Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2025-26

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 Noel Acciari PIT C 89.7% 203
2 Scott Laughton TOR, LAK C 88.8% 214
3 Curtis Lazar EDM C 88.2% 102
4 Mark Kastelic BOS C 87.6% 193
5 Morgan Barron WPG C 87.0% 169
6 Radek Faksa DAL C 83.5% 139
7 Blake Lizotte PIT C 83.0% 159
8 Jake Evans MTL C 82.1% 252
9 Nic Dowd WSH, VGK C 81.8% 292
10 Tim Washe ANA C 81.7% 104
11 Nico Sturm MIN C 80.7% 145
12 Michael McCarron NSH, MIN R 79.9% 353
13 Kevin Stenlund UTA C 79.4% 412
14 Colton Sissons VGK C 79.3% 213
15 Ty Dellandrea SJS C 79.2% 192
16 Frederick Gaudreau SEA C 76.6% 197
17 Tyson Kozak BUF C 76.2% 101
18 Jason Dickinson CHI, EDM C 75.6% 275
19 Mikael Backlund CGY C 75.4% 431
20 Sam Carrick NYR, BUF C 74.7% 178
21 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI C 74.5% 357
22 Shane Pinto OTT C 74.3% 183
23 Sean Kuraly BOS C 74.2% 198
24 Adam Lowry WPG C 73.9% 234
25 Aatu Raty VAN C 73.6% 250
26 Ridly Greig OTT C 73.2% 168
27 Adam Henrique EDM C 73.0% 204
28 Luke Glendening NJD, PHI C 73.0% 204
29 Nicolas Roy TOR, COL C 71.4% 231
30 David Kampf VAN C 70.4% 186
31 Oskar Sundqvist STL C 70.3% 128
32 Jack Drury COL C 70.3% 303
33 Lars Eller OTT C 70.1% 164
34 Sean Couturier PHI C 69.6% 411
35 Ryan Poehling ANA C 68.2% 277
36 Claude Giroux OTT R 67.9% 290
37 Charlie Coyle CBJ C 67.3% 370
38 Phillip Danault MTL, LAK C 66.6% 299
39 Nick Foligno CHI, MIN L 64.9% 111
40 Zack Ostapchuk SJS C 63.0% 108
41 Luke Kunin FLA C 62.6% 115
42 Jordan Staal CAR C 62.4% 439
43 J.T. Compher DET L 61.8% 288
44 Cody Glass NJD C 61.3% 274
45 Chandler Stephenson SEA C 61.1% 411
46 Auston Matthews TOR C 61.1% 321
47 Nick Bjugstad STL, NJD C 61.0% 105
48 Ryan McLeod BUF C 60.5% 397
49 Noah Laba NYR C 60.0% 185
50 Casey Cizikas NYI C 59.6% 183