Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Shots Against Leaders
2023-24All situationsThrough 82 team games
Juuse Saros (NSH) leads NHL goalies with 1,845 shots against in 2023-24, ahead of 
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) (1,821).
Leaders: Shots Against, 2023-24
- 1stJuuse SarosNSH · 64 GP1,845Share
- 2ndIlya SorokinNYI · 56 GP1,821Share
3rdConnor HellebuyckWPG · 60 GP1,798Share
4thJordan BinningtonSTL · 57 GP1,786Share
5thAlexandar GeorgievCOL · 63 GP1,770Share
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Shots Against measures
This board ranks NHL goalies by shots against, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Shots on goal faced while in net, regular season.
A workload stat: starts and team shot suppression explain almost all of it.
Shots against counts every shot on goal a goalie faced. Starters on teams that bleed shots lead, which is why they also lead in saves. Shots against drive saves in points leagues; a busy goalie on a bad team can still score well there. In 2023-24, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 768 and Juuse Saros leads at 1,845.
Shots Against leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SA | GP | GS | SV | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juuse SarosNSH | NSH | 1,845 | 64 | 64 | 1,672 | 0.906 | 100 | 85% |
| 2 | Ilya SorokinNYI | NYI | 1,821 | 56 | 55 | 1,655 | 0.909 | 99 | 97% |
| 3 | Connor HellebuyckWPG | WPG | 1,798 | 60 | 60 | 1,656 | 0.921 | 98 | 91%▼0.7 |
| 4 | Jordan BinningtonSTL | STL | 1,786 | 57 | 55 | 1,630 | 0.913 | 97 | 25%▼1.8 |
| 5 | Alexandar GeorgievCOL | COL | 1,770 | 63 | 62 | 1,588 | 0.897 | 96 | — |
| 6 |  Petr MrazekCHI | CHI | 1,724 | 56 | 53 | 1,565 | 0.908 | 95 | 0.1% |
| 7 |  Igor ShesterkinNYR | NYR | 1,606 | 55 | 55 | 1,466 | 0.913 | 94 | 62%▼5.9 |
| 8 |  Sergei BobrovskyFLA | FLA | 1,584 | 58 | 58 | 1,449 | 0.915 | 93 | 84%▼1.2 |
| 9 |  Stuart SkinnerEDM | EDM | 1,553 | 59 | 57 | 1,406 | 0.905 | 92 | 67%▲5.3 |
| 10 |  Joonas KorpisaloOTT | OTT | 1,522 | 55 | 49 | 1,354 | 0.890 | 91 | 12% |
| 11 |  Thatcher DemkoVAN | VAN | 1,492 | 51 | 51 | 1,369 | 0.918 | 90 | 24% |
| 12 |  Cam TalbotLAK | LAK | 1,490 | 54 | 52 | 1,361 | 0.913 | 89 | 9.2%▲2.6 |
| 13 |  Andrei VasilevskiyTBL | TBL | 1,477 | 52 | 52 | 1,329 | 0.900 | 88 | 99% |
| 14 |  Jake OettingerDAL | DAL | 1,476 | 54 | 53 | 1,336 | 0.905 | 87 | 99% |
| 15 |  Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF | BUF | 1,470 | 54 | 51 | 1,338 | 0.910 | 86 | 67%▲1 |
| 16 |  Connor IngramARI | ARI | 1,461 | 50 | 48 | 1,325 | 0.907 | 85 | — |
| 17 |  Charlie LindgrenWSH | WSH | 1,431 | 50 | 48 | 1,304 | 0.911 | 84 | 12% |
| 18 |  Mackenzie BlackwoodSJS | SJS | 1,383 | 44 | 41 | 1,243 | 0.899 | 82 | 92%▲0.8 |
| 19 |  Jacob MarkstromCGY | CGY | 1,379 | 48 | 48 | 1,248 | 0.905 | 81 | 88%▼4.1 |
| 20 |  Joey DaccordSEA | SEA | 1,374 | 50 | 46 | 1,258 | 0.916 | 80 | 65%▼2.5 |
| 21 |  Tristan JarryPIT | PIT | 1,369 | 51 | 48 | 1,236 | 0.903 | 79 | 26% |
| 22 |  John GibsonANA | ANA | 1,343 | 46 | 44 | 1,192 | 0.888 | 78 | 60%▼4.1 |
| 23 |  Alex LyonDET | DET | 1,325 | 44 | 43 | 1,198 | 0.904 | 77 | 29%▼2.1 |
| 24 |  Lukas DostalANA | ANA | 1,310 | 44 | 38 | 1,181 | 0.902 | 76 | 82%▼1.1 |
| 25 |  Samuel MontembeaultMTL | MTL | 1,307 | 41 | 40 | 1,180 | 0.903 | 75 | 13%▼0.8 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Shots Against in 2023-24?
Juuse Saros leads with 1,845. The median of the 98 qualified goalies is 768.
How is Shots Against calculated?
Shots on goal faced while in net, regular season. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Shots Against?
A workload stat: starts and team shot suppression explain almost all of it.