NHL Player Rankings for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey

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2024-2025 Fantasy Hockey Defense Ranks

#	Player Name	Pos.	Team	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	BLK	FanPts^	Avg Rnk
4	Victor Hedman	D	TBL	4	12	5	8	44	29	166.60	82.00
9	Rasmus Dahlin	D	BUF	5	11	2	7	54	26	166.60	90.58
10	John Carlson	D	WSH	2	12	14	6	44	33	172.60	92.75
18	Quinn Hughes	D	VAN	3	15	4	7	59	19	172.10	98.00
20	Neal Pionk	D	WPG	3	14	9	5	34	30	162.60	101.75
26	Brandon Montour	D	SEA	4	7	5	3	58	21	141.20	118.00
28	Josh Morrissey	D	WPG	2	15	4	7	36	31	157.40	119.92
31	Cale Makar	D	COL	8	19	-5	13	55	29	218.50	127.83
32	Brandt Clarke	D	LAK	2	11	1	6	44	42	151.60	131.75
33	MacKenzie Weegar	D	CGY	3	5	6	3	45	44	140.50	131.83
34	Zach Werenski	D	CBJ	4	10	-1	6	65	26	158.50	132.08
52	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR	4	9	-1	7	36	31	135.40	150.17
66	Thomas Chabot	D	OTT	1	10	3	2	45	35	131.50	161.83
69	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	4	9	3	9	32	9	121.80	167.42
72	Travis Sanheim	D	PHI	5	7	3	0	46	43	148.40	170.83
73	Jake Walman	D	SJS	1	10	4	2	40	27	121.00	171.25
74	Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	4	6	-1	2	51	38	133.90	171.33
79	Mattias Ekholm	D	EDM	2	8	1	2	49	25	119.10	174.42
81	Dougie Hamilton	D	NJD	1	14	-2	7	68	28	161.20	176.42
82	Darnell Nurse	D	EDM	2	7	2	1	45	32	118.50	178.50
84	Olen Zellweger	D	ANA	4	4	2	4	39	16	103.10	181.58
88	Miro Heiskanen	D	DAL	2	4	5	2	41	27	105.90	188.25
91	Roman Josi	D	NSH	2	12	-12	9	69	34	150.10	190.00
96	Alex Pietrangelo	D	VGK	2	12	7	0	36	30	136.40	193.42
97	Ryker Evans	D	SEA	3	8	1	2	23	32	108.70	193.92
99	Charlie McAvoy	D	BOS	3	4	1	2	39	28	103.10	197.83
101	Brock Faber	D	MIN	2	7	7	4	23	14	96.70	198.33
103	Rasmus Andersson	D	CGY	4	7	2	0	34	59	145.60	201.50
106	Mikhail Sergachev	D	UTA	4	8	-4	4	31	33	116.90	202.25
113	Moritz Seider	D	DET	1	9	-1	4	32	41	117.80	208.17
114	Jake Middleton	D	MIN	3	6	14	0	25	41	133.50	209.00
120	Seth Jones	D	CHI	2	8	-5	5	38	34	112.20	216.08
124	Gustav Forsling	D	FLA	3	7	14	0	34	14	118.60	217.92
126	Damon Severson	D	CBJ	4	4	5	0	35	31	112.50	220.75
131	Rasmus Sandin	D	WSH	3	7	15	0	18	37	129.20	224.92
135	Noah Dobson	D	NYI	1	7	-5	4	54	39	119.60	229.17
136	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	LAK	2	6	12	0	24	39	120.60	229.42
138	Erik Karlsson	D	PIT	2	9	-8	4	51	22	107.90	230.42
