Dobson’s Final PLL Save Rate Was 59%, Not 60.1%

Brett Dobson’s 2026 PLL regular-season save percentage was 59%, with 131 saves in 10 games for the Utah Archers. His official PLL statistics page, checked October 3, 2026, reports that figure. The league’s September 18 awards report also says he stopped 59% of shots and names him the Oren Lyons Goalie of the Year. The 60.1% figure published earlier in the season was an August snapshot, not his completed regular-season rate.

The scope matters: 59% is his PLL outdoor field-lacrosse regular-season figure. It is not a statistic for his NLL box-lacrosse season, a playoff-only rate or a combined career total. Those other figures are not supplied by the sources used here.

Choose the season scope you need; the result identifies the applicable figure.

The Final Regular-Season Figure Is 59%

For a completed-season reference, the player statistics page is the relevant starting point. Dobson’s 2026 regular-season line lists 10 games, 131 saves and a displayed save percentage of 59%. That connects the percentage to a defined competition and reporting period rather than leaving it as an undated number.

The September 18 awards report provides a second official reference for the same percentage. Its description of Dobson’s Goalie of the Year season says he stopped 59% of shots. The awards coverage and the later-checked player page therefore agree on the headline figure.

That agreement does not make every statistic in the awards report an individual goalie statistic. The report also discusses Utah’s team defense. Those team figures help describe the setting in which Dobson played, but they cannot replace the saves and goals-against totals used to calculate his own save percentage.

The clean reference entry is: Brett Dobson, Utah Archers, 2026 PLL regular season — 59% save percentage, 131 saves, 10 games. Keep the league and regular-season qualifier attached if the entry will appear beside box-lacrosse statistics or postseason results.

August’s 60.1% Was A Different Statistical Snapshot

The apparent conflict between 59% and 60.1% is explained by the reporting dates. Both figures appeared in official PLL coverage, but they describe Dobson’s performance at different points in the season.

Official Source	Save Rate	Reporting Scope
August 5 MVP analysis	60.1%	In-season, with two weeks remaining
September 18 awards report	59%	Later season figure accompanying his award
Player statistics page, checked October 3	59%	Completed 2026 regular-season line

The August analysis was making an MVP case while the regular season was still underway. Its 60.1% figure was valid for that discussion, but it was not presented as the final regular-season result. Subsequent play could change both the number of saves and the number of goals allowed.

A season save percentage is a running ratio. It does not stay fixed when additional shots on goal are recorded. Nor is the final rate found by averaging an earlier published percentage with a later one: the relevant calculation uses the accumulated saves and goals against for the period being measured.

This is not simply a rounding difference. The final totals reconstruct a rate of 59.01%, which rounds to the displayed 59%. They do not reconstruct 60.1%. Treating the two published figures as interchangeable would erase the difference between an unfinished season and the completed regular-season line.

Use 60.1% when describing what the PLL reported on August 5. Use 59% when answering what Dobson finished with in the 2026 regular season. A historical quotation can retain the earlier figure, but its timing needs to remain visible.

The Listed Totals Reconstruct A 59.01% Save Rate

Save percentage measures the share of shots on goal that the goalie stops. The calculation is: save percentage = saves ÷ (saves + goals against) × 100.

The denominator includes saves and goals against, not all shot attempts. A shot that misses the goal is not a save and does not enter this calculation. The statistic therefore answers a narrower question than how many of an opponent’s total attempts failed to score.

Dobson’s official line supplies the following totals:

Listed Statistic	Total	Role In The Calculation
Saves	131	Numerator; also part of the denominator
Scores against	96	Requires the two-point adjustment
Two-point goals against	5	Each contributes one extra scoreboard point

The distinction between scores against and goals against is essential in the PLL. Its two-point goal is one scoring shot worth two points. Save percentage concerns whether that shot was stopped, not how many points it added to the scoreboard.

Subtracting the five extra points associated with the five two-point goals converts the listed 96 scores against into a derived total of 91 goals against. The reconstruction is: 131 ÷ (131 + 91) × 100 = 59.01%, which rounds to 59%.

The official page reports 59%, not 59.01%. The more precise figure is a calculation from the listed totals. It is useful for checking that the displayed percentage is consistent with those totals, but it should be identified as derived rather than quoted as a separately published league statistic.

For a record-book entry, the official displayed rate is sufficient. For an explanation of how that rate was obtained, include the two-point adjustment and the derived calculation. That preserves the difference between what the source displays and what can be reconstructed from its data.

