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Goaltender Save Percentage Rankings Since 2005-06

Tim Thomas is outstanding, Antti Niemi and Devan Dubnyk surprising, and Nikolai Khabibulin is stunning.

By Derek Zona
Someone turn him around and bring him back!
Someone turn him around and bring him back!
Christian Petersen

The number at the left is the individual total 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 total 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.

Rank Player
 GP GS SA GA SV SV %
1 Cory Schneider 88 80 2494 172 2322 0.931
2 Tuukka Rask 110 100 3067 225 2842 0.927
3 Tim Thomas 374 359 11314 887 10427 0.922
4 Tomas Vokoun 421 410 13004 1022 11982 0.921
5 Henrik Lundqvist 511 504 14218 1133 13085 0.920
6 Pekka Rinne 290 281 8135 655 7480 0.919
7 Jimmy Howard 225 223 6304 515 5789 0.918
8 Roberto Luongo 481 473 13983 1146 12837 0.918
9 Antti Niemi 210 206 5762 474 5288 0.918
10 Jaroslav Halak 198 194 5478 452 5026 0.917
11 Niklas Backstrom 369 358 10285 856 9429 0.917
12 Devan Dubnyk 120 112 3615 301 3314 0.917
13 Jonas Hiller 253 240 7266 606 6660 0.917
14 Sergei Bobrovsky 121 114 3380 282 3098 0.917
15 Ryan Miller 482 473 14323 1207 13116 0.916
16 Craig Anderson 269 252 8107 684 7423 0.916
17 James Reimer 104 100 3103 263 2840 0.915
18 Jonathan Quick 283 278 7510 637 6873 0.915
19 Manny Fernandez 130 125 3561 303 3258 0.915
20 Carey Price 310 301 9118 777 8341 0.915
21 Mike Smith 218 209 6299 537 5762 0.915
22 Cristobal Huet 219 209 6014 515 5499 0.914
23 Kari Lehtonen 364 355 11088 953 10135 0.914
24 Dominik Hasek 140 137 3339 288 3051 0.914
25 Martin Brodeur 480 476 12688 1095 11593 0.914
26 Ilya Bryzgalov 423 408 11930 1033 10897 0.913
27 Corey Crawford 144 138 3821 331 3490 0.913
28 Miikka Kiprusoff 538 534 15052 1321 13731 0.912
29 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 338 312 9091 799 8292 0.912
30 Semyon Varlamov 141 133 4048 357 3691 0.912
31 Ty Conklin 124 108 3392 301 3091 0.911
32 Josh Harding 88 77 2511 224 2287 0.911
33 Cam Ward 431 422 12573 1125 11448 0.911
34 Chris Mason 242 223 6647 595 6052 0.910
35 Evgeni Nabokov 388 385 10331 925 9406 0.910
36 Marc-Andre Fleury 446 427 12361 1107 11254 0.910
37 Martin Biron 216 201 6443 580 5863 0.910
38 Michal Neuvirth 86 75 2259 205 2054 0.909
39 Scott Clemmensen 120 100 3165 288 2877 0.909
40 Brian Elliott 203 185 5259 480 4779 0.909
41 Brian Boucher 67 55 1698 156 1542 0.908
42 Dan Ellis 173 151 4602 423 4179 0.908
43 Pascal Leclaire 121 114 3285 302 2983 0.908
44 Ondrej Pavelec 212 204 6345 584 5761 0.908
45 Ray Emery 212 195 5613 518 5095 0.908
46 Jason LaBarbera 117 97 3120 289 2831 0.907
47 Manny Legace 219 209 5484 508 4976 0.907
48 Dwayne Roloson 361 342 10659 990 9669 0.907
49 Martin Gerber 172 160 4830 458 4372 0.905
50 Rick DiPietro 214 213 6266 597 5669 0.905
51 Marty Turco 353 344 9128 871 8257 0.905
52 Steve Mason 239 231 6768 646 6122 0.905
53 Curtis Sanford 101 89 2563 246 2317 0.904
54 Jose Theodore 333 314 9154 881 8273 0.904
55 Alex Auld 169 156 4635 448 4187 0.903
56 Johan Hedberg 196 169 5186 504 4682 0.903
57 Nikolai Khabibulin 289 282 8131 794 7337 0.902
58 Jonas Gustavsson 84 75 2293 224 2069 0.902
59 Mathieu Garon 279 249 7310 715 6595 0.902
60 Antero Niittymaki 207 186 5907 578 5329 0.902
61 Joey MacDonald 70 63 2146 212 1934 0.901
62 Fredrik Norrena 92 80 2276 225 2051 0.901
63 Peter Budaj 227 206 5977 593 5384 0.901
64 Olie Kolzig 167 162 5181 515 4666 0.901
65 David Aebischer 82 76 2402 241 2161 0.900
66 Curtis Joseph 115 109 3171 322 2849 0.898
67 Chris Osgood 121 113 3012 306 2706 0.898
68 Vesa Toskala 226 209 5908 604 5304 0.898
69 Ed Belfour 107 103 3026 310 2716 0.898
70 Brent Johnson 56 51 1748 180 1568 0.897
71 John Grahame 85 76 2152 230 1922 0.893
72 Marc Denis 93 84 2573 275 2298 0.893
73 Johan Holmqvist 95 90 2298 250 2048 0.891
74 Andrew Raycroft 133 126 3593 391 3202 0.891
75 Patrick Lalime 63 59 1703 187 1516 0.890
76 Mikael Tellqvist 56 49 1496 165 1331 0.890
  • Tim Thomas is good. Garth Snow should talk him into coming back.
  • Raise your hand if you expected to see Devan Dubnyk there.
  • Nikolai Khabibulin got a two-year deal and he's ranked 57th.
  • Philadelphia fans could be in for a long season.