NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

This webpage presents an objective analysis of NHL player performance based on rankings of fantasy hockey scoring statistics. No consensus lists, multiple sources or projected stats used here, just the facts. Find the best players here to draft, trade or start for your fantasy hockey teams. Check here daily during the regular season for cumulative stat updates.

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2021-2022 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	Avg Rnk
6	Cale Makar	D	COL	28	58	48	34	240	95	56.00
12	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	20	65	26	38	219	94	74.92
21	Kris Letang	D	PIT	10	58	20	22	214	171	90.92
30	Roman Josi	D	NSH	23	73	13	37	281	66	103.92
32	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	10	46	31	21	166	155	105.00
41	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	10	58	16	23	221	92	123.00
44	Justin Faulk	D	STL	16	31	41	7	167	149	124.25
48	John Carlson	D	WSH	17	54	13	25	195	73	129.50
52	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	15	42	38	20	180	62	140.50
55	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	11	28	25	4	204	207	142.50
59	MacKenzie Weegar	D	FLA	8	36	40	3	203	179	151.33
63	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	9	26	18	6	203	196	155.67
77	Devon Toews	D	COL	13	44	52	12	158	54	170.75
78	Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	10	38	27	13	189	63	170.92
86	Alex Pietrangelo	D	VGK	13	31	7	13	227	66	180.08
89	Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	12	31	10	7	205	80	183.42
91	Adam Fox	D	NYR	11	63	18	33	158	30	187.83
101	Tony DeAngelo	D	CAR	10	41	30	20	151	41	193.17
105	Josh Morrissey	D	WIN	12	25	-3	15	173	150	194.83
106	Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	12	23	25	4	127	124	195.92
107	Noah Dobson	D	NYI	13	38	-3	22	190	78	196.17
114	Mikhail Sergachev	D	TBL	7	31	6	7	149	139	204.42
115	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	4	46	30	19	152	63	204.50
122	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	14	38	6	12	205	37	207.08
124	Moritz Seider	D	DET	7	43	-9	21	187	151	209.00
131	Neal Pionk	D	WIN	3	31	5	12	140	185	215.92
132	Torey Krug	D	STL	9	34	23	19	119	53	215.92
135	Brandon Montour	D	FLA	11	26	15	8	153	64	220.08
141	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	13	40	-22	21	170	121	223.92
144	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	VAN	5	24	5	10	168	105	224.83
150	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	10	30	32	14	116	44	227.83
156	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	8	60	10	31	150	19	233.25
161	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	4	38	35	7	165	50	237.08
164	Erik Johnson	D	COL	8	17	22	1	139	165	240.33
168	Brady Skjei	D	CAR	9	30	22	0	184	95	242.83
173	Mike Matheson	D	PIT	11	20	12	2	140	97	245.75
181	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	7	31	-3	13	173	73	253.58
182	Damon Severson	D	NJD	11	35	-14	16	158	91	253.83
185	Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	6	25	14	4	145	79	254.75
190	Matt Dumba	D	MIN	7	20	9	5	116	114	256.83
206	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	5	31	3	11	156	52	268.08
