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NHL Goalie Save Percentage Leaders

2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games

Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) leads NHL goalies with a SV% of 0.921 in 2023-24, ahead of Semyon Varlamov (NYI) (0.918).

Leaders: Save Percentage, 2023-24

  1. 1stConnor HellebuyckWPG · 60 GS0.921
  2. 2ndSemyon VarlamovNYI · 27 GS0.918
  3. 3rdThatcher DemkoVAN · 51 GS0.918
  4. 4thJeremy SwaymanBOS · 43 GS0.916
  5. 5thJoey DaccordSEA · 46 GS0.916

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 25 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 2023-24, 50 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 0.905 and Connor Hellebuyck leads at 0.921.

Save Percentage leaderboard

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NHL Goalie Save Percentage Leaders, 2023-24, All situations
#GoalieSV%GSSAGAGAA
1Connor HellebuyckWPG0.921601,7981422.3991%▼0.7
2Semyon VarlamovNYI0.91827837692.604.9%
3Thatcher DemkoVAN0.918511,4921232.4524%
4Jeremy SwaymanBOS0.916431,2871082.5397%▲0.8
5Joey DaccordSEA0.916461,3741162.4665%▼2.5
6Linus UllmarkBOS0.915391,2071032.5792%▲3
7Sergei BobrovskyFLA0.915581,5841352.3784%▼1.2
8Joel HoferSTL0.91427830722.6583%
9Cam TalbotLAK0.913521,4901302.509.2%▲2.6
10Igor ShesterkinNYR0.913551,6061412.5862%▼5.9
11Jordan BinningtonSTL0.913551,7861562.8425%▼1.8
12Charlie LindgrenWSH0.911481,4311272.6712%
13Pyotr KochetkovCAR0.911401,031922.3373%▲19
14Jonathan QuickNYR0.91126771692.620.4%
15Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF0.910511,4701322.5767%▲1
16Adin HillVGK0.90935979892.7138%▲11
17Ilya SorokinNYI0.909551,8211673.0197%
18Logan ThompsonVGK0.908421,2981192.7099%
19Petr MrazekCHI0.908531,7241603.050.1%
20Connor IngramARI0.907481,4611362.91—
21Carter HartPHI0.90625727682.8090%▲1.2
22Juuse SarosNSH0.906641,8451732.8685%
23Stuart SkinnerEDM0.905571,5531472.6267%▲5.3
24Jake OettingerDAL0.905531,4761402.7299%
25Jacob MarkstromCGY0.905481,3791312.7888%▼4.1

Minimum sample: 25 starts (it scales with games played). 48 below the minimum are hidden.

Frequently asked questions

Who leads the NHL in Save Percentage in 2023-24?

Connor Hellebuyck leads with 0.921. The median of the 50 qualified goalies is 0.905.

How is Save Percentage calculated?

Saves divided by shots on goal (minimum starts scale with the season). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

How reliable is Save Percentage?

Save percentage needs a big sample: even a full season is only moderately repeatable. Compare it with the shot-quality boards.

Why are some players missing from the board?

Rows below the minimum sample (25 starts) are hidden; 48 are below it right now. The minimum grows with the number of games teams have played.