Here are the Top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – December edition!
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Dec | Nov | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 205.5 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 182.8 | 16 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 145.0 | 29 | 25 | -4 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 131.1 | 35 | 36 | 1 |
| 5 | Adam Fox | NYR | 121.9 | 45 | 37 | -8 |
| 6 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 117.5 | 48 | 53 | 5 |
| 7 | Roman Josi | NSH | 111.7 | 55 | 49 | -6 |
| 8 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 104.0 | 66 | 73 | 7 |
| 9 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 99.5 | 73 | 61 | -12 |
| 10 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 89.8 | 83 | 70 | -13 |
| 11 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 88.8 | 87 | 101 | 14 |
| 12 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 88.4 | 89 | 117 | 28 |
| 13 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.2 | 91 | 98 | 7 |
| 14 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 96 | 71 | -25 |
| 15 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 82.3 | 101 | 104 | 3 |
| 16 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 76.5 | 110 | 205 | 95 |
| 17 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 75.0 | 115 | 119 | 4 |
| 18 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 72.8 | 121 | 109 | -12 |
| 19 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 64.6 | 134 | 168 | 34 |
| 20 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 63.3 | 137 | 145 | 8 |
| 21 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.8 | 139 | 146 | 7 |
| 22 | Moritz Seider | DET | 61.7 | 146 | 125 | -21 |
| 23 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 60.9 | 150 | 150 | 0 |
| 24 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 59.9 | 153 | 143 | -10 |
| 25 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 59.4 | 155 | 155 | 0 |
| 26 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 56.5 | 158 | 176 | 18 |
| 27 | Lane Hutson | MON | 53.2 | 163 | 197 | 34 |
| 28 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 168 | 173 | 5 |
| 29 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 50.5 | 172 | 184 | 12 |
| 30 | Devon Toews | COL | 49.5 | 175 | 156 | -19 |
| 31 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 48.3 | 177 | 220 | 43 |
| 32 | Owen Power | BUF | 43.7 | 192 | 221 | 29 |
| 33 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 42.8 | 198 | 200 | 2 |
| 34 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 39.7 | 205 | 219 | 14 |
| 35 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 39.1 | 206 | 154 | -52 |
| 36 | Samuel Girard | COL | 38.9 | 209 | 310 | 101 |
| 37 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 38.4 | 211 | 177 | -34 |
| 38 | Seth Jones | CHI | 37.6 | 214 | 198 | -16 |
| 39 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 215 | 228 | 13 |
| 40 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 36.5 | 218 | 261 | 43 |
| 41 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 35.7 | 222 | 233 | 11 |
| 42 | Jake Walman | SJS | 35.4 | 224 | 368 | 144 |
| 43 | Mike Matheson | MON | 35.4 | 225 | 201 | -24 |
| 44 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 228 | 235 | 7 |
| 45 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 232 | 240 | 8 |
| 46 | Brock Faber | MIN | 33.8 | 235 | 207 | -28 |
| 47 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.0 | 238 | 241 | 3 |
| 48 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 31.7 | 242 | 175 | -67 |
| 49 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 243 | 247 | 4 |
| 50 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 31.4 | 246 | 248 | 2 |
| 51 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 30.3 | 251 | 314 | 63 |
| 52 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 252 | 258 | 6 |
| 53 | Kris Letang | PIT | 29.3 | 255 | 242 | -13 |
| 54 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 29.3 | 256 | 265 | 9 |
| 55 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 28.3 | 261 | 279 | 18 |
| 56 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 264 | 274 | 10 |
| 57 | Damon Severson | CBJ | 26.7 | 269 | 332 | 63 |
| 58 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 26.6 | 271 | 255 | -16 |
| 59 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 25.8 | 278 | 275 | -3 |
| 60 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 279 | 285 | 6 |
| 61 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 24.9 | 283 | 280 | -3 |
| 62 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 23.8 | 291 | 281 | -10 |
| 63 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 302 | 315 | 13 |
| 64 | Philip Broberg | STL | 22.4 | 303 | 338 | 35 |
| 65 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 22.1 | 305 | 342 | 37 |
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 | Jacob Trouba | ANA | |
| Hampus Lindholm | BOS | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Ivan Provorov | CBJ | Nils Lundkvist | DAL | |
| Oliver Kylington | COL | Jordan Spence | LAK | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Kaiden Guhle | MON | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Logan Mailloux | MON | |
| Brady Skjei | NSH | Seamus Casey | NJD | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Cam York | PHI | Timothy Liljegren | SJS | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Colton Parayko | STL | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| J.J. Moser | TBL | Erik Brannstrom | VAN | |
| Michael Kesselring | UTA |
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
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | |
| Scott Morrow | CAR | Mason Lohrei | BOS | |
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Alex Vlasic | CHI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Alexander Romanov | NYI | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | Adam Boqvist | FLA | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Mikey Anderson | LAK | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| Luca Cagnoni | SJS | Justin Barron | MON | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | STL | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | |
| Lukas Cormier | VGK | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Topi Niemela | TOR |
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