207	Tyson Barrie	D	EDM	7	34	3	21	149	27	268.17
208	Brent Burns	D	SJS	10	44	-15	18	203	55	268.25
210	Seth Jones	D	CHI	5	46	-37	19	194	99	271.67
211	Matt Roy	D	LAK	2	19	23	2	153	124	272.00
215	Alexandre Carrier	D	NSH	3	27	26	4	95	95	274.17
218	Oliver Kylington	D	CGY	9	22	34	3	138	40	275.92
221	Colton Parayko	D	STL	6	29	16	1	135	72	278.75
222	Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	5	22	10	5	142	70	279.33
224	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	8	27	-9	14	163	73	281.33
228	K'Andre Miller	D	NYR	7	13	23	1	102	151	283.42
229	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	ARI	14	37	-23	19	151	60	283.83
231	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	4	21	4	3	136	111	284.33
234	Drew Doughty	D	LAK	7	24	4	13	99	60	285.83
237	Mark Giordano	D	TOR	8	27	-9	12	151	75	289.42
241	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	11	37	-15	14	216	33	292.75
246	Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	10	27	41	0	145	45	297.75
247	Ryan Suter	D	DAL	7	25	1	13	118	46	298.50
248	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	5	25	9	7	126	42	301.00
250	Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	9	21	-19	8	197	87	302.25
251	Carson Soucy	D	SEA	10	11	7	2	97	118	303.58
264	Tyler Myers	D	VAN	1	17	15	1	128	145	311.67
273	Ben Chiarot	D	FLA	9	17	-14	3	143	157	317.25
275	Matt Grzelcyk	D	BOS	4	20	22	5	118	40	318.50
276	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	9	33	-9	18	124	37	318.58
277	Brett Pesce	D	CAR	7	21	5	3	148	39	318.58
278	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	5	16	0	6	122	86	319.42
280	Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	4	22	15	1	85	96	320.00
285	Nikita Zadorov	D	CGY	4	18	11	0	106	181	322.00
286	Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	9	22	-20	7	170	74	322.00
287	Erik Gudbranson	D	CGY	6	11	15	0	129	145	323.25
289	Alex Goligoski	D	MIN	2	28	41	4	80	56	325.33
290	Nick Jensen	D	WSH	5	16	32	0	88	135	325.50
292	John Klingberg	D	DAL	6	41	-28	20	139	57	326.25
293	Cody Ceci	D	EDM	5	23	8	0	102	117	326.42
294	Radko Gudas	D	FLA	3	13	27	0	100	355	326.58
297	Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	5	18	15	2	79	87	327.17
298	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	3	25	20	0	104	99	327.25
299	Martin Fehervary	D	WSH	8	9	15	0	96	251	327.75
301	Jeff Petry	D	MTL	6	21	-11	3	124	140	329.25
302	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	6	9	2	1	125	143	331.58
305	Vince Dunn	D	SEA	7	28	-21	11	121	76	333.50
312	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	7	24	9	0	123	64	339.08
315	Brenden Dillon	D	WIN	3	17	16	0	85	212	339.58
317	Sean Durzi	D	LAK	3	24	-9	15	119	74	340.50
319	Dmitry Kulikov	D	MIN	7	17	23	0	74	100	341.83
322	Mike Reilly	D	BOS	4	13	-1	3	135	94	344.25
327	Zach Whitecloud	D	VGK	8	11	21	0	94	98	346.25
328	Luke Schenn	D	VAN	5	12	15	0	78	273	347.83
334	Nate Schmidt	D	WIN	4	28	-4	11	117	37	350.92
338	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	CBJ	5	28	-3	0	108	124	351.83
345	Filip Hronek	D	DET	5	33	-29	7	133	70	356.08
346	Artem Zub	D	OTT	6	16	1	0	92	155	356.25
348	Christopher Tanev	D	CGY	6	22	35	0	88	52	357.25
