Elite netminding fueled deep tournament runs for Norway and Switzerland. Discover which goaltenders dominated the crease and secured their spots among the top ten performers in 2026.
Since we already looked at the top-scoring skaters at the 2026 IIHF World Hockey Championships. It's time to take a final look at the goaltenders that played the best.
This year, there were some great goaltending performances. Teams like Norway, Switzerland, and Latvia had some of the best goalies in the entire tournament. Which led to Norway and Switzerland going further in the medal rounds.
2026 Worlds Top 10 Goalies:
- Henrik Haukeland - Norway - 7-1-0, 1.74 GAA, .940 SV%, 3 SO
- Justus Annunen - Finland - 7-1-0, 1.47 GAA, .930 SV%, 1 SO
- Genoni Leonardo - Switzerland - 6-1-0, 0.56 GAA, .970 SV%, 3 SO
- Jet Greaves - Canada - 6-2-0, 1.88 GAA, .920 SV%, 1 SO
- Kristers Gudlevskis - Latvia - 4-3-0, 1.44 GAA, .950 SV%, 2 SO
- Phillip Grubauer - Germany - 3-3-0, 2.69 GAA, .890 SV%
- Josef Korenar - Czechia - 3-1-0, 2.50 GAA, .910 SV%
- Devin Cooley - USA - 3-2-0, 1.76 GAA, .930 SV%
- Cam Talbot - Canada - 2-0-0, 2.50 GAA, .870 SV%, 1 SO
- Magnus Hellberg - Sweden - 2-3-0, 2.87 GAA, .870 SV%, 1 SO
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