Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – March edition!
Get the FREE Goalie Post App – for win probabilities and save projections for each starting goaltender. Did I mention it’s free? Get at the Apple Store here or the Android store here.
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. This list was curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | March | Feb | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 189.4 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 155.1 | 23 | 13 | -10 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 127.2 | 37 | 32 | -5 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 123.8 | 39 | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 118.9 | 43 | 54 | 11 |
| 6 | Adam Fox | NYR | 115.0 | 46 | 45 | -1 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 110.6 | 54 | 48 | -6 |
| 8 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 92.9 | 72 | 70 | -2 |
| 9 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 92.9 | 73 | 69 | -4 |
| 10 | Lane Hutson | MON | 88.6 | 81 | 101 | 20 |
| 11 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 90 | 89 | -1 |
| 12 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 79.6 | 95 | 99 | 4 |
| 13 | Moritz Seider | DET | 74.7 | 106 | 108 | 2 |
| 14 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 71.4 | 112 | 111 | -1 |
| 15 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 71.3 | 114 | 84 | -30 |
| 16 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 68.3 | 118 | 115 | -3 |
| 17 | Roman Josi | NSH | 67.7 | 121 | 81 | -40 |
| 18 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 67.3 | 123 | 127 | 4 |
| 19 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 65.5 | 127 | 116 | -11 |
| 20 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 60.8 | 140 | 141 | 1 |
| 21 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 58.6 | 144 | 166 | 22 |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 56.1 | 148 | 159 | 11 |
| 23 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 55.6 | 151 | 151 | 0 |
| 24 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.2 | 153 | 153 | 0 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 158 | 160 | 2 |
| 26 | Devon Toews | COL | 49.2 | 163 | 167 | 4 |
| 27 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 46.8 | 172 | 222 | 50 |
| 28 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 46.1 | 174 | 143 | -31 |
| 29 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 45.3 | 176 | 176 | 0 |
| 30 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 43.5 | 180 | 168 | -12 |
| 31 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 42.4 | 185 | 195 | 10 |
| 32 | Seth Jones | CHI | 39.8 | 193 | 197 | 4 |
| 33 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 39.0 | 196 | 173 | -23 |
| 34 | Owen Power | BUF | 38.0 | 199 | 200 | 1 |
| 35 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 202 | 206 | 4 |
| 36 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 37.1 | 206 | 202 | -4 |
| 37 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 209 | 214 | 5 |
| 38 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 34.2 | 212 | 199 | -13 |
| 39 | Jake Walman | EDM | 33.4 | 213 | 218 | 5 |
| 40 | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | 33.4 | 214 | 306 | 92 |
| 41 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 32.7 | 218 | 226 | 8 |
| 42 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 224 | 230 | 6 |
| 43 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 230 | 238 | 8 |
| 44 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 28.5 | 237 | 257 | 20 |
| 45 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 28.0 | 244 | 223 | -21 |
| 46 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 246 | 249 | 3 |
| 47 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 27.3 | 248 | 286 | 38 |
| 48 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 26.7 | 252 | 252 | 0 |
| 49 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 257 | 258 | 1 |
| 50 | Cam Fowler | STL | 24.2 | 263 | 269 | 6 |
| 51 | Mike Matheson | MON | 22.4 | 277 | 261 | -16 |
| 52 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 278 | 283 | 5 |
| 53 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 20.9 | 289 | 293 | 4 |
| 54 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 19.3 | 302 | 253 | -49 |
| 55 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.2 | 304 | 311 | 7 |
| 56 | Samuel Girard | COL | 18.7 | 308 | 298 | -10 |
| 57 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 18.5 | 310 | 217 | -93 |
| 58 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 18.4 | 311 | 270 | -41 |
| 59 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 18.2 | 314 | 368 | 54 |
| 60 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 17.9 | 316 | 273 | -43 |
