Top 100 Fantasy Defensemen – September 2017
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2017-09-02
The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – September edition
These were pulled directly from the Top 300 skaters (posted here).
Please note that these are the last rankings posted for September and October, as I'm in the hospital battling bone marrow cancer. Rankings – all the rankings – will return for November.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sept | July |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 129.2 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 113.1 | 22 | 28 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 98.1 | 32 | 43 |
| 4 | John Klingberg | DAL | 75.5 | 65 | 84 |
| 5 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 75.3 | 66 | 110 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 70.5 | 79 | 108 |
| 7 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 69.2 | 83 | 67 |
| 8 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 58.8 | 109 | 133 |
| 9 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 57.9 | 112 | 122 |
| 10 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 56.1 | 115 | 114 |
| 11 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 55.5 | 116 | 139 |
| 12 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 54.6 | 118 | 150 |
| 13 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 52.3 | 123 | 149 |
| 14 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 52.0 | 124 | 124 |
| 15 | Kris Letang | PIT | 51.5 | 130 | 146 |
| 16 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 50.4 | 133 | 135 |
| 17 | John Carlson | WAS | 50.1 | 135 | 131 |
| 18 | Torey Krug | BOS | 46.5 | 146 | 145 |
| 19 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 45.8 | 147 | 136 |
| 20 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 45.2 | 149 | 129 |
| 21 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 45.2 | 150 | 182 |
| 22 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 45.2 | 151 | 184 |
| 23 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 40.9 | 160 | 169 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 38.9 | 165 | 180 |
| 25 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 38.8 | 167 | 188 |
| 26 | Shea Weber | MON | 38.2 | 170 | 183 |
| 27 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 37.1 | 175 | 214 |
| 28 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 35.9 | 180 | 187 |
| 29 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 35.8 | 181 | 212 |
| 30 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 34.9 | 185 | 171 |
| 31 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 34.4 | 186 | 194 |
| 32 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 32.6 | 195 | 166 |
| 33 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 32.0 | 199 | 193 |
| 34 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 29.6 | 207 | 229 |
| 35 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 28.5 | 214 | 221 |
| 36 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 28.0 | 215 | 211 |
| 37 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 26.4 | 222 | 244 |
| 38 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 25.4 | 226 | 256 |
| 39 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 24.8 | 228 | 236 |
| 40 | Colton Parayko | STL | 24.4 | 229 | 237 |
| 41 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 20.5 | 251 | 242 |
| 42 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 20.1 | 253 | 369 |
| 43 | Nathan Beaulieu | BUF | 19.6 | 255 | 287 |
| 44 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 19.4 | 259 | 241 |
| 45 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 19.4 | 260 | 258 |
| 46 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 19.2 | 264 | 206 |
| 47 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 19.2 | 265 | 218 |
| 48 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 18.4 | 272 | 243 |
| 49 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 17.4 | 286 | 385 |
| 50 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.0 | 288 | 288 |
| 51 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 16.7 | 291 | 358 |
| 52 | Damon Severson | NJD | 16.7 | 292 | 282 |
| 53 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 16.4 | 298 | 395 |
| 54 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 15.5 | 309 | 279 |
| 55 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 15.4 | 311 | 319 |
| 56 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 14.2 | 333 | 364 |
| 57 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.6 | 346 | 351 |
| 58 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.1 | 353 | 344 |
| 59 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 12.8 | 354 | 388 |
| 60 | Colin Miller | VGK | 12.7 | 355 | 386 |
| 61 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 12.6 | 357 | 413 |
| 62 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 11.8 | 361 | 368 |
| 63 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 10.9 | 370 | 367 |
| 64 | Mike Green | DET | 10.5 | 373 | 334 |
| 65 | Julius Honka | DAL | 10.5 | 374 | 377 |
| 66 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 10.4 | 375 | 393 |
| 67 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 10.4 | 376 | 394 |
| 68 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 10.2 | 379 | 398 |
| 69 | Connor Murphy | CHI | 9.7 | 383 | 324 |
| 70 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 9.7 | 384 | 399 |
| 71 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 9.7 | 385 | 300 |
| 72 | Alec Martinez | LAK | 9.4 | 389 | 402 |
| 73 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 9.3 | 391 | 403 |
| 74 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 9.1 | 392 | 407 |
| 75 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.9 | 395 | 411 |
| 76 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 8.4 | 403 | 419 |
| 77 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 8.2 | 405 | 454 |
| 78 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 8.2 | 406 | 422 |
| 79 | Jake Walman | STL | 8.1 | 407 | 423 |
| 80 | Will Butcher | UFA | 8.1 | 408 | 424 |
| 81 | Viktor Antipin | BUF | 8.0 | 409 | NR |
| 82 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 7.9 | 410 | 410 |
| 83 | David Savard | CBJ | 7.8 | 412 | 429 |
| 84 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 413 | 431 |
| 85 | Ryan Sproul | DET | 7.5 | 414 | 433 |
| 86 | Troy Stecher | VAN | 7.3 | 415 | 453 |
| 87 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 7.3 | 416 | 451 |
| 88 | Kyle Wood | ARI | 6.9 | 418 | 440 |
| 89 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 6.9 | 419 | 493 |
| 90 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 6.7 | 422 | 397 |
| 91 | Michael Stone | CGY | 6.5 | 425 | 428 |
| 92 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 6.3 | 428 | 447 |
| 93 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 6.3 | 429 | 448 |
| 94 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 6.1 | 431 | 455 |
| 95 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 6.1 | 433 | 456 |
| 96 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 5.9 | 436 | 458 |
| 97 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 5.7 | 441 | 463 |
| 98 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 5.7 | 442 | 439 |
| 99 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 5.7 | 444 | 464 |
| 100 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 5.4 | 450 | 409 |
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