143	Noah Hanifin	D	VGK	3	5	-3	2	36	32	100.40	232.58
146	Mikey Anderson	D	LAK	3	4	10	0	25	40	116.50	233.42
147	Thomas Harley	D	DAL	1	7	9	0	38	20	106.20	234.17
149	Dmitry Orlov	D	CAR	3	6	15	0	26	16	111.40	234.75
158	Mike Matheson	D	MTL	1	12	-7	7	29	48	128.10	237.83
163	Adam Fox	D	NYR	0	13	2	7	21	16	104.90	240.67
165	Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	1	9	-10	9	34	41	111.60	241.00
167	Michael Kesselring	D	UTA	3	6	7	0	32	13	97.80	242.00
168	Braden Schneider	D	NYR	2	5	14	0	25	29	111.50	242.42
175	Esa Lindell	D	DAL	2	6	4	0	26	32	99.40	248.83
181	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	0	9	6	0	32	42	118.80	253.25
182	Bowen Byram	D	BUF	3	8	7	0	18	17	97.20	253.25
185	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA	0	7	6	1	24	23	86.60	255.00
187	Shea Theodore	D	VGK	1	12	-7	6	37	16	101.30	255.58
190	Ivan Provorov	D	CBJ	1	4	5	1	23	25	79.70	258.33
191	Dylan Samberg	D	WPG	3	3	8	0	26	25	94.40	259.33
195	Filip Hronek	D	VAN	1	5	8	1	19	17	78.10	261.42
196	Jakob Chychrun	D	WSH	5	3	9	0	22	17	96.80	261.67
201	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	NJD	1	6	9	0	22	34	101.80	262.50
207	Simon Edvinsson	D	DET	2	5	3	0	23	38	96.70	267.00
208	Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	0	7	0	1	29	41	97.10	267.17
211	Jonas Brodin	D	MIN	1	5	4	0	29	33	93.10	269.17
212	Colton Parayko	D	STL	4	7	-6	0	37	46	119.30	269.50
213	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	TOR	1	6	2	0	38	20	88.20	269.58
215	Philip Broberg	D	STL	2	7	6	1	11	12	75.90	272.25
218	Owen Power	D	BUF	3	10	-3	0	30	28	107.00	274.00
225	Brady Skjei	D	NSH	2	5	-4	1	39	21	82.10	276.92
228	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	NJD	1	5	13	0	22	23	94.80	279.17
229	Nick Jensen	D	OTT	1	5	11	0	28	15	88.20	280.08
232	Kris Letang	D	PIT	2	4	-10	3	47	20	76.30	280.92
236	Jaccob Slavin	D	CAR	1	6	6	0	19	30	89.10	284.00
237	J.J. Moser	D	TBL	2	4	7	0	20	25	85.00	284.08
238	Joel Edmundson	D	LAK	3	3	3	0	21	31	85.90	286.50
240	Hampus Lindholm	D	BOS	3	4	-4	1	35	17	76.50	287.33
243	Justin Faulk	D	STL	1	4	-5	2	36	33	81.40	291.83
246	Jared Spurgeon	D	MIN	0	5	3	1	22	19	66.80	296.17
248	Samuel Girard	D	COL	1	9	1	0	17	37	96.30	296.25
250	Brett Kulak	D	EDM	4	3	-1	0	30	25	86.00	297.75
251	Jacob Trouba	D	NYR	0	5	3	0	28	49	100.20	298.50
253	Colin Miller	D	WPG	2	5	8	0	23	10	78.70	299.08
254	Jamie Oleksiak	D	SEA	2	3	1	0	24	43	90.60	299.17
260	Jordan Spence	D	LAK	1	3	0	1	24	27	68.60	300.50
