Here are your top 30 fantasy hockey defenceman for the 2016-2017 season. View point projections for the top defenceman for the 2016 – 2017 season. Will Erik Karlsson lead all defenceman in scoring again? Will Brent Burns and Kris Letang challenge Karlsson for the scoring lead? For your defensive sleeper pick, Adam Larsson could sneak into the top 30 now that he is playing on a more offensive team, plus having Connor McDavid on the power play helps to boost power play points.
View point projections all players 2016-2017 season
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | POS | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | Ottawa | D | 82 | 18 | 58 | 76 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | San Jose | D | 79 | 23 | 41 | 64 |
| 3 | Kris Letang | Pittsburgh | D | 70 | 14 | 49 | 63 |
| 4 | John Klingberg | Dallas | D | 77 | 12 | 44 | 56 |
| 5 | P.K. Subban | Nashville | D | 75 | 10 | 46 | 56 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | Nashville | D | 79 | 14 | 40 | 54 |
| 7 | Dustin Byfuglien | Winnipeg | D | 78 | 19 | 33 | 52 |
| 8 | Mark Giordano | Calgary | D | 73 | 16 | 35 | 51 |
| 9 | Shea Weber | Montreal | D | 78 | 19 | 31 | 50 |
| 10 | Tyson Barrie | Colorado | D | 75 | 14 | 36 | 50 |
| 11 | Keith Yandle | Florida | D | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 |
| 12 | Shayne Gostisbehere | Philadelphia | D | 73 | 13 | 34 | 47 |
| 13 | Victor Hedman | Tampa Bay | D | 73 | 11 | 36 | 47 |
| 14 | Drew Doughty | Los Angeles | D | 81 | 11 | 36 | 47 |
| 15 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Arizona | D | 78 | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| 16 | John Carlson | Washington | D | 76 | 10 | 36 | 46 |
| 17 | Duncan Keith | Chicago | D | 74 | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| 18 | Kevin Shattenkirk | St. Louis | D | 70 | 12 | 33 | 45 |
| 19 | Andrei Markov | Montreal | D | 81 | 7 | 38 | 45 |
| 20 | Ryan Suter | Minnesota | D | 81 | 6 | 39 | 45 |
| 21 | Justin Faulk | Carolina | D | 80 | 18 | 26 | 44 |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | Florida | D | 82 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 23 | Jake Muzzin | Los Angeles | D | 82 | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| 24 | Dougie Hamilton | Calgary | D | 80 | 13 | 31 | 44 |
| 25 | Torey Krug | Boston | D | 75 | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| 26 | Alex Pietrangelo | St. Louis | D | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| 27 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | San Jose | D | 74 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| 28 | Sami Vatanen | Anaheim | D | 76 | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| 29 | Seth Jones | Columbus | D | 82 | 10 | 32 | 42 |
| 30 | Morgan Rielly | Toronto | D | 82 | 11 | 31 | 42 |
