Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen

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2019-01-12

Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – January edition!

As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. These rankings are late this month due to the extensive work done in the 11th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide (pick it up here right now!). Going over all the players very closely, lots of adjustments were made here. This list was curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list (you can find that here). The Midseason Guide, besides having second-half projections, also has over a dozen NCAA free agents that NHL teams are looking at, plus European players of interest, a look at the 2019 draft, some prospects who could join their NHL club late in the season and help you – and much more! Check it out here!

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
1	Erik Karlsson	SJS	133.4	32	80	48
2	Brent Burns	SJS	132.7	34	43	9
3	Morgan Rielly	TOR	127.4	38	40	2
4	John Carlson	WAS	118.7	41	50	9
5	Thomas Chabot	OTT	103.6	53	45	-8
6	Victor Hedman	TBL	86.5	80	62	-18
7	Tyson Barrie	COL	86.2	81	77	-4
8	Kris Letang	PIT	82.3	83	101	18
9	Keith Yandle	FLA	81.3	86	107	21
10	John Klingberg	DAL	79.4	93	79	-14
11	Torey Krug	BOS	73.9	96	116	20
12	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	73.4	98	119	21
13	Seth Jones	CBJ	72.1	99	113	14
14	Mark Giordano	CGY	70.0	103	189	86
15	Roman Josi	NSH	66.5	112	124	12
16	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	63.6	118	123	5
17	Josh Morrissey	WPG	62.4	121	218	97
18	P.K. Subban	NSH	60.0	125	92	-33
19	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	59.3	126	104	-22
20	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.9	127	120	-7
21	Drew Doughty	LAK	54.2	133	117	-16
22	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	51.3	136	150	14
23	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	44.4	149	160	11
24	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	43.3	151	186	35
25	Jacob Trouba	WPG	42.0	157	183	26
26	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	41.6	158	247	89
27	Ryan Ellis	NSH	39.2	166	155	-11
28	Ryan Suter	MIN	38.9	169	176	7
29	Jake Gardiner	TOR	37.8	173	167	-6
30	Erik Gustafsson	CHI	36.4	180	420	240
31	Matt Dumba	MIN	36.3	181	131	-50
32	Noah Hanifin	CGY	33.0	194	258	64
33	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	32.8	195	172	-23
34	Jeff Petry	MON	32.2	196	279	83
35	Shea Theodore	VGK	31.8	198	193	-5
36	Ryan Pulock	NYI	29.9	208	275	67
37	Darnell Nurse	EDM	28.0	213	416	203
38	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	27.3	216	181	-35
39	Brandon Montour	ANA	26.7	220	223	3
40	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	25.6	225	188	-37
41	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	25.1	226	239	13
42	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	24.4	234	333	99
43	Damon Severson	NJD	22.5	246	232	-14
44	Neal Pionk	NYR	22.2	247	241	-6
45	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	21.5	250	237	-13
46	Mike Matheson	FLA	21.2	252	228	-24
47	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	21.1	253	297	44
48	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	20.7	258	244	-14
49	Ivan Provorov	PHI	19.4	273	194	-79
50	Evan Bouchard	EDM	18.7	279	293	14
51	Tyler Myers	WPG	17.8	288	363	75
52	Shea Weber	MON	17.3	290	309	19
53	Colin Miller	VGK	16.1	307	284	-23
54	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	16.0	310	292	-18
55	Quinn Hughes	VAN	15.5	319	341	22
56	Samuel Girard	COL	14.5	333	254	-79
57	Alexander Edler	VAN	14.3	336	583	247
58	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	14.0	339	365	26
59	Vince Dunn	STL	13.8	343	387	44
60	Cam Fowler	ANA	13.7	347	307	-40
61	Sami Vatanen	NJD	13.6	349	305	-44
62	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	13.3	353	317	-36
63	Jake Muzzin	LAK	13.2	354	460	106
64	Will Butcher	NJD	12.8	358	252	-106
65	Justin Schultz	PIT	12.4	365	385	20
66	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	12.3	366	386	20
67	Colton Parayko	STL	12.3	368	253	-115
68	Esa Lindell	DAL	12.3	369	389	20
69	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	11.9	374	273	-101
70	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.9	375	395	20
71	Adam Boqvist	CHI	11.4	380	400	20
72	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	10.7	392	290	-102
73	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	10.6	393	409	16
74	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.1	396	461	65
75	Cale Makar	COL	10.1	397	414	17
76	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	9.7	399	419	20
77	Filip Hronek	DET	9.4	403	423	20
78	Dennis Cholowski	DET	9.4	404	397	-7
79	Mike Green	DET	9.3	406	394	-12
80	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	9.2	410	426	16
81	Alex Goligoski	ARI	9.1	412	398	-14
82	Justin Faulk	CAR	8.9	415	427	12
83	TJ Brodie	CGY	8.8	416	315	-101
84	Kale Clague	LAK	8.2	423	437	14
85	Brady Skjei	NYR	8.2	424	407	-17
86	Sami Niku	WPG	8.2	425	438	13
87	Conor Timmins	COL	7.9	428	447	19
88	Ryan Murray	CBJ	7.8	430	579	149
89	Jake McCabe	BUF	7.7	431	433	2
90	Travis Sanheim	PHI	7.6	432	449	17
91	Nick Leddy	NYI	7.6	433	421	-12
92	Nate Schmidt	VGK	7.4	437	455	18
93	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	7.3	438	456	18
94	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	7.3	439	457	18
95	Travis Dermott	TOR	7.2	441	459	18
96	Olli Juolevi	VAN	7.1	444	463	19
97	Lawrence Pilut	BUF	6.9	446	498	52
98	Duncan Keith	CHI	6.2	457	412	-45
99	Dante Fabbro	NSH	6.2	459	477	18
100	Caleb Jones	EDM	5.8	465	NR	NEW