Fantasy Premier League Rankings: Top Defenders (Updated)

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Updated on September 8, 2015 3:45PM EST

The close of the transfer window finally ended the ridiculous rumors of players like Karim Benzema and Paul Pogba coming to the Premier League, and it's now time to focus on the players we'll actually get to have in our fantasy teams (I know, the rumors will start up again in December ahead of the January transfer window...and yes, I love the shenanigans).

Anyway, with new players coming into the league, we've updated our season-long positional rankings to include those new players, or adjust others who've had their role change thanks to new teammates.

We started off with the goalkeepers and now we move onto the defenders.

Rank	Player	Pts	Rank	Player	Pts	Rank	Player	Pts
1	Aleksandar Kolarov	184	11	Cedric Soares	100	21	Gary Cahill	62
2	Nathaniel Clyne	178	12	Nacho Monreal	95	22	Ryan Bertrand	62
3	Vincent Kompany	163	13	Luke Shaw	91	23	Pablo Zabaleta	61
4	Branislav Ivanovic	160	14	Leighton Baines	87	24	Kyle Naughton	61
5	Hector Bellerin	157	15	Martin Skrtel	82	25	John Terry	60
6	Matteo Darmian	139	16	Chris Smalling	75	26	Per Mertesacker	57
7	Aaron Cresswell	129	17	Phil Jagielka	72	27	Nicolas Otamendi	45
8	Seamus Coleman	121	18	Danny Rose	70	28	John Stones	44
9	Cesar Azpilicueta	115	19	Joe Gomez	67	29	Jose Fonte	38
10	Laurent Koscielny	102	20	Bacary Sagna	65	30	Simon Francis	36

And here is how the voting broke down:

Rnk	Laird	Gottlieb	Pitner	Mosinski	Radune	Trainor	McIntyre
1	Aleksandar Kolarov	Aleksandar Kolarov	Aleksandar Kolarov	Leighton Baines	Branislav Ivanovic	Aleksandar Kolarov	Aleksandar Kolarov
2	Nathaniel Clyne	Matteo Darmian	Vincent Kompany	Branislav Ivanovic	Laurent Koscielny	Vincent Kompany	Nathaniel Clyne
3	Hector Bellerin	Hector Bellerin	Seamus Coleman	Gary Cahill	Leighton Baines	Nathaniel Clyne	Aaron Cresswell
4	Vincent Kompany	Nathaniel Clyne	Branislav Ivanovic	Aleksandar Kolarov	Per Mertesacker	Chris Smalling	Danny Rose
5	Matteo Darmian	Joe Gomez	Hector Bellerin	John Terry	Pablo Zabaleta	Luke Shaw	Ryan Bertrand
6	Branislav Ivanovic	Vincent Kompany	Matteo Darmian	Martin Skrtel	Matteo Darmian	Bacary Sagna	Branislav Ivanovic
7	Seamus Coleman	Cesar Azpilicueta	Aaron Cresswell	Seamus Coleman	Nathaniel Clyne	John Stones	Cesar Azpilicueta
8	Aaron Cresswell	Aaron Cresswell	Cesar Azpilicueta	Hector Bellerin	Cesar Azpilicueta	Martin Skrtel	Phil Jagielka
9	Cedric Soares	Chris Smalling	Laurent Koscielny	Kieran Trippier	Toby Alderweireld	Laurent Koscielny	Nacho Monreal
10	Kyle Naughton	Cedric Soares	Phil Jagielka	Nathaniel Clyne	Vincent Kompany	Cedric Soares	Jose Fonte
11	Simon Francis	Nacho Monreal	Nathaniel Clyne	Per Mertesacker	Gael Clichy	Eliaquim Mangala	Matteo Darmian
12	Nacho Monreal	Branislav Ivanovic	Cedric Soares	Aaron Cresswell	Gary Cahill	Nicolas Otamendi	Hector Bellerin
13	Ryan Bertrand	Bacary Sagna	Bacary Sagna	Laurent Koscielny	John Terry	Hector Bellerin	Seamus Coleman
14	Danny Rose	Leighton Baines	Martin Skrtel	Pablo Zabaleta	Chris Smalling	Nacho Monreal	Vincent Kompany
15	Glen Johnson	Seamus Coleman	Kyle Naughton	Daryl Janmaat	Martin Skrtel	Joe Gomez	Luke Shaw
16	Joe Gomez	Ryan Bertrand	Nicolas Otamendi	Vincent Kompany	Hector Bellerin	Joel Ward	Cedric Soares
17	Jordan Amavi	Kyle Naughton	Luke Shaw	Phil Jagielka	Jan Vertonghen	Matteo Darmian	Pablo Zabaleta
18	Luke Shaw	Danny Rose	Ashley Williams	Danny Rose	Luke Shaw	Scott Dann	Gary Cahill
19	Cesar Azpilicueta	Johnny Evans	Nacho Monreal	Joleon Lescott	Kieran Gibbs	Aaron Cresswell	Joleon Lescott
20	Laurent Koscielny	Simon Francis	Jordan Amavi	Antonio Valencia	Seamus Coleman	Dejan Lovren	Ashley Williams
21	John Stones	Patrick van Aanholt	Per Mertesacker	Craig Dawson	Mathieu Debuchy	Kyle Naughton	Toby Alderweireld
22	Daryl Janmaat	Micah Richards	Leighton Baines	Luke Shaw	Kurt Zouma	Cesar Azpilicueta	Nicolas Otamendi
23	Ashley Williams	Franck Tabanou	Joe Gomez	Carl Jenkinson	Phil Jagielka	Jose Fonte	Jan Vertonghen
24	John Terry	Pape Souare	Joel Ward	Marcos Rojo	Aleksandar Kolarov	Steven Caulker	John Stones
25	Leandro Bacuna	Scott Dann	Jose Fonte	Kieran Gibbs	Mamadou Sakho	Phil Jagielka	Glen Johnson
26	Micah Richards	Jordan Amavi	John Terry	Simon Francis	Nacho Monreal	Branislav Ivanovic	Chris Smalling
27	Pablo Zabaleta	John Terry	Chris Smalling	Mathieu Debuchy	Bacary Sagna	Eric Dier	Steven Caulker
28	DeAndre Yedlin	Leandro Bacuna	Toby Alderweireld	Jose Fonte	John Stones	Jan Vertonghen	Leighton Baines
29	Kyle Walker	Andre Wisdom	Daryl Janmaat	Ryan Bertrand	Nicolas Otamendi	Gary Cahill	Joe Gomez
30	Allan Nyom	DeAndre Yedlin	Ryan Bertrand	Cedric Soares	Cedric Soares	Kieran Trippier	Martin Skrtel