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TOP 20 WORLD RANKINGS

Rank    Player     League  Team    Ratings
1 Tomas Vokoun   NHL FLA   94
2 Ryan Miller   NHL BUF   90
3 Tuukka Rask   NHL BOS   87
4 Jaroslav Halak   NHL MTL   85
5 Jimmy Howard   NHL DET   84
6 Craig Anderson   NHL COL   83
7 Ty Conklin NHL STL 83
8 Jonathan Bernier   AHL MNC 82
9 Evgeni Nabokov   NHL SJS   81
10 Jonas Hiller   NHL ANA   81
11 Miikka Kiprusoff   NHL CGY   80
12 Henrik Lundqvist   NHL NYR   78
13 Ilya Bryzgalov   NHL PHX   78
14 Cam Ward   NHL CAR   75
15 Johan Hedberg   NHL ATL   74
16 Carey Price NHL MON 74
17 Tim Thomas NHL BOS   73
18 Roberto Luongo   NHL VAN   73
19 Marty Turco NHL DAL 73
20 Jose Theodore NHL WSH 73

TOP 20 NON-NHL RANKINGS

Rank    Player     League  Team    Ratings
1 Jonathan Bernier   AHL MNC 82
2 Nathan Lawson   AHL BRI 71
3 Bryan Pitton   ECHL STO 70
4 Mike McKenna   AHL LOW 69
5 Jussi Rynnäs FNL AST 67
6 Justin Pogge AHL SAN 67
7 Petri Vehanen   KHL  AKB   66
8 Devan Dubnyk AHL SPR 66
9 Scott Munroe AHL BRI 66
10 Matt Climie AHL TEX 64
11 Peter Mannino   AHL CHI 63
12 Jeff Glass KHL BAR  63
13 Jacob Markström   SEL  BIF   63
14 Sergei Bobrovsky KHL MNK 62
15 Alexander Fomichev   KHL  TOR   61
16 Georgy Gelashvili  KHL LOK  61
17 Sasu Hovi CZE KOM 61
18 Cody Reichard NCAA MIA 61
19 Drew MacIntyre AHL CHI 61
20 Alexander Yeremenko   KHL SAL 60
 

 

 

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    Jerry Shields
 HOW DO I DETERMINE THESE RATINGS?

 

An intensive, complicated analysis is done on each goaltender.

Care is taken to remove an bias from the ability of a goaltender's teams - as good teams allow fewer quality shots and vice versa for weak teams.

There are adjustments made for the caliber of goaltending in each league and then again for each level of hockey.

All of this results in a number that reflects a goaltenders current ability and compares him to others.  Most goaltenders' ability increases with age, until they peak in their early 30's.  Younger goaltenders' ratings increase faster at a young age as the progress through the ranks.

Goalies with few starts result in more inaccurate analysis and should be scrutinized closely.  Therefore I only rank goalies that have played a minimum of 1200 minutes.

What the Scores Mean....

Extensive research has allowed me to place a goalie in his current level of play based on these scores.
The scores relate to the following categories.
Keep in mind that these scores are CURRENT ability but do not indicate potential ability.
Quality Goaltenders often climb 1 category per season.

Score = Current Level of Play
00-09 = Tier II Goalie
10-19 = Tier II Starter
20-29 = Major Junior Backup
30-39 = Major Junior Starter
40-49 = Minor Pro Goaltender
50-59 = Minor Pro Starter/Fringe NHL Goalie
60-69 = Regular NHL Goalie
70-79 = NHL Starter
80-99 = NHL STAR