352	Adam Larsson	D	SEA	8	17	-23	1	119	183	360.08
353	TJ Brodie	D	TOR	4	24	20	1	68	53	361.08
358	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	3	15	10	0	85	154	364.08
362	Samuel Girard	D	COL	5	23	-4	7	79	65	366.00
368	Justin Holl	D	TOR	3	20	14	0	64	129	367.92
370	Jacob Middleton	D	MIN	4	10	10	1	73	118	368.92
372	Jan Rutta	D	TBL	3	15	25	0	86	93	370.42
373	Brian Dumoulin	D	PIT	3	15	24	0	91	88	370.67
382	Rasmus Sandin	D	TOR	5	11	9	3	46	88	376.42
384	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	4	11	18	0	73	129	378.83
385	Erik Karlsson	D	SJS	10	25	-14	10	117	18	378.92
388	John Marino	D	PIT	1	24	1	2	90	73	380.92
391	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	2	17	8	0	83	122	381.75
393	Ian Cole	D	CAR	2	17	15	0	77	110	382.33
397	Jamie Drysdale	D	ANA	4	28	-26	12	137	40	384.08
400	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH	3	21	13	0	88	69	385.83
407	Marco Scandella	D	STL	3	11	17	0	76	106	394.50
408	Jake Bean	D	CBJ	7	18	-5	4	90	41	396.50
409	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	2	14	-9	1	97	230	396.75
410	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	1	12	7	0	86	165	396.75
411	Ryan Graves	D	NJD	6	22	-9	0	111	90	398.75
414	Jamie Oleksiak	D	SEA	1	16	-1	0	95	182	400.67
415	Zdeno Chara	D	NYI	2	12	8	0	81	125	400.92
420	Chad Ruhwedel	D	PIT	4	9	2	0	82	149	404.25
421	Nick Holden	D	OTT	5	14	0	0	75	115	404.25
422	Brett Kulak	D	EDM	5	16	-4	0	92	103	407.00
432	Jani Hakanpaa	D	DAL	4	8	1	0	68	248	412.25
434	Justin Braun	D	NYR	6	12	2	0	73	87	414.83
435	Dylan DeMelo	D	WIN	1	12	10	0	78	113	415.92
436	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	3	16	-8	4	83	73	416.67
439	Ethan Bear	D	CAR	5	9	1	1	97	55	417.50
443	Derek Forbort	D	BOS	4	10	2	0	64	133	420.08
444	Duncan Keith	D	EDM	1	20	15	2	79	22	421.75
446	Nicolas Hague	D	VGK	4	10	6	0	116	57	421.92
448	Bowen Byram	D	COL	5	12	7	1	49	53	422.08
449	Dylan Coghlan	D	VGK	3	10	-5	4	108	62	423.00
458	Josh Manson	D	COL	6	10	-11	0	92	179	427.67
459	Alexander Romanov	D	MTL	3	10	-9	0	107	227	428.92
460	Alexander Edler	D	LAK	3	16	18	0	54	56	429.92
462	Anton Stralman	D	ARI	8	15	-16	0	95	99	430.17
463	Chris Wideman	D	MTL	4	23	-25	12	76	44	430.25
464	Jakob Chychrun	D	ARI	7	14	-20	1	141	51	430.83
465	Logan Stanley	D	WIN	1	12	1	0	80	131	431.00
469	Jon Merrill	D	MIN	4	16	15	0	59	46	433.58
471	P.K. Subban	D	NJD	5	17	-8	0	114	69	433.83
475	Erik Gustafsson	D	CHI	3	15	-4	4	79	45	435.92
478	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	TOR	2	13	-2	0	54	187	437.17
481	Justin Schultz	D	WSH	4	19	-15	5	92	40	439.67
482	Marc Staal	D	DET	3	13	-1	0	76	94	440.67
485	Caleb Jones	D	CHI	5	10	-3	1	57	77	444.08
486	Connor Clifton	D	BOS	2	8	-2	0	80	156	445.67
487	Jake McCabe	D	CHI	4	18	-27	0	80	166	445.67
488	Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	2	6	6	0	58	133	446.00
489	Travis Hamonic	D	OTT	4	6	6	0	82	73	446.00
495	Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	11	11	-11	6	64	26	454.00
507	Zach Bogosian	D	TBL	3	5	2	0	60	114	459.17
509	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	3	15	-5	0	80	77	460.33
511	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	NJD	1	13	-5	0	92	98	460.92
