Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
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As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other 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 his fantasy hockey profile at Frozen Tools. We customized these profiles to give you the best overview and analysis of the player from a fantasy standpoint.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 205.5 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 182.4 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 138.0 | 33 | 29 | -4 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 122.5 | 42 | 35 | -7 |
| 5 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 117.5 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam Fox | NYR | 115.0 | 50 | 45 | -5 |
| 7 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 102.6 | 65 | 66 | 1 |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 96.2 | 70 | 89 | 19 |
| 9 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 90.1 | 78 | 87 | 9 |
| 10 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 88.7 | 82 | 73 | -9 |
| 11 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.2 | 85 | 91 | 6 |
| 12 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 90 | 96 | 6 |
| 13 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 82.3 | 91 | 101 | 10 |
| 14 | Roman Josi | NSH | 81.2 | 98 | 55 | -43 |
| 15 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 76.6 | 107 | 83 | -24 |
| 16 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 75.4 | 112 | 134 | 22 |
| 17 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 73.8 | 116 | 110 | -6 |
| 18 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 71.0 | 120 | 158 | 38 |
| 19 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 68.5 | 128 | 115 | -13 |
| 20 | Moritz Seider | DET | 64.2 | 137 | 146 | 9 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 62.6 | 143 | 121 | -22 |
| 22 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 60.9 | 147 | 150 | 3 |
| 23 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 60.6 | 148 | 137 | -11 |
| 24 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 59.9 | 151 | 153 | 2 |
| 25 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 56.8 | 160 | 155 | -5 |
| 26 | Lane Hutson | MON | 55.9 | 162 | 163 | 1 |
| 27 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.2 | 164 | 139 | -25 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 52.2 | 171 | 177 | 6 |
| 29 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 173 | 168 | -5 |
| 30 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 48.8 | 178 | 172 | -6 |
| 31 | Devon Toews | COL | 46.7 | 182 | 175 | -7 |
| 32 | Owen Power | BUF | 42.0 | 197 | 192 | -5 |
| 33 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 41.7 | 199 | 242 | 43 |
| 34 | Jake Walman | SJS | 40.4 | 200 | 224 | 24 |
| 35 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 39.7 | 203 | 205 | 2 |
| 36 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 39.5 | 204 | 218 | 14 |
| 37 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 39.1 | 205 | 206 | 1 |
| 38 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 211 | 215 | 4 |
| 39 | Seth Jones | CHI | 35.9 | 217 | 214 | -3 |
| 40 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 35.7 | 219 | 222 | 3 |
| 41 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 221 | 228 | 7 |
| 42 | Samuel Girard | COL | 35.0 | 222 | 209 | -13 |
| 43 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 226 | 232 | 6 |
| 44 | Mike Matheson | MON | 33.9 | 227 | 225 | -2 |
| 45 | Brock Faber | MIN | 33.8 | 228 | 235 | 7 |
| 46 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.0 | 233 | 238 | 5 |
| 47 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 33.0 | 234 | 198 | -36 |
| 48 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 32.0 | 241 | 211 | -30 |
| 49 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 243 | 243 | 0 |
| 50 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 30.3 | 250 | 251 | 1 |
| 51 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 251 | 252 | 1 |
| 52 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.7 | 253 | 246 | -7 |
| 53 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 259 | 264 | 5 |
| 54 | Cam Fowler | STL | 26.8 | 262 | 317 | 55 |
| 55 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 25.8 | 269 | 278 | 9 |
| 56 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 270 | 279 | 9 |
| 57 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 24.9 | 280 | 283 | 3 |
| 58 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 24.4 | 285 | 261 | -24 |
| 59 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 23.5 | 291 | 305 | 14 |
| 60 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 299 | 302 | 3 |
| 61 | Damon Severson | CBJ | 21.3 | 304 | 269 | -35 |
| 62 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | 21.2 | 305 | 312 | 7 |
| 63 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 20.0 | 320 | 271 | -49 |
| 64 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 19.7 | 321 | 338 | 17 |
| 65 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.2 | 324 | 256 | -68 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Jackson Lacombe | ANA | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Oliver Kylington | COL | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Logan Mailloux | MON | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Seamus Casey | NJD | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | |
| Brady Skjei | NSH | Cam York | PHI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Kris Letang | PIT | |
| Matt Grzelcyk | PIT | J.J. Moser | TBL | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| Colton Parayko | STL | Michael Kesselring | UTA | |
| Philip Broberg | STL | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Erik Brannstrom | VAN |
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
| Mason Lohrei | BOS | Jacob Trouba | ANA | |
| Scott Morrow | CAR | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Alex Vlasic | CHI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Adam Boqvist | FLA | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Mikey Anderson | LAK | |
| Alexander Romanov | NYI | Alexandre Carrier | MON | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Justin Barron | NSH | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Timothy Liljegren | SJS | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Topi Niemela | TOR | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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