262	Brent Burns	D	CAR	0	5	4	0	34	21	79.60	302.58
267	Alex Vlasic	D	CHI	0	7	-3	3	19	46	91.10	305.58
272	Dmitry Kulikov	D	FLA	3	2	8	0	19	16	75.10	308.42
273	Kaiden Guhle	D	MTL	2	4	1	0	18	40	86.20	308.83
284	Niko Mikkola	D	FLA	0	8	1	0	25	27	83.50	313.58
287	Brian Dumoulin	D	ANA	0	5	5	0	22	32	81.80	314.67
289	Zach Bogosian	D	MIN	2	2	6	0	23	17	69.70	315.08
290	Erik Brannstrom	D	VAN	2	4	3	0	21	15	67.90	315.08
291	Adam Larsson	D	SEA	1	2	2	0	29	37	81.10	315.50
293	Brayden McNabb	D	VGK	1	1	12	0	22	40	93.80	317.00
294	Kevin Bahl	D	CGY	0	6	5	0	19	29	80.10	317.67
304	Ian Cole	D	UTA	1	6	0	0	17	42	87.30	322.00
308	Ryan McDonagh	D	TBL	0	5	11	0	15	31	86.50	323.25
310	Connor Murphy	D	CHI	0	7	2	0	17	41	88.30	323.58
314	Jalen Chatfield	D	CAR	0	4	12	0	22	18	77.80	327.08
324	Jake McCabe	D	TOR	0	5	6	0	14	40	84.60	331.50
325	Sean Walker	D	CAR	1	2	3	0	28	18	63.20	331.58
326	Lane Hutson	D	MTL	0	11	-9	4	17	27	76.30	332.92
333	Mason Lohrei	D	BOS	1	6	-4	2	16	17	57.40	339.00
335	Daniil Miromanov	D	CGY	1	2	5	0	18	26	66.20	341.00
337	Conor Timmins	D	TOR	1	3	7	0	14	19	63.60	341.83
339	Matt Grzelcyk	D	PIT	0	7	-9	2	22	31	64.80	342.75
340	Scott Mayfield	D	NYI	1	2	7	0	15	27	68.50	342.83
341	Jackson LaCombe	D	ANA	2	2	-2	1	17	25	58.30	343.50
343	Nate Schmidt	D	FLA	3	3	-1	2	12	10	52.80	344.08
357	Marcus Pettersson	D	PIT	1	7	-5	0	21	35	77.90	354.50
359	Martin Fehervary	D	WSH	0	4	4	0	12	38	72.80	355.50
361	Erik Cernak	D	TBL	0	5	6	0	10	24	65.00	356.08
363	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	DAL	0	5	4	0	9	31	67.10	358.25
364	Josh Manson	D	COL	1	4	-7	1	21	26	54.90	358.33
367	Brenden Dillon	D	NJD	0	4	4	0	10	38	71.00	360.92
373	Jack Thompson	D	SJS	2	3	-6	3	12	17	45.80	364.50
374	Jake Christiansen	D	CBJ	0	5	-1	0	26	20	61.40	365.50
376	Sam Malinski	D	COL	1	3	-1	0	23	21	57.70	365.67
378	Henri Jokiharju	D	BUF	1	2	6	0	17	13	54.30	366.33
380	Nikita Zadorov	D	BOS	0	5	-1	0	26	19	60.40	367.25
383	Seamus Casey	D	NJD	3	1	2	2	6	7	42.40	376.17
385	Dylan DeMelo	D	WPG	0	3	3	0	15	25	56.50	376.50
387	Logan Stanley	D	WPG	1	2	6	0	9	17	51.10	377.17
393	Emil Andrae	D	PHI	0	3	1	1	13	13	40.70	379.50
400	Zac Jones	D	NYR	1	4	10	0	9	8	58.10	383.92
401	Victor Mancini	D	NYR	1	3	3	0	13	11	46.70	385.42
403	Chris Tanev	D	TOR	0	3	1	0	10	66	89.00	388.75
404	Nick Perbix	D	TBL	1	3	0	0	18	13	47.20	389.08
408	Jamie Drysdale	D	PHI	1	2	-10	3	12	28	38.80	392.83
410	Erik Gustafsson	D	DET	0	3	-5	3	22	12	39.80	394.33
