Sidney Crosby — Faceoff Stats

Pittsburgh Penguins· C·Shoots L·Born Aug 7, 1987·2010–2026

Sidney Crosby has a 2020-21 faceoff win percentage of 53.6% across 1,262 faceoffs in the 2020-21 season. Best zone: Offensive (70.4%). Ranked #36 in the league.

2020-21 FO%
53.6%
Record
676W - 586L
Total Faceoffs
1,262
League Rank
#36

Performance by Zone

Offensive Zone
70.4%
309 / 439 faceoffs
Defensive Zone
37.5%
159 / 424 faceoffs
Neutral Zone
52.1%
208 / 399 faceoffs

Situational Splits

Even Str.
54.3%
996 FO
Power Play
53.5%
215 FO
Pen. Kill
39.2%
51 FO
Home
55.8%
615 FO
Away
51.5%
647 FO
P1
58.7%
419 FO
P2
50.0%
410 FO
P3
51.7%
420 FO
OT
61.5%
13 FO
Final 5 min
50.2%
295 FO
vs Left
55.4%
634 FO
vs Right
51.8%
628 FO

Season-by-Season

Season Team GP FO% W Total FO OZ% DZ% NZ%
2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins 58 55.7% 675 1,212 73.3% 37.8% 53.8%
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins 80 57.0% 1,016 1,782 73.1% 39.9% 54.8%
2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 58.2% 1,090 1,872 76.2% 39.7% 54.3%
2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 53.0% 978 1,846 72.8% 32.9% 50.6%
2021-22 Pittsburgh Penguins 69 52.4% 760 1,450 70.4% 35.6% 50.7%
2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins 55 53.6% 676 1,262 70.4% 37.5% 52.1%
2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins 41 55.6% 494 888 75.8% 33.3% 52.4%
2018-19 Pittsburgh Penguins 79 55.4% 1,012 1,826 71.1% 43.1% 49.5%
2017-18 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 53.0% 1,026 1,935 67.1% 36.4% 53.3%
2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins 75 48.2% 842 1,748 67.4% 28.7% 47.3%
2015-16 Pittsburgh Penguins 80 51.7% 986 1,907 65.7% 39.0% 47.6%
2014-15 Pittsburgh Penguins 77 49.9% 797 1,597 68.9% 31.3% 48.9%
2013-14 Pittsburgh Penguins 80 52.5% 991 1,887 61.6% 41.9% 52.6%
2012-13 Pittsburgh Penguins 36 54.3% 453 834 60.1% 48.4% 53.8%
2011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins 22 50.1% 227 453 68.8% 32.9% 47.9%
2010-11 Pittsburgh Penguins 41 55.7% 546 981 61.9% 46.7% 58.4%

Best Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Yegor Sharangovich NJD 4-1 80.0%
vs. Filip Chytil NYR 10-3 76.9%
vs. Nicklas Backstrom WSH 27-9 75.0%
vs. Nolan Patrick PHI 15-5 75.0%
vs. Nico Hischier NJD 14-5 73.7%
vs. Jack Hughes NJD 23-9 71.9%
vs. Curtis Lazar BUF 13-6 68.4%
vs. Leo Komarov NYI 4-2 66.7%
vs. Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH 8-4 66.7%
vs. Charlie Coyle BOS 15-8 65.2%

Toughest Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Sean Couturier PHI 14-30 31.8%
vs. Patrice Bergeron BOS 37-69 34.9%
vs. Sean Kuraly BOS 7-13 35.0%
vs. Claude Giroux PHI 21-38 35.6%
vs. Pavel Zacha NJD 13-19 40.6%
vs. David Krejci BOS 9-12 42.9%
vs. Trent Frederic BOS 5-6 45.5%
vs. Kevin Hayes PHI 6-7 46.2%
vs. Brett Howden NYR 8-9 47.1%
vs. Travis Zajac NJD 25-25 50.0%

Similar Players

Player Team FO% Total FO Similarity
Sean Monahan vs CGY, CBJ, MTL, WPG 51.3% 14,699 97.9%
Sebastian Aho vs CAR 51.3% 8,373 97.7%
John Tavares vs NYI, TOR 54.4% 21,040 97.4%
Jason Spezza vs DAL, OTT, TOR 54.7% 10,398 97.3%
Leon Draisaitl vs EDM 53.3% 14,044 97.1%
Eric Staal vs CAR, MIN, FLA, BUF, MTL, NYR 50.6% 13,222 96.8%
Roope Hintz vs DAL 53.9% 4,510 96.5%
Matt Duchene vs COL, NSH, DAL, OTT, CBJ 54.2% 12,547 96.5%
Aleksander Barkov vs FLA 53.0% 14,575 96.5%
Pavel Datsyuk vs DET 54.5% 5,994 96.4%

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