which nhl player has the best faceoff in 2023

Sidney Crosby faced off the most times in 2022-23, with 1,846 faceoffs.

NAMEFOSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
1,846
2022-23
PIT PIT
82
33
60
93
+8
52
9
18
0
0
9
1
255
12.9
978
53.0
71
47
59
67
20:09
2Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
1,706
2022-23
BOS BOS
78
27
31
58
+35
22
9
10
2
0
7
0
249
10.8
1,043
61.1
66
54
38
21
17:24
3Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
1,685
2022-23
TOT
79
38
32
70
-1
18
12
10
4
1
5
1
229
16.6
958
56.9
57
55
38
37
20:39
4J.T. Compher
J.T. Compher
1,665
2022-23
COL COL
82
17
35
52
+8
33
5
9
0
0
3
0
154
11.0
813
48.8
37
82
28
28
20:32
5Nico Hischier
N. Hischier
1,654
2022-23
NJD NJD
81
31
49
80
+33
10
7
12
3
1
9
2
256
12.1
891
53.9
34
61
64
41
19:17
6Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
1,608
2022-23
LAK LAK
82
28
46
74
+20
4
7
13
0
1
4
0
169
16.6
899
55.9
68
87
46
49
20:18
7Elias Lindholm
E. Lindholm
1,538
2022-23
CGY CGY
80
22
42
64
+6
14
10
11
1
2
2
0
186
11.8
857
55.7
98
50
42
33
18:39
8Jordan Staal
J. Staal
1,474
2022-23
CAR CAR
81
17
17
34
+7
32
0
0
1
1
3
0
124
13.7
821
55.7
155
39
33
30
16:16
9Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
1,470
2022-23
EDM EDM
80
52
76
128
+7
24
32
30
1
1
11
1
247
21.1
807
54.9
66
40
77
102
21:44
10Tomas Hertl
T. Hertl
1,445
2022-23
SJS SJS
79
22
41
63
-36
42
6
16
0
0
1
0
183
12.0
792
54.8
91
57
50
39
19:17
11Nick Suzuki
N. Suzuki
1,401
2022-23
MTL MTL
82
26
40
66
-13
33
7
10
3
0
2
0
162
16.0
663
47.3
50
56
42
52
21:06
12Mika Zibanejad
M. Zibanejad
1,398
2022-23
NYR NYR
82
39
52
91
+25
20
20
19
1
1
5
0
251
15.5
692
49.5
71
48
57
67
19:58
13Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
1,386
2022-23
CGY CGY
82
19
37
56
+24
36
5
7
1
3
2
1
260
7.3
705
50.9
97
31
60
43
18:10
14Boone Jenner
B. Jenner
1,386
2022-23
CBJ CBJ
68
26
19
45
-32
51
7
4
0
0
3
1
214
12.1
758
54.7
129
70
28
25
20:12
15Joel Eriksson Ek
J. Eriksson Ek
1,386
2022-23
MIN MIN
78
23
38
61
+4
44
12
11
2
1
1
0
247
9.3
684
49.4
119
55
44
14
19:00
16Alexander Wennberg
A. Wennberg
1,375
2022-23
SEA SEA
82
13
25
38
-7
20
4
5
0
0
3
0
101
12.9
627
45.6
43
63
84
26
18:42
17Dylan Larkin
D. Larkin
1,355
2022-23
DET DET
80
32
47
79
-7
45
16
15
1
0
5
0
244
13.1
737
54.4
47
27
56
47
19:33
18Logan Couture
L. Couture
1,349
2022-23
SJS SJS
82
27
40
67
-30
19
5
15
1
0
4
2
198
13.6
640
47.4
128
70
71
35
19:08
19Aleksander Barkov
A. Barkov
1,332
2022-23
FLA FLA
68
23
55
78
+10
8
8
22
1
1
6
0
208
11.1
731
54.9
52
48
56
38
21:13
20Andrew Copp
A. Copp
1,299
2022-23
DET DET
82
9
33
42
+2
25
1
4
1
0
2
1
120
7.5
647
49.8
32
45
26
44
18:09
21Vincent Trocheck
V. Trocheck
1,286
2022-23
NYR NYR
82
22
42
64
+3
58
9
8
0
0
3
0
225
9.8
721
56.1
182
44
55
64
19:19
22Phillip Danault
P. Danault
1,273
2022-23
LAK LAK
82
18
36
54
-8
63
3
17
0
2
1
1
152
11.8
692
54.4
81
75
27
32
18:20
23Jean-Gabriel Pageau
J. Pageau
1,256
2022-23
NYI NYI
70
13
27
40
-2
14
5
3
3
1
2
0
123
10.6
719
57.2
175
61
33
35
17:37
24John Tavares
J. Tavares
1,245
2022-23
TOR TOR
80
36
44
80
-7
34
18
21
0
0
9
1
277
13.0
726
58.3
112
36
46
54
17:39
25Nazem Kadri
N. Kadri
1,234
2022-23
CGY CGY
82
24
32
56
-19
56
11
8
0
0
4
0
267
9.0
586
47.5
99
31
34
50
17:13
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