NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders 2024-25?

In the 2025-26 year, Karel Vejmelka is the best in the NHL in minutes in net with 154. Ranking in 2nd place is Logan Thompson, having a minutes in net total of 144. Recording a total of 143, Juuse Saros is holding on to the third position. With the 4th and 5th spot are Andrei Vasilevskiy (143) as well as Connor Hellebuyck (142).

2025-26 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Player	MIN
1st	Karel Vejmelka	154
2nd	Logan Thompson	144
3rd	Juuse Saros	143
4th	Andrei Vasilevskiy	143
5th	Connor Hellebuyck	142
6th	Spencer Knight	137
7th	Jet Greaves	137
8th	Lukas Dostal	136
9th	Jeremy Swayman	135
10th	Ilya Sorokin	134
11th	Jake Oettinger	133
12th	John Gibson	133
13th	Dustin Wolf	131
14th	Igor Shesterkin	126
15th	Sergei Bobrovsky	125
16th	Daniel Vladar	125
17th	Filip Gustavsson	124
18th	Stuart Skinner	55
19th	Darcy Kuemper	120
20th	Linus Ullmark	120
21st	Joey Daccord	112
22nd	Joel Hofer	109
23rd	Yaroslav Askarov	108
24th	Kevin Lankinen	108
25th	Scott Wedgewood	106
26th	Jacob Markstrom	106
27th	Jakub Dobes	105
28th	Brandon Bussi	98
29th	Jordan Binnington	96
30th	Alex Nedeljkovic	95
31st	Arturs Silovs	94
32nd	Joseph Woll	93

2022 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Player	MIN
1st	Juuse Saros – Nashville Predators	3,932
2nd	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	3,904
3rd	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,761
4th	Thatcher Demko – Vancouver Canucks	3,701
5th	Jacob Markstrom – Calgary Flames	3,696
6th	Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh Penguins	3,415
7th	Elvis Merzlikins – Columbus Blue Jackets	3,320
8th	Marc-Andre Fleury – 2 Teams	3,285
9th	Darcy Kuemper – Colorado Avalanche	3,259
10th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	3,236
11th	Alex Nedeljkovic – Detroit Red Wings	3,231
12th	Philipp Grubauer – Seattle Kraken	3,111
13th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers	3,082
14th	Ilya Sorokin – New York Islanders	3,072
15th	Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers	3,071
16th	Frederik Andersen – Carolina Hurricanes	3,071
17th	Cam Talbot – Minnesota Wild	2,864
18th	Jack Campbell – Toronto Maple Leafs	2,795
19th	Karel Vejmelka – Arizona Coyotes	2,773
20th	Jake Oettinger – Dallas Stars	2,708
21st	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	2,686
22nd	James Reimer – San Jose Sharks	2,673
23rd	Mikko Koskinen – Edmonton Oilers	2,629
24th	Carter Hart – Philadelphia Flyers	2,603
25th	Anton Forsberg – Ottawa Senators	2,571
26th	Robin Lehner – Vegas Golden Knights	2,547
27th	Jeremy Swayman – Boston Bruins	2,390
28th	Ilya Samsonov – Washington Capitals	2,361
29th	Ville Husso – St. Louis Blues	2,341
30th	Linus Ullmark – Boston Bruins	2,330
31st	Vitek Vanecek – Washington Capitals	2,317
32nd	Calvin Petersen – Los Angeles Kings	2,177

