Fantasy Hockey Defenseman Rankings - November 27, 2021


Live updated fantasy hockey defensemen rankings.

Our fantasy hockey defenseman rankings project the next 2 to 3 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Because fantasy league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production.

RKPLAYERSTOCKNOTES
1Cale Makar, COL  
2John Carlson, WAS  
3Adam Fox, NYR Reigning Norris winner is no shrinking violet
4Victor Hedman, TB  
5Quinn Hughes, VAN  
6Roman Josi, NAS  
7Dougie Hamilton, NJ  
8Shea Theodore, VGK  
9Morgan Rielly, TOR  
10Tyson Barrie, EDM  
11Aaron Ekblad, FLA  
12Charlie McAvoy, BOSUp 
13Kris Letang, PIT  
14Miro Heiskanen, DAL  
15Seth Jones, CHI Big ticket blueliner starting to produce
16Torey Krug, STL  
17Zach Werenski, CBJ He'll get the opportunities with Jones gone
18Thomas Chabot, OTT  
19Drew Doughty, LA  
20Neal Pionk, WPG  
21Darnell Nurse, EDM  
22Alex Pietrangelo, VGK  
23Tony DeAngelo, NYRUpHe's elite, but do you trust him?
24Mikhail Sergachev, TB  
25Brent Burns, SJ  
26Rasmus Dahlin, BUFUpHe's looked better under Granato
27John Klingberg, DAL  
28Oliver Ekman-Larsson, VAN  
29Ivan Provorov, PHI  
30Ryan Ellis, PHI Injuries a barrier to higher upside
31Jared Spurgeon, MIN  
32Jakob Chychrun, AZDown 
33Devon Toews, COL  
34Mortiz Seider, DETUp 
35Jeff Petry, MTLDown 
36Matt Dumba, MIN  
37Mackenzie Weegar, FLA  
38Erik Karlsson, SJ Injuries, mobility issues cap his upside
39Shayne Gostisbehere, AZUp 
40Samuel Girard, COL  
41Filip Hronek, DET  
42Josh Morrissey, WPG  
43Bowen Byram, COLUp 
44Jake Muzzin, TOR  
45Ryan Suter, DAL  
46Jacob Trouba, NYR  
47Evan Bouchard, EDM  
48Mark Giordano, SEA  
49Rasmus Andersson, CGY  
50Mattias Ekholm, NASDown 
    
 THE SPARES  
 Ryan Pulock, NYI  
 Kevin Shattenkirk, ANH  
 Keith Yandle, PHI  
 Cam Fowler, ANH  
 Oliver Kylington, CGY  
 Rasmus Ristolainen, PHI  
 Matt Grzelcyk, BOS  
 Ty Smith, NJ  
 Jaccob Slavin, CAR  
 Duncan Keith, CHI  
 Adam Boqvist, CHI   
 P.K. Subban, NJ  
 Nick Leddy, NYI  
 Oscar Klefbom, EDM  
 Colton Parayko, STL  
 Justin Faulk, STL  
 Erik Gustafsson, PHI  
 Brandon Montour, BUF  
 Alex Edler, VAN  
 Noah Dobson, NYI  
 Justin Schultz, WAS  
 TJ Brodie, TOR  
 Vince Dunn, STL  
 Alex Goligoski, AZ  
 Will Butcher, NJ  
 Tyler Myers, VAN  
 Colin Miller, BUF  
 Ryan McDonagh, TB  
 Sami Vatanen, NJ  
 Hampus Lindholm, ANH  
 Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJ  
 Dmitry Orlov, WAS  
 Noah Hanifin, CGY  
 Brady Skjei, CAR  
 Mike Matheson, PIT  
 Alec Martinez, VGK  
 Nate Schmidt, WPG  
 Josh Manson, ANH  
 Esa Lindell, DAL  
 Damon Severson, NJ  
 Nikita Zaitsev, OTT  
 Brett Pesce, CAR  
 Jake Gardiner, CAR