Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2023-24

Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 100 zone faceoffs)

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Defensive FO%	Defensive FO
1	Noel Acciari	PIT	C	93.8%	243
2	Nic Dowd	WSH	C	90.9%	363
3	John Beecher	BOS	C	90.7%	172
4	Derek Ryan	EDM	C	86.8%	159
5	David Kampf	TOR	C	83.0%	330
6	Jeff Carter	PIT	C	81.4%	194
7	Michael McLeod	NJD	C	81.4%	274
8	Casey Cizikas	NYI	C	79.9%	204
9	Nico Sturm	SJS	C	79.0%	281
10	Lars Eller	PIT	C	78.7%	334
11	Luke Glendening	TBL	C	78.7%	362
12	Sean Kuraly	CBJ	C	77.8%	185
13	Jake Evans	MTL	C	77.8%	432
14	Sam Carrick	ANA, EDM	C	77.5%	284
15	Barclay Goodrow	NYR	C	76.3%	207
16	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	SEA	L	76.0%	100
17	Nick Bonino	NYR	C	74.2%	155
18	Jordan Staal	CAR	C	73.4%	447
19	Radek Faksa	DAL	C	73.2%	168
20	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	NYI	C	73.0%	440
21	Teddy Blueger	VAN	C	72.6%	266
22	Colton Sissons	NSH	C	71.8%	404
23	Kevin Stenlund	FLA	C	69.7%	307
24	Jason Dickinson	CHI	C	69.6%	425
25	Adam Lowry	WPG	C	69.6%	434
26	Christian Dvorak	MTL	C	69.1%	123
27	Fredrik Olofsson	COL	L	68.6%	102
28	Michael McCarron	NSH	R	68.4%	225
29	Frederick Gaudreau	MIN	C	68.2%	217
30	Ryan Carpenter	SJS	C	67.5%	160
31	Andrew Copp	DET	C	67.2%	320
32	Mikael Backlund	CGY	C	66.9%	534
33	Nick Bjugstad	ARI	C	65.6%	413
34	Nicolas Roy	VGK	C	65.2%	264
35	Erik Haula	NJD	L	64.8%	315
36	Isac Lundeström	ANA	C	64.0%	100
37	Charlie Coyle	BOS	C	63.6%	555
38	Claude Giroux	OTT	R	63.3%	471
39	Elias Lindholm	CGY, VAN	C	63.1%	518
40	Kevin Hayes	STL	R	62.2%	320
41	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C	61.2%	232
42	Rourke Chartier	OTT	C	61.1%	108
43	Ross Colton	COL	C	60.4%	268
44	Seth Jarvis	CAR	C	60.4%	139
45	Justin Danforth	CBJ	R	60.3%	131
46	Mark Kastelic	OTT	C	60.0%	115
47	Ryan Poehling	PHI	C	59.9%	322
48	Luke Kunin	SJS	C	59.3%	172
49	Connor Dewar	MIN, TOR	C	59.1%	132
50	MacKenzie Entwistle	CHI	R	58.0%	112