2021 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	2,603
2nd	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	2,524
3rd	Jacob Markstrom – Calgary Flames	2,508
4th	Jordan Binnington – St. Louis Blues	2,448
5th	Philipp Grubauer – Colorado Avalanche	2,367
6th	Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh Penguins	2,185
7th	Kevin Lankinen – Chicago Blackhawks	2,175
8th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Vegas Golden Knights	2,147
9th	Semyon Varlamov – New York Islanders	2,117
10th	Vitek Vanecek – Washington Capitals	2,115
11th	Mackenzie Blackwood – New Jersey Devils	2,091
12th	Thatcher Demko – Vancouver Canucks	2,087
13th	Juuse Saros – Nashville Predators	2,052
14th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	2,031
15th	Calvin Petersen – Los Angeles Kings	2,016
16th	Cam Talbot – Minnesota Wild	1,961
17th	Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers	1,899
18th	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	1,868
19th	Mike Smith – Edmonton Oilers	1,847
20th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers	1,816
21st	Anton Khudobin – Dallas Stars	1,795
22nd	Thomas Greiss – Detroit Red Wings	1,755
23rd	Joonas Korpisalo – Columbus Blue Jackets	1,747
24th	Jake Allen – Montreal Canadiens	1,703
25th	Brian Elliott – Philadelphia Flyers	1,608
26th	Jake Oettinger – Dallas Stars	1,604
27th	Darcy Kuemper – Arizona Coyotes	1,547
28th	Elvis Merzlikins – Columbus Blue Jackets	1,497
29th	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	1,479
30th	Carter Hart – Philadelphia Flyers	1,456
31st	Mikko Koskinen – Edmonton Oilers	1,438
32nd	Frederik Andersen – Toronto Maple Leafs	1,420

2020 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	3,440
2nd	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	3,269
3rd	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,122
4th	Frederik Andersen – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,007
5th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	2,981
6th	Jordan Binnington – St. Louis Blues	2,948
7th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Vegas Golden Knights	2,880
8th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers	2,806
9th	David Rittich – Calgary Flames	2,792
10th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	2,743
11th	Mackenzie Blackwood – New Jersey Devils	2,684
12th	Jonathan Bernier – Detroit Red Wings	2,566
13th	Jacob Markstrom – Vancouver Canucks	2,552
14th	Semyon Varlamov – New York Islanders	2,517
15th	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	2,516
16th	Ben Bishop – Dallas Stars	2,474
17th	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	2,402
18th	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	2,360
19th	Carter Hart – Philadelphia Flyers	2,356
20th	Corey Crawford – Chicago Blackhawks	2,340
21st	Petr Mrazek – Carolina Hurricanes	2,321
22nd	Matt Murray – Pittsburgh Penguins	2,238
23rd	Juuse Saros – Nashville Predators	2,177
24th	Alex Stalock – Minnesota Wild	2,177
25th	Mike Smith – Edmonton Oilers	2,157
26th	Joonas Korpisalo – Columbus Blue Jackets	2,126
27th	Mikko Koskinen – Edmonton Oilers	2,117
28th	Philipp Grubauer – Colorado Avalanche	2,057
29th	Robin Lehner – 2 Teams	2,055
30th	Linus Ullmark – Buffalo Sabres	2,027
31st	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	1,988
32nd	Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh Penguins	1,926

2019 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	3,880
2nd	Devan Dubnyk – Minnesota Wild	3,855
3rd	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	3,704
4th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Vegas Golden Knights	3,635
5th	Jacob Markstrom – Vancouver Canucks	3,599
6th	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	3,597
7th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Columbus Blue Jackets	3,557
8th	Frederik Andersen – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,510
9th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	3,407
10th	Darcy Kuemper – Arizona Coyotes	3,251
11th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	3,233
12th	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	3,220
13th	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,204
14th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	3,089
15th	Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings	3,053
16th	Mikko Koskinen – Edmonton Oilers	2,992
17th	Matt Murray – Pittsburgh Penguins	2,880
18th	Carter Hutton – Buffalo Sabres	2,840
19th	Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche	2,839
20th	Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators	2,785
21st	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	2,648
22nd	Ben Bishop – Dallas Stars	2,637
23rd	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	2,635
24th	Robin Lehner – New York Islanders	2,616
25th	Jake Allen – St. Louis Blues	2,568
26th	David Rittich – Calgary Flames	2,503
27th	Mike Smith – Calgary Flames	2,400
28th	Petr Mrazek – Carolina Hurricanes	2,387
29th	Roberto Luongo – Florida Panthers	2,347
30th	Jaroslav Halak – Boston Bruins	2,308
31st	Keith Kinkaid – New Jersey Devils	2,302
32nd	Thomas Greiss – New York Islanders	2,294

