Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — All Seasons

Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 500 zone faceoffs)

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Overall LeadersOffensive ZoneDefensive ZoneNeutral ZoneTeamsAll Players
Rank Player Team Pos Defensive FO% Defensive FO
1 Manny Malhotra VAN, CAR, MTL C 88.2% 1,794
2 Zenon Konopka NYI, MIN +2 C 83.2% 945
3 Jim Slater WPG, ATL C 83.1% 970
4 Paul Gaustad NSH, BUF C 83.0% 2,310
5 Adam Hall TBL, PHI, CAR R 82.9% 755
6 Boyd Gordon EDM, PHX +3 C 81.7% 2,571
7 Mark Kastelic OTT, BOS C 81.3% 701
8 Jay Beagle WSH, VAN, ARI C 80.1% 2,526
9 Samuel Pahlsson CBJ, VAN C 79.3% 792
10 Nic Dowd WSH, LAK +2 C 79.1% 2,674
11 Noel Acciari PIT, FLA +3 C 78.9% 1,736
12 Luke Glendening DET, TBL +3 C 78.7% 4,008
13 Ben Smith CHI, TOR +2 R 78.3% 571
14 Michael McLeod NJD C 77.9% 1,408
15 David Kampf TOR, CHI, VAN C 77.8% 2,366
16 David Steckel TOR, WSH +2 C 77.4% 907
17 Nico Sturm SJS, MIN +2 C 75.6% 1,178
18 Jerred Smithson NSH, FLA +2 C 75.6% 874
19 Sean Kuraly BOS, CBJ C 75.5% 2,140
20 Jake Evans MTL C 75.1% 1,770
21 Teddy Blueger PIT, VAN, VGK C 75.0% 1,552
22 Colton Sissons NSH, VGK C 74.5% 3,077
23 Michael McCarron NSH, MTL, MIN R 74.3% 1,227
24 Adam Burish DAL, SJS R 74.3% 544
25 Jeff Halpern MTL, PHX +2 C 74.2% 840
26 Jay McClement CAR, TOR +2 C 74.1% 2,009
27 Dominic Moore NYR, TBL +3 C 73.8% 1,785
28 Marcus Kruger CHI, CAR C 73.6% 1,513
29 Maxim Lapierre VAN, STL +3 C 73.4% 838
30 Radek Faksa DAL, STL C 73.4% 2,705
31 Kevin Stenlund UTA, FLA +2 C 73.3% 1,520
32 Sam Carrick ANA, NYR +3 C 72.3% 1,064
33 Derek Grant ANA, BUF +5 C 71.8% 1,407
34 Casey Cizikas NYI C 71.5% 3,433
35 Brad Richardson ARI, VAN +3 R 70.8% 2,108
36 Vernon Fiddler DAL, PHX +2 C 70.6% 2,353
37 Joe Vitale PIT, ARI C 70.4% 712
38 Johan Larsson BUF, ARI, WSH L 70.2% 1,662
39 Nate Thompson TBL, ANA +5 C 70.1% 2,499
40 Adam Lowry WPG C 69.0% 3,717
41 Kyle Brodziak MIN, STL, EDM C 68.9% 2,658
42 Marty Reasoner NYI, FLA C 68.9% 733
43 Matt Hendricks EDM, WSH +3 C 68.6% 727
44 Chris Wagner BOS, ANA +2 R 68.5% 501
45 Torrey Mitchell MTL, SJS +3 C 68.3% 1,084
46 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI, TBL +3 L 68.2% 2,151
47 Eric Belanger EDM, PHX C 68.2% 943
48 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI, OTT C 67.4% 4,469
49 Steve Ott DAL, BUF +3 C 67.2% 1,771
50 Dylan Gambrell OTT, SJS C 66.8% 627