HOH Top 60 Goaltenders of All Time (2024 Edition)

[Dr John Carlson]

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
Preliminary Discussion
Vote 1
Vote 2
Vote 3
Vote 4
Vote 5
Vote 6
Vote 7
Vote 8
Vote 9
Vote 10
Vote 11
Vote 12

Project Threads
Voting Results
Aggregate List & Individual Records

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[amnesiac]

Hasek rightfully #1 this time around!

 

[ItsFineImFine]

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.

 

[MXD]

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.

 

[Gerulaitis]

1 Tretiak
2 Plante
3 Sawchuk
4 Hasek
5 Roy

 

[Stephen]

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.

 

[Michael Farkas]

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...

 

[Stephen]

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?

 

[yazmybaby]

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.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

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.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Hasek as numro uno ahead Tretiak and Sawchuk and Glenn Hall no way man...and Plante,Parent were great also

1 Tretiak
2 Plante
3 Sawchuk
4 Hasek
5 Roy

Glenn Hall was better than Roy and probably Hasek

 

[Gerulaitis]

Hasek as numro uno ahead Tretiak and Sawchuk and Glenn Hall no way man...and Plante,Parent were great also


Glenn Hall was better than Roy and probably Hasek

I can't see anyone ahead of Tretiak.

Not sure if Hall was better than Hasek.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Are we able to get the OP updated? We're a couple weeks back now.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Are we able to get the OP updated? We're a couple weeks back now.

We are?? I'm seeing Vote 9 inductees on the table, and I'll be able to get this past week's vote in in a few days time.

 

[carjackmalone]

Pete peeters needs to be on this list

 

[Dr John Carlson]

OP is fully edited and complete!

Should I have Evgeni Nabokov as Kazakh or Russian? Or Kazakh-Russian?

 

[nabby12]

OP is fully edited and complete!

Should I have Evgeni Nabokov as Kazakh or Russian? Or Kazakh-Russian?

Kazakh/Russian how you have it is good.

 

[Professor What]

Now that this is finished, I want to say some thank you's. First of all, thanks to everyone who constructively contributed to the project, whether it was by discussion, voting or research. It's been fun working with you.

Thanks to @seventieslord for the work he did in making the spreadsheet that helped us do the list filtering. That was beyond my knowledge, and it was really great to have. Honestly, I didn't know that Excel could do some of the things that said spreadsheet did.

A big thanks to @Dr John Carlson. Honestly, I don't know if I could have run this thing by myself, and he did a lot of the heavy lifting. He created the spreadsheet that we used to tabulate the votes and really kind of saw to it that this thing ran on schedule. I basically assisted him, but it was a pleasure to do so.

I know everybody is probably ready for a break, but I look forward to working with you all again on the next project we do.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Pete peeters needs to be on this list

If Cheevers isn't on this list, certainly Peeters shouldn't be.

 

[10Ducky10]

Dryden and Sawchuk should be first and second.

 

[VanIslander]

If Cheevers isn't on this list, certainly Peeters shouldn't be.

This is what divides many hockey fans.
We had this very argument, for and against, in a sports bar back in '94.
Which one was better?

 

[jigglysquishy]

If Cheevers isn't on this list, certainly Peeters shouldn't be.

If we went to 70, Cheevers would make it.

Peeters was further back.