Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – June edition!
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As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal. Click on any player name to be taken to his fantasy hockey profile page.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | June | Mar | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 186.5 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 170.1 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 145.0 | 29 | 32 | 3 |
| 4 | Adam Fox | NYR | 131.3 | 41 | 42 | 1 |
| 5 | Roman Josi | NSH | 130.1 | 42 | 35 | -7 |
| 6 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 121.5 | 47 | 46 | -1 |
| 7 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 119.0 | 52 | 34 | -18 |
| 8 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 113.3 | 56 | 57 | 1 |
| 9 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 104.0 | 71 | 54 | -17 |
| 10 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 103.9 | 72 | 64 | -8 |
| 11 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 96.6 | 81 | 84 | 3 |
| 12 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 84.5 | 102 | 140 | 38 |
| 13 | Moritz Seider | DET | 83.6 | 105 | 125 | 20 |
| 14 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 83.5 | 106 | 96 | -10 |
| 15 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 81.7 | 109 | 80 | -29 |
| 16 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 79.9 | 114 | 97 | -17 |
| 17 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 72.9 | 123 | 112 | -11 |
| 18 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 71.7 | 127 | 162 | 35 |
| 19 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 71.5 | 129 | 137 | 8 |
| 20 | Devon Toews | COL | 70.8 | 131 | 115 | -16 |
| 21 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 68.9 | 140 | 121 | -19 |
| 22 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 67.5 | 147 | 110 | -37 |
| 23 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 66.3 | 150 | 149 | -1 |
| 24 | Brandon Montour | UFA | 61.4 | 160 | 172 | 12 |
| 25 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 60.1 | 163 | 134 | -29 |
| 26 | John Carlson | WAS | 56.2 | 173 | 132 | -41 |
| 27 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 55.5 | 175 | 147 | -28 |
| 28 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 54.2 | 177 | 173 | -4 |
| 29 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 54.1 | 178 | 206 | 28 |
| 30 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 52.3 | 182 | 195 | 13 |
| 31 | Shayne Gostisbehere | UFA | 46.3 | 202 | 178 | -24 |
| 32 | Kris Letang | PIT | 43.3 | 207 | 177 | -30 |
| 33 | Mike Matheson | MON | 43.3 | 208 | 179 | -29 |
| 34 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 41.7 | 212 | 239 | 27 |
| 35 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 40.6 | 215 | 224 | 9 |
| 36 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 39.3 | 219 | 199 | -20 |
| 37 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 225 | 209 | -16 |
| 38 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 37.4 | 226 | 244 | 18 |
| 39 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 35.8 | 232 | 221 | -11 |
| 40 | Brock Faber | MIN | 35.8 | 233 | 204 | -29 |
| 41 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 35.4 | 235 | 234 | -1 |
| 42 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 34.6 | 238 | 203 | -35 |
| 43 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 34.0 | 242 | 218 | -24 |
| 44 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 33.4 | 245 | 251 | 6 |
| 45 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 32.6 | 248 | 241 | -7 |
| 46 | Owen Power | BUF | 30.7 | 259 | 265 | 6 |
| 47 | Brady Skjei | UFA | 29.4 | 265 | 243 | -22 |
| 48 | Calen Addison | SJS | 29.4 | 266 | 255 | -11 |
| 49 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 29.1 | 270 | 245 | -25 |
| 50 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 28.9 | 272 | 213 | -59 |
| 51 | Seth Jones | CHI | 28.9 | 273 | 286 | 13 |
| 52 | Lane Hutson | MON | 27.8 | 280 | 290 | 10 |
| 53 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.7 | 284 | 268 | -16 |
| 54 | Tony DeAngelo | UFA | 26.4 | 285 | 261 | -24 |
| 55 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 26.3 | 287 | 297 | 10 |
| 56 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 295 | 280 | -15 |
| 57 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 24.3 | 302 | 278 | -24 |
| 58 | Jordan Spence | LAK | 24.1 | 303 | 388 | 85 |
| 59 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 23.7 | 306 | 285 | -21 |
| 60 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 21.9 | 313 | 310 | -3 |
| 61 | Brent Burns | CAR | 21.2 | 322 | 283 | -39 |
| 62 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 21.0 | 323 | 301 | -22 |
| 63 | Samuel Girard | COL | 20.8 | 327 | 302 | -25 |
| 64 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 20.3 | 335 | 387 | 52 |
| 65 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 19.1 | 350 | 357 | 7 |
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 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Hampus Lindholm | BOS | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Jaccob Slavin | CAR | Jacob Trouba | NYR | |
| Ty Smith | CAR | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Torey Krug | STL | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | |
| Cam York | PHI | Tyson Barrie | UFA | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Oliver Kylington | UFA | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Erik Gustafsson | UFA | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Neal Pionk | WPG |
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
| Mason Lohrei | BOS | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | |
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | Jake Walman | DET | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Justin Barron | MON | David Reinbacher | MON | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Topi Niemela | TOR | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | UFA | Alexandre Carrier | UFA | |
| John Klingberg | UFA | Matt Dumba | UFA | |
| J.J. Moser | UTA | Michael Kesselring | UTA | |
| Ville Heinola | WPG | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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