Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2025-26

Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 100 zone faceoffs)

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Overall LeadersOffensive ZoneDefensive ZoneNeutral ZoneTeamsAll Players
Rank Player Team Pos Defensive FO% Defensive FO
1 Curtis Lazar EDM C 88.6% 105
2 Noel Acciari PIT C 87.9% 224
3 Scott Laughton TOR, LAK C 87.7% 235
4 Mark Kastelic BOS C 86.8% 204
5 Morgan Barron WPG C 85.2% 183
6 Radek Faksa DAL C 83.5% 139
7 Blake Lizotte PIT C 83.0% 159
8 Jake Evans MTL C 82.3% 271
9 Nic Dowd WSH, VGK C 81.9% 298
10 Nico Sturm MIN C 80.7% 145
11 Colton Sissons VGK C 79.7% 222
12 Michael McCarron NSH, MIN R 79.3% 362
13 Kevin Stenlund UTA C 79.2% 433
14 Ty Dellandrea SJS C 79.2% 192
15 Ben Meyers SEA C 78.4% 102
16 Tim Washe ANA C 78.2% 119
17 Frederick Gaudreau SEA C 77.0% 209
18 Jason Dickinson CHI, EDM C 76.6% 286
19 Tyson Kozak BUF C 76.2% 101
20 Sam Carrick NYR, BUF C 76.0% 196
21 Shane Pinto OTT C 75.9% 195
22 Mikael Backlund CGY C 75.6% 454
23 Ridly Greig OTT C 73.9% 176
24 Luke Glendening NJD, PHI C 73.6% 212
25 Sean Kuraly BOS C 73.6% 208
26 Adam Lowry WPG C 73.1% 253
27 Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI C 72.8% 378
28 Aatu Raty VAN C 72.3% 260
29 Adam Henrique EDM C 72.2% 216
30 Nicolas Roy TOR, COL C 71.6% 232
31 Jack Drury COL C 70.9% 320
32 Lars Eller OTT C 70.9% 172
33 David Kampf VAN C 70.4% 186
34 Oskar Sundqvist STL C 70.3% 128
35 Sean Couturier PHI C 69.7% 422
36 Ryan Poehling ANA C 69.2% 295
37 Jack Finley TBL, STL C 68.8% 109
38 Charlie Coyle CBJ C 67.8% 395
39 Claude Giroux OTT R 67.6% 306
40 Phillip Danault MTL, LAK C 67.0% 318
41 Nick Foligno CHI, MIN L 63.2% 117
42 Zack Ostapchuk SJS C 63.2% 114
43 Cody Glass NJD C 62.8% 296
44 Nick Bjugstad STL, NJD C 62.0% 108
45 J.T. Compher DET L 62.0% 297
46 Luke Kunin FLA C 61.8% 131
47 Chandler Stephenson SEA C 61.1% 432
48 Auston Matthews TOR C 61.1% 321
49 Jordan Staal CAR C 60.8% 467
50 Noah Laba NYR C 59.9% 187