William Nylander — Faceoff Stats

Toronto Maple Leafs· R·Shoots R·Born May 1, 1996·2015–2026

William Nylander has a career faceoff win percentage of 50.0% across 2,128 faceoffs. Best zone: Offensive (67.5%). Ranked #228 in the league.

Career FO%
50.0%
Record
1,064W - 1,064L
Total Faceoffs
2,128
League Rank
#228

Performance by Zone

Offensive Zone
67.5%
499 / 739 faceoffs
Defensive Zone
34.7%
282 / 812 faceoffs
Neutral Zone
49.0%
283 / 577 faceoffs

Situational Splits

Even Str.
50.3%
1,869 FO
Power Play
46.9%
228 FO
Pen. Kill
54.8%
31 FO
Home
51.3%
1,186 FO
Away
48.3%
942 FO
P1
51.3%
698 FO
P2
45.6%
715 FO
P3
53.3%
689 FO
OT
50.0%
26 FO
Final 5 min
46.7%
488 FO
vs Left
50.2%
1,519 FO
vs Right
49.6%
609 FO

Season-by-Season

Season Team GP FO% W Total FO OZ% DZ% NZ%
2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs 37 37.9% 25 66 90.0% 10.0% 50.0%
2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 49.7% 76 153 78.6% 27.3% 45.2%
2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs 53 47.1% 56 119 79.2% 18.0% 31.3%
2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs 30 42.4% 25 59 90.5% 3.7% 45.5%
2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs 32 52.3% 34 65 71.4% 25.0% 52.9%
2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs 19 56.5% 13 23 100.0% 42.9% 25.0%
2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 50.0% 106 212 64.4% 42.4% 42.6%
2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs 54 55.2% 203 368 70.4% 41.2% 51.6%
2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 51.4% 334 650 55.9% 45.4% 53.8%
2016-17 Toronto Maple Leafs 39 40.2% 49 122 69.4% 21.4% 34.1%
2015-16 Toronto Maple Leafs 22 49.1% 143 291 63.0% 33.0% 52.9%

Best Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Evgeni Malkin PIT 14-6 70.0%
vs. Valtteri Filppula DET 18-9 66.7%
vs. Dylan Larkin DET 15-8 65.2%
vs. Lars Eller OTT 16-10 61.5%
vs. Sean Kuraly BOS 13-10 56.5%
vs. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare SEA 11-9 55.0%
vs. Bo Horvat NYI 13-11 54.2%
vs. Patrice Bergeron BOS 14-12 53.8%
vs. Aleksander Barkov FLA 14-12 53.8%
vs. Leon Draisaitl EDM 12-12 50.0%

Toughest Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Antoine Vermette ANA 7-13 35.0%
vs. Ryan O'Reilly NSH 11-18 37.9%
vs. Johan Larsson ARI 11-18 37.9%
vs. Claude Giroux OTT 9-14 39.1%
vs. Cedric Paquette MTL 9-14 39.1%
vs. Vincent Trocheck NYR 14-19 42.4%
vs. Anthony Cirelli TBL 11-14 44.0%
vs. Sean Couturier PHI 15-19 44.1%
vs. William Karlsson VGK 10-12 45.5%
vs. Mika Zibanejad NYR 13-15 46.4%

Similar Players

Player Team FO% Total FO Similarity
Michael Raffl vs PHI, DAL, WSH 49.6% 665 84.1%
Mathieu Perreault vs WPG, WSH, ANA, MTL 50.8% 2,956 83.6%
Derick Brassard vs NYR, OTT, CBJ, NYI, PIT, ARI, PHI, COL, FLA, EDM 49.1% 9,921 82.9%
Daniel Brière vs PHI, MTL, COL 48.5% 2,160 82.0%
Jamie Benn vs DAL 53.0% 9,035 81.8%
Gabriel Landeskog vs COL 54.0% 3,049 81.6%
Max Domi vs TOR, MTL, ARI, CBJ, CHI, DAL, CAR 48.8% 4,970 81.5%
R.J. Umberger vs CBJ, PHI 50.1% 701 80.9%
John Tavares vs NYI, TOR 54.4% 21,040 80.1%
Roope Hintz vs DAL 53.9% 4,510 80.1%

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