Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2024-25

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

2025-262024-252023-242022-232021-22 All Seasons
Overall LeadersOffensive ZoneDefensive ZoneNeutral ZoneTeamsAll Players
Rank Player Team Pos Defensive FO% Defensive FO
1 Nic Dowd WSH C 88.2% 408
2 Noel Acciari PIT C 88.0% 267
3 Michael McCarron NSH R 85.5% 318
4 David Kampf TOR C 84.6% 169
5 John Beecher BOS C 82.7% 191
6 Jake Evans MTL C 82.0% 384
7 Rasmus Kupari WPG C 81.5% 173
8 Isac Lundeström ANA C 80.6% 315
9 Colin Blackwell DAL C 80.0% 115
10 Mark Kastelic BOS C 79.7% 123
11 Jason Dickinson CHI C 78.0% 287
12 Radek Faksa STL C 77.1% 245
13 Kevin Stenlund UTA C 75.6% 483
14 Luke Glendening TBL C 75.4% 345
15 Sam Carrick NYR C 75.3% 235
16 Christian Dvorak MTL C 75.1% 349
17 Adam Lowry WPG C 75.1% 385
18 Nico Sturm SJS, FLA C 74.8% 127
19 Kevin Rooney CGY C 74.3% 140
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 Blake Lizotte PIT C 71.2% 118
24 Parker Kelly COL C 70.9% 199
25 Teddy Blueger VAN C 70.8% 342
26 Curtis Lazar NJD C 70.6% 136
27 Ridly Greig OTT C 70.4% 159
28 Shane Pinto OTT C 70.0% 287
29 Adam Henrique EDM C 69.3% 361
30 Jordan Staal CAR C 69.1% 456
31 Mikael Backlund CGY C 68.9% 531
32 Justin Danforth CBJ R 67.0% 206
33 Ryan McLeod BUF C 66.3% 395
34 Jack Drury CAR, COL C 65.0% 280
35 Marat Khusnutdinov MIN, BOS C 64.9% 114
36 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI C 64.1% 354
37 Casey Cizikas NYI C 63.6% 176
38 Claude Giroux OTT R 63.5% 394
39 Auston Matthews TOR C 62.7% 413
40 Sam Steel DAL C 62.6% 123
41 Josh Norris OTT, BUF C 62.5% 256
42 Charlie Coyle BOS, COL C 61.9% 302
43 Ty Dellandrea SJS C 61.7% 133
44 Tomas Nosek FLA L 61.4% 127
45 Mavrik Bourque DAL C 61.4% 114
46 Erik Haula NJD L 60.5% 243
47 Mark Jankowski NSH, CAR L 60.4% 149
48 Oskar Sundqvist STL C 59.9% 182
49 Frederick Gaudreau MIN C 59.8% 393
50 Mikael Granlund SJS, DAL C 59.8% 246