Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – May 2019
Dobber
2019-05-07
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – May edition!
More tweaks this month, mostly based on playoff performances. As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias. Click any player name to be taken to their kick-ass statistical profile (charts, game logs, extra stats, most frequent linemates, etc). Check out yesterday's Top 300 skaters list here. This list was just pulled out of that one.
Available now for pre-order – the Ultimate Fantasy Pack 2019 and the Keeper League Fantasy Pack 2019.
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | May | Apr | Change |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 125.0 | 36 | 35 | -1 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 121.8 | 41 | 40 | -1 |
| 3 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 110.5 | 50 | 49 | -1 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 109.1 | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| 5 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 89.9 | 76 | 77 | 1 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 88.6 | 80 | 80 | 0 |
| 7 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 85.3 | 86 | 86 | 0 |
| 8 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 84.1 | 88 | 89 | 1 |
| 9 | John Klingberg | DAL | 81.4 | 91 | 91 | 0 |
| 10 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.3 | 96 | 95 | -1 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 74.7 | 99 | 97 | -2 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 74.6 | 100 | 106 | 6 |
| 13 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 72.6 | 104 | 103 | -1 |
| 14 | Kris Letang | PIT | 69.7 | 109 | 109 | 0 |
| 15 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 67.7 | 113 | 112 | -1 |
| 16 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 64.2 | 121 | 119 | -2 |
| 17 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 64.0 | 122 | 120 | -2 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 63.1 | 124 | 122 | -2 |
| 19 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 62.7 | 126 | 124 | -2 |
| 20 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 62.1 | 128 | 126 | -2 |
| 21 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 62.1 | 129 | 125 | -4 |
| 22 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 56.2 | 139 | 137 | -2 |
| 23 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 55.7 | 141 | 140 | -1 |
| 24 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 54.0 | 145 | 161 | 16 |
| 25 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 47.1 | 166 | 166 | 0 |
| 26 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 47.1 | 167 | 182 | 15 |
| 27 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 41.6 | 182 | 180 | -2 |
| 28 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 40.8 | 185 | 185 | 0 |
| 29 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 40.3 | 187 | 187 | 0 |
| 30 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 38.8 | 189 | 211 | 22 |
| 31 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 37.9 | 192 | 191 | -1 |
| 32 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 37.8 | 193 | 193 | 0 |
| 33 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 36.3 | 197 | 197 | 0 |
| 34 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 35.4 | 199 | 199 | 0 |
| 35 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 34.6 | 201 | 201 | 0 |
| 36 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 34.3 | 202 | 195 | -7 |
| 37 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 30.5 | 216 | 214 | -2 |
| 38 | Cale Makar | COL | 29.6 | 220 | 416 | 196 |
| 39 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 29.3 | 223 | 218 | -5 |
| 40 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 28.9 | 225 | 221 | -4 |
| 41 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 28.7 | 226 | 222 | -4 |
| 42 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 28.7 | 227 | 223 | -4 |
| 43 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 28.2 | 233 | 235 | 2 |
| 44 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 26.3 | 241 | 237 | -4 |
| 45 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 25.7 | 246 | 241 | -5 |
| 46 | Shea Weber | MON | 25.5 | 249 | 243 | -6 |
| 47 | Will Butcher | NJD | 25.5 | 250 | 245 | -5 |
| 48 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 24.9 | 251 | 262 | 11 |
| 49 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 24.6 | 253 | 318 | 65 |
| 50 | Vince Dunn | STL | 24.2 | 257 | 249 | -8 |
| 51 | Damon Severson | NJD | 24.0 | 260 | 258 | -2 |
| 52 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 23.9 | 262 | 254 | -8 |
| 53 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 21.3 | 275 | 309 | 34 |
| 54 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 20.4 | 280 | 275 | -5 |
| 55 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 20.3 | 282 | 276 | -6 |
| 56 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 19.9 | 285 | 280 | -5 |
| 57 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 19.5 | 294 | 288 | -6 |
| 58 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 19.3 | 295 | 305 | 10 |
| 59 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 298 | 290 | -8 |
| 60 | Samuel Girard | COL | 18.5 | 301 | 322 | 21 |
| 61 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.9 | 309 | 301 | -8 |
| 62 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.5 | 314 | 308 | -6 |
| 63 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 17.5 | 315 | 310 | -5 |
| 64 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.5 | 316 | 311 | -5 |
| 65 | Jeff Petry | MON | 17.0 | 319 | 314 | -5 |
| 66 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 17.0 | 320 | 315 | -5 |
| 67 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 16.5 | 329 | 327 | -2 |
| 68 | Colin Miller | VGK | 16.0 | 339 | 336 | -3 |
| 69 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 14.5 | 361 | 406 | 45 |
| 70 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 13.5 | 368 | 364 | -4 |
| 71 | Neal Pionk | NYR | 12.2 | 386 | 408 | 22 |
| 72 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 11.9 | 394 | 387 | -7 |
| 73 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 11.7 | 397 | 407 | 10 |
| 74 | Filip Hronek | DET | 11.7 | 398 | 390 | -8 |
| 75 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 11.6 | 403 | 394 | -9 |
| 76 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 406 | 397 | -9 |
| 77 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 11.4 | 407 | 417 | 10 |
| 78 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 11.4 | 408 | 398 | -10 |
| 79 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 10.5 | 415 | 410 | -5 |
| 80 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.1 | 418 | 415 | -3 |
| 81 | Erik Cernak | TBL | 10.0 | 419 | 430 | 11 |
| 82 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 9.9 | 422 | 420 | -2 |
| 83 | Devon Toews | NYI | 9.8 | 423 | 485 | 62 |
| 84 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.4 | 428 | 424 | -4 |
| 85 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 9.4 | 429 | 442 | 13 |
| 86 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 431 | 426 | -5 |
| 87 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 9.2 | 433 | 428 | -5 |
| 88 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 8.9 | 434 | 431 | -3 |
| 89 | Calle Rosen | TOR | 8.6 | 437 | 435 | -2 |
| 90 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 8.5 | 439 | 436 | -3 |
| 91 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 441 | 438 | -3 |
| 92 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 442 | 439 | -3 |
| 93 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 446 | 443 | -3 |
| 94 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 7.6 | 448 | 444 | -4 |
| 95 | Ryan Murray | CBJ | 7.6 | 449 | 445 | -4 |
| 96 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 452 | 448 | -4 |
| 97 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 457 | 452 | -5 |
| 98 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 7.0 | 460 | 454 | -6 |
| 99 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 6.6 | 471 | 466 | -5 |
| 100 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 475 | 472 | -3 |
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