2018 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	3,966
2nd	Sergei Bobrovsky – Columbus Blue Jackets	3,912
3rd	Frederik Andersen – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,889
4th	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,825
5th	Cam Talbot – Edmonton Oilers	3,730
6th	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	3,677
7th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	3,503
8th	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	3,475
9th	Devan Dubnyk – Minnesota Wild	3,450
10th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	3,428
11th	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	3,416
12th	Jacob Markstrom – Vancouver Canucks	3,414
13th	Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings	3,368
14th	Jake Allen – St. Louis Blues	3,317
15th	Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators	3,251
16th	Mike Smith – Calgary Flames	3,191
17th	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	3,173
18th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	3,068
19th	Jaroslav Halak – New York Islanders	3,024
20th	Ben Bishop – Dallas Stars	2,887
21st	Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche	2,861
22nd	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	2,855
23rd	Robin Lehner – Buffalo Sabres	2,852
24th	Matt Murray – Pittsburgh Penguins	2,733
25th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Vegas Golden Knights	2,673
26th	Antti Raanta – Arizona Coyotes	2,599
27th	Brian Elliott – Philadelphia Flyers	2,522
28th	Scott Darling – Carolina Hurricanes	2,475
29th	Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes	2,459
30th	James Reimer – Florida Panthers	2,411
31st	Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils	2,332
32nd	Keith Kinkaid – New Jersey Devils	2,298

2017 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Cam Talbot – Edmonton Oilers	4,294
2nd	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	3,800
3rd	Frederik Andersen – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,799
4th	Devan Dubnyk – Minnesota Wild	3,758
5th	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	3,708
6th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Columbus Blue Jackets	3,707
7th	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	3,680
8th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	3,680
9th	Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes	3,618
10th	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	3,568
11th	Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils	3,473
12th	Jake Allen – St. Louis Blues	3,418
13th	Robin Lehner – Buffalo Sabres	3,405
14th	Peter Budaj – 2 Teams	3,308
15th	Corey Crawford – Chicago Blackhawks	3,247
16th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	3,240
17th	Steve Mason – Philadelphia Flyers	3,225
18th	Ryan Miller – Vancouver Canucks	3,212
19th	Mike Smith – Arizona Coyotes	3,202
20th	Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars	3,177
21st	Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets	3,034
22nd	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	2,950
23rd	Petr Mrazek – Detroit Red Wings	2,858
24th	Brian Elliott – Calgary Flames	2,844
25th	Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning	2,831
26th	Calvin Pickard – Colorado Avalanche	2,820
27th	Thomas Greiss – New York Islanders	2,813
28th	Matt Murray – Pittsburgh Penguins	2,766
29th	Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators	2,421
30th	Roberto Luongo – Florida Panthers	2,327
31st	James Reimer – Florida Panthers	2,325
32nd	Mike Condon – 2 Teams	2,324

2016 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	4,034
2nd	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	3,895
3rd	Devan Dubnyk – Minnesota Wild	3,861
4th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	3,841
5th	Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks	3,786
6th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	3,772
7th	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	3,678
8th	Roberto Luongo – Florida Panthers	3,602
9th	Ben Bishop – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,585
10th	Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators	3,477
11th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh Penguins	3,463
12th	Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils	3,412
13th	Corey Crawford – Chicago Blackhawks	3,323
14th	Cam Talbot – Edmonton Oilers	3,223
15th	Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche	3,159
16th	Steve Mason – Philadelphia Flyers	3,150
17th	Mike Condon – Montreal Canadiens	3,123
18th	Ryan Miller – Vancouver Canucks	3,043
19th	Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes	3,038
20th	Petr Mrazek – Detroit Red Wings	2,961
21st	Antti Niemi – Dallas Stars	2,654
22nd	Chad Johnson – Buffalo Sabres	2,591
23rd	Jake Allen – St. Louis Blues	2,583
24th	Frederik Andersen – Anaheim Ducks	2,298
25th	John Gibson – Anaheim Ducks	2,295
26th	James Reimer – 2 Teams	2,290
27th	Thomas Greiss – New York Islanders	2,287
28th	Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars	2,279
29th	Brian Elliott – St. Louis Blues	2,261
30th	Louis Domingue – Arizona Coyotes	2,206
31st	Jonathan Bernier – Toronto Maple Leafs	2,147
32nd	Karri Ramo – Calgary Flames	2,145

