Here is the first edition of our top 50 fantasy hockey keeper defensemen.
| Rank | Name | Team | Age | DOB | Pvs. | Chg. |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 27.6 | 5/31/1990 | - | - |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TB | 27.1 | 12/18/1990 | - | - |
| 3 | John Klingberg | DAL | 25.4 | 8/14/1992 | - | - |
| 4 | Brent Burns | SJ | 32.9 | 3/9/1985 | - | - |
| 5 | P.K. Subban | NAS | 28.7 | 5/13/1989 | - | - |
| 6 | Drew Doughty | LA | 28.1 | 12/8/1989 | - | - |
| 7 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 28.0 | 1/18/1990 | - | - |
| 8 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 24.8 | 4/20/1993 | - | - |
| 9 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 32.8 | 3/27/1985 | - | - |
| 10 | Roman Josi | NAS | 27.6 | 6/1/1990 | - | - |
| 11 | John Carlson | WAS | 28.0 | 1/10/1990 | - | - |
| 12 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 24.6 | 6/17/1993 | - | - |
| 13 | Kris Letang | PIT | 30.8 | 4/24/1987 | - | - |
| 14 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 20.5 | 7/19/1997 | - | - |
| 15 | Shea Weber | MTL | 32.4 | 8/14/1985 | - | - |
| 16 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 34.5 | 7/16/1983 | - | - |
| 17 | Torey Krug | BOS | 26.8 | 4/12/1991 | - | - |
| 18 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 29.0 | 1/29/1989 | - | - |
| 19 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | AZ | 26.5 | 7/17/1991 | - | - |
| 20 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 26.5 | 7/26/1991 | - | - |
| 21 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 23.3 | 10/3/1994 | - | - |
| 22 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 23.2 | 10/27/1994 | - | - |
| 23 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 26.8 | 3/20/1991 | - | - |
| 24 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 33.0 | 1/21/1985 | - | - |
| 25 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 31.4 | 9/9/1986 | - | - |
| 26 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 23.9 | 3/9/1994 | - | - |
| 27 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 27.5 | 7/6/1990 | - | - |
| 28 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 20.1 | 12/21/1997 | - | - |
| 29 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 25.8 | 3/20/1992 | - | - |
| 30 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 24.5 | 7/20/1993 | - | - |
| 31 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 27.6 | 6/7/1990 | - | - |
| 32 | Mike Green | DET | 32.3 | 10/12/1985 | - | - |
| 33 | Mikhail Sergachev | TB | 19.6 | 6/25/1998 | - | - |
| 34 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 22.0 | 2/7/1996 | - | - |
| 35 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 21.0 | 1/13/1997 | - | - |
| 36 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 27.6 | 7/4/1990 | - | - |
| 37 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 34.3 | 10/3/1983 | - | - |
| 38 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 31.1 | 12/6/1986 | - | - |
| 39 | Ryan Ellis | NAS | 27.1 | 1/3/1991 | - | - |
| 40 | Colton Parayko | STL | 24.7 | 5/12/1993 | - | - |
| 41 | Jake Muzzin | LA | 28.9 | 2/21/1989 | - | - |
| 42 | Will Butcher | NJ | 23.0 | 1/6/1995 | - | - |
| 43 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 28.6 | 6/13/1989 | - | - |
| 44 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 23.9 | 2/26/1994 | - | - |
| 45 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 28.1 | 11/29/1989 | - | - |
| 46 | Cam Fowler | ANH | 26.1 | 12/5/1991 | - | - |
| 47 | Brandon Montour | ANH | 23.8 | 4/11/1994 | - | - |
| 48 | Sami Vatanen | NJ | 26.6 | 6/3/1991 | - | - |
| 49 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 23.5 | 7/25/1994 | - | - |
| 50 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 26.2 | 10/29/1991 | - | - |