412	Nick Seeler	D	PHI	1	4	-3	0	13	31	58.70	395.42
413	Devon Toews	D	COL	1	4	-6	0	24	18	49.60	396.17
414	Ryan Suter	D	STL	1	3	-3	0	19	23	52.10	397.33
415	Simon Benoit	D	TOR	0	2	3	0	10	29	52.00	398.25
416	Tyler Myers	D	VAN	1	3	-4	0	19	29	56.10	398.75
417	Uvis Balinskis	D	FLA	0	5	-5	3	23	7	43.70	398.92
418	Zach Whitecloud	D	VGK	1	0	2	0	14	31	53.60	399.00
420	Radko Gudas	D	ANA	0	3	-1	0	15	47	70.50	400.83
422	Ben Chiarot	D	DET	0	2	-9	1	22	41	52.80	401.25
423	Connor Clifton	D	BUF	0	3	0	0	14	29	53.60	402.25
424	Marc Del Gaizo	D	NSH	0	3	0	0	19	17	46.10	402.42
427	Cody Ceci	D	SJS	0	4	-6	0	25	33	59.50	404.25
434	Pavel Mintyukov	D	ANA	2	2	-6	0	20	23	49.00	408.33
435	Vince Dunn	D	SEA	1	2	-2	2	10	10	33.00	409.00
436	K'Andre Miller	D	NYR	1	1	-4	0	27	26	52.30	409.25
440	Wyatt Kaiser	D	CHI	0	1	1	0	16	33	53.40	409.58
441	Kaedan Korczak	D	VGK	0	3	7	0	6	12	43.40	411.42
446	Brandon Carlo	D	BOS	1	2	-5	0	17	52	71.30	413.58
453	Alexandre Carrier	D	NSH	1	4	-8	0	14	35	53.60	416.42
457	Henry Thrun	D	SJS	0	6	-6	0	15	28	53.50	422.08
459	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	PHI	1	2	-7	0	19	33	50.10	423.42
460	Alexander Romanov	D	NYI	0	2	1	0	10	21	40.00	423.67
461	Egor Zamula	D	PHI	1	5	-7	0	10	24	45.00	424.58
462	Tyler Kleven	D	OTT	0	1	1	0	16	20	40.40	424.58
463	Cam Fowler	D	ANA	0	2	1	0	10	20	39.00	425.08
464	Mario Ferraro	D	SJS	0	3	-8	0	23	39	55.70	426.08
470	Adam Pelech	D	NYI	0	4	-3	0	23	12	42.70	428.08
471	Matt Roy	D	WSH	0	3	2	0	7	13	35.30	428.33
473	David Savard	D	MTL	0	4	-4	0	11	48	65.90	428.83
476	Ryan Lindgren	D	NYR	1	0	1	0	9	23	39.10	430.58
478	Declan Chisholm	D	MIN	0	4	0	1	9	6	32.10	431.83
479	Dante Fabbro	D	NSH,CBJ	1	2	0	0	16	9	37.40	432.58
481	Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR,SJS	1	0	4	0	14	10	36.60	432.83
492	Nils Lundkvist	D	DAL	0	1	4	0	15	10	35.50	440.25
495	Calvin de Haan	D	COL	0	1	-3	0	22	28	45.80	441.83
496	Jayden Struble	D	MTL	0	3	-2	0	19	12	37.10	442.08
500	Brayden Pachal	D	CGY	0	1	-1	0	15	25	40.50	446.83
501	Tyson Barrie	D	CGY	1	1	-2	1	12	8	26.80	447.58
503	Dennis Cholowski	D	NYI	2	1	2	0	5	7	31.50	449.58
506	Jake Bean	D	CGY	1	2	0	0	9	9	31.10	452.50
508	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	OTT	0	2	1	0	8	12	29.20	453.25
509	Sean Durzi	D	UTA	0	2	2	0	3	13	27.70	453.33
511	Emil Lilleberg	D	TBL	0	5	-1	0	6	10	33.40	455.92
513	Travis Hamonic	D	OTT	0	1	-7	0	23	33	43.70	456.08
520	Luke Schenn	D	NSH	1	0	-6	0	20	25	37.00	460.42
522	Maveric Lamoureux	D	UTA	1	1	3	0	8	6	29.20	461.58
