The Top 30 Goalies of All-Time

RankPlayerYears
1Patrick Roy1984-2003
2Martin Brodeur1991-2015
3Dominik Hasek1990-2008
4Jacques Plante1952-1975
5Ken Dryden1970-1979
6Glen Hall1952-1971
7Andrei Vasilevskiy2014-active
8Connor Hellebuyck2015-active
9Terry Sawchuk1949-1970
10Ed Belfour1988-2007
11Sergei Bobrovsky2010-active
12Bernie Parent1965-1979
13Bill Durnan1943-1950
14Tony Esposito1968-1984
15Henrik Lundqvist2005-2020
16Billy Smith1971-1989
17Roberto Luongo1999-2019
18Tim Thomas2002-2014
19Johnny Bower1953-1970
20Turk Broda1936-1952
21Marc-Andre Fleury2003-2025
22Grant Fuhr1981-2000
23Jonathan Quick2007-active
24Carey Price2007-2022
25Tom Barasso1983-2003
26Mike Vernon1982-2002
27Tiny Thompson1928-1940
28George Hainsworth1926-1937
29Curtis Joseph1989-2009
30Ed Giacomin1965-1978

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Hi (hopefully) awesome reader! I welcome your comments. However, please be aware that I make all of my arguments using facts, statistics, and logic. Unfortunately, the average comment on a top-100 list goes something like this:

"UR StooPid. (Insert player) is trash. I've watched (pick a sport) for (pick a number of years) and (pick a player) is better than everyone. UR DUMB. HAHA6969."

–Some Jabroni

As cognitively stimulating as this species of comment is, it ends up being a missed opportunity to share a nuanced perspective. I reply to all comments that show even the most basic levels of thought and humility. The people who make the comments like the example above are under the assumption that the three seconds of thought that popped into their brains after reading the list is more than the 1000s of hours that I put into creating and maintaining the lists. I would be happy to defend any placement, or make an adjustment if one is warranted. If you are a jabroni, like the one above, then your comment will die in the lonely void of the unpublished comments section.

For everyone else, I look forward to your comments!

P.S. A theme of this site and the top-100 lists is that athletes from previous generations have historically been grossly overrated by sports publications in a way that is statistically improbable. Click on the "About" dropdown menu to see just how badly the average top-100 list disproportionately favors athletes from older generations when leagues were smaller, race quotas existed, and globalization wasn't a thing. Also, please consider reading "The History" section of the sport you are commenting on.

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