515	Ben Hutton	D	VGK	3	10	7	0	78	49	464.17
516	Jake Muzzin	D	TOR	3	11	-6	0	75	105	464.83
517	Mario Ferraro	D	SJS	2	12	-5	0	49	140	468.42
519	Keith Yandle	D	PHI	1	18	-47	11	105	29	468.50
521	Andrew Peeke	D	CBJ	2	13	-14	0	72	191	469.00
522	Colin Miller	D	BUF	2	12	-2	3	48	50	469.08
526	Jack Johnson	D	COL	1	8	5	0	57	91	470.92
528	Ty Smith	D	NJD	5	15	-26	4	77	45	471.08
530	Brendan Smith	D	CAR	4	4	6	0	63	73	471.67
533	Olli Maatta	D	LAK	1	7	17	0	61	67	473.75
534	Cal Foote	D	TBL	2	7	6	0	49	83	473.83
537	Nick Leddy	D	STL	3	21	-30	6	71	37	474.58
539	Jeremy Lauzon	D	NSH	2	5	-6	0	75	224	475.25
540	Braden Schneider	D	NYR	2	9	5	1	25	60	475.58
544	Jake Walman	D	DET	3	7	-3	1	87	47	479.00
545	Niko Mikkola	D	STL	3	10	-6	0	58	109	479.50
547	Brad Hunt	D	VAN	3	14	-3	2	67	22	482.42
549	Calvin de Haan	D	CHI	4	4	-21	0	107	146	482.58
550	David Savard	D	MTL	3	14	-22	0	66	134	484.00
552	Nikita Zaitsev	D	OTT	2	9	-7	0	65	128	484.67
558	Will Borgen	D	SEA	2	6	1	0	49	89	490.17
561	Kurtis MacDermid	D	COL	2	3	1	0	46	105	494.25
563	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	4	6	-14	0	71	130	495.50
564	Dysin Mayo	D	ARI	4	8	-22	0	76	129	495.50
565	Riley Stillman	D	CHI	2	10	-8	0	49	122	495.58
571	Erik Brannstrom	D	OTT	0	14	-17	6	86	39	500.58
572	Jacob Bryson	D	BUF	1	9	-9	7	43	55	500.83
573	Michael Del Zotto	D	OTT	3	10	-4	2	35	42	501.50
574	Travis Dermott	D	VAN	2	5	9	0	46	55	505.50
575	Robert Hagg	D	FLA	1	8	-9	0	59	138	505.92
576	Robert Bortuzzo	D	STL	1	5	-4	0	47	135	508.08
578	Simon Benoit	D	ANA	1	4	-5	0	45	168	509.33
580	Jordan Spence	D	LAK	2	6	0	2	41	32	514.33
585	Kyle Burroughs	D	VAN	1	4	-3	0	39	122	517.75
587	J.J. Moser	D	ARI	4	11	-10	2	40	32	518.83
591	Patrik Nemeth	D	NYR	2	5	-9	0	52	115	521.50
594	Jaycob Megna	D	SJS	2	6	-1	0	40	71	522.33
596	Lucas Carlsson	D	FLA	3	6	3	0	41	39	523.75
600	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	1	16	-3	0	75	25	526.75
601	Kris Russell	D	EDM	2	7	7	0	34	33	528.33
603	Mark Pysyk	D	BUF	3	9	-4	0	64	41	529.67
604	Michael Stone	D	CGY	2	4	3	2	24	26	530.33
605	Sebastian Aho	D	NYI	2	10	-6	2	34	32	530.83
606	Mark Borowiecki	D	NSH	0	4	-9	0	45	196	530.83
608	Josh Brown	D	BOS	0	6	-7	0	45	118	531.67
613	Dean Kukan	D	CBJ	3	8	-2	0	41	43	534.33
615	Jordie Benn	D	MIN	1	7	1	0	37	51	536.67
617	Nicolas Meloche	D	SJS	2	5	-17	0	36	158	537.17
619	Haydn Fleury	D	SEA	2	2	0	0	52	60	539.17
622	Alec Martinez	D	VGK	3	5	6	0	32	26	542.00
624	Joel Edmundson	D	MTL	3	3	-1	0	32	61	543.00
625	Gavin Bayreuther	D	CBJ	0	8	0	0	44	50	545.42
627	Nils Lundkvist	D	NYR	1	3	4	2	32	15	546.83
628	Kyle Capobianco	D	ARI	2	7	-12	2	40	43	547.00
629	Gabriel Carlsson	D	CBJ	2	7	6	0	18	27	548.00
636	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJS	3	11	-22	0	63	54	554.25
642	Cam York	D	PHI	3	7	-14	4	33	20	559.33
645	Matt Benning	D	NSH	0	11	-24	0	61	82	560.25
646	Gustav Lindstrom	D	DET	1	12	-12	0	41	59	560.42
647	Nick Seeler	D	PHI	1	2	-3	0	32	75	561.42
648	William Lagesson	D	MTL	0	5	3	0	33	40	562.75
649	Danny DeKeyser	D	DET	0	11	-8	0	57	49	563.33
650	Kevin Connauton	D	PHI	1	2	-3	0	30	74	564.17
652	Tucker Poolman	D	VAN	1	2	2	0	47	33	567.92
653	Kale Clague	D	MTL	2	8	-10	3	26	14	572.33
655	Ryan Ellis	D	PHI	1	4	2	2	6	1	576.00
