Top 25 NHL Hockey Goalies Rankings 2026

Goaltending still decides championships, and the 2026 NHL season has made that clearer than ever. From proven superstars to breakout young netminders, this year’s goalie landscape is deep, unpredictable, and brutally competitive. Wins matter, but so do workload, save percentage, consistency, and the ability to steal games when it counts.

These Top 25 NHL Goalie Rankings for 2026 are based on real on-ice performance – games played, goals-against average, save percentage, and overall impact on team success. Whether it’s an elite workhorse carrying a contender or a rising star forcing his way into the spotlight, this list highlights the goaltenders NHL fans trust most right now.

Who is the No. 1 Fantasy Hockey Goaltender in 2026?

The Nashville Predators Goalie ‘Juuse Saros’ is the No. 1 Fantasy Hockey Goaltender in 2026. He finished 3.01 goals against per game during the 2025-26 season.

Fantasy Top NHL Hockey Goalie Rankings:

Rk	Name	Team	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SOG	SO	TIME
1	Juuse Saros	NSH	30	39	3.01	0.896	20	16	113	976	1089	0	2250
2	Karel Vejmelka	UTA	29	38	2.58	0.899	24	11	96	858	953	1	2228
3	Dustin Wolf	CGY	24	38	3	0.897	15	20	106	927	1032	2	2117
4	Logan Thompson	WSH	28	37	2.39	0.914	18	15	87	922	1009	2	2185
5	Spencer Knight	CHI	24	34	2.54	0.913	15	13	86	900	986	3	2033
6	Jet Greaves	CBJ	24	34	2.62	0.91	15	12	88	895	983	1	2018
7	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	30	34	2.45	0.913	17	12	82	863	945	1	2006
8	Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	37	34	3.09	0.875	19	14	103	723	826	3	2000
9	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	27	34	2.88	0.902	19	12	96	886	981	1	1998
10	Lukas Dostal	ANA	25	34	3.01	0.894	17	12	97	818	915	0	1936
11	Jake Oettinger	DAL	27	33	2.65	0.902	19	10	86	793	879	2	1948
12	Stuart Skinner	TOT	27	33	2.67	0.894	17	12	85	720	805	2	1907
13	Andrei Vasilevski	TBL	31	32	2.13	0.916	22	7	68	746	813	1	1911
14	Filip Gustavsson	MIN	27	32	2.58	0.908	17	9	81	804	884	3	1887
15	Darcy Kuemper	LAK	35	32	2.52	0.904	12	9	77	721	798	2	1834
16	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	32	31	2.65	0.903	12	13	82	766	848	0	1860
17	John Gibson	DET	32	31	2.68	0.904	20	9	81	764	845	3	1817
18	Yaroslav Askarov	SJS	23	31	3.51	0.889	16	13	99	792	890	0	1693
19	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	30	30	2.51	0.914	16	12	75	794	869	5	1792
20	Scott Wedgewood	COL	33	30	2.14	0.918	20	3	62	693	755	2	1739
21	Joey Daccord	SEA	29	29	2.92	0.899	12	12	82	727	808	2	1684
22	Jordan Binnington	STL	32	29	3.57	0.868	8	14	95	625	720	1	1597
23	Linus Ullmark	OTT	32	28	2.95	0.881	14	8	82	605	687	1	1666
24	Daniel Vladar	PHI	28	28	2.46	0.905	16	7	67	639	706	0	1633
25	Kevin Lankinen	VAN	30	27	3.46	0.884	7	15	90	688	778	0	1563
26	Jacob Markström	NJD	35	27	3.3	0.88	14	11	84	618	702	0	1528
27	Joel Hofer	STL	25	27	2.73	0.904	11	10	67	629	696	4	1470
28	Akira Schmid	VGK	25	26	2.52	0.896	15	5	63	540	603	2	1503
29	Jake Allen	NJD	35	25	2.61	0.908	12	11	64	632	695	1	1473
30	Arturs Silovs	PIT	24	23	3	0.893	9	6	67	557	623	1	1339
31	Cameron Talbot	DET	38	23	3	0.893	11	7	66	548	614	0	1322
32	Jakub Dobes	MTL	24	23	3.01	0.887	15	5	66	519	585	0	1317
33	Alexander Nedeljkovic	SJS	29	23	2.87	0.899	10	8	63	563	626	0	1316
34	Brandon Bussi	CAR	27	22	2.2	0.905	18	3	49	465	513	1	1338
35	Samuel Ersson	PHI	26	22	3.36	0.862	8	8	72	448	520	0	1285
36	Alex Lyon	BUF	33	22	2.83	0.907	11	6	57	553	610	1	1207