523	Andrew Peeke	D	BOS	0	2	-2	0	9	21	33.10	462.00
524	Brett Pesce	D	NJD	0	0	-2	0	21	20	34.90	462.92
525	Brendan Smith	D	DAL	0	3	2	0	5	8	28.50	463.00
526	Scott Perunovich	D	STL	1	1	-1	0	4	15	26.60	463.42
528	Cam York	D	PHI	2	1	-2	0	9	10	30.10	464.33
529	Troy Stecher	D	EDM	0	0	0	0	15	17	30.50	464.58
530	Luke Hughes	D	NJD	0	2	-4	1	15	9	24.50	464.83
531	Grant Hutton	D	NYI	0	2	2	0	7	9	27.30	465.00
533	Jan Rutta	D	SJS	0	1	-6	0	18	35	43.20	465.92
536	Mattias Samuelsson	D	BUF	1	0	-2	0	15	14	29.50	468.08
537	Justin Holl	D	DET	0	1	1	0	4	15	24.60	468.25
539	Simon Nemec	D	NJD	0	1	-2	1	9	10	20.10	470.17
540	Will Borgen	D	SEA	1	1	-7	0	17	16	27.30	470.58
542	Darren Raddysh	D	TBL	1	2	0	0	9	6	28.10	470.83
543	Carson Soucy	D	VAN	0	1	-6	0	19	27	36.10	471.17
552	Olli Maatta	D	DET,UTA	0	0	1	0	6	16	23.40	478.67
553	Jeremy Lauzon	D	NSH	0	1	-6	0	16	28	34.40	480.00
554	Jon Merrill	D	MIN	0	1	-1	0	9	15	25.10	480.83
555	Jacob Bryson	D	BUF	0	2	-2	0	4	17	24.60	481.33
558	Alexander Alexeyev	D	WSH	0	0	4	0	4	10	21.60	486.92
559	Vincent Desharnais	D	VAN	0	1	0	0	7	11	21.30	487.42
565	Jack St. Ivany	D	PIT	0	1	-4	0	11	22	27.90	489.75
566	Alec Martinez	D	CHI	0	1	-2	0	5	19	23.50	490.33
569	Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	0	1	-3	0	13	15	24.70	490.83
571	Joshua Mahura	D	SEA	0	1	2	0	10	6	23.00	492.17
573	Dylan McIlrath	D	WSH	0	2	1	0	4	7	20.60	493.58
574	Artem Zub	D	OTT	0	2	-3	0	8	13	22.20	494.75
575	Adam Boqvist	D	FLA	0	2	-5	2	10	5	16.00	495.92
577	TJ Brodie	D	CHI	0	2	-5	0	6	19	22.40	496.33
578	Ryan Graves	D	PIT	0	0	-7	0	18	28	30.20	496.33
580	Nicolas Hague	D	VGK	1	0	-2	0	6	12	19.40	498.00
581	Matthew Kessel	D	STL	0	2	-3	0	8	12	21.20	498.58
583	Ty Emberson	D	EDM	0	1	-7	0	18	15	21.20	499.08
585	Jeff Petry	D	DET	0	2	-7	0	6	24	23.40	499.67
587	Erik Johnson	D	PHI	1	1	-2	0	5	9	19.50	501.08
589	Nolan Allan	D	CHI	0	4	-4	0	6	9	22.40	504.92
591	Mathew Dumba	D	DAL	0	0	-1	0	10	12	19.00	506.58
594	Logan Mailloux	D	MTL	1	2	-4	0	7	7	19.30	510.92
599	Haydn Fleury	D	WPG	0	1	-1	0	10	8	19.00	513.92
605	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	UTA	1	3	-7	0	3	8	14.70	518.50
608	Mike Reilly	D	NYI	0	0	1	0	15	4	19.50	520.50
610	Drew Helleson	D	ANA	0	2	2	0	1	3	15.90	520.67
611	Juuso Valimaki	D	UTA	0	0	-5	0	13	16	17.70	521.00
612	Kyle Burroughs	D	LAK	0	1	2	0	3	4	14.70	524.67
613	Urho Vaakanainen	D	ANA	0	1	0	0	3	7	13.70	525.08
614	Jack Johnson	D	CBJ	0	1	-3	0	8	10	15.20	525.50
