highest save percentage nhl 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Niklas Backstrom had the highest save percentage, at .923.

Interpreted as:
highest save percentage with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games by a player NHL 2000s
NAMESV%GPGSWLTOTLSASVGAGAASHOMIN
1Niklas Backstrom
N. Backstrom
.923
170
164
93
45
22
4,716
4,353
363
2.24
17
9723
2Jonas Hiller
J. Hiller
.921
69
56
33
22
2
1,795
1,654
141
2.28
4
3709
3Roberto Luongo
R. Luongo
.919
544
526
230
232
33
31
16,430
15,101
1,329
2.57
47
31038
4Roman Cechmanek
R. Cechmanek
.919
212
205
110
64
28
5,161
4,742
419
2.08
25
12086
5Tim Thomas
T. Thomas
.918
219
209
109
73
0
27
6,741
6,190
551
2.62
12
12626
6Patrick Roy
P. Roy
.918
251
247
139
72
36
6,505
5,973
532
2.15
20
14831
7Cristobal Huet
C. Huet
.917
224
204
103
76
11
17
6,133
5,622
511
2.45
20
12529
8Henrik Lundqvist
H. Lundqvist
.917
265
261
142
83
34
7,242
6,638
604
2.31
20
15678
9Dominik Hasek
D. Hasek
.916
321
318
194
84
20
13
8,007
7,336
671
2.13
39
18934
10Tomas Vokoun
T. Vokoun
.916
474
454
205
193
31
25
13,606
12,462
1,144
2.52
30
27189
11Steve Mason
S. Mason
.916
61
61
33
20
7
1,658
1,518
140
2.29
10
3664
12Jean-Sebastien Giguere
J. Giguere
.915
434
416
203
158
24
31
11,942
10,928
1,014
2.45
31
24868
13Sean Burke
S. Burke
.914
291
274
125
108
31
9
8,093
7,401
692
2.50
19
16615
14Chris Mason
C. Mason
.914
189
164
85
64
1
18
5,048
4,615
433
2.53
18
10278
15Martin Brodeur
M. Brodeur
.914
624
623
356
194
48
23
16,011
14,628
1,383
2.22
65
37394
16Dan Ellis
D. Ellis
.913
80
71
35
29
0
7
2,138
1,952
186
2.62
9
4253
17Manny Fernandez
M. Fernandez
.913
316
302
142
120
23
11
8,591
7,842
749
2.48
15
18143
18Dwayne Roloson
D. Roloson
.913
374
349
141
160
29
25
10,448
9,537
911
2.56
21
21368
19Miikka Kiprusoff
M. Kiprusoff
.912
385
371
204
125
7
35
10,454
9,538
916
2.46
30
22306
20Kari Lehtonen
K. Lehtonen
.912
204
197
94
83
0
17
6,362
5,803
559
2.87
14
11671
21Manny Legace
M. Legace
.912
320
299
175
83
16
18
7,967
7,266
701
2.37
23
17769
22Carey Price
C. Price
.912
93
89
47
28
13
2,795
2,549
246
2.71
4
5449
23Martin Biron
M. Biron
.912
424
401
198
158
24
20
11,711
10,678
1,033
2.58
25
24025
24Ilya Bryzgalov
I. Bryzgalov
.912
189
176
78
76
0
19
5,264
4,799
465
2.64
8
10550
25David Aebischer
D. Aebischer
.912
214
198
106
74
12
5
5,807
5,294
513
2.52
13
12230
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15
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16
10
48
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22
21
3
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-16
19
23
4
42
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16
25
5
37
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13
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44
28
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26
14
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26
19
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23
16
7
53
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24
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52
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24
18
3
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28
15
4
60
16
25
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24
17
6
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18
22
14
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52
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21
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