Since 2021-22, Sidney Crosby faced off the most times, with 8,351 faceoffs.

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NHL best faceoff by a player% last five seasons

	NAME	FO	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	8,351	381	168	268	436	+14	199	49	81	0	0	35	7	1,128	14.9	4,617	55.3	349	190	219	337	19:59
2	Nico Hischier N. Hischier	8,028	379	142	200	342	+30	88	42	58	4	6	24	6	989	14.4	4,401	54.8	230	273	215	225	19:52
3	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	7,521	392	106	210	316	+58	54	31	68	1	5	22	0	711	14.9	4,239	56.4	244	351	196	239	19:47
4	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	7,124	379	161	143	304	+5	153	45	37	9	2	29	9	1,140	14.1	4,021	56.4	365	220	146	266	20:09
5	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	7,055	404	78	131	209	+47	138	9	22	4	8	11	1	1,044	7.5	3,527	50.0	293	170	243	297	18:14
6	Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	7,017	388	113	172	285	+42	113	35	51	4	7	21	2	860	13.1	3,871	55.2	408	301	176	195	18:52
7	Jordan Staal J. Staal	6,975	389	77	95	172	+24	139	5	2	4	5	15	0	607	12.7	3,919	56.2	812	200	117	196	15:59
8	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	6,943	375	160	194	354	-33	219	63	58	4	1	26	9	1,140	14.0	3,743	53.9	256	155	199	294	19:55
9	Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	6,889	410	139	255	394	0	135	42	96	7	2	18	7	888	15.7	3,462	50.3	332	299	193	344	20:45
10	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	6,881	377	235	312	547	+95	200	109	108	3	3	43	11	1,168	20.1	3,798	55.2	234	133	294	476	21:34
11	Joel Eriksson Ek J. Eriksson Ek	6,710	348	112	142	254	+63	186	48	39	3	1	13	2	1,071	10.5	3,266	48.7	613	224	144	118	19:22
12	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	6,697	373	109	175	284	-19	92	38	48	3	2	16	1	755	14.4	3,712	55.4	100	255	241	179	19:20
13	Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	6,664	394	110	194	304	+24	299	33	48	9	1	19	2	924	11.9	3,817	57.3	948	303	215	317	20:03
14	John Tavares J. Tavares	6,639	396	161	205	366	-31	170	61	65	0	0	30	5	1,185	13.6	3,903	58.8	502	186	173	314	18:00
15	Chandler Stephenson C. Stephenson	6,398	393	82	198	280	-25	115	23	53	6	6	16	0	508	16.1	3,400	53.1	238	246	207	205	19:09
16	Robert Thomas R. Thomas	6,377	361	110	263	373	+60	130	22	74	7	4	20	5	638	17.2	3,364	52.8	67	189	250	339	19:40
17	Alexander Wennberg A. Wennberg	6,222	398	62	133	195	-79	94	20	26	1	2	14	3	461	13.4	2,897	46.6	193	355	248	180	18:46
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	6,174	377	210	372	582	+168	194	49	128	0	0	35	7	1,740	12.1	2,946	47.7	278	241	174	471	22:18
19	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	6,097	370	125	159	284	-93	153	45	52	1	1	16	7	891	14.0	3,382	55.5	468	264	198	180	18:41
20	Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	6,074	394	131	203	334	-53	272	42	68	0	0	21	4	1,282	10.2	2,904	47.8	313	134	176	289	18:38
21	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	5,998	407	148	236	384	+28	98	70	82	6	15	14	2	1,088	13.6	3,063	51.1	336	246	230	366	19:48
22	Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	5,926	382	73	116	189	-6	84	12	11	9	16	9	3	551	13.2	3,388	57.2	795	303	131	205	16:45
23	Dylan Strome D. Strome	5,902	394	120	200	320	-19	154	29	85	0	0	14	3	741	16.2	3,153	53.4	77	244	173	253	17:30
24	Phillip Danault P. Danault	5,899	394	76	136	212	+35	171	9	25	1	9	12	1	719	10.6	3,147	53.3	381	297	108	233	17:34
25	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	5,849	386	171	229	400	-2	227	43	63	0	1	34	9	875	19.5	2,833	48.4	254	233	211	372	20:45

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Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
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Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
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Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
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Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
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