Best Faceoff Centers — All Seasons

Top centers by faceoff win percentage (minimum 1,000 faceoffs)

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Overall LeadersCentersWingsDefense
Rank Player Team Pos FO% Total FO
1 Manny Malhotra VAN, CAR, MTL C 60.0% 4,269
2 Zenon Konopka NYI, MIN +2 C 59.2% 2,397
3 Patrice Bergeron BOS C 59.1% 22,787
4 David Steckel TOR, WSH +2 C 59.1% 2,387
5 Scott Nichol STL, SJS C 58.6% 1,327
6 Michael McLeod NJD C 58.2% 3,680
7 Jack Drury CAR, COL C 57.9% 2,340
8 Rich Peverley BOS, DAL, ATL C 57.8% 2,878
9 Paul Gaustad NSH, BUF C 57.7% 6,376
10 Jonathan Toews CHI, WPG C 57.6% 20,024
11 Antoine Vermette PHX, ANA +3 C 57.3% 11,314
12 Boyd Gordon EDM, PHX +3 C 57.2% 6,809
13 Jerred Smithson NSH, FLA +2 C 56.9% 2,480
14 Jay Beagle WSH, VAN, ARI C 56.9% 7,673
15 Jim Slater WPG, ATL C 56.8% 2,801
16 Mark Kastelic OTT, BOS C 56.7% 1,827
17 Jeff Halpern MTL, WSH +2 C 56.3% 2,254
18 Vladimir Sobotka STL, BUF C 56.1% 3,607
19 Ryan Kesler ANA, VAN C 55.8% 13,319
20 Ryan O'Reilly STL, COL +3 C 55.7% 22,702
21 Nico Sturm SJS, MIN +2 C 55.7% 3,338
22 Luke Glendening DET, DAL +2 C 55.5% 10,917
23 Steve Ott DAL, STL +3 C 55.5% 4,426
24 Jordan Staal CAR, PIT C 55.3% 20,896
25 Derek Ryan EDM, CGY, CAR C 55.1% 5,435
26 Paul Stastny STL, COL +3 C 55.1% 15,235
27 Eric Belanger EDM, PHX C 55.1% 2,740
28 Jarret Stoll LAK, MIN, NYR C 54.9% 7,670
29 J.T. Miller VAN, NYR, TBL C 54.8% 9,253
30 Joe Vitale PIT, ARI C 54.8% 2,250
31 Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT, NYI C 54.6% 13,392
32 Jason Spezza DAL, OTT, TOR C 54.5% 10,925
33 Joe Thornton SJS, TOR, FLA C 54.5% 9,731
34 Bo Horvat VAN, NYI C 54.5% 16,811
35 Anze Kopitar LAK C 54.4% 24,976
36 John Tavares TOR, NYI C 54.4% 21,890
37 Pavel Datsyuk DET C 54.3% 6,898
38 Dominic Moore NYR, TBL +3 C 54.3% 6,224
39 Travis Zajac NJD, NYI C 54.2% 12,789
40 Tomas Hertl SJS, VGK C 54.2% 11,735
41 Matt Duchene COL, NSH +3 C 54.2% 12,800
42 Vincent Trocheck FLA, NYR, CAR C 54.2% 14,847
43 Mikko Koivu MIN, CBJ C 54.2% 14,354
44 Boone Jenner CBJ C 53.9% 8,400
45 Joe Pavelski SJS, DAL C 53.9% 13,736
46 Auston Matthews TOR C 53.8% 11,174
47 Marty Reasoner NYI, FLA C 53.8% 2,167
48 Elias Lindholm CGY, CAR +2 C 53.8% 12,182
49 Matt Cullen MIN, PIT, NSH C 53.7% 7,743
50 Tyler Seguin DAL, BOS C 53.5% 10,591