nhl centers with highest faceoff win percentage minimum 1000 faceoff

Sidney Crosby has averaged a faceoff win percentage of 53.0 when facing off 1,000+ times in his career.

NAMEFOW%FOGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWHITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
53.0
31,038
1,420
654
1,107
1,761
+197
898
194
416
4
7
104
26
4,459
14.7
16,437
1,241
692
796
1,180
20:36
2Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
53.6
28,453
1,521
452
864
1,316
+127
358
129
328
14
14
79
9
3,429
13.2
15,237
1,299
1,091
854
993
20:43
3Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
57.9
26,206
1,294
427
613
1,040
+289
496
131
195
22
26
81
9
3,974
10.7
15,182
1,032
879
845
469
18:41
4Joe Thornton
J. Thornton
52.8
24,107
1,578
411
1,080
1,491
+185
1,184
139
393
6
6
66
9
2,906
14.1
12,730
1,142
498
1,225
1,527
19:18
5Jordan Staal
J. Staal
53.6
23,614
1,403
318
429
747
+67
644
50
68
21
23
49
6
2,717
11.7
12,651
2,654
673
713
678
17:56
6Ryan O'Reilly
R. O'Reilly
55.6
22,729
1,233
328
570
898
-13
216
101
165
13
11
48
13
2,693
12.2
12,642
470
734
1,074
509
19:37
7John Tavares
J. Tavares
54.1
22,394
1,266
525
660
1,185
-49
549
167
224
3
3
86
20
3,941
13.3
12,110
962
533
879
1,131
19:13
8Jonathan Toews
J. Toews
57.5
21,937
1,149
383
529
912
+128
645
98
139
17
15
70
16
2,800
13.7
12,623
646
418
860
526
19:14
9Eric Staal
E. Staal
48.2
20,894
1,365
455
608
1,063
-82
854
133
184
21
8
72
5
4,041
11.3
10,063
940
558
885
703
19:07
10Mikko Koivu
M. Koivu
53.6
19,359
1,035
206
505
711
+68
594
60
191
10
15
33
5
2,273
9.1
10,385
627
558
702
482
19:08
11Henrik Sedin
H. Sedin
49.1
19,236
1,248
231
810
1,041
+167
642
59
301
7
2
37
6
1,758
13.1
9,437
362
256
445
622
17:45
12Paul Stastny
P. Stastny
53.8
18,658
1,145
293
529
822
+54
500
78
166
2
6
55
5
2,326
12.6
10,040
627
580
647
351
18:27
13Jason Spezza
J. Spezza
53.2
18,104
1,248
363
632
995
+5
604
117
249
3
2
55
3
2,866
12.7
9,635
314
363
701
1,062
16:28
14Nicklas Backstrom
N. Backstrom
50.1
17,776
1,105
271
762
1,033
+83
504
86
335
2
0
39
9
2,264
12.0
8,912
771
652
759
615
19:23
15Vincent Lecavalier
V. Lecavalier
47.8
17,639
1,130
408
513
921
-121
825
125
190
13
9
61
9
3,343
12.2
8,431
1,305
338
479
746
18:48
16Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
49.1
17,602
1,148
232
374
606
+73
503
37
71
19
17
41
8
2,762
8.4
8,641
817
515
855
752
17:21
17Ryan Getzlaf
R. Getzlaf
49.3
17,591
1,157
282
737
1,019
+102
960
86
255
8
6
57
11
2,559
11.0
8,672
1,980
1,006
732
1,086
19:29
18Jeff Carter
J. Carter
51.6
17,546
1,321
442
409
851
+9
635
125
113
21
6
92
16
3,967
11.1
9,045
1,166
663
585
682
17:27
19Tomas Plekanec
T. Plekanec
49.8
17,233
932
224
355
579
+51
511
52
120
20
8
36
3
2,261
9.9
8,589
578
514
447
485
18:22
20Ryan Kesler
R. Kesler
54.4
17,086
1,001
258
315
573
+10
920
82
93
12
9
38
5
2,276
11.3
9,300
1,505
866
612
338
18:50
21Mike Fisher
M. Fisher
50.7
17,037
1,104
278
311
589
+27
815
63
71
15
15
50
7
2,333
11.9
8,643
2,341
936
504
432
17:26
22Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
54.5
17,013
881
300
318
618
-67
301
88
74
16
3
46
13
2,240
13.4
9,266
785
557
326
432
19:01
23Travis Zajac
T. Zajac
53.5
16,790
1,037
203
349
552
-20
344
53
95
12
10
24
4
1,811
11.2
8,977
824
423
651
326
18:40
24Matt Cullen
M. Cullen
51.8
16,583
1,380
249
430
679
-8
522
48
117
20
18
36
1
2,587
9.6
8,585
718
601
644
648
15:49
25Olli Jokinen
O. Jokinen
45.9
16,292
1,157
312
417
729
-117
1,021
94
148
12
2
53
12
3,244
9.6
7,482
1,220
430
499
634
18:26
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