HOH Top 60 Goaltenders of All Time (2024 Edition)

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The following is the still-ongoing list of the top goaltenders from all of hockey history, as determined by the History of Hockey community at HFBoards:

Rank
Name
Height
Weight
Born
Career
Nationality
Birthplace
1​
Dominik Hasek​
6'1"​
166​
1965​
1980-2011​
Czech​
Paradubice, CZE​
2​
Patrick Roy​
6'2"​
190​
1965​
1985-2003​
Canadian​
Quebec City, QC​
3​
Jacques Plante​
6'0"​
175​
1929​
1949-1975​
Canadian​
Shawinigan Falls, QC​
4​
Terry Sawchuk​
5'11"​
195​
1929​
1948-1970​
Canadian​
Winnipeg, MB​
5​
Martin Brodeur​
6'2"​
220​
1972​
1992-2015​
Canadian​
Montreal, QC​
6​
Glenn Hall​
5'11"​
180​
1931​
1951-1971​
Canadian​
Humboldt, SK​
7​
Vladislav Tretiak​
6'0"​
200​
1952​
1968-1984​
Russian​
Orudyevo, USSR​
8​
Ken Dryden​
6'3"​
207​
1947​
1969-1979​
Canadian​
Hamilton, ON​
9​
Frank Brimsek​
5'9"​
170​
1915​
1938-1950​
American​
Eveleth, MN​
10​
Georges Vezina​
5'6"​
185​
1887​
1910-1926​
Canadian​
Chicoutimi, QC​
11​
Charlie Gardiner​
6'0"​
176​
1904​
1926-1934​
Canadian​
Edinburgh, SCO​
12​
Henrik Lundqvist​
6'1"​
182​
1982​
2000-2020​
Swedish​
Are, SWE​
13​
Bill Durnan​
6'0"​
190​
1916​
1933-1950​
Canadian​
Toronto, ON​
14​
Ed Belfour​
6'0"​
214​
1965​
1987-2007​
Canadian​
Carman, MB​
15​
Andrei Vasilevskiy​
6'4"​
228​
1994​
2012-Present​
Russian​
Tyumen, RUS​
16​
Johnny Bower​
5'11"​
189​
1924​
1945-1969​
Canadian​
Prince Albert, SK​
17​
Bernie Parent​
5'10"​
170​
1945​
1965-1979​
Canadian​
Montreal, QC​
18​
Clint Benedict​
6'0"​
165​
1892​
1913-1930​
Canadian​
Ottawa, ON​
19​
Roberto Luongo​
6'3"​
217​
1979​
2000-2019​
Canadian​
Montreal, QC​
20​
Turk Broda​
5'9"​
180​
1914​
1936-1951​
Canadian​
Brandon, MB​
21​
Carey Price​
6'3"​
217​
1987​
2007-2022​
Canadian​
Vancouver, BC​
22​
Connor Hellebuyck​
6'4"​
207​
1993​
2014-Present​
American​
Commerce, MI​
23​
Hugh Lehman​
5'8"​
168​
1885​
1906-1927​
Canadian​
Pembroke, ON​
24​
Jiri Holecek​
5'11"​
163​
1944​
1963-1978​
Czech​
Prague, CZE​
25​
Roy Worters​
5'3"​
135​
1900​
1922-1937​
Canadian​
Toronto, ON​
26​
Tiny Thompson​
5'10"​
160​
1903​
1924-1940​
Canadian​
Sandon, BC​
27​
Billy Smith​
5'10"​
185​
1950​
1970-1989​
Canadian​
Perth, ON​
28​
Tony Esposito​
5'11"​
185​
1943​
1967-1984​
Canadian​
Sault Ste. Marie, ON​
29​
Harry Lumley​
6'0"​
195​
1926​
1943-1961​
Canadian​
Owen Sound, ON​
30​
George Hainsworth​
5'6"​
150​
1893​
1916-1936​
Canadian​
Toronto, ON​
31​
Grant Fuhr​
5'10"​
184​
1962​
1981-2000​
Canadian​
Spruce Grove, AB​
32​
Hap Holmes​
5'10"​
170​
1888​
1908-1928​
Canadian​
Aurora, ON​
33​
Curtis Joseph​
5'11"​
190​
1967​
1989-2009​
Canadian​
Keswick, ON​
34​
Miikka Kiprusoff​
6'2"​
187​
1962​
1996-2013​
Finnish​
Turku, FIN​
35​
John Vanbiesbrouck​
5'8"​
175​
1962​
1981-2002​
American​
Detroit, MI​
36​
Jonathan Quick​
6'1"​
218​
1986​
2007-Present​
American​
Milford, CT​
37​
Percy LeSueur​
5'7"​
150​
1881​
1906-1916​
Canadian​
Quebec City, QC​
38​
Tom Barrasso​
6'3"​
210​
1965​
1983-2002​
American​
Boston, MA​
39​
Rogie Vachon​
5'8"​
160​
1945​
1966-1982​
Canadian​
Palmarolle, QC​
40​
Sergei Bobrovsky​
6'2"​
182​
1988​
2006-Present​
Russian​
Novokuznetsk, USSR​
41​
Gump Worsley​
5'7"​
180​
1929​
1949-1974​
Canadian​
Montreal, QC​
42​
Paddy Moran​
5'11"​
180​
1877​
1902-1917​
Canadian​
Quebec City, QC​
43​
Chuck Rayner​
5'11"​
190​
1920​
1940-1954​
Canadian​
Sutherland, SK​
44​
Pekka Rinne​
6'5"​
217​
1982​
2003-2021​
Finnish​
Kempele, FIN​
45​
Alec Connell​
5'9"​
150​
1902​
1920-1937​
Canadian​
Ottawa, ON​
46​
Mike Liut​
6'2"​
195​
1956​
1977-1992​
Canadian​
Weston, ON​
47​
Marc-Andre Fleury​
6'2"​
185​
1984​
2003-Present​
Canadian​
Sorel-Tracy, QC​
48​
Dave Kerr​
5'10"​
160​
1910​
1929-1941​
Canadian​
Toronto, ON​
49​
Tuukka Rask​
6'3"​
176​
1987​
2005-2022​
Finnish​
Savonlinna, FIN​
50​
Igor Shesterkin​
6'1"​
195​
1995​
2014-Present​
Russian​
Moscow, RUS​
51​
John Ross Roach​
5'5"​
130​
1900​
1921-1935​
Canadian​
Port Perry, ON​
52​
Ed Giacomin​
5'11"​
180​
1939​
1960-1977​
Canadian​
Sudbury, ON​
53​
Ryan Miller​
6'2"​
170​
1980​
2002-2021​
American​
East Lansing, MI​
54​
Mike Richter​
5'10"​
190​
1966​
1989-2002​
American​
Abington, PA​
55​
Evgeni Nabokov​
6'0"​
202​
1975​
1993-2015​
Kazakh/Russian​
Ust-Kamenogorsk, USSR​
56​
Riley Hern​
5'9"​
170​
1878​
1902-1911​
Canadian​
St. Marys, ON​
57​
Vladimir Dzurilla​
5'10"​
205​
1942​
1960-1982​
Slovak​
Bratislava, SVK​
58​
Tim Thomas​
5'11"​
201​
1974​
1998-2014​
American​
Flint, MI​
59​
Lorne Chabot​
6'1"​
185​
1900​
1921-1937​
Canadian​
Montreal, QC​
60​
Braden Holtby​
6'1"​
215​
1989​
2009-2022​
Canadian​
Lloydminster, SK​

