Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2024-25
Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 100 zone faceoffs)
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | Defensive FO% | Defensive FO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nic Dowd | WSH | C | 88.4% | 466 |
| 2 | Noel Acciari | PIT | C | 88.0% | 267 |
| 3 | Michael McCarron | NSH | R | 85.5% | 318 |
| 4 | David Kampf | TOR | C | 84.4% | 173 |
| 5 | John Beecher | BOS | C | 82.7% | 191 |
| 6 | Jake Evans | MTL | C | 81.9% | 414 |
| 7 | Rasmus Kupari | WPG | C | 81.5% | 173 |
| 8 | Isac Lundeström | ANA | C | 80.6% | 315 |
| 9 | Mark Kastelic | BOS | C | 79.7% | 123 |
| 10 | Colin Blackwell | DAL | C | 79.2% | 130 |
| 11 | Jason Dickinson | CHI | C | 78.0% | 287 |
| 12 | Radek Faksa | STL | C | 77.4% | 265 |
| 13 | Kevin Stenlund | UTA | C | 75.6% | 483 |
| 14 | Sam Carrick | NYR | C | 75.3% | 235 |
| 15 | Luke Glendening | TBL | C | 75.1% | 374 |
| 16 | Adam Lowry | WPG | C | 75.0% | 460 |
| 17 | Nico Sturm | SJS, FLA | C | 75.0% | 148 |
| 18 | Kevin Rooney | CGY | C | 74.3% | 140 |
| 19 | Christian Dvorak | MTL | C | 74.3% | 369 |
| 20 | Sean Kuraly | CBJ | C | 73.4% | 214 |
| 21 | Ryan Poehling | PHI | C | 73.2% | 224 |
| 22 | Colton Sissons | NSH | C | 72.2% | 237 |
| 23 | Adam Henrique | EDM | C | 71.2% | 472 |
| 24 | Blake Lizotte | PIT | C | 71.2% | 118 |
| 25 | Teddy Blueger | VAN | C | 70.8% | 342 |
| 26 | Curtis Lazar | NJD | C | 70.6% | 136 |
| 27 | Ridly Greig | OTT | C | 70.4% | 162 |
| 28 | Parker Kelly | COL | C | 69.8% | 202 |
| 29 | Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 69.2% | 569 |
| 30 | Shane Pinto | OTT | C | 69.1% | 320 |
| 31 | Mikael Backlund | CGY | C | 68.9% | 531 |
| 32 | Sam Steel | DAL | C | 68.0% | 169 |
| 33 | Jack Drury | COL, CAR | C | 67.0% | 303 |
| 34 | Justin Danforth | CBJ | R | 67.0% | 206 |
| 35 | Ryan McLeod | BUF | C | 66.3% | 395 |
| 36 | Marat Khusnutdinov | MIN, BOS | C | 64.9% | 114 |
| 37 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | NYI | C | 64.1% | 354 |
| 38 | Casey Cizikas | NYI | C | 63.6% | 176 |
| 39 | Claude Giroux | OTT | R | 63.1% | 423 |
| 40 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | 62.7% | 512 |
| 41 | Charlie Coyle | BOS, COL | C | 62.5% | 339 |
| 42 | Josh Norris | OTT, BUF | C | 62.5% | 256 |
| 43 | Scott Laughton | PHI, TOR | C | 62.3% | 220 |
| 44 | Ty Dellandrea | SJS | C | 61.7% | 133 |
| 45 | Mavrik Bourque | DAL | C | 61.2% | 116 |
| 46 | Phillip Danault | LAK | C | 61.0% | 462 |
| 47 | Tomas Nosek | FLA | L | 61.0% | 177 |
| 48 | Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 60.2% | 196 |
| 49 | Mark Jankowski | NSH, CAR | L | 60.0% | 165 |
| 50 | Mikael Granlund | SJS, DAL | C | 59.8% | 264 |