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 88.5% 1,858
2 Adam Hall TBL, PHI, CAR R 84.1% 849
3 Jim Slater WPG, ATL C 83.2% 980
4 Paul Gaustad NSH, BUF C 83.1% 2,553
5 Zenon Konopka NYI, MIN +2 C 82.8% 990
6 Boyd Gordon EDM, PHX +3 C 81.9% 2,746
7 Mark Kastelic OTT, BOS C 81.1% 668
8 Jay Beagle WSH, VAN, ARI C 80.6% 2,910
9 Nic Dowd WSH, LAK, VAN C 79.8% 2,764
10 Samuel Pahlsson CBJ, VAN C 79.2% 799
11 David Kampf TOR, CHI, VAN C 78.9% 2,448
12 Luke Glendening DET, DAL +2 C 78.9% 4,178
13 Noel Acciari PIT, BOS +3 C 78.3% 1,763
14 Michael McLeod NJD C 78.0% 1,461
15 David Steckel TOR, WSH +2 C 77.4% 929
16 Ben Smith CHI, TOR +2 R 76.0% 629
17 Sean Kuraly BOS, CBJ C 75.7% 2,256
18 Nico Sturm SJS, MIN +2 C 75.6% 1,192
19 Teddy Blueger PIT, VAN, VGK C 75.6% 1,575
20 Jerred Smithson NSH, FLA +2 C 75.5% 919
21 Jake Evans MTL C 75.0% 1,735
22 Adam Burish DAL, SJS R 74.5% 554
23 Jeff Halpern MTL, WSH +2 C 74.5% 880
24 Marcus Kruger CHI, CAR C 74.4% 1,776
25 Maxim Lapierre VAN, STL +3 C 74.1% 986
26 Jay McClement CAR, TOR +2 C 74.0% 2,051
27 Radek Faksa DAL, STL C 73.9% 2,907
28 Dominic Moore NYR, TBL +3 C 73.9% 2,134
29 Michael McCarron NSH, MTL R 73.8% 1,185
30 Colton Sissons NSH, VGK C 73.7% 3,277
31 Sam Carrick ANA, NYR +2 C 72.7% 1,053
32 Casey Cizikas NYI C 72.0% 3,605
33 Kevin Stenlund UTA, FLA +2 C 71.8% 1,528
34 Derek Grant ANA, BUF +5 C 71.8% 1,418
35 Vernon Fiddler DAL, PHX +2 C 70.9% 2,448
36 Johan Larsson BUF, ARI, WSH L 70.2% 1,663
37 Brad Richardson ARI, VAN +3 R 70.2% 2,156
38 Nate Thompson TBL, ANA +5 C 70.2% 2,712
39 Ty Dellandrea DAL, SJS C 70.0% 523
40 Joe Vitale PIT, ARI C 69.9% 767
41 Adam Lowry WPG C 69.6% 3,915
42 Kyle Brodziak MIN, STL, EDM C 69.1% 2,834
43 Marty Reasoner NYI, FLA C 69.0% 738
44 Matt Hendricks WSH, EDM +3 C 68.8% 781
45 Eric Belanger EDM, PHX C 68.2% 965
46 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI, TBL +3 L 68.0% 2,359
47 Torrey Mitchell MTL, SJS +3 C 67.6% 1,173
48 Brian Flynn BUF, MTL C 67.5% 507
49 Chris Wagner BOS, ANA +2 R 67.4% 521
50 Steve Ott DAL, STL +3 C 67.3% 1,842