Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
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As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 205.5 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 182.4 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 138.0 | 33 | 29 | -4 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 122.5 | 42 | 35 | -7 |
| 5 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 117.5 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam Fox | NYR | 115.0 | 50 | 45 | -5 |
| 7 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 102.6 | 65 | 66 | 1 |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 96.2 | 70 | 89 | 19 |
| 9 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 90.1 | 78 | 87 | 9 |
| 10 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 88.7 | 82 | 73 | -9 |
| 11 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.2 | 85 | 91 | 6 |
| 12 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 90 | 96 | 6 |
| 13 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 82.3 | 91 | 101 | 10 |
| 14 | Roman Josi | NSH | 81.2 | 98 | 55 | -43 |
| 15 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 76.6 | 107 | 83 | -24 |
| 16 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 75.4 | 112 | 134 | 22 |
| 17 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 73.8 | 116 | 110 | -6 |
| 18 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 71.0 | 120 | 158 | 38 |
| 19 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 68.5 | 128 | 115 | -13 |
| 20 | Moritz Seider | DET | 64.2 | 137 | 146 | 9 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 62.6 | 143 | 121 | -22 |
| 22 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 60.9 | 147 | 150 | 3 |
| 23 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 60.6 | 148 | 137 | -11 |
| 24 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 59.9 | 151 | 153 | 2 |
| 25 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 56.8 | 160 | 155 | -5 |
| 26 | Lane Hutson | MON | 55.9 | 162 | 163 | 1 |
| 27 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.2 | 164 | 139 | -25 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 52.2 | 171 | 177 | 6 |
| 29 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 173 | 168 | -5 |
| 30 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 48.8 | 178 | 172 | -6 |
| 31 | Devon Toews | COL | 46.7 | 182 | 175 | -7 |
| 32 | Owen Power | BUF | 42.0 | 197 | 192 | -5 |
| 33 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 41.7 | 199 | 242 | 43 |
| 34 | Jake Walman | SJS | 40.4 | 200 | 224 | 24 |
| 35 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 39.7 | 203 | 205 | 2 |
| 36 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 39.5 | 204 | 218 | 14 |
| 37 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 39.1 | 205 | 206 | 1 |
| 38 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 211 | 215 | 4 |
| 39 | Seth Jones | CHI | 35.9 | 217 | 214 | -3 |
| 40 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 35.7 | 219 | 222 | 3 |
| 41 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 221 | 228 | 7 |
| 42 | Samuel Girard | COL | 35.0 | 222 | 209 | -13 |
| 43 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 226 | 232 | 6 |
| 44 | Mike Matheson | MON | 33.9 | 227 | 225 | -2 |
| 45 | Brock Faber | MIN | 33.8 | 228 | 235 | 7 |
| 46 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.0 | 233 | 238 | 5 |
| 47 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 33.0 | 234 | 198 | -36 |
| 48 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 32.0 | 241 | 211 | -30 |
| 49 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 243 | 243 | 0 |
| 50 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 30.3 | 250 | 251 | 1 |
| 51 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 251 | 252 | 1 |
| 52 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.7 | 253 | 246 | -7 |
| 53 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 259 | 264 | 5 |
| 54 | Cam Fowler | STL | 26.8 | 262 | 317 | 55 |
| 55 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 25.8 | 269 | 278 | 9 |
| 56 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 270 | 279 | 9 |
| 57 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 24.9 | 280 | 283 | 3 |
| 58 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 24.4 | 285 | 261 | -24 |
| 59 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 23.5 | 291 | 305 | 14 |
| 60 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 299 | 302 | 3 |
| 61 | Damon Severson | CBJ | 21.3 | 304 | 269 | -35 |
| 62 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | 21.2 | 305 | 312 | 7 |
| 63 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 20.0 | 320 | 271 | -49 |
| 64 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 19.7 | 321 | 338 | 17 |
| 65 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.2 | 324 | 256 | -68 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Jackson Lacombe | ANA | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Oliver Kylington | COL | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Logan Mailloux | MON | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Seamus Casey | NJD | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | |
| Brady Skjei | NSH | Cam York | PHI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Kris Letang | PIT | |
| Matt Grzelcyk | PIT | J.J. Moser | TBL | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| Colton Parayko | STL | Michael Kesselring | UTA | |
| Philip Broberg | STL | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Erik Brannstrom | 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
| Mason Lohrei | BOS | Jacob Trouba | ANA | |
| Scott Morrow | CAR | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Alex Vlasic | CHI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Adam Boqvist | FLA | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Mikey Anderson | LAK | |
| Alexander Romanov | NYI | Alexandre Carrier | MON | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Justin Barron | NSH | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Timothy Liljegren | SJS | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Topi Niemela | TOR | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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