highest faceoff percent nhl history

Sidney Crosby has faced off the most career times, with 30,808 faceoffs.

Interpreted as:
highest faceoff by a player percent NHL history
NAMEFOGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
30,808
1,408
652
1,094
1,746
+198
892
194
413
4
7
104
26
4,431
14.7
16,313
53.0
1,231
685
794
1,168
20:38
2Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
28,089
1,502
447
858
1,305
+122
356
127
326
14
14
79
9
3,391
13.2
15,025
53.5
1,293
1,074
846
979
20:44
3Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
26,206
1,294
427
613
1,040
+289
496
131
195
22
26
81
9
3,974
10.7
15,182
57.9
1,032
879
845
469
18:41
4Joe Thornton
J. Thornton
24,107
1,578
411
1,080
1,491
+185
1,184
139
393
6
6
66
9
2,906
14.1
12,730
52.8
1,142
498
1,225
1,527
19:18
5Jordan Staal
J. Staal
23,303
1,388
314
425
739
+70
640
49
68
21
22
47
6
2,692
11.7
12,476
53.5
2,612
658
710
671
17:57
6Ryan O'Reilly
R. O'Reilly
22,438
1,214
325
559
884
-13
208
99
162
13
10
46
13
2,661
12.2
12,489
55.7
464
715
1,066
500
19:35
7John Tavares
J. Tavares
22,020
1,248
516
650
1,166
-43
543
162
219
3
3
84
19
3,904
13.2
11,900
54.0
944
529
876
1,115
19:13
8Jonathan Toews
J. Toews
21,701
1,129
379
525
904
+131
639
96
138
17
15
69
16
2,779
13.6
12,468
57.5
643
411
857
507
19:21
9Claude Giroux
C. Giroux
21,348
1,326
376
779
1,155
+33
518
101
320
9
12
60
13
3,282
11.5
12,062
56.5
1,149
525
660
698
19:22
10Eric Staal
E. Staal
20,894
1,365
455
608
1,063
-82
854
133
184
21
8
72
5
4,041
11.3
10,063
48.2
940
558
885
703
19:07
11Henrik Sedin
H. Sedin
20,256
1,330
240
830
1,070
+165
680
61
308
7
2
38
6
1,856
12.9
9,887
48.8
383
267
499
658
17:30
12Mikko Koivu
M. Koivu
19,359
1,035
206
505
711
+68
594
60
191
10
15
33
5
2,273
9.1
10,385
53.6
627
558
702
482
19:08
13Paul Stastny
P. Stastny
18,658
1,145
293
529
822
+54
500
78
166
2
6
55
5
2,326
12.6
10,040
53.8
627
580
647
351
18:27
14Jason Spezza
J. Spezza
18,104
1,248
363
632
995
+5
604
117
249
3
2
55
3
2,866
12.7
9,635
53.2
314
363
701
1,062
16:28
15Tomas Plekanec
T. Plekanec
17,952
1,001
233
375
608
+55
543
53
125
20
11
36
3
2,360
9.9
8,950
49.9
616
548
497
518
18:01
16Nicklas Backstrom
N. Backstrom
17,776
1,105
271
762
1,033
+83
504
86
335
2
0
39
9
2,264
12.0
8,912
50.1
771
652
759
615
19:23
17Vincent Lecavalier
V. Lecavalier
17,639
1,130
408
513
921
-121
825
125
190
13
9
61
9
3,343
12.2
8,431
47.8
1,305
338
479
746
18:48
18Ryan Getzlaf
R. Getzlaf
17,591
1,157
282
737
1,019
+102
960
86
255
8
6
57
11
2,559
11.0
8,672
49.3
1,980
1,006
732
1,086
19:29
19Jeff Carter
J. Carter
17,546
1,321
442
409
851
+9
635
125
113
21
6
92
16
3,967
11.1
9,045
51.6
1,166
663
585
682
17:27
20Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
17,294
1,129
228
371
599
+76
501
37
71
19
17
40
8
2,727
8.4
8,483
49.1
816
508
850
724
17:20
21Ryan Kesler
R. Kesler
17,086
1,001
258
315
573
+10
920
82
93
12
9
38
5
2,276
11.3
9,300
54.4
1,505
866
612
338
18:50
22Mike Fisher
M. Fisher
17,037
1,104
278
311
589
+27
815
63
71
15
15
50
7
2,333
11.9
8,643
50.7
2,341
936
504
432
17:26
23Travis Zajac
T. Zajac
16,790
1,037
203
349
552
-20
344
53
95
12
10
24
4
1,811
11.2
8,977
53.5
824
423
651
326
18:40
24Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
16,687
863
296
309
605
-65
297
87
72
16
3
45
13
2,181
13.6
9,084
54.4
778
553
318
419
18:59
25Matt Cullen
M. Cullen
16,583
1,380
249
430
679
-8
522
48
117
20
18
36
1
2,587
9.6
8,585
51.8
718
601
644
648
15:49
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