Best Faceoff Centers — All Seasons

Top centers by faceoff win percentage (minimum 1,000 faceoffs)

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Overall LeadersCentersWingsDefense
Rank Player Team Pos FO% Total FO
1 Manny Malhotra VAN, CAR, MTL C 60.0% 4,133
2 Aatu Raty VAN, NYI C 59.5% 1,008
3 David Steckel TOR, WSH +2 C 59.3% 2,317
4 Patrice Bergeron BOS C 59.2% 19,958
5 Zenon Konopka NYI, MIN +2 C 59.0% 2,303
6 Scott Nichol STL, SJS C 58.9% 1,153
7 Michael McLeod NJD C 58.3% 3,520
8 Rich Peverley BOS, DAL, ATL C 58.0% 2,448
9 Jonathan Toews CHI, WPG C 57.9% 18,130
10 Paul Gaustad NSH, BUF C 57.7% 5,826
11 Jack Drury CAR, COL C 57.2% 2,375
12 Antoine Vermette PHX, CBJ +3 C 57.2% 10,440
13 Jim Slater WPG, ATL C 57.0% 2,765
14 Boyd Gordon EDM, PHX +3 C 56.9% 6,390
15 Mark Kastelic OTT, BOS C 56.9% 1,912
16 Jay Beagle WSH, VAN, ARI C 56.8% 6,671
17 Jerred Smithson NSH, FLA +2 C 56.8% 2,345
18 Nico Sturm SJS, MIN +2 C 56.3% 3,279
19 Jeff Halpern MTL, PHX +2 C 56.1% 2,152
20 Ryan O'Reilly COL, STL +3 C 56.0% 21,531
21 Vladimir Sobotka STL, BUF C 56.0% 3,286
22 Ryan Kesler ANA, VAN C 56.0% 11,483
23 Luke Glendening DET, TBL +3 C 55.6% 10,463
24 Steve Ott DAL, BUF +3 C 55.5% 4,233
25 Jordan Staal CAR, PIT C 55.3% 19,304
26 Derek Ryan EDM, CGY, CAR C 55.3% 5,093
27 Paul Stastny STL, COL +3 C 55.1% 13,778
28 Jarret Stoll LAK, MIN, NYR C 55.1% 6,503
29 Eric Belanger EDM, PHX C 55.1% 2,682
30 J.T. Miller VAN, NYR, TBL C 54.9% 8,825
31 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI, OTT C 54.8% 12,544
32 Joe Vitale PIT, ARI C 54.8% 2,098
33 Jason Spezza DAL, OTT, TOR C 54.7% 10,398
34 Anze Kopitar LAK C 54.5% 23,271
35 Dominic Moore NYR, TBL +3 C 54.5% 5,252
36 Pavel Datsyuk DET C 54.5% 5,994
37 Bo Horvat VAN, NYI C 54.4% 16,780
38 John Tavares NYI, TOR C 54.4% 21,040
39 Joe Thornton SJS, FLA, TOR C 54.3% 8,490
40 Travis Zajac NJD, NYI C 54.3% 12,194
41 Tomas Hertl SJS, VGK C 54.2% 11,037
42 Vincent Trocheck FLA, NYR, CAR C 54.2% 14,197
43 Joe Pavelski SJS, DAL C 54.2% 12,074
44 Matt Duchene COL, NSH +3 C 54.2% 12,547
45 Mikko Koivu MIN, CBJ C 54.1% 13,296
46 Kevin Stenlund UTA, FLA +2 C 54.1% 3,726
47 Boone Jenner CBJ C 54.0% 8,326
48 Roope Hintz DAL C 53.9% 4,510
49 Auston Matthews TOR C 53.9% 10,310
50 Colton Sissons NSH, VGK C 53.9% 8,411