| 61 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 17.5 | 321 | 328 | 7 |
| 62 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 17.1 | 325 | 280 | -45 |
| 63 | Brock Faber | MIN | 16.8 | 327 | 334 | 7 |
| 64 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 16.7 | 331 | 337 | 6 |
| 65 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | 16.2 | 347 | 412 | 65 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | Brady Skjei | NSH | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Justin Barron | NSH | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Logan Mailloux | MON | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Ryker Evans | SEA | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Henry Thrun | SJS | |
| Cam York | PHI | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| Matt Grzelcyk | PIT | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Philip Broberg | 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
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Tristan Luneau | ANA | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| Alexandre Carrier | MON | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Scott Perunovich | NYI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Timothy Liljegren | SJS | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Luca Cagnoni | SJS | Erik Gustafsson | DET | |
| Colton Parayko | STL | Mikey Anderson | LAK | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| J.J. Moser | TBL | David Reinbacher | MON | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Anton Silayev | NJD | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Tony DeAngelo | NYI | |
| Topi Niemela | TOR | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Michael Kesselring | UTA | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
Related Posts
UPCOMING GAMES
FLA
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| MARCO ROSSI |
 MIN | |
| JJ PETERKA |
 BUF | |
| ZACH HYMAN |
 EDM | |
| MATTIAS EKHOLM |
EDM | |
| SEBASTIAN AHO |
 CAR
| |
Top Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| ALEX LYON |
 DET | |
| STUART SKINNER |
EDM | |
| JOSEPH WOLL |
 TOR | |
| JOHN GIBSON |
 ANA | |
| JAKE OETTINGER |
 DAL
| |
LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 NYR Players
| |
|---|---|---|
| 21.4 | VINCENT TROCHECK GABE PERREAULT ARTEMI PANARIN | |
| 19.8 | MATT REMPE SAM CARRICK JONNY BRODZINSKI | |
| 18.7 | MIKA ZIBANEJAD CHRIS KREIDER WILL CUYLLE | |
DobberHockey Podcasts
Fantasy Hockey Life: Pittsburgh Penguins with Josh Yohe
Josh Yohe is here to report on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jesse and Victor interview Josh about returning pros Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Evgeni Malkin, Tommy Novak, Rutger McGroarty, Ville Koivunen, Erik Karlsson, Matt Grzelcyk, Kris Letang, Owen Pickering, Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic. In Cat’s Instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal mag breaks down […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Seattle Kraken with RJ Eskanos
RJ Eskanos of Emerald City Hockey is here to report on the Seattle Kraken. Jesse and Victor interview RJ about returning pros Jared McCann, Chandler Stephenson, Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Eberle, Kaapo Kakko, Shane Wright, Matty Beniers, Andre Burakovsky, Eeli Tolvanen, Jani Nyman, Vince Dunn, Brandon Montour, Ryker Evans, Joey Daccord, and Philipp Grubauer. In Cat’s […]
Keeping Karlsson: KK Leagues Report – 2025 Champs!
Derrick talks to the big winners of the various Keeping Karlsson leagues from this past season. He’s first joined by the new KKUPFL Ultimate Champion Ian and the reigning fast-track winner Alec. Then Derrick is joined by the year 1 KK Dynasty League champions Ian (different Ian), Saqib, and Brett, aka the “Good ol’ Ottawa Boys”.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Anaheim Ducks with Derek Lee
Derek Lee of the Hockey News is here to report on the Anaheim Ducks. Jesse and Victor interview him about returning pros Troy Terry, Mason McTavish, Trevor Zegras, Frank Vatrano, Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Sam Colangelo, Jackson LaCombe, Olen Zellweger, Pavel Mintyukov, Radko Gudas, Jacob Trouba, Lukas Dostal, and John Gibson. In Cat’s Instincts, Cat […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Fluto Shinzawa Boston Bruins Preview
Fluto Shinzawa of the New York Times joins the show to break down the Boston Bruins. Jesse and Victor ask him about David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Elias Lindholm, Casey Mittelstadt, Matthew Poitras, Fraser Minten, Charlie McAvoy, Mason Lohrei, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, and Joonas Korpisalo. Cat’s instincts covers prospect goalies Brandon Bussi and […]