Discussion Threads
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Project Threads
Voting Results
Aggregate List & Individual Records
 
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Was Luongo better than Price? I dunno maybe in terms of longevity sure but I thought Price was the better goalie once he got going in his career and became the clear no1.
 
Was Luongo better than Price? I dunno maybe in terms of longevity sure but I thought Price was the better goalie once he got going in his career and became the clear no1.


That's essentially the gist of it.
 
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Unhappy to see Henrik Lundqvist ahead of Ed Belfour.

This feels proportionately incorrect as Belfour played more games, won more games, a 2 to 1 Vezina advantage, a Stanley Cup and 3 finals appearances to 1.
 
This feels proportionately incorrect as Belfour played more games, won more games, a 2 to 1 Vezina advantage, a Stanley Cup and 3 finals appearances to 1.
This feels very binary. If this was the approach, this winner take all scenario, I feel like the list would look entirely random...
 
This feels very binary. If this was the approach, this winner take all scenario, I feel like the list would look entirely random...

I just don't see a case for Lundqvist being ahead of Belfour, especially when they're ranked so closely beside one another. But it's a vote, what can you do?
 
The list has omitted Tony O, he should be in the top 20.
Parent should be much higher as well, 2 Stanley Cups and 2 Conn Smythe's, a career .915 SVPCT.
His two seasons in 73/74 and 74/75 are tough to duplicate.
It’s okay to read the discussion threads where this has all been extensively litigated.
 

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