NHL Faceoff Leaders — All Seasons

Top faceoff win percentage rankings (minimum 1,000 faceoffs)

Career NHL faceoff percentage leaders, ranked by win percentage (minimum 1,000 faceoffs). Manny Malhotra leads at 60.0%, followed by Aatu Raty (59.5%) and David Steckel (59.3%). View zone breakdowns, head-to-head matchups, and detailed stats for every player.

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Overall LeadersOffensive ZoneDefensive ZoneNeutral ZoneTeamsAll Players
Rank Player Team Pos Shoots FO% Total FO
1 Manny Malhotra VAN, CAR, MTL C L 60.0% 4,133
2 Aatu Raty VAN, NYI C L 59.5% 1,008
3 David Steckel TOR, WSH +2 C L 59.3% 2,317
4 Patrice Bergeron BOS C R 59.2% 19,958
5 Zenon Konopka NYI, MIN +2 C L 59.0% 2,303
6 Scott Nichol STL, SJS C R 58.9% 1,153
7 Michael McLeod NJD C R 58.3% 3,520
8 Rich Peverley BOS, DAL, ATL C R 58.0% 2,448
9 Jonathan Toews CHI, WPG C L 57.9% 18,130
10 Paul Gaustad NSH, BUF C L 57.7% 5,826
11 Adam Hall TBL, PHI, CAR R R 57.5% 1,897
12 Jack Drury CAR, COL C L 57.2% 2,375
13 Antoine Vermette PHX, CBJ +3 C L 57.2% 10,440
14 Jim Slater WPG, ATL C L 57.0% 2,765
15 Boyd Gordon EDM, PHX +3 C R 56.9% 6,390
16 Claude Giroux PHI, OTT, FLA R R 56.9% 20,494
17 Mark Kastelic OTT, BOS C R 56.9% 1,912
18 Jay Beagle WSH, VAN, ARI C R 56.8% 6,671
19 Jerred Smithson NSH, FLA +2 C R 56.8% 2,345
20 Nico Sturm SJS, MIN +2 C L 56.3% 3,279
21 Jeff Halpern MTL, PHX +2 C R 56.1% 2,152
22 Ryan O'Reilly COL, STL +3 C L 56.0% 21,531
23 Vladimir Sobotka STL, BUF C L 56.0% 3,286
24 Ryan Kesler ANA, VAN C R 56.0% 11,483
25 Luke Glendening DET, TBL +3 C R 55.6% 10,463
26 Steve Ott DAL, BUF +3 C L 55.5% 4,233
27 Jordan Staal CAR, PIT C L 55.3% 19,304
28 Derek Ryan EDM, CGY, CAR C R 55.3% 5,093
29 Paul Stastny STL, COL +3 C L 55.1% 13,778
30 Jarret Stoll LAK, MIN, NYR C R 55.1% 6,503
31 Eric Belanger EDM, PHX C L 55.1% 2,682
32 J.T. Miller VAN, NYR, TBL C L 54.9% 8,825
33 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI, OTT C R 54.8% 12,544
34 Joe Vitale PIT, ARI C R 54.8% 2,098
35 Jason Spezza DAL, OTT, TOR C R 54.7% 10,398
36 Anze Kopitar LAK C L 54.5% 23,271
37 Dominic Moore NYR, TBL +3 C L 54.5% 5,252
38 Pavel Datsyuk DET C L 54.5% 5,994
39 Bo Horvat VAN, NYI C L 54.4% 16,780
40 John Tavares NYI, TOR C L 54.4% 21,040
41 Joe Thornton SJS, FLA, TOR C L 54.3% 8,490
42 Travis Zajac NJD, NYI C R 54.3% 12,194
43 Tomas Hertl SJS, VGK C L 54.2% 11,037
44 Vincent Trocheck FLA, NYR, CAR C R 54.2% 14,197
45 Joe Pavelski SJS, DAL C R 54.2% 12,074
46 Matt Duchene COL, NSH +3 C L 54.2% 12,547
47 Jussi Jokinen FLA, CAR +5 L L 54.1% 2,726
48 Adam Burish DAL, SJS R R 54.1% 1,276
49 Mikko Koivu MIN, CBJ C L 54.1% 13,296
50 Kevin Stenlund UTA, FLA +2 C R 54.1% 3,726