Best Faceoff Centers — 2024-25

Top centers by faceoff win percentage (minimum 200 faceoffs)

Derek Ryan leads NHL centers in faceoff win rate at 60.4% for 2024-25, followed by Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Vincent Trocheck.

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Overall LeadersCentersWingsDefense
Rank Player Team Pos FO% Total FO
1 Derek Ryan EDM C 60.4% 250
2 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI C 59.6% 988
3 Vincent Trocheck NYR C 59.3% 1,534
4 Kevin Stenlund UTA C 59.1% 1,054
5 Nico Sturm SJS, FLA C 58.8% 422
6 John Tavares TOR C 58.3% 1,308
7 J.T. Miller VAN, NYR C 58.3% 1,078
8 Bo Horvat NYI C 58.2% 1,319
9 William Karlsson VGK C 58.1% 706
10 Jack Drury CAR, COL C 57.8% 746
11 Aatu Raty VAN C 57.4% 333
12 Anze Kopitar LAK C 57.2% 1,537
13 Sidney Crosby PIT C 57.0% 1,782
14 Radek Faksa STL C 57.0% 758
15 Luke Glendening TBL C 57.0% 881
16 Auston Matthews TOR C 56.8% 1,223
17 Aleksander Barkov FLA C 56.5% 1,026
18 Sean Couturier PHI C 56.1% 1,195
19 Tomas Hertl VGK C 55.9% 958
20 Christian Dvorak MTL C 55.8% 1,060
21 Ryan O'Reilly NSH C 55.7% 1,339
22 Adam Henrique EDM C 55.6% 1,010
23 Nico Hischier NJD C 55.5% 1,777
24 Sebastian Aho CAR C 55.3% 1,198
25 Elias Lindholm BOS C 55.2% 1,374
26 Casey Cizikas NYI C 55.2% 611
27 Colton Sissons NSH C 54.8% 624
28 Robert Thomas STL C 54.8% 1,338
29 Ridly Greig OTT C 54.7% 380
30 Jordan Staal CAR C 54.5% 1,329
31 Dylan Larkin DET C 54.5% 1,599
32 Mark Kastelic BOS C 54.4% 366
33 Leon Draisaitl EDM C 54.3% 1,196
34 Sean Kuraly CBJ C 54.3% 582
35 Sam Carrick NYR C 54.2% 692
36 Barrett Hayton UTA C 54.1% 1,020
37 Jack Roslovic CAR C 54.1% 355
38 Roope Hintz DAL C 53.9% 850
39 Josh Norris OTT, BUF C 53.8% 767
40 Dylan Strome WSH C 53.7% 1,287
41 Noel Acciari PIT C 53.7% 598
42 Sam Steel DAL C 53.5% 400
43 Jansen Harkins ANA C 53.4% 219
44 Pavel Zacha BOS C 53.2% 739
45 Anton Lundell FLA C 53.0% 1,023
46 Jake Evans MTL C 52.9% 1,122
47 Brett Howden VGK C 52.7% 516
48 Sean Monahan CBJ C 52.6% 1,171
49 Rasmus Kupari WPG C 52.5% 499
50 Alexander Kerfoot UTA C 52.4% 494