Scoreboard Points Would Produce The Wrong Denominator

Using all 96 scores against as though they were 96 scoring shots would produce about 57.7%. That is not Dobson’s reported save percentage. It is the result of putting scoreboard points into a denominator that requires goals against.

The PLL’s two-point-shot case study illustrates why goals and points need separate treatment. A two-point goal changes the scoreboard more than a one-point goal, but each is still one scoring shot. For save percentage, the successful shot belongs in the denominator once.

The adjustment is not a deduction from Dobson’s saves. His 131 saves remain unchanged. It removes the additional scoreboard value from the scores-against total so that the denominator counts shot outcomes consistently.

That is why the labels on a statistics page deserve attention. A total called “scores against” cannot automatically be treated as interchangeable with goals against in a league that awards different point values to scoring shots. Here, the listed two-point goals provide the information needed to reconcile the totals with the displayed percentage.

The reconstructed 59.01% is also a useful cross-check: the adjusted totals round to the official 59%. The unadjusted calculation does not. For the wider distinction between goals and scoreboard points, see how lacrosse scoring statistics are counted.

Dobson Did Not Finish Above The 60% Threshold

Dobson’s completed regular-season figure was below 60%. The August MVP analysis discussed a possible above-60% finish, but its statement was conditional: he would be one of five goalies with at least 100 shots faced to finish a season above 60% if he maintained that level.

The condition is part of the claim. It cannot be dropped when turning the August discussion into a season summary. The completed 59% figure does not support saying he achieved that above-60% distinction.

The eligibility wording also matters. The analysis referred to goalies with at least 100 shots faced, not 100 saves, 100 shot attempts by opponents or an unspecified minimum workload. Those are different quantities, and substituting one for another would change the comparison being described.

Dobson’s 131 saves belong in his final regular-season line, but that total does not turn the conditional August passage into a confirmed record claim. The threshold discussion concerned both a workload requirement and a save rate above 60%. His final rate was below the percentage requirement.

His confirmed season distinction was Oren Lyons Goalie of the Year, as reported in the September awards coverage. That award can be stated without recasting the unfinished-season projection as a completed statistical achievement.

The 5.6% Expectation Figure Is A Separate Metric

The August analysis also reported a league-leading 5.6% save percentage over expectation. That belongs to the same in-season discussion as the 60.1% raw save rate, but it is not another version of that rate.

Raw save percentage is calculated from saves and goals against. Save percentage over expectation compares performance with an expected benchmark. The source’s reported 5.6% therefore should not be substituted for Dobson’s raw percentage, added to his final 59%, or described as his completed regular-season save rate.

The supplied sources do not provide a final-season save-percentage-over-expectation figure or the model details needed to reconstruct one. The supported statement is narrower: the August 5 analysis reported Dobson leading the league at 5.6% over expectation at that point.

Keeping the metric name and reporting date together prevents a misleading season summary. The final raw percentage is supported by the player page and awards report; the expectation figure is supported by the earlier MVP analysis. They answer different statistical questions.

Utah’s 9.4 Scores Allowed Was Team Context

The awards report credited Utah’s defense with allowing 9.4 scores per game, the lowest PLL team figure since the 2020 Whipsnakes. That is a team comparison from the awards coverage, not Dobson’s individual goals-against average.

The distinction has two parts. First, the figure describes Utah’s defense rather than an individual goalie line. Second, it is expressed as scores allowed per game, not the proportion of shots on goal saved. It cannot be used as a shortcut for calculating Dobson’s save percentage.

The reference to the 2020 Whipsnakes also defines the comparison being made. It supports the report’s statement about the lowest team figure since that team; it does not establish an all-time PLL defensive record or an individual goalie record.

A precise season summary can include both facts while keeping them separate: Dobson posted a 59% regular-season save percentage and won Goalie of the Year; Utah’s defense was credited with allowing 9.4 scores per game. The second fact gives team context without changing the first.

Use The League And Season Scope In Any Citation

For the broad search “Brett Dobson save percentage 2026,” the supported answer here is 59% for the Utah Archers’ PLL regular season. The 131-save, 10-game line identifies the statistical period behind that answer.

If the intended question is about Dobson’s NLL box-lacrosse season, the sources here do not supply the requested percentage. They also do not establish a playoff-only figure or a combined regular-season-and-playoff rate. Leave those values unknown rather than carrying the PLL regular-season percentage into another competition or period.

For the earlier MVP discussion, cite 60.1% as the August 5 snapshot. For the completed regular season, cite 59%. For a calculation audit, explain that the listed 96 scores against include five extra points from two-point goals, giving 91 goals against and a derived rate of 59.01%. Those qualifiers keep the official result, the earlier snapshot and the arithmetic consistent.