nhl player most faceoff wins defender in history

Sidney Crosby has won the most career faceoffs, with 16,437 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	16,437	31,038	1,420	654	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,459	14.7	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
2	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	15,237	28,453	1,521	452	864	1,316	+127	358	129	328	14	14	79	9	3,429	13.2	53.6	1,299	1,091	854	993	20:43
3	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
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	Jordan Staal J. Staal	12,651	23,614	1,403	318	429	747	+67	644	50	68	21	23	49	6	2,717	11.7	53.6	2,654	673	713	678	17:56
6	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	12,642	22,729	1,233	328	570	898	-13	216	101	165	13	11	48	13	2,693	12.2	55.6	470	734	1,074	509	19:37
7	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	12,623	21,937	1,149	383	529	912	+128	645	98	139	17	15	70	16	2,800	13.7	57.5	646	418	860	526	19:14
8	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	12,191	21,547	1,345	379	786	1,165	+36	518	101	323	9	12	60	13	3,321	11.4	56.6	1,159	530	671	709	19:17
9	John Tavares J. Tavares	12,110	22,394	1,266	525	660	1,185	-49	549	167	224	3	3	86	20	3,941	13.3	54.1	962	533	879	1,131	19:13
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	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	9,266	17,013	881	300	318	618	-67	301	88	74	16	3	46	13	2,240	13.4	54.5	785	557	326	432	19:01
18	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
19	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
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	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	8,641	17,602	1,148	232	374	606	+73	503	37	71	19	17	41	8	2,762	8.4	49.1	817	515	855	752	17:21

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