Written by ASL
08 January 2019
Here are ASL's top-40 Defender rankings to help you with your start/sit decisions.
Other position ranks are: Top-25 Goalies || Top-40 Ws || Top-25 Cs
These rankings were updated as of 10:56 AM ET.
| Rank | Player | Match |
| 1 | Kris Letang | Pit vs Fla |
| 2 | Seth Jones | CBJ @ TB |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TB vs CBJ |
| 4 | John Klingberg | Dal @ StL |
| 5 | John Carlson | Wsh vs Phi |
| 6 | Jeff Petry | Mtl @ Det |
| 7 | Brad Hunt | Vgs vs NYR |
| 8 | Tyson Barrie | Col @ Wpg |
| 9 | Keith Yandle | Fla @ Pit |
| 10 | Torey Krug | Bos vs Min |
| 11 | Zach Werenski | CBJ @ TB |
| 12 | Jared Spurgeon | Min @ Bos |
| 13 | Dougie Hamilton | Car @ NYI |
| 14 | Josh Morrissey | Wpg vs Col |
| 15 | Shea Weber (Out) | Mtl @ Det |
| 16 | Nate Schmidt | Vgs vs NYR |
| 17 | Aaron Ekblad | Fla @ Pit |
| 18 | Ryan Pulock | NYI vs Car |
| 19 | Shea Theodore | Vgs vs NYR |
| 20 | Rasmus Ristolainen | Buf vs NJ |
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| Rank | Player | Match |
| 21 | Justin Faulk | Car @ NYI |
| 22 | Alex Pietrangelo | StL vs Dal |
| 23 | Darnell Nurse | Edm @ sj |
| 24 | Michal Kempny | Wsh vs Phi |
| 25 | Neal Pionk | NYR @ Vgs |
| 26 | Shayne Gostisbehere | Phi @ Wsh |
| 27 | Jaccob Slavin | Car @ NYI |
| 28 | Colton Parayko | StL vs Dal |
| 29 | Nick Leddy | NYI vs Car |
| 30 | Jacob Trouba | Wpg vs Col |
| 31 | Miro Heiskanen | Dal @ StL |
| 32 | Sami Vatanen | NJ @ Buf |
| 33 | Michael Matheson | Fla @ Pit |
| 34 | Erik Johnson | Col @ Wpg |
| 35 | Ryan Suter | Min @ Bos |
| 36 | Johnny Boychuk | NYI vs Car |
| 37 | Esa Lindell | Dal @ StL |
| 38 | Ryan McDonagh | TB vs CBJ |
| 39 | Matt Niskanen | Wsh vs Phi |
| 40 | Ivan Provorov | Phi @ Wsh |
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