best faceoff takers over the last 10 years

Between May 25, 2016 and May 25, 2026, Sidney Crosby has faced off the most times, with 16,010 faceoffs.

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best faceoff by a player takers over the last 10 years

	NAME	FO	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	16,010	713	316	507	823	+49	346	93	168	1	2	58	17	2,118	14.9	8,667	54.1	661	341	431	629	20:13
2	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	15,410	757	209	423	632	+48	158	54	154	4	8	40	1	1,470	14.2	8,553	55.5	525	633	387	487	20:37
3	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	15,274	735	217	375	592	+16	144	73	112	8	9	34	7	1,655	13.1	8,694	56.9	234	452	570	324	20:06
4	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	14,672	731	271	282	553	-29	267	84	66	15	3	41	12	1,992	13.6	8,070	55.0	646	457	286	405	19:52
5	John Tavares J. Tavares	13,489	756	318	396	714	-15	306	103	123	3	2	50	12	2,348	13.5	7,560	56.0	716	352	405	647	18:43
6	Jordan Staal J. Staal	12,869	714	147	209	356	+30	299	22	24	7	6	25	1	1,280	11.5	7,263	56.4	1,538	339	315	368	17:07
7	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	12,691	746	413	580	993	+118	342	172	188	10	4	72	20	2,151	19.2	6,858	54.0	436	250	634	913	21:18
8	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	12,498	768	160	271	431	+65	360	23	53	10	15	28	4	1,961	8.2	6,209	49.7	541	309	571	553	18:09
9	Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	12,467	722	202	346	548	-18	519	59	99	14	3	31	4	1,863	10.8	6,868	55.1	1,577	516	466	622	19:51
10	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	12,368	728	253	345	598	-111	465	82	89	9	3	35	13	2,194	11.5	6,535	52.8	569	319	437	645	19:52
11	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	12,201	734	314	448	762	+41	378	84	113	2	7	58	16	1,655	19.0	5,822	47.7	479	439	504	578	20:58
12	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	12,146	730	284	383	667	+13	207	124	124	13	20	38	8	2,034	14.0	6,113	50.3	711	496	465	617	19:40
13	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	11,598	613	234	429	663	+114	130	69	145	12	9	40	10	1,716	13.6	6,295	54.3	441	424	531	409	20:45
14	Phillip Danault P. Danault	11,481	733	127	274	401	+84	335	10	36	2	13	19	2	1,282	9.9	6,146	53.5	806	512	292	423	17:22
15	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	11,368	732	361	628	989	+221	348	95	221	2	1	63	15	3,164	11.4	5,318	46.8	515	370	359	703	21:32
16	Nico Hischier N. Hischier	11,318	609	199	289	488	+15	154	51	80	6	7	30	9	1,496	13.3	5,970	52.7	398	413	363	318	18:58
17	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	11,299	771	213	435	648	+22	248	44	174	4	5	30	6	1,816	11.7	6,653	58.9	515	236	350	415	19:05
18	Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	11,174	748	215	338	553	+64	211	66	101	6	16	41	5	1,645	13.1	6,069	54.3	833	499	399	371	18:59
19	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	10,580	673	227	278	505	-115	269	69	74	6	4	33	9	1,571	14.4	5,742	54.3	749	505	405	329	18:34
20	Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	10,540	702	143	190	333	-5	217	23	20	15	21	21	5	1,182	12.1	5,872	55.7	1,389	600	257	346	16:58
21	Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	10,491	736	241	321	562	-60	583	77	102	0	0	39	6	2,216	10.9	5,196	49.5	713	232	361	497	17:42
22	Alexander Wennberg A. Wennberg	10,447	732	107	258	365	-48	163	30	61	3	5	24	5	862	12.4	4,895	46.9	363	556	412	302	18:05
23	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	10,333	474	189	233	422	+167	180	62	78	12	11	35	3	1,658	11.4	6,166	59.7	384	330	316	170	18:32
24	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	10,310	689	428	352	780	+147	152	109	106	2	1	66	13	2,761	15.5	5,557	53.9	483	706	621	541	19:57
25	Sean Monahan S. Monahan	10,240	659	196	276	472	-16	175	64	82	5	3	42	6	1,472	13.3	5,338	52.1	393	250	382	399	17:43

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Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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