Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – May 2021
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2021-05-05
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – May edition!
As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | May | Apr | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 112.3 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 2 | John Carlson | WAS | 111.8 | 37 | 32 | 5 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 107.3 | 40 | 34 | 6 |
| 4 | Adam Fox | NYR | 103.0 | 41 | 52 | -11 |
| 5 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 97.1 | 51 | 56 | -5 |
| 6 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 95.0 | 55 | 64 | -9 |
| 7 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 93.0 | 56 | 55 | 1 |
| 8 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 90.9 | 62 | 58 | 4 |
| 9 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 90.3 | 64 | 68 | -4 |
| 10 | Roman Josi | NSH | 82.6 | 71 | 74 | -3 |
| 11 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 75.3 | 87 | 88 | -1 |
| 12 | Kris Letang | PIT | 71.4 | 97 | 105 | -8 |
| 13 | John Klingberg | DAL | 68.4 | 103 | 90 | 13 |
| 14 | Torey Krug | STL | 62.9 | 110 | 116 | -6 |
| 15 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 55.7 | 125 | 119 | 6 |
| 16 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 55.3 | 128 | 148 | -20 |
| 17 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 54.2 | 130 | 126 | 4 |
| 18 | Samuel Girard | COL | 54.1 | 131 | 120 | 11 |
| 19 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 53.8 | 132 | 134 | -2 |
| 20 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 51.9 | 137 | 152 | -15 |
| 21 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 49.9 | 142 | 136 | 6 |
| 22 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 49.2 | 145 | 146 | -1 |
| 23 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 48.5 | 150 | 133 | 17 |
| 24 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 46.9 | 164 | 145 | 19 |
| 25 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 45.5 | 170 | 180 | -10 |
| 26 | Brent Burns | SJS | 44.8 | 173 | 162 | 11 |
| 27 | Jeff Petry | MON | 44.1 | 176 | 175 | 1 |
| 28 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 41.3 | 182 | 165 | 17 |
| 29 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 40.4 | 183 | 158 | 25 |
| 30 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 39.4 | 187 | 187 | 0 |
| 31 | Filip Hronek | DET | 37.1 | 190 | 184 | 6 |
| 32 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 33.9 | 201 | 189 | 12 |
| 33 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 33.4 | 205 | 199 | 6 |
| 34 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 33.3 | 207 | 200 | 7 |
| 35 | Devon Toews | COL | 32.5 | 214 | 210 | 4 |
| 36 | Erik Gustafsson | MON | 28.6 | 231 | 230 | 1 |
| 37 | Ty Smith | NJD | 28.1 | 235 | 192 | 43 |
| 38 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 27.9 | 237 | 225 | 12 |
| 39 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 27.3 | 241 | 226 | 15 |
| 40 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 26.4 | 248 | 241 | 7 |
| 41 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 26.3 | 249 | 221 | 28 |
| 42 | Alec Martinez | VGK | 25.6 | 253 | 321 | -68 |
| 43 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 24.8 | 261 | 262 | -1 |
| 44 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 24.5 | 262 | 249 | 13 |
| 45 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 20.8 | 285 | 291 | -6 |
| 46 | Justin Schultz | WAS | 20.4 | 289 | 293 | -4 |
| 47 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 18.2 | 309 | 387 | -78 |
| 48 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 17.3 | 319 | 336 | -17 |
| 49 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 17.1 | 321 | 289 | 32 |
| 50 | Will Butcher | NJD | 15.9 | 341 | 361 | -20 |
| 51 | Bowen Byram | COL | 15.7 | 344 | 364 | -20 |
| 52 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 15.7 | 345 | 344 | 1 |
| 53 | Brett Pesce | CAR | 15.6 | 348 | 398 | -50 |
| 54 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 15.4 | 352 | 366 | -14 |
| 55 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 15.4 | 355 | 342 | 13 |
| 56 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 15.4 | 357 | 352 | 5 |
| 57 | Vince Dunn | STL | 15.2 | 360 | 341 | 19 |
| 58 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 15.0 | 363 | 268 | 95 |
| 59 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 14.8 | 368 | 375 | -7 |
| 60 | Damon Severson | NJD | 14.7 | 369 | 376 | -7 |
| 61 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 14.6 | 371 | 428 | -57 |
| 62 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 14.5 | 372 | 355 | 17 |
| 63 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 14.2 | 373 | 380 | -7 |
| 64 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 13.6 | 384 | 390 | -6 |
| 65 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | 13.5 | 386 | 392 | -6 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Jake Bean | CAR | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Kale Clague | LAK | |
| Ethan Bear | EDM | Brandon Montour | FLA | |
| Mark Giordano | CGY | Noah Hanifin | CGY | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Oliver Kylington | CGY | |
| Jared Spurgeon | MIN | Travis Dermott | TOR | |
| Shea Weber | MON | Ian Mitchell | CHI | |
| Noah Dobson | NYI | Dante Fabbro | NSH | |
| Mike Matheson | PIT | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Ryan Graves | COL | |
| Dennis Cholowski | DET | Brady Skjei | CAR | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Esa Lindell | DAL | |
| Colton Parayko | STL |
Vets who can chip in, injury risks, prospects with varying degrees of upside and wait time, other defensemen with lower upside and expectations but can chip in at times
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | Philippe Myers | PHI | |
| Erik Cernak | TBL | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Caleb Jones | EDM | |
| Sami Niku | WPG | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| David Farrance | NSH | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Nate Schmidt | VAN | |
| Rasmus Sandin | TOR | Tyler Myers | VAN | |
| Conor Timmins | COL | Josh Brook | MON | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | |
| Mikko Lehtonen | CBJ | Yegor Zamula | PHI | |
| Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | Ryan Suter | MIN | |
| Jake Gardiner | CAR | Sean Walker | LAK | |
| Victor Mete | OTT | Matt Roy | LAK | |
| Ryan Merkley | SJS | Oscar Klefbom | EDM |
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