The 51 goaltenders with the most shutouts, 1917–18 to 2017–18

Every goaltender on this list is ranked on one number: shutouts in the regular season between 1917–18 and 2017–18. Nothing else is weighed, and the figures each ranking rests on are in the table.

Shutouts — the leading 15. Every one of the 51 is in the table below.

#	Player	Pos	Seasons	Shutouts	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Martin Brodeur	G	1991–92 to 2014–15	125	1,266	691	397
2	Terry Sawchuk	G	1949–50 to 1969–70	103	971	447	330
3	George Hainsworth	G	1926–27 to 1936–37	94	465	246	145
4	Glenn Hall	G	1952–53 to 1970–71	84	906	407	326
5	Jacques Plante	G	1952–53 to 1972–73	82	837	437	246
6	Alec Connell	G	1924–25 to 1936–37	81	417	193	156
6	Dominik Hasek	G	1990–91 to 2007–08	81	735	389	223
6	Tiny Thompson	G	1928–29 to 1939–40	81	553	284	194
9	Ed Belfour	G	1988–89 to 2006–07	76	963	484	320
9	Tony Esposito	G	1968–69 to 1983–84	76	886	423	306
9	Roberto Luongo	G	1999–00 to 2017–18	76	1,001	471	376
12	Lorne Chabot	G	1926–27 to 1936–37	72	412	201	147
13	Harry Lumley	G	1943–44 to 1959–60	71	803	330	329
14	Roy Worters	G	1925–26 to 1936–37	67	484	171	229
15	Patrick Roy	G	1984–85 to 2002–03	66	1,029	551	315
16	Henrik Lundqvist	G	2005–06 to 2017–18	63	805	431	275
17	Turk Broda	G	1936–37 to 1951–52	62	629	302	224
18	Evgeni Nabokov	G	1999–00 to 2014–15	59	697	353	227
19	John Ross Roach	G	1921–22 to 1934–35	58	492	219	204
20	Clint Benedict	G	1917–18 to 1929–30	57	362	190	143
21	Ed Giacomin	G	1965–66 to 1977–78	54	609	289	209
21	Bernie Parent	G	1965–66 to 1978–79	54	608	271	198
23	Curtis Joseph	G	1989–90 to 2008–09	51	943	454	352
23	Dave Kerr	G	1930–31 to 1940–41	51	427	203	148
23	Pekka Rinne	G	2005–06 to 2017–18	51	567	311	168
23	Rogie Vachon	G	1966–67 to 1981–82	51	795	355	291
23	Tomas Vokoun	G	1996–97 to 2012–13	51	700	300	288
28	Chris Osgood	G	1993–94 to 2010–11	50	744	401	216
29	Jonathan Quick	G	2007–08 to 2017–18	49	556	293	195
30	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	2003–04 to 2017–18	48	737	404	229
31	Ken Dryden	G	1970–71 to 1978–79	46	397	258	57
31	Nikolai Khabibulin	G	1994–95 to 2013–14	46	799	333	334
33	Miikka Kiprusoff	G	2000–01 to 2012–13	44	623	319	213
34	Ryan Miller	G	2002–03 to 2017–18	43	737	370	268
34	Gump Worsley	G	1952–53 to 1973–74	43	861	335	352
36	Charlie Gardiner	G	1927–28 to 1933–34	42	316	112	152
36	Jaroslav Halak	G	2006–07 to 2017–18	42	449	232	150
38	Tuukka Rask	G	2007–08 to 2017–18	41	449	238	137
38	Marty Turco	G	2000–01 to 2011–12	41	543	275	167
40	Craig Anderson	G	2002–03 to 2017–18	40	564	261	207
40	Frank Brimsek	G	1938–39 to 1949–50	40	514	252	182
40	Carey Price	G	2007–08 to 2017–18	40	558	286	201
40	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	1981–82 to 2001–02	40	882	374	346
44	Jocelyn Thibault	G	1993–94 to 2007–08	39	586	238	238
45	Tom Barrasso	G	1983–84 to 2002–03	38	777	369	277
45	Sean Burke	G	1987–88 to 2006–07	38	820	324	341
45	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	G	1996–97 to 2013–14	38	597	262	216
45	Kari Lehtonen	G	2003–04 to 2017–18	38	649	310	233
49	Johnny Bower	G	1953–54 to 1969–70	37	552	250	195
49	Brian Elliott	G	2007–08 to 2017–18	37	414	214	128
49	Tommy Salo	G	1994–95 to 2003–04	37	526	210	225

How this list is made

Ranked on shutouts in the regular season, 1917–18 to 2017–18. Players are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else: there is no judgement here about who was better. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Some of these careers were not over. Roberto Luongo, Henrik Lundqvist, Pekka Rinne, Jonathan Quick, Marc-Andre Fleury and Ryan Miller — and 6 others on this list — played in 2017–18, the last season these figures cover, so their totals are what they had reached by then and not what they finished with. This site has no source for what has happened since.

Career figures from the Hockey Databank project, obtained free of charge and copyrighted by it. Regular season only; the play-offs are not counted.

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