Here are the Top ~~100~~ 105 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – March edition! *with another five as a bonus!

As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point should be determined by your team needs and/or personal preference. These were pulled directly from the overall Top 300 skaters list (which you can find here, posted Tuesday).

Click on any player name to be taken to his fantasy profile and stats page – custom made for the best and easiest value and trade analysis.

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	March	Feb	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	145.6874	17	21	-4
2	Roman Josi	NSH	108.9259	43	43	0
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	99.84833	50	50	0
4	Cale Makar	COL	99.56277	52	52	0
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	89.11144	62	74	-12
6	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	79.27811	76	84	-8
7	Erik Karlsson	SJS	79.14619	77	62	15
8	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	78.05223	82	85	-3
9	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	77.80909	83	76	7
10	Brent Burns	SJS	77.78595	84	86	-2
11	Torey Krug	BOS	77.75287	85	89	-4
12	Morgan Rielly	TOR	77.23788	86	79	7
13	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	70.96903	98	101	-3
14	Tyson Barrie	TOR	69.57497	100	102	-2
15	Keith Yandle	FLA	69.02575	102	87	15
16	Thomas Chabot	OTT	63.21695	110	106	4
17	Kris Letang	PIT	59.96203	120	123	-3
18	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.37513	123	131	-8
19	John Klingberg	DAL	54.18528	137	141	-4
20	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	50.51622	144	155	-11
21	Shea Theodore	VGK	49.48307	147	163	-16
22	Seth Jones	CBJ	46.46192	156	124	32
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	45.60498	159	148	11
24	Erik Gustafsson	CGY	43.73245	163	171	-8
25	Jacob Trouba	NYR	41.62721	166	151	15
26	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	41.34163	167	176	-9
27	Drew Doughty	LAK	40.13759	171	160	11
28	Mark Giordano	CGY	39.7037	172	167	5
29	Neal Pionk	WPG	39.35576	174	191	-17
30	Ivan Provorov	PHI	38.878	176	182	-6
31	Ryan Ellis	NSH	38.12055	180	194	-14
32	Ryan Suter	MIN	36.23843	188	192	-4
33	Ryan Pulock	NYI	34.60601	194	196	-2
34	Josh Morrissey	WPG	33.75375	199	200	-1
35	Samuel Girard	COL	33.6211	200	211	-11
36	Shea Weber	MON	31.88444	206	178	28
37	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	31.68591	208	198	10
38	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	30.89683	212	263	-51
39	Filip Hronek	DET	29.16109	224	204	20
40	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.45493	225	245	-20
41	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	28.33096	227	206	21
42	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	27.51148	232	270	-38
43	Adam Fox	NYR	27.3088	234	243	-9
44	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	27.09559	237	223	14
45	Jeff Petry	MON	25.85677	245	247	-2
46	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	25.54107	250	239	11
47	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	24.14486	260	229	31
48	Matt Dumba	MIN	22.43404	272	260	12
49	Darnell Nurse	EDM	21.30226	276	256	20
50	Adam Boqvist	CHI	20.36889	288	287	1
51	Sami Vatanen	CAR	18.29183	306	328	-22
52	Cam Fowler	ANA	17.78042	313	314	-1
53	Evan Bouchard	EDM	17.36889	317	321	-4
54	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.28739	318	322	-4
55	Brandon Montour	BUF	17.22931	319	323	-4
56	Damon Severson	NJD	17.11071	321	423	-102
57	Travis Sanheim	PHI	15.98455	341	344	-3
58	Vince Dunn	STL	15.68944	346	349	-3
59	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	15.16881	360	360	0
60	Mike Matheson	FLA	14.99012	364	364	0
61	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	14.76807	370	427	-57
62	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	14.32335	377	393	-16
63	Colton Parayko	STL	14.22947	378	379	-1
64	P.K. Subban	NJD	13.62447	387	388	-1
65	Travis Dermott	TOR	13.57267	389	390	-1
66	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.07904	395	398	-3
67	Brady Skjei	NYR	12.57435	400	366	34
68	Alexander Edler	VAN	12.55509	401	424	-23
69	Will Butcher	NJD	12.55376	402	391	11
70	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	12.23333	405	410	-5
71	Ryan Graves	COL	12.12148	408	412	-4
72	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.86735	411	415	-4
73	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	11.74466	414	358	56
74	Alex Goligoski	ARI	11.31039	418	384	34
75	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.29013	419	425	-6
76	Noah Hanifin	CGY	11.14804	420	428	-8
77	Justin Faulk	STL	11.05164	421	422	-1
78	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	11.02638	422	429	-7
79	Ethan Bear	EDM	11.00795	423	430	-7
80	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.87832	424	431	-7
81	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	10.22654	427	434	-7
82	Devon Toews	NYI	10.1597	429	446	-17
83	Esa Lindell	DAL	9.862859	431	413	18
84	Dennis Cholowski	DET	9.6722	434	438	-4
85	Bowen Byram	COL	9.592701	436	441	-5
86	Sami Niku	WPG	8.827879	446	450	-4
87	John Marino	PIT	7.8144	456	402	54
88	TJ Brodie	CGY	7.753677	459	452	7
89	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	7.690303	461	465	-4
90	Erik Cernak	TBL	7.663006	462	466	-4
91	Ian Cole	COL	7.659846	463	426	37
92	Ty Smith	NJD	7.554946	465	468	-3
93	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	7.496007	466	469	-3
94	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	7.495823	467	470	-3
95	Lawrence Pilut	BUF	7.230738	468	472	-4
96	Dante Fabbro	NSH	7.205021	469	473	-4
97	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	6.984777	473	478	-5
98	Conor Timmins	COL	6.963019	474	479	-5
99	Marcus Pettersson	PIT	6.688984	480	486	-6
100	Noah Dobson	NYI	6.608271	482	488	-6
101	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	6.556674	485	491	-6
102	Philippe Myers	PHI	6.545727	486	492	-6
103	Sean Walker	LAK	6.506329	487	453	34
104	Jake Bean	CAR	6.424896	488	493	-5
105	Scott Perunovich	STL	6.241678	493	495	-2

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