618	Justin Barron	D	MTL	1	0	-5	0	10	9	14.00	532.17
619	Albert Johansson	D	DET	0	0	-4	0	10	13	14.00	532.50
620	Jordan Harris	D	CBJ	0	0	-3	0	5	14	12.50	532.83
622	Isaak Phillips	D	CHI	1	0	0	0	3	4	12.70	534.83
624	John Ludvig	D	COL	0	2	0	0	3	3	13.70	536.25
625	Andreas Englund	D	LAK	1	0	-1	0	4	5	12.60	536.25
629	Helge Grans	D	PHI	0	1	2	0	2	2	11.80	540.08
630	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	STL	0	1	-9	0	13	10	7.70	540.67
635	Ben Hutton	D	VGK	0	0	0	0	6	5	10.40	547.50
638	Chad Ruhwedel	D	NYR	0	0	2	0	0	4	8.00	551.42
639	Dennis Gilbert	D	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	7	7.00	551.83
642	Travis Dermott	D	EDM	0	0	-2	0	3	9	7.70	555.08
643	Parker Wotherspoon	D	BOS	0	0	-1	0	3	7	7.70	556.25
645	Jacob Moverare	D	LAK	0	0	1	0	1	4	6.90	557.33
650	Owen Pickering	D	PIT	0	1	1	0	0	1	7.00	559.75
651	Matthew Benning	D	SJS	0	0	-5	0	7	10	6.30	560.25
652	Derek Forbort	D	VAN	0	1	-2	0	3	5	7.70	561.25
653	David Jiricek	D	CBJ	0	1	-2	0	5	4	8.50	562.42
654	Robert Bortuzzo	D	UTA	0	0	-4	0	2	11	4.80	562.50
659	Tristan Luneau	D	ANA	0	0	-5	0	6	9	4.40	570.92
662	Isaiah George	D	NYI	0	0	-4	0	3	9	3.70	574.00
664	Cale Fleury	D	SEA	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.90	576.08
665	Erik Gudbranson	D	CBJ	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.90	576.08
670	Caleb Jones	D	LAK	0	0	-2	0	6	4	5.40	578.42
671	Daemon Hunt	D	MIN	0	0	0	0	2	2	3.80	579.33
672	Jani Hakanpää	D	TOR	0	0	-1	0	2	4	3.80	579.42
680	Nick Leddy	D	STL	0	0	-3	0	4	5	2.60	586.42
684	Joel Hanley	D	CGY	0	0	-2	0	3	4	2.70	587.33
693	Ryan Shea	D	PIT	0	0	-4	0	3	6	0.70	592.33
697	Joshua Brown	D	EDM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	594.92
703	Corey Schueneman	D	STL	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.00	597.17
705	Jordan Oesterle	D	BOS	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0.80	597.33
709	Oliver Kylington	D	COL	0	0	-4	0	0	6	-2.00	600.50
712	Daniil Misyul	D	NJD	0	0	-1	0	0	1	-1.00	602.58
714	Noah Juulsen	D	VAN	0	0	-4	0	9	2	2.10	603.42
717	Samuel Bolduc	D	NYI	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2.00	607.50
718	Philippe Myers	D	TOR	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2.00	607.50

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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^ and FanPts^ 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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