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

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For this month, the rankings adjust for this year’s projections. As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal preference (upside, certainty, depth chart, injury risk, wait time etc.)

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Aug	Prospect	Team	Shot	Prospect Rating	July	June
1	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	79.0	1	1
2	Zeev Buium	MIN	LD	71.9	2	3
3	Zayne Parekh	CGY	RD	70.2	4	2
4	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	LD	70.1	3	NR
5	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	67.8	5	6
6	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	66.9	6	4
7	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	RD	64.7	7	5
8	David Jiricek	MIN	RD	54.7	8	7
9	Sam Dickinson	SJS	LD	53.4	9	9
10	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	RD	50.6	11	13
11	Scott Morrow	NYR	RD	50.5	10	10
12	Luca Cagnoni	SJS	LD	50.5	12	12
13	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	49.4	13	8
14	Logan Mailloux	STL	RD	49.2	14	11
15	Cole Hutson	WAS	LD	48.8	17	16
16	Tanner Molendyk	NSH	LD	48.7	15	15
17	Seamus Casey	NJD	RD	48.6	16	14
18	Tristan Luneau	ANA	RD	46.6	18	18
19	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	45.2	19	17
20	Radim Mrtka	BUF	RD	44.5	20	NR
21	Sam Rinzel	CHI	RD	42.2	21	19
22	Tom Willander	VAN	RD	40.4	22	20
23	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	37.8	23	21
24	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	36.4	24	22
25	Dmitri Simashev	UTA	LD	36.3	25	25
26	Lian Bichsel	DAL	LD	36.0	26	23
27	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY	RD	35.3	27	24
28	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	RD	35.1	28	26
29	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	32.7	29	28
30	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	31.6	30	27
31	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	30.1	31	29
32	Maveric Lamoureux	UTA	LD	29.4	32	30
33	Logan Hensler	OTT	RD	28.9	33	NR
34	Ethan Del Mastro	CHI	LD	28.1	34	31
35	Mike Benning	FLA	RD	27.2	35	32
36	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	27.0	36	33
37	Mikhail Gulyayev	COL	LD	26.6	37	37
38	Theo Lindstein	STL	LD	26.6	38	38
39	Anton Silayev	NJD	LD	26.5	40	41
40	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	LD	26.4	39	34
41	Artyom Duda	UTA	LD	26.3	41	36
42	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	26.1	42	35
43	Sascha Boumedienne	WPG	LD	25.2	43	NR
44	Cameron Reid	NSH	LD	25.2	44	NR
45	Lukas Dragicevic	SEA	RD	24.8	45	43
46	Adam Engstrom	MON	LD	24.4	46	39
47	Jack Thompson	SJS	RD	24.4	47	40
48	Maxim Strbak	BUF	RD	23.6	48	42
49	Adam Jiricek	STL	RD	23.4	49	46
50	Sawyer Mynio	VAN	LD	23.4	50	47