56 | 55 | -1 |
| 7 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 113.1 | 63 | 64 | 1 |
| 8 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 111.9 | 65 | 63 | -2 |
| 9 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 110.2 | 67 | 66 | -1 |
| 10 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 93.8 | 88 | 88 | 0 |
| 11 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 92.0 | 93 | 93 | 0 |
| 12 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 90.8 | 94 | 95 | 1 |
| 13 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 90.4 | 97 | 79 | -18 |
| 14 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 89.8 | 98 | 97 | -1 |
| 15 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 88.9 | 99 | 99 | 0 |
| 16 | Moritz Seider | DET | 88.9 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 17 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 82.7 | 112 | 109 | -3 |
| 18 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 81.3 | 115 | 105 | -10 |
| 19 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 80.9 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| 20 | John Carlson | WAS | 79.8 | 122 | 121 | -1 |
| 21 | Devon Toews | COL | 78.8 | 126 | 120 | -6 |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 77.2 | 130 | 128 | -2 |
| 23 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 71.6 | 141 | 141 | 0 |
| 24 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 68.9 | 145 | 146 | 1 |
| 25 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 66.9 | 149 | 147 | -2 |
| 26 | Tony DeAngelo | PHI | 64.3 | 157 | 156 | -1 |
| 27 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 60.5 | 174 | 171 | -3 |
| 28 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 55.4 | 183 | 179 | -4 |
| 29 | Brent Burns | CAR | 50.6 | 194 | 193 | -1 |
| 30 | Bowen Byram | COL | 50.6 | 195 | 185 | -10 |
| 31 | Calen Addison | MIN | 48.9 | 198 | 195 | -3 |
| 32 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 48.8 | 199 | 196 | -3 |
| 33 | Kris Letang | PIT | 47.1 | 204 | 201 | -3 |
| 34 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 42.9 | 218 | 217 | -1 |
| 35 | Samuel Girard | COL | 40.2 | 229 | 219 | -10 |
| 36 | Shayne Gostisbehere | DET | 40.0 | 230 | 215 | -15 |
| 37 | Seth Jones | CHI | 39.6 | 233 | 229 | -4 |
| 38 | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | 39.1 | 235 | 224 | -11 |
| 39 | Owen Power | BUF | 37.8 | 240 | 238 | -2 |
| 40 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 37.5 | 242 | 239 | -3 |
| 41 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 36.6 | 247 | 235 | -12 |
| 42 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 36.5 | 248 | 243 | -5 |
| 43 | Tyson Barrie | NSH | 36.0 | 250 | 245 | -5 |
| 44 | Juuso Valimaki | ARI | 35.2 | 254 | 249 | -5 |
| 45 | Sean Durzi | ARI | 34.1 | 261 | 231 | -30 |
| 46 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 34.0 | 262 | 263 | 1 |
| 47 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 33.5 | 265 | 259 | -6 |
| 48 | John Klingberg | TOR | 32.5 | 271 | 288 | 17 |
| 49 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 31.5 | 273 | 267 | -6 |
| 50 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 30.8 | 276 | 304 | 28 |
| 51 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | 30.6 | 278 | 271 | -7 |
| 52 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 30.2 | 279 | 265 | -14 |
| 53 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.8 | 280 | 328 | 48 |
| 54 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 28.7 | 282 | 274 | -8 |
| 55 | Justin Faulk | STL | 27.7 | 287 | 280 | -7 |
| 56 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.0 | 299 | 289 | -10 |
| 57 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 26.0 | 300 | 281 | -19 |
| 58 | Lane Hutson | MON | 25.5 | 301 | 319 | 18 |
| 59 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 25.2 | 304 | 324 | 20 |
| 60 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 25.1 | 305 | 299 | -6 |
| 61 | Damon Severson | CBJ | 24.4 | 309 | 302 | -7 |
| 62 | Ty Smith | PIT | 23.9 | 314 | 297 | -17 |
| 63 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 23.1 | 320 | 312 | -8 |
| 64 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 21.9 | 332 | 327 | -5 |
| 65 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 21.3 | 336 | 330 | -6 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | |
| Olen Zellweger | ANA | Janis Moser | ARI | |
| Dmitry Orlov | CAR | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | Brady Skjei | CAR | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Jordan Spence | LAK | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| Mike Matheson | MON | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | |
| Simon Nemec | NJD | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Erik Gustafsson | NYR | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | |
| Jake Sanderson | OTT | Torey Krug | STL | |
| Cam York | PHI | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT |
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
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Brett Pesce | CAR | Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | |
| Jake Bean | CBJ | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Thomas Harley | DAL | Justin Barron | MON | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | FLA | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Josh Mahura | FLA | Ryan Pulock | NYI | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | Helge Grans | PHI | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Ryan Graves | PIT | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Justin Schultz | SEA | |
| Travis Sanheim | PHI | Colton Parayko | STL | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Nick Perbix | TBL | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Conor Timmins | TOR | |
| Jack Rathbone | VAN | Matt Dumba | UFA | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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