37	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	23	21	2.7	0.913	12	5	57	595	651	4	1264
38	Frederik Andersen	CAR	36	21	3.23	0.869	7	10	68	450	518	0	1263
39	Tristan Jarry	TOT	30	21	2.78	0.901	13	5	56	508	564	2	1209
40	Joseph Woll	TOR	27	21	2.85	0.911	11	5	56	573	628	2	1180
41	Samuel Montembeault	MTL	29	21	3.42	0.871	9	7	67	452	519	0	1175
42	David Rittich	NYI	33	20	2.49	0.905	11	6	50	479	529	2	1205
43	Casey DeSmith	DAL	34	20	2.39	0.913	10	4	47	492	539	1	1180
44	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	26	20	2.66	0.905	11	7	52	497	549	0	1175
45	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	34	20	2.41	0.918	10	4	45	502	547	0	1121
46	Thatcher Demko	VAN	30	20	2.9	0.895	8	10	54	461	514	1	1116
47	Leevi Meriläinen	OTT	23	20	3.51	0.86	8	10	64	393	457	0	1094
48	Joonas Korpisalo	BOS	31	20	3.08	0.897	10	8	55	478	533	1	1071
49	Anton Forsberg	LAK	33	19	2.56	0.907	8	6	46	448	494	1	1078
50	Dennis Hildeby	TOR	24	19	2.9	0.91	5	6	46	466	511	1	951
51	Jonas Johansson	TBL	30	18	2.73	0.896	10	6	47	407	454	0	1033
52	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	31	18	3.81	0.882	8	8	64	478	542	0	1008
53	Eric Comrie	WPG	30	18	3.19	0.888	8	9	53	419	472	0	996
54	Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	29	17	2.49	0.907	13	3	41	400	441	2	987
55	Devin Cooley	CGY	28	17	2.17	0.924	6	5	34	413	447	0	939
56	Charlie Lindgren	WSH	32	16	3.25	0.888	7	6	51	404	455	1	941
57	Daniil Tarasov	FLA	26	16	2.63	0.906	7	6	41	397	438	0	936
58	Arvid Söderblom	CHI	26	16	3.75	0.874	5	8	58	404	462	0	927
59	Jonathan Quick	NYR	39	16	3.2	0.885	3	11	47	361	408	1	882
60	Calvin Pickard	EDM	33	16	3.68	0.871	5	6	53	357	410	0	864
61	Justus Annunen	NSH	25	15	3.33	0.878	4	6	42	303	344	0	756
62	Anthony Stolarz	TOR	31	14	3.63	0.88	6	6	46	337	383	0	760
63	Vitek Vanecek	UTA	29	13	2.92	0.883	2	9	37	279	316	0	759
64	Carter Hart	VGK	27	12	3.28	0.871	5	3	36	243	279	0	659
65	Colten Ellis	BUF	25	11	3.1	0.898	6	4	32	282	314	0	620
66	Ville Husso	ANA	30	11	3.08	0.888	6	4	31	245	276	0	604
67	Jacob Fowler	MTL	21	10	2.62	0.902	4	4	26	238	264	1	595
68	Petr Mrazek	ANA	33	10	4.07	0.858	3	5	35	212	247	0	516
69	Connor Ingram	EDM	28	9	2.22	0.917	5	3	20	222	242	1	541
70	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	26	9	2.33	0.899	6	2	19	170	189	1	490
71	Carl Lindbom	VGK	22	8	3	0.873	2	4	24	165	189	0	481
72	Adin Hill	VGK	29	8	3.01	0.871	3	1	20	135	155	0	399
73	Nikita Tolopilo	VAN	25	6	3.98	0.881	2	3	21	156	177	0	317
74	Sergei Murashov	PIT	21	5	2.56	0.897	1	1	12	104	116	1	281
75	Spencer Martin	NYR	30	5	3.9	0.864	1	2	15	95	110	0	231
76	Matt Murray	SEA	31	5	2.21	0.922	0	2	8	94	102	0	217
77	Trent Miner	COL	24	4	2.03	0.924	1	0	8	97	104	1	237
78	Alexei Kolosov	PHI	23	4	4	0.83	0	2	8	39	47	0	120
79	Cayden Primeau	TOR	26	3	4.3	0.838	2	1	13	67	80	0	181
80	James Reimer	OTT	37	3	3.02	0.889	1	1	9	72	81	0	179
81	Thomas Milic	WPG	22	3	3.46	0.871	0	1	8	54	62	0	139
82	Drew Commesso	CHI	23	2	2.5	0.917	1	1	5	55	60	1	120
83	Nico Daws	NJD	25	1	1	0.968	1	0	1	30	31	0	60
84	Pheonix Copley	LAK	33	1	3.07	0.893	0	1	3	25	28	0	59
85	Jiri Patera	VAN	26	1	7.39	0.825	0	1	7	33	40	0	57
86	Hunter Shepard	OTT	30	1	3.35	0.833	0	1	2	10	12	0	36
87	Vyacheslav Buteyets	ANA	23	1	9	0.769	0	0	3	10	13	0	20
88	Mads Søgaard	OTT	25	1	17.23	0.688	0	0	5	11	16	0	17
89	Marcus Högberg	NYI	31	1	8.9	0.714	0	0	2	5	7	0	13
90	Artur Akhtyamov	TOR	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	5	0	11
91	Brandon Halverson	TBL	29	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0