657	Tobias Bjornfot	D	LAK	0	8	-12	0	53	61	577.92
659	Jordan Oesterle	D	DET	2	6	-7	0	63	27	579.75
661	Josh Mahura	D	ANA	3	4	-14	0	36	63	580.92
663	Andy Greene	D	NYI	2	8	-13	0	52	39	582.08
664	Urho Vaakanainen	D	ANA	0	6	-5	1	27	27	583.25
666	Will Butcher	D	BUF	2	6	-10	2	35	11	583.75
667	Matt Irwin	D	WSH	1	3	0	0	29	36	583.75
669	Mark Friedman	D	PIT	1	4	1	0	27	27	585.00
672	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	ARI	1	2	0	0	24	39	588.58
675	Radim Simek	D	SJS	1	1	-13	0	25	96	589.25
677	Dylan Samberg	D	WIN	0	5	3	0	14	21	594.83
679	Ryan Merkley	D	SJS	1	5	-10	2	36	12	596.92
682	Colton White	D	NJD	0	4	2	0	18	24	598.92
684	Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	1	2	-3	1	13	19	601.25
685	Joel Hanley	D	DAL	2	4	-13	0	18	60	602.58
687	Andrej Sustr	D	ANA	1	5	-4	0	28	27	604.33
688	Thomas Harley	D	DAL	1	3	-4	0	36	30	604.42
690	Derrick Pouliot	D	SEA	0	4	6	0	8	10	607.00
691	Sean Walker	D	LAK	0	2	-1	1	18	9	607.17
694	Troy Stecher	D	LAK	1	2	-7	0	50	33	608.00
696	Ronnie Attard	D	PHI	2	2	-2	0	16	24	609.08
697	Ryan Murray	D	COL	0	4	-3	0	26	32	610.25
698	Jakub Zboril	D	BOS	0	3	1	0	13	24	611.17
699	Calle Rosen	D	STL	2	5	-2	0	18	6	611.42
702	Jacob Moverare	D	LAK	0	2	3	0	15	16	613.00
705	Owen Power	D	BUF	2	1	3	0	10	1	614.00
709	Jordan Harris	D	MTL	1	0	3	0	9	10	621.92
711	Mason Geertsen	D	NJD	0	0	-6	0	12	58	623.25
712	Andrej Sekera	D	DAL	1	3	-3	0	26	15	623.83
714	Ville Heinola	D	WIN	0	5	-2	0	25	9	625.50
715	Petteri Lindbohm	D	FLA	0	1	0	0	9	25	626.75
717	Victor Mete	D	OTT	0	7	-19	1	27	13	631.67
718	Cam Dineen	D	ARI	0	7	-16	0	52	22	632.08
719	Jake Christiansen	D	CBJ	1	0	1	0	4	9	634.42
720	Michal Kempny	D	WSH	1	1	-3	0	10	22	634.42
722	Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	1	1	-2	0	12	15	635.75
724	Juuso Valimaki	D	CGY	0	2	0	0	11	8	637.33
728	Olli Juolevi	D	DET	0	0	-1	0	18	14	642.25
730	Nathan Beaulieu	D	PIT	0	4	-7	0	24	19	644.25
731	Austin Strand	D	LAK	0	2	-1	0	9	7	644.33
735	Justin Barron	D	MTL	1	1	-3	0	13	5	648.67
737	Dennis Cholowski	D	SEA	0	3	-3	0	11	5	650.75
739	Philip Broberg	D	EDM	1	2	-8	0	29	10	651.08
741	Reilly Walsh	D	NJD	0	1	0	0	2	0	652.92
742	Markus Nutivaara	D	FLA	0	1	0	0	0	1	653.42
745	Connor Mackey	D	CGY	0	1	-1	0	4	4	654.25
746	Ben Harpur	D	NSH	0	1	-10	0	13	36	654.58
747	Jarred Tinordi	D	NYR	1	0	-5	0	5	17	655.42
748	Kristians Rubins	D	TOR	0	0	-2	0	5	12	655.92
756	Jeremy Davies	D	NSH	0	2	-5	0	5	5	666.83
757	Santeri Hatakka	D	SJS	0	2	-5	0	3	5	668.17
758	Madison Bowey	D	VAN	0	0	-3	0	0	4	670.92
759	Victor Soderstrom	D	ARI	0	0	-7	0	14	14	671.00
760	Zac Jones	D	NYR	0	2	-7	0	8	4	674.33
761	Conor Timmins	D	ARI	0	0	-6	0	5	7	678.17
762	Libor Hajek	D	NYR	0	1	-10	0	12	7	685.25

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Notes: Official player data is provided daily by The National Hockey League (nhl.com). For highest data quality, we average ties (draws) when calculating ranks. Goalie Starts^ data is shown for reference only, not ranked. This ranking analysis is particularly relevant to popular Yahoo Fantasy Hockey Rotisserie or Head-to-Head League default scoring.

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Player Data Last Updated: Mon May 2 04:05 2022 Pacific