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Even Strength Goaltender Rankings Since 2005-06

Where does your favorite goaltender rank?

By Derek Zona
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The number at the left is the individual even strength save percentage rank in the NHL since the 2005-06 season for qualifying goalies. In this case a "qualifying season" is one in which the goaltender played in 25 regular season games or more.  The number on the far right is the goaltender's save percentage in those qualifying seasons only, and the numbers in between are the totals from those qualifying seasons.  Using a 25 game cutoff eliminates one-offs, injury-filled seasons and eliminates anyone not eligible for the Jennings Trophy, a random cutoff to be sure, but, hey, at least it's consistent.  Note that in 2012-13, a qualifying season was 15 games.

Only goaltenders with two more more qualifying seasons were considered.

ES Rank Player GP GS ES SA ES GA ES SV ES EV %
1 Tuukka Rask 110 100 2524 167 2357 0.934
2 Dominik Hasek 140 137 2403 160 2243 0.933
3 Cory Schneider 88 80 1972 135 1837 0.932
4 Tomas Vokoun 421 410 10234 702 9532 0.931
5 Tim Thomas 374 359 8944 624 8320 0.930
6 Roberto Luongo 481 473 10610 756 9854 0.929
7 Henrik Lundqvist 511 504 11134 796 10338 0.929
8 Pekka Rinne 290 281 6826 490 6336 0.928
9 Sergei Bobrovsky 121 114 2775 201 2574 0.928
10 Jonas Hiller 253 240 5782 422 5360 0.927
11 Antti Niemi 210 206 4752 349 4403 0.927
12 Jaroslav Halak 198 194 4422 327 4095 0.926
13 Kari Lehtonen 364 355 8509 632 7877 0.926
14 Jimmy Howard 225 223 5113 381 4732 0.925
15 James Reimer 104 100 2585 193 2392 0.925
16 Manny Fernandez 130 125 2731 206 2525 0.925
17 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 338 312 6865 523 6342 0.924
18 Ryan Miller 482 473 11260 859 10401 0.924
19 Carey Price 310 301 7206 550 6656 0.924
20 Devan Dubnyk 120 112 2910 223 2687 0.923
21 Ilya Bryzgalov 423 408 9379 719 8660 0.923
22 Niklas Backstrom 369 358 8282 635 7647 0.923
23 Jonathan Quick 283 278 5982 461 5521 0.923
24 Mike Smith 218 209 5072 391 4681 0.923
25 Miikka Kiprusoff 538 534 11558 894 10664 0.923
26 Corey Crawford 144 138 3161 245 2916 0.922
27 Craig Anderson 269 252 6316 490 5826 0.922
28 Semyon Varlamov 141 133 3309 257 3052 0.922
29 Martin Brodeur 480 476 10176 793 9383 0.922
30 Cristobal Huet 219 209 4501 358 4143 0.920
31 Josh Harding 88 77 2021 161 1860 0.920
32 Evgeni Nabokov 388 385 8072 649 7423 0.920
33 Marc-Andre Fleury 446 427 9531 768 8763 0.919
34 Ty Conklin 124 108 2654 214 2440 0.919
35 Ray Emery 212 195 4357 352 4005 0.919
36 Dan Ellis 173 151 3665 299 3366 0.918
37 Cam Ward 431 422 9866 806 9060 0.918
38 Brian Boucher 67 55 1395 114 1281 0.918
39 Curtis Sanford 101 89 1972 162 1810 0.918
40 Manny Legace 219 209 4169 343 3826 0.918
41 Scott Clemmensen 120 100 2596 214 2382 0.918
42 Rick DiPietro 214 213 4641 383 4258 0.917
43 Martin Biron 216 201 4931 407 4524 0.917
44 Martin Gerber 172 160 3683 304 3379 0.917
45 Michal Neuvirth 86 75 1805 149 1656 0.917
46 Ondrej Pavelec 212 204 5168 427 4741 0.917
47 Marty Turco 353 344 6911 574 6337 0.917
48 Chris Mason 242 223 5158 430 4728 0.917
49 Jason LaBarbera 117 97 2381 200 2181 0.916
50 Pascal Leclaire 121 114 2355 198 2157 0.916
51 Alex Auld 169 156 3382 286 3096 0.915
52 Brian Elliott 203 185 4208 356 3852 0.915
53 Jose Theodore 333 314 7092 605 6487 0.915
54 Dwayne Roloson 361 342 8296 708 7588 0.915
55 Brent Johnson 56 51 1229 105 1124 0.915
56 Johan Hedberg 196 169 4095 352 3743 0.914
57 Steve Mason 239 231 5409 465 4944 0.914
58 Mathieu Garon 279 249 5602 483 5119 0.914
59 Fredrik Norrena 92 80 1704 147 1557 0.914
60 Olie Kolzig 167 162 3612 314 3298 0.913
61 Nikolai Khabibulin 289 282 6154 536 5618 0.913
62 Peter Budaj 227 206 4669 408 4261 0.913
63 Ed Belfour 107 103 2149 188 1961 0.913
64 Antero Niittymaki 207 186 4286 380 3906 0.911
65 Vesa Toskala 226 209 4549 405 4144 0.911
66 Mikael Tellqvist 56 49 1086 97 989 0.911
67 Chris Osgood 121 113 2290 206 2084 0.910
68 Curtis Joseph 115 109 2236 202 2034 0.910
69 David Aebischer 82 76 1762 161 1601 0.909
70 Andrew Raycroft 133 126 2682 246 2436 0.908
71 Jonas Gustavsson 84 75 1894 176 1718 0.907
72 Joey MacDonald 70 63 1704 160 1544 0.906
73 Marc Denis 93 84 1915 180 1735 0.906
74 John Grahame 85 76 1628 155 1473 0.905
75 Johan Holmqvist 95 90 1809 181 1628 0.900
76 Patrick Lalime 63 59 1261 127 1134 0.899
  • Both Rask and Schneider will likely fall down the list as they face more shots.
  • Darren Dreger talked about Marc Andre-Fleury playing his way into Sochi.  Look how many Canadian goaltenders are in front of him on the list.  If anything, he should talk about Devan Dubnyk playing his way into Sochi.
  • Steve Mason - #57. Well done, Flyers.  Only Nikolai Khabibulin has faced more shots and performed worse than Mason.
  • How does Nikolai Khabibulin get multi-year contracts?
  • The key to being a successful goaltender for a very long time is being born with a surname beginning with "Lu".