Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders
Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 100 zone faceoffs)
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | Defensive FO% | Defensive FO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel Acciari | PIT | C | 95.0% | 139 |
| 2 | Scott Laughton | TOR | C | 89.4% | 160 |
| 3 | Morgan Barron | WPG | C | 88.8% | 125 |
| 4 | Mark Kastelic | BOS | C | 88.1% | 160 |
| 5 | Jake Evans | MTL | C | 84.7% | 183 |
| 6 | Nic Dowd | WSH | C | 84.1% | 227 |
| 7 | Radek Faksa | DAL | C | 83.7% | 129 |
| 8 | Blake Lizotte | PIT | C | 82.8% | 128 |
| 9 | Nico Sturm | MIN | C | 81.7% | 126 |
| 10 | Adam Lowry | WPG | C | 80.5% | 154 |
| 11 | Michael McCarron | NSH | R | 79.8% | 287 |
| 12 | Ty Dellandrea | SJS | C | 79.2% | 192 |
| 13 | Colton Sissons | VGK | C | 78.9% | 152 |
| 14 | Kevin Stenlund | UTA | C | 77.3% | 321 |
| 15 | Mikael Backlund | CGY | C | 76.6% | 342 |
| 16 | Sam Carrick | NYR | C | 76.2% | 130 |
| 17 | Frederick Gaudreau | SEA | C | 75.2% | 145 |
| 18 | Nicolas Roy | TOR | C | 75.1% | 185 |
| 19 | Shane Pinto | OTT | C | 73.8% | 130 |
| 20 | Jason Dickinson | CHI | C | 73.7% | 213 |
| 21 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | NYI | C | 72.9% | 277 |
| 22 | Ridly Greig | OTT | C | 72.7% | 143 |
| 23 | Aatu Raty | VAN | C | 72.6% | 190 |
| 24 | Lars Eller | OTT | C | 72.3% | 112 |
| 25 | Adam Henrique | EDM | C | 72.1% | 172 |
| 26 | Luke Glendening | NJD | C | 71.9% | 185 |
| 27 | Sean Kuraly | BOS | C | 71.7% | 166 |
| 28 | David Kampf | VAN | C | 71.6% | 134 |
| 29 | Jack Drury | COL | C | 71.6% | 243 |
| 30 | Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 69.6% | 112 |
| 31 | Claude Giroux | OTT | R | 68.9% | 228 |
| 32 | Charlie Coyle | CBJ | C | 67.6% | 275 |
| 33 | Sean Couturier | PHI | C | 67.5% | 332 |
| 34 | Phillip Danault | LAK, MTL | C | 66.2% | 228 |
| 35 | Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 66.1% | 336 |
| 36 | Ryan Poehling | ANA | C | 62.8% | 196 |
| 37 | Casey Cizikas | NYI | C | 62.2% | 135 |
| 38 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | 61.9% | 260 |
| 39 | Chandler Stephenson | SEA | C | 61.9% | 315 |
| 40 | J.T. Compher | DET | L | 61.2% | 206 |
| 41 | Ryan McLeod | BUF | C | 60.1% | 283 |
| 42 | Cody Glass | NJD | C | 59.4% | 180 |
| 43 | Noah Laba | NYR | C | 58.2% | 141 |
| 44 | Pavel Zacha | BOS | C | 58.1% | 227 |
| 45 | Peyton Krebs | BUF | C | 58.0% | 119 |
| 46 | Anton Lundell | FLA | C | 57.9% | 335 |
| 47 | Justin Sourdif | WSH | R | 57.9% | 159 |
| 48 | Anze Kopitar | LAK | C | 57.6% | 255 |
| 49 | Yanni Gourde | TBL | C | 55.8% | 154 |
| 50 | Vincent Trocheck | NYR | C | 55.7% | 221 |