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Rankings
Top 200 | C | LW | RW | D | G
Here are the top defensemen ranked in descending order based on their value in 10 or 12 team "Banger Leagues". A typical banger league consists of goals, assists, plus/minus, penalty minutes, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters.
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJ |
| 3 | P.K. Subban | NAS |
| 4 | Kris Letang | PIT |
| 5 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG |
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Roman Josi | NAS |
| 7 | Mark Giordano | CGY |
| 8 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI |
| 9 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI |
| 10 | John Carlson | WAS |
| 11 | Shea Weber | MTL |
| 12 | Victor Hedman | TB |
| 13 | Drew Doughty | LA |
| 14 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF |
| 15 | Justin Faulk | CAR |
| 16 | John Klingberg | DAL |
| 17 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL |
| 18 | Seth Jones | CLB |
| 19 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY |
| 20 | Tyson Barrie | COL |
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | T.J. Brodie | CGY |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA |
| 23 | Ryan Suter | MIN |
| 24 | Duncan Keith | CHI |
| 25 | Jake Muzzin | LA |
| 26 | Torey Krug | BOS |
| 27 | Brent Seabrook | CHI |
| 28 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR |
| 29 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL |
| 30 | Morgan Rielly | TOR |
| 31 | Sami Vatanen | ANA |
| 32 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT |
| 33 | Erik Johnson | COL |
| 34 | Alex Goligoski | ARI |
| 35 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJ |
| 36 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA |
| 37 | Matt Niskanen | WAS |
| 38 | Alec Martinez | LA |
| 39 | Colton Parayko | STL |
| 40 | Radko Gudas | PHI |
| 41 | Keith Yandle | FLA |
| 42 | Zdeno Chara | BOS |
| 43 | Mattias Ekholm | NAS |
| 44 | Adam Larsson | EDM |
| 45 | Andrei Markov | MTL |
| 46 | Michael Stone | ARI |
| 47 | Francois Beauchemin | COL |
| 48 | Dan Girardi | NYR |
| 49 | Johnny Boychuk | NYI |
| 50 | Jacob Trouba | WPG |
| 51 | Ryan Ellis | NAS |
| 52 | Matt Dumba | MIN |
| 53 | Connor Murphy | ARI |
| 54 | Roman Polak | TOR |
| 55 | Anton Stralman | TB |
| 56 | Andrej Sekera | EDM |
| 57 | Tyler Myers | WPG |
| 58 | Cody Ceci | OTT |
| 59 | Travis Hamonic | NYI |
| 60 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS |
