Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 17th (!) Annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is NOW OUT. This thing sells itself, I don’t have to sell you on it. If you want to keep up with the other GMs in your league, simply pick it up here (immediate download).

And speaking of awesome fantasy guides, these rankings now reflect those projections, upsides and 3YP estimates. A full audit of every player, so you will see a lot of movement here. Furthermore – the 2022 draftees are in!

As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and would depend on your league’s specific format, your team needs and your personal preference.

Click any player name to be taken to his customized (by yours truly) fantasy hockey player page.

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Aug	Jul	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	166.0	14	13	-1
2	Roman Josi	NSH	133.7	29	36	7
3	Adam Fox	NYR	130.1	32	33	1
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	114.6	46	47	1
5	Morgan Rielly	TOR	107.4	54	59	5
6	Quinn Hughes	VAN	106.1	56	69	13
7	John Carlson	WAS	102.9	62	58	-4
8	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	90.8	79	78	-1
9	Shea Theodore	VGK	85.5	87	92	5
10	Devon Toews	COL	83.8	89	111	22
11	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	81.3	97	98	1
12	Thomas Chabot	OTT	77.5	105	118	13
13	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	76.6	107	108	1
14	Moritz Seider	DET	75.6	110	112	2
15	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	74.5	114	136	22
16	Kris Letang	PIT	72.4	118	132	14
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	70.9	123	140	17
18	Evan Bouchard	EDM	68.7	131	176	45
19	Drew Doughty	LAK	58.0	151	155	4
20	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	57.8	152	116	-36
21	Noah Dobson	NYI	57.7	153	208	55
22	Seth Jones	CHI	57.3	155	121	-34
23	Torey Krug	STL	55.6	157	157	0
24	John Klingberg	ANA	54.4	159	145	-14
25	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	49.3	172	194	22
26	Tyson Barrie	EDM	49.3	173	212	39
27	Samuel Girard	COL	44.1	190	187	-3
28	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	44.1	191	236	45
29	Darnell Nurse	EDM	42.1	195	210	15
30	Brent Burns	CAR	41.9	196	251	55
31	Noah Hanifin	CGY	41.2	197	222	25
32	Erik Karlsson	SJS	40.9	200	174	-26
33	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	39.2	204	232	28
34	Damon Severson	NJD	38.0	208	269	61
35	Ivan Provorov	PHI	37.5	213	226	13
36	Gustav Forsling	FLA	36.7	216	288	72
37	Filip Hronek	DET	36.3	217	217	0
38	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	35.5	221	203	-18
39	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	34.0	227	195	-32
40	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	33.9	228	258	30
41	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	33.2	233	239	6
42	Josh Morrissey	WPG	33.2	235	259	24
43	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	29.1	254	265	11
44	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	29.0	255	248	-7
45	Bowen Byram	COL	28.3	260	267	7
46	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	28.1	261	240	-21
47	Scott Perunovich	STL	27.2	268	276	8
48	Neal Pionk	WPG	26.6	273	219	-54
49	Jacob Trouba	NYR	25.3	278	243	-35
50	Owen Power	BUF	23.2	289	292	3
51	Vince Dunn	SEA	21.5	306	313	7
52	Ty Smith	PIT	20.2	316	345	29
53	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	19.9	319	347	28
54	Simon Nemec	NJD	19.5	325	NR	NEW
55	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	19.2	331	304	-27
56	Matt Dumba	MIN	18.9	334	273	-61
57	Justin Faulk	STL	18.9	335	335	0
58	Mike Matheson	MON	18.5	342	419	77
59	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	18.4	345	425	80
60	Brandon Montour	FLA	17.5	355	302	-53
61	Colton Parayko	STL	17.3	357	403	46
62	Jeff Petry	PIT	17.3	358	546	188
63	Brady Skjei	CAR	16.4	370	464	94
64	Cam Fowler	ANA	16.3	371	367	-4
65	Travis Sanheim	PHI	15.8	381	344	-37

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

Juuso Valimaki	CGY	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
Jordan Spence	LAK	Jake Bean	CBJ
Jonas Brodin	MIN	Sean Durzi	LAK
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Ryan Graves	NJD
Mattias Ekholm	NSH	Dante Fabbro	NSH
Ryan Pulock	NYI	Alexandre Carrier	NSH
Nils Lundkvist	NYR	Alexander Romanov	NYI
K’Andre Miller	NYR	Jake Sanderson	OTT
Ryan Ellis	PHI	Cam York	PHI
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Ryan Merkley	SJS	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Dmitry Orlov	WAS

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

Josh Mahura	ANA	Janis Moser	ARI
Vladislav Gavrikov	CBJ	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
David Jiricek	CBJ	Hampus Lindholm	BOS
Esa Lindell	DAL	Jacob Bryson	BUF
Matt Roy	LAK	Scott Morrow	CAR
Sean Walker	LAK	Brett Pesce	CAR
Luke Hughes	NJD	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Robin Salo	NYI	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Zac Jones	NYR	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Brayden Schneider	NYR	Philip Broberg	EDM
Rasmus Ristolainen	PHI	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Yegor Zamula	PHI	Mattias Norlinder	MON
Nick Leddy	STL	Justin Barron	MON
Erik Cernak	TBL	Nick Perbix	TBL
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Ville Heinola	WPG

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	ALEX LAFERRIERE	L.A

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	MTL Players
	11.9	ALEXANDRE TEXIER PHILLIP DANAULT JOSH ANDERSON
	11.7	NICK SUZUKI JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY COLE CAUFIELD
	8.4	NICK SUZUKI ALEX NEWHOOK IVAN DEMIDOV

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