Top 50 Fantasy Hockey Defenseman Rankings - January 26, 2022

Jan 26nd update: A quick Wednesday rankings tweak. Once again a fairly stable top 25 or so, and a fairly chaotic bottom half. Enjoy!

Our fantasy hockey defenseman rankings project value for the next 1 to 2 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. Notes made in previous rankings may carry over to new rankings if they remain relevant.

RK	PLAYER	TREND	NOTES
1	Cale Makar, COL		On pace for around 35 goals; what more can you say?
2	Adam Fox, NYR
3	Victor Hedman, TB
4	Roman Josi, NAS
5	John Carlson, WAS
6	Quinn Hughes, VAN
7	Morgan Rielly, TOR		Contract, Sandin struggles lock him as top Leafs OD
8	Aaron Ekblad, FLA
9	Shea Theodore, VGK
10	Kris Letang, PIT	UP	On an absolute heater with now-healthy Pens lineup
11	Dougie Hamilton, NJ
12	Seth Jones, CHI		Earning his deal, but still not enough to lift 'Hawks
13	Drew Doughty, LA
14	Alex Pietrangelo, VGK
15	Charlie McAvoy, BOS
16	Miro Heiskanen, DAL
17	Thomas Chabot, OTT
18	Zach Werenski, CBJ
19	Tony DeAngelo, CAR	UP	A top pick if you believe issues are behind him
20	Torey Krug, STL
21	Tyson Barrie, EDM	DOWN	Not meeting last year's lofty standards
22	Devon Toews, COL	UP	There's more upside here than we thought
23	Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
24	Brent Burns, SJ		Quietly putting together a nice bounceback year
25	Moritz Seider, DET		Rookie of the Year candidate keeps rolling
26	Mackenzie Weegar, FLA
27	Darnell Nurse, EDM		A slight letdown considering pay raise
28	Neal Pionk, WPG
29	Samuel Girard, COL
30	John Klingberg, DAL		Trade could be coming soon
31	Mikhail Sergachev, TB		We keep waiting for him to take that next step
32	Jared Spurgeon, MIN
33	Shayne Gostisbehere, AZ	UP	Is he back? Opportunity with 'Yotes paying dividends
34	Jakob Chychrun, AZ		On the trade block - keep an eye on this one
35	Alex Goligoski, MIN	UP	Can you believe this? On pace for 60 points
36	Filip Hronek, DET
37	Matt Dumba, MIN
38	Ryan Ellis, PHI		Top 15 upside, but he can't stay healthy
39	Bowen Byram, COL		Working his way up a crowded depth chart
40	Erik Karlsson, SJ	DOWN	Bounceback season derailed by injuries again
41	Justin Faulk, STL
42	Ivan Provorov, PHI	DOWN
43	Rasmus Andersson, CGY
44	Evan Bouchard, EDM
45	Kevin Shattenkirk, ANH		We know he can produce; Anaheim a good fit
46	Cam Fowler, ANH		Hard to trust production, but it's there right now
47	Matt Grzelcyk, BOS
48	Jaccob Slavin, CAR
49	Jonas Brodin, MIN
50	Damon Severson, NJ		Hops into Hamilton role while he's out
	THE BENCH
	Ryan Suter, DAL
	Alec Martinez, VGK
	Jeff Petry, MTL
	Oliver Kylington, CGY
	Nate Schmidt, WPG
	Mattias Ekholm, NAS
	Keith Yandle, PHI
	Jacob Trouba, NYR
	Mark Giordano, SEA
	Oliver Ekman-Larsson, VAN
	Josh Morrissey, WPG
	Adam Boqvist, CBJ
	Jake Muzzin, TOR
	Dmitry Orlov, WAS
	Ryan Pulock, NYI
	Rasmus Ristolainen, PHI
	Ty Smith, NJ
	Duncan Keith, EDM
	P.K. Subban, NJ
	Nick Leddy, DET
	Oscar Klefbom, EDM
	Colton Parayko, STL
	Erik Gustafsson, CHI
	Brandon Montour, FLA
	Alex Edler, LA
	Noah Dobson, NYI
	Justin Schultz, WAS
	TJ Brodie, TOR
	Vince Dunn, SEA
	Will Butcher, NJ
	Tyler Myers, VAN
	Colin Miller, BUF
	Ryan McDonagh, TB
	Sami Vatanen, NJ
	Hampus Lindholm, ANH
	Noah Hanifin, CGY
	Brady Skjei, CAR
	Mike Matheson, PIT
	Josh Manson, ANH
	Esa Lindell, DAL
	Nikita Zaitsev, OTT
	Brett Pesce, CAR

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