Top 100 Keeper League Goalies – August 2026

Dobber

2026-08-10

Here are the top goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!

As I do every year, the August edition is the one that is fully audited. Each goalie’s tier and upside has been adjusted. Prospects who were missing from June’s edition were found and added. This season’s projections were used, rather than tweaking estimates.

Before we get to it, though – my 21st annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is on sale now and fully updated! Analytics, line combos, injury notes, observations, advice and a draft list. Pick it up here. Pick up the Keeper League pack here (includes the Prospects Report). Or subscribe here, so you can grab them as soon as they’re released each year.

As always, use the Tiers go gauge value. Goalies are fickle bunch, and draft or trading for one or the other in the same tier will make little or no difference. What you want to do is trade up tiers!

It’s summer, so I’m posting five tiers here. If you really want to see (part of) the sixth tier, up to 100 goalies, you can get it at Goalie Post. You should probably go there anyway, just for the cool graphics that outline the goalie’s trend over the past year. Check out a sample:

Tier 0

The only goalies who are completely safe owns, and elite owns. They’ll give you plenty of wins, fewer losses, and good peripheral stats. They generally don’t get hurt, and are fairly consistent. Yes, this Tier is a small one.

Aug 26	Goalie	Team	Rating	Tier
1	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	94.3	0
2	Logan Thompson	WAS	90.7	0
3	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	86.0	0

Tier 1

Good goaltenders who are the clear starters for their team. They are generally going to be safe picks, they should give you solid stats, and each one has upside for greatness in the coming seasons.

4	Jake Oettinger	DAL	89.8	4	1
5	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	83.9	6	1
6	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	81.2	3	1
7	Karel Vejmelka	UTA	77.2	7	1
8	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	73.8	8	1
9	Lukas Dostal	ANA	68.3	9	1
10	Carter Hart	VGK	66.5	11	1
11	Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	63.4	10	1
12	Spencer Knight	CHI	62.4	12	1
13	Linus Ullmark	OTT	60.4	20	1

Tier 2

Either clear-cut number one goalies, but on weaker teams. Or they are in a shared situation right now, but with tremendous upside in the future. Or they are on top teams but have a shaky track record of late. There is some risk here but also some upside.

14	Dan Vladar	PHI	77.3	13	2
15	Brandon Bussi	CAR	76.1	15	2
16	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	75.0	14	2
17	Jakub Dobes	MON	68.3	18	2
18	Filip Gustavsson	MIN	67.0	16	2
19	Dustin Wolf	CGY	65.2	17	2
20	Jacob Fowler	MON	60.9	19	2
21	Yaroslav Askarov	SJS	58.4	22	2
22	Juuse Saros	NSH	56.5	21	2
23	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	55.5	23	2
24	John Gibson	DET	39.1	24	2

Tier 3

A mix of 1B goalies with upside, fading veterans, or top prospects who are very close to making the jump.

25	Jet Greaves	CBJ	74.0	25	3
26	Devon Levi	EDM	65.3	45	3
27	Scott Wedgewood	COL	61.2	26	3
28	Joey Daccord	SEA	58.0	27	3
29	Arturs Silovs	PIT	56.0	31	3
30	Joel Hofer	STL	52.4	28	3
31	Sergei Bobrovsky	TOR	46.2	30	3
32	Jacob Markstrom	FLA	45.7	33	3
33	Alex Lyon	BUF	42.6	29	3
34	Joseph Woll	PHI	40.4	32	3
35	Daniil Tarasov	DET	39.6	37	3
36	Darcy Kuemper	LAK	37.7	35	3
37	Frederik Andersen	EDM	17.8	38	3

Tier 4

The starting goalies on terrible teams, backup goalies on great teams, some very good prospects who are getting closer – and everything in between. With the right bounces, some of these goalies may become stars. Some will see their last career NHL game this season. Lots of risk here.

38	Nico Daws	NJD	52.3	64	4
39	Sergei Murashov	PIT	48.7	56	4
40	Sebastian Cossa	UTA	48.1	39	4
41	Stuart Skinner	WPG	38.3	40	4
42	Devin Cooley	CGY	36.1	41	4
43	Akira Schmid	FLA	32.0	46	4
44	Jordan Binnington	STL	31.4	43	4
45	Anton Forsberg	LAK	30.9	44	4
46	Colten Ellis	BUF	30.3	54	4
47	Jake Allen	NJD	29.8	55	4
48	Tristan Jarry	EDM	29.8	36	4
49	Alex Nedeljkovic	SJS	29.4	42	4
50	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	28.9	49	4
51	Dylan Garand	NYR	27.3	52	4
52	Kevin Lankinen	VAN	26.4	50	4
53	Thatcher Demko	VAN	23.7	53	4
54	Ville Husso	ANA	23.1	59	4
55	Anthony Stolarz	TOR	21.0	57	4
56	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	20.9	48	4
57	Adin Hill	VGK	20.0	60	4
58	Samuel Montembeault	MON	19.3	61	4
59	Joonas Korpisalo	NYR	18.5	58	4
60	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	16.3	62	4

Tier 5

Decent prospects who are still a bit away, backup goalies on below average teams, number three goalies who could get called into emergency action for a lengthy stint

61	Dennis Hildeby	TBL	33.1	80	5
62	Justus Annunen	NSH	30.2	65	5
63	Drew Commesso	CHI	29.6	69	5
64	Casey DeSmith	DAL	29.5	63	5
65	Samuel Ersson	OTT	27.4	68	5
66	Connor Ingram	UFA	26.3	34	5
67	Leevi Merilainen	OTT	23.8	66	5
68	Nikke Kokko	SEA	22.2	108	5
69	Arvid Soderblom	CHI	22.0	70	5
70	Michael Hrabal	UTA	21.7	72	5
71	Trey Augustine	DET	21.6	71	5
72	Adam Gajan	CHI	20.8	75	5
73	Vitek Vanecek	NYI	20.0	74	5
74	Pyotr Andreyanov	CBJ	19.2	83	5
75	Charlie Lindgren	WAS	18.0	76	5
76	Joshua Ravensbergen	SJS	17.9	79	5
77	Michal Postava	DET	17.9	NR	5
78	David Rittich	NJD	17.6	47	5
79	Joel Blomqvist	PIT	17.4	77	5
80	Michael DiPietro	BOS	17.2	78	5
81	Nikita Tolopilo	VAN	16.4	73	5
82	Artur Akhtyamov	TOR	16.2	116	5
83	Cayden Primeau	CAR	16.1	82	5
84	Clay Stevenson	WAS	15.2	81	5
85	Aleksei Kolosov	PHI	15.2	84	5
86	Thomas Milic	WPG	14.7	85	5
87	Jaxson Stauber	UTA	12.8	88	5
88	Eric Comrie	SJS	12.3	51	5
89	Vyacheslav Buteyets	ANA	11.1	89	5
90	Matt Murray	NSH	9.4	91	5
91	Laurent Brossoit	ANA	8.4	87	5
92	Calvin Pickard	MIN	5.0	90	5
93	Semyon Varlamov	NYI	2.7	93	5