NHL Goalie Save Percentage Leaders 2020-21

Leaders: Save Percentage, 2020-21

1stAlex NedeljkovicCAR · 23 GS0.932
2ndSemyon VarlamovNYI · 35 GS0.929
3rdMarc-Andre FleuryVGK · 36 GS0.928
4thJuuse SarosNSH · 35 GS0.927
5thChris DriedgerFLA · 23 GS0.927
6thAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 42 GS0.925
7thMike SmithEDM · 30 GS0.923
8thPhilipp GrubauerCOL · 39 GS0.922
9thJack CampbellTOR · 22 GS0.921
10thIlya SorokinNYI · 21 GS0.918

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Save Percentage measures

This board ranks NHL goalies by save percentage, regular season only, among goalies with enough starts. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Saves divided by shots on goal (minimum starts scale with the season).

Save percentage needs a big sample: even a full season is only moderately repeatable. Compare it with the shot-quality boards. A row needs at least 17 starts to qualify, a bar that rises as the season goes on, so early leaders with a handful of games do not crowd the top.

Save percentage is saves divided by shots on goal. League average sits around .900 to .905; a full season above .920 is elite. SV% is a ratio category, so a goalie with few starts can help or hurt it a lot. The minimum-starts cutoff keeps emergency call-ups off the top. In 2020-21, 52 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 0.909 and Alex Nedeljkovic leads at 0.932.

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NHL Goalie Save Percentage Leaders, 2020-21, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	SV%	GS	GP	SA	GA	GAA	Pctl
1	Alex NedeljkovicCAR	CAR	0.932	23	23	648	44	1.90	100	21%▲4.5
2	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	0.929	35	36	1,020	72	2.04	98	4.9%
3	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	0.928	36	36	989	71	1.98	96	—
4	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	0.927	35	36	1,073	78	2.28	94	85%
5	Chris DriedgerFLA	FLA	0.927	23	23	640	47	2.07	92	—
6	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	0.925	42	42	1,237	93	2.21	90	99%
7	Mike SmithEDM	EDM	0.923	30	32	921	71	2.31	88	—
8	Philipp GrubauerCOL	COL	0.922	39	40	993	77	1.95	86	23%▲7.6
9	Jack CampbellTOR	TOR	0.921	22	22	585	46	2.15	84	—
10	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	0.918	21	22	563	46	2.17	82	97%
11	Linus UllmarkBUF	BUF	0.917	20	20	591	49	2.63	80	92%▲3
12	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	0.916	23	28	825	69	2.77	78	7.3%
13	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	0.916	45	45	1,335	112	2.58	76	91%▼0.7
14	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	0.916	31	35	987	83	2.62	75	62%▼5.9
15	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	0.915	35	35	1,164	99	2.85	73	24%
16	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	0.915	33	33	1,008	86	2.63	71	9.2%▲2.6
17	Jonathan BernierDET	DET	0.914	23	24	757	65	2.99	69	—
18	Tuukka RaskBOS	BOS	0.913	24	24	611	53	2.28	67	—
19	Adin HillARI	ARI	0.913	17	19	530	46	2.74	65	38%▲11
20	Robin LehnerVGK	VGK	0.913	19	19	505	44	2.29	63	—
21	Thomas GreissDET	DET	0.912	29	34	894	79	2.70	61	—
22	Casey DeSmithPIT	PIT	0.912	17	20	543	48	2.54	59	16%▲0.8
23	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	0.911	32	35	1,095	97	2.89	57	—
24	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	0.911	24	29	710	63	2.36	55	99%
25	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	0.910	41	42	1,200	108	2.65	53	25%▼1.8
26	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	0.909	37	37	1,204	109	3.01	51	18%▼4.1
27	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	0.909	38	39	1,100	100	2.75	49	26%
28	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	0.908	36	37	1,031	95	2.69	47	0.1%▼3.1
29	Darcy KuemperARI	ARI	0.907	27	27	710	66	2.56	45	46%▼5.1
30	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	0.907	27	29	817	76	2.68	43	51%▼2.8
31	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	0.907	21	24	664	62	2.84	41	—
32	James ReimerCAR	CAR	0.906	21	22	627	59	2.66	39	—
33	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	0.906	30	31	935	88	2.91	37	84%▼1.2
34	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	0.905	18	19	465	44	2.71	35	—
35	Anton KhudobinDAL	DAL	0.905	32	32	799	76	2.54	33	—
36	Jaroslav HalakBOS	BOS	0.905	17	19	482	46	2.53	31	—
37	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	0.904	43	43	1,161	111	2.68	29	88%▼4.1
38	John GibsonANA	ANA	0.903	35	35	1,042	101	2.98	27	60%▼4.1
39	Mackenzie BlackwoodNJD	NJD	0.902	35	35	1,081	106	3.04	25	92%▲0.8
40	Ilya SamsonovWSH	WSH	0.902	18	19	499	49	2.69	24	0.1%
41	Kaapo KahkonenMIN	MIN	0.902	23	24	692	68	2.88	22	—
42	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	0.901	25	25	659	65	2.64	20	—
43	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	0.899	25	26	756	76	3.17	18	—
44	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	0.898	22	22	566	58	2.86	16	0.4%
45	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	0.896	34	34	980	102	3.28	14	—
46	Devan DubnykSJS/COL	SJS/COL	0.895	18	22	602	63	3.20	12	—
47	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	0.895	23	24	668	70	2.96	10	34%▼0.9
48	Joonas KorpisaloCBJ	CBJ	0.894	31	33	904	96	3.30	8	12%
49	Matt MurrayOTT	OTT	0.893	25	27	738	79	3.38	6	0.1%
50	Braden HoltbyVAN	VAN	0.889	21	21	695	77	3.67	4	—