2015 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	4,247
2nd	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	4,184
3rd	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	4,063
4th	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	3,977
5th	Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils	3,924
6th	Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators	3,851
7th	Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh Penguins	3,776
8th	Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars	3,698
9th	Antti Niemi – San Jose Sharks	3,588
10th	Mike Smith – Arizona Coyotes	3,556
11th	Jaroslav Halak – New York Islanders	3,550
12th	Roberto Luongo – Florida Panthers	3,528
13th	Ben Bishop – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,519
14th	Corey Crawford – Chicago Blackhawks	3,333
15th	Devan Dubnyk – 2 Teams	3,328
16th	Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche	3,307
17th	Ben Scrivens – Edmonton Oilers	3,228
18th	Jonathan Bernier – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,177
19th	Frederik Andersen – Anaheim Ducks	3,106
20th	Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes	3,026
21st	Sergei Bobrovsky – Columbus Blue Jackets	2,994
22nd	Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings	2,971
23rd	Steve Mason – Philadelphia Flyers	2,885
24th	Jonas Hiller – Calgary Flames	2,871
25th	Ondrej Pavelec – Winnipeg Jets	2,838
26th	Jhonas Enroth – 2 Teams	2,834
27th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	2,743
28th	Brian Elliott – St. Louis Blues	2,546
29th	Ryan Miller – Vancouver Canucks	2,542
30th	Eddie Läck – Vancouver Canucks	2,324
31st	Michael Hutchinson – Winnipeg Jets	2,138
32nd	Cam Talbot – New York Rangers	2,095

2014 NHL Goalie Minutes Played Leaders

MIN Rank	Team	MIN
1st	Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars	3,804
2nd	Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh Penguins	3,792
3rd	Antti Niemi – San Jose Sharks	3,740
4th	Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers	3,655
5th	Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche	3,640
6th	Mike Smith – Arizona Coyotes	3,610
7th	Ben Bishop – Tampa Bay Lightning	3,586
8th	Ryan Miller – 2 Teams	3,501
9th	Steve Mason – Philadelphia Flyers	3,486
10th	Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens	3,464
11th	Corey Crawford – Chicago Blackhawks	3,395
12th	Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins	3,386
13th	Sergei Bobrovsky – Columbus Blue Jackets	3,299
14th	Ondrej Pavelec – Winnipeg Jets	3,248
15th	Roberto Luongo – 2 Teams	3,222
16th	Jonathan Bernier – Toronto Maple Leafs	3,084
17th	Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings	3,004
18th	Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators	3,000
19th	Jaroslav Halak – 2 Teams	2,939
20th	Jonas Hiller – Anaheim Ducks	2,909
21st	Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings	2,904
22nd	Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils	2,680
23rd	Tim Thomas – 2 Teams	2,663
24th	Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals	2,656
25th	Eddie Läck – Vancouver Canucks	2,319
26th	Martin Brodeur* – New Jersey Devils	2,297
27th	Evgeni Nabokov – New York Islanders	2,254
28th	Ben Scrivens – 2 Teams	2,210
29th	Karri Ramo – Calgary Flames	2,194
30th	Carter Hutton – Nashville Predators	2,085
31st	Anton Khudobin – Carolina Hurricanes	2,084
32nd	Robin Lehner – Ottawa Senators	1,942