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{{shortShort description|statisticStatistic in hockey, baseball, and lacrosse}}

'''Save percentage''' (often known by such symbols as '''SV%''', '''SVS%''', '''SVP''', '''PCT''') is a statistic in manyvarious [[Goal (sports)|goal]]-scoring sports that track [[Save (goaltender)|saves]] as a statistic.

In [[ice hockey]] and [[lacrosse]] and [[association football]], it is a [[statistic]] that represents the percentage of [[shot on goal (ice hockey)|shots on goal]] a [[goaltender]] stops. It is calculated by dividing the number of saves by the total number of shots on goal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vollman |first=Rob |date=2018 |chapter=Goaltenders |title=Stat Shot: A Fan's Guide to Hockey Analytics |publisher=ECW Press |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-77305-250-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kelley |first=Jane |date=2010 |title=It's a Numbers Game |publisher=South Pacific Press |location=Wellington, New Zealand |isbn=978-1-60457-879-9 |page=25}}</ref>

Although the statistic is calleda "save ''percentage''", it is often given as a decimal (in North America, in the same way as ana [[on-basebatting percentageaverage (baseball)|batting average]] in [[baseball]]). Thus, ''.933'' means a goaltender saved 93.3 percent of all shots they faced. [[NationalIn Hockeyinternational League]]ice goaltendershockey, typicallysuch haveas the IIHF World Championships, a save percentage aboveis .900expressed as a true percentage, andsuch [[Nationalas Lacrosse90.5%.<ref>{{cite League]]book goaltenders|last=Frederick typically|first=Shane have|date=2012 a|title=Hockey: saveThe percentageMath aboveof .750.the Game |series=Sports Illustrated Kids |publisher=Capstone Press |location=North Mankato, Minnesota |isbn=978-1-4296-7321-1 |page=27}}</ref>

*[[Goals against average]], a statistic that represents the number of goals allowed per game by a goaltender