Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2018
Dobber
2018-12-05
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – December edition. We have a new leader!
This list was curated directly from the Top 300 skaters list, which was posted Tuesday. The criterion were noted in that post.
Players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal (which essentially means that the players ranked between 92 and 136 are actually of equal value, with each player carrying varying differences of wait time, risk/reliability, immediate production, upside, etc). At this point the decision lies on your comfort level with risk, team needs, personal bias, etc.
As always, click on a name to be taken to his player profile page. Seriously, click on one. Go ahead. Come on – click!
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Dec | Nov |
| 1 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 110.0 | 40 | 48 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 108.6 | 43 | 41 |
| 3 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 105.7 | 45 | 57 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 101.5 | 50 | 66 |
| 5 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 94.9 | 62 | 46 |
| 6 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 89.7 | 77 | 119 |
| 7 | John Klingberg | DAL | 86.8 | 79 | 61 |
| 8 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 86.6 | 80 | 78 |
| 9 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 78.3 | 92 | 80 |
| 10 | Kris Letang | PIT | 73.2 | 101 | 95 |
| 11 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 71.3 | 104 | 72 |
| 12 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 68.4 | 107 | 132 |
| 13 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 66.4 | 113 | 115 |
| 14 | Torey Krug | BOS | 65.3 | 116 | 113 |
| 15 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 64.1 | 117 | 109 |
| 16 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 61.8 | 119 | 114 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 60.3 | 120 | 136 |
| 18 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 59.3 | 123 | 129 |
| 19 | Roman Josi | NSH | 59.2 | 124 | 130 |
| 20 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 57.5 | 131 | 140 |
| 21 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 49.5 | 150 | 162 |
| 22 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 46.7 | 155 | 142 |
| 23 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 44.4 | 160 | 122 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 42.1 | 167 | 160 |
| 25 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 39.0 | 172 | 158 |
| 26 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 37.4 | 176 | 204 |
| 27 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 37.0 | 181 | 210 |
| 28 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 37.0 | 183 | 188 |
| 29 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 36.1 | 186 | 182 |
| 30 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 35.7 | 188 | 181 |
| 31 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 35.6 | 189 | 242 |
| 32 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 34.6 | 193 | 198 |
| 33 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 34.4 | 194 | 176 |
| 34 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 28.8 | 218 | 215 |
| 35 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 28.0 | 223 | 221 |
| 36 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 27.2 | 228 | 257 |
| 37 | Damon Severson | NJD | 26.6 | 232 | 268 |
| 38 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 25.7 | 237 | 205 |
| 39 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 25.1 | 239 | 253 |
| 40 | Neal Pionk | NYR | 24.9 | 241 | 271 |
| 41 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 24.2 | 244 | 233 |
| 42 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 24.1 | 247 | 279 |
| 43 | Will Butcher | NJD | 23.2 | 252 | 218 |
| 44 | Colton Parayko | STL | 23.2 | 253 | 222 |
| 45 | Samuel Girard | COL | 23.1 | 254 | 367 |
| 46 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 23.0 | 258 | 259 |
| 47 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 20.9 | 273 | 272 |
| 48 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 20.5 | 275 | 228 |
| 49 | Jeff Petry | MON | 20.0 | 279 | 304 |
| 50 | Colin Miller | VGK | 19.6 | 284 | 284 |
| 51 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 19.0 | 290 | 291 |
| 52 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 18.8 | 292 | 307 |
| 53 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 293 | 296 |
| 54 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 18.5 | 297 | 299 |
| 55 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 17.5 | 305 | 275 |
| 56 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 17.4 | 307 | 309 |
| 57 | Shea Weber | MON | 17.3 | 309 | 489 |
| 58 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.0 | 315 | 312 |
| 59 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 16.9 | 317 | 313 |
| 60 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 15.8 | 333 | 329 |
| 61 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 15.5 | 341 | 339 |
| 62 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 14.2 | 363 | 356 |
| 63 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 14.0 | 365 | 359 |
| 64 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 13.0 | 378 | 375 |
| 65 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 12.4 | 385 | 344 |
| 66 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 12.3 | 386 | 383 |
| 67 | Vince Dunn | STL | 12.3 | 387 | 348 |
| 68 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 12.3 | 389 | 385 |
| 69 | Julius Honka | DAL | 12.1 | 393 | 388 |
| 70 | Mike Green | DET | 12.0 | 394 | 437 |
| 71 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 11.9 | 395 | 389 |
| 72 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 11.7 | 397 | 392 |
| 73 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 11.7 | 398 | 406 |
| 74 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 400 | 395 |
| 75 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 409 | 405 |
| 76 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 10.1 | 412 | 407 |
| 77 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 414 | 409 |
| 78 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 9.9 | 416 | 410 |
| 79 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 419 | 414 |
| 80 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 9.6 | 420 | 428 |
| 81 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 9.5 | 421 | 332 |
| 82 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 9.4 | 422 | 412 |
| 83 | Filip Hronek | DET | 9.4 | 423 | 416 |
| 84 | Jamie Oleksiak | PIT | 9.4 | 424 | NR |
| 85 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 426 | 419 |
| 86 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 9.2 | 427 | 421 |
| 87 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.5 | 428 | 310 |
| 88 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 8.3 | 429 | 422 |
| 89 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 437 | 429 |
| 90 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 438 | 432 |
| 91 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 8.2 | 440 | 424 |
| 92 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 447 | 438 |
| 93 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 449 | 441 |
| 94 | Jake Walman | STL | 7.5 | 451 | 443 |
| 95 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 7.4 | 455 | 445 |
| 96 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 456 | 446 |
| 97 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 457 | 447 |
| 98 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 459 | 450 |
| 99 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 7.1 | 461 | 451 |
| 100 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 463 | 453 |
| 101 | Chris Wideman | EDM | 7.0 | 465 | 487 |
| 102 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 477 | 468 |
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