nhl player most faceoff wins by defender in history

Sidney Crosby has won the most career faceoffs, with 16,142 won.

	NAME	FOW	FO	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	16,142	30,491	1,393	649	1,085	1,734	+197	884	193	410	4	7	103	26	4,398	14.8	52.9	1,216	679	785	1,153	20:38
2	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	15,182	26,206	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
3	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	14,892	27,842	1,491	446	853	1,299	+120	356	127	325	14	14	79	9	3,377	13.2	53.5	1,285	1,064	842	970	20:44
4	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	12,730	24,107	1,578	411	1,080	1,491	+185	1,184	139	393	6	6	66	9	2,906	14.1	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
5	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	12,321	21,441	1,108	375	521	896	+136	629	94	138	17	15	69	16	2,750	13.6	57.5	639	405	851	487	19:26
6	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	12,295	22,098	1,194	315	545	860	-20	202	98	156	12	10	45	13	2,613	12.1	55.6	462	700	1,053	484	19:34
7	Jordan Staal J. Staal	12,254	22,895	1,368	308	419	727	+61	640	48	68	21	22	45	6	2,660	11.6	53.5	2,559	646	704	659	17:58
8	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	11,955	21,162	1,305	374	771	1,145	+27	510	101	318	9	12	58	13	3,258	11.5	56.5	1,128	519	655	689	19:25
9	John Tavares J. Tavares	11,703	21,667	1,226	509	643	1,152	-26	541	157	218	3	3	83	19	3,858	13.2	54.0	926	517	871	1,097	19:15
10	Mikko Koivu M. Koivu	10,385	19,359	1,035	206	505	711	+68	594	60	191	10	15	33	5	2,273	9.1	53.6	627	558	702	482	19:08
11	Eric Staal E. Staal	10,063	20,894	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
12	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	10,040	18,658	1,145	293	529	822	+54	500	78	166	2	6	55	5	2,326	12.6	53.8	627	580	647	351	18:27
13	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	9,887	20,256	1,330	240	830	1,070	+165	680	61	308	7	2	38	6	1,856	12.9	48.8	383	267	499	658	17:30
14	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	9,635	18,104	1,248	363	632	995	+5	604	117	249	3	2	55	3	2,866	12.7	53.2	314	363	701	1,062	16:28
15	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	9,488	16,008	706	179	302	481	-63	402	64	111	10	11	29	3	1,423	12.6	59.3	731	411	390	345	21:02
16	Ryan Kesler R. Kesler	9,300	17,086	1,001	258	315	573	+10	920	82	93	12	9	38	5	2,276	11.3	54.4	1,505	866	612	338	18:50
17	Jeff Carter J. Carter	9,045	17,546	1,321	442	409	851	+9	635	125	113	21	6	92	16	3,967	11.1	51.6	1,166	663	585	682	17:27
18	Travis Zajac T. Zajac	8,977	16,790	1,037	203	349	552	-20	344	53	95	12	10	24	4	1,811	11.2	53.5	824	423	651	326	18:40
19	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	8,953	16,441	849	290	304	594	-71	293	87	71	16	3	42	11	2,136	13.6	54.5	760	538	315	405	18:57
20	Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	8,950	17,952	1,001	233	375	608	+55	543	53	125	20	11	36	3	2,360	9.9	49.9	616	548	497	518	18:01
21	Antoine Vermette A. Vermette	8,948	15,813	1,046	228	287	515	-49	622	52	67	22	8	31	3	1,836	12.4	56.6	961	563	424	412	16:50
22	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	8,912	17,776	1,105	271	762	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
23	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	8,672	17,591	1,157	282	737	1,019	+102	960	86	255	8	6	57	11	2,559	11.0	49.3	1,980	1,006	732	1,086	19:29
24	Mike Fisher M. Fisher	8,643	17,037	1,104	278	311	589	+27	815	63	71	15	15	50	7	2,333	11.9	50.7	2,341	936	504	432	17:26
25	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	8,585	16,583	1,380	249	430	679	-8	522	48	117	20	18	36	1	2,587	9.6	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49

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