- On 24 November 2017, the Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-0; the shutout was the 45th of Rinne's career, making him the NHL's all-time leader amongst Finnish-born goaltenders.
- On 16 March 2017, Rinne became the 67th goaltender to play at least 500 NHL games.
- On 25 April 2012, Rinne was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy for the second consecutive year.
- Rinne was a Vezina Trophy finalist in 2015, marking his third career nomination for the award.
- On 22 February 2018, Rinne became the 34th goaltender to record 300 career NHL wins following a 7-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
- When he recorded his 300th win, he had the third-highest win percentage of all goaltenders with at least 300 wins, at 54.34%, behind only Martin Brodeur and Marc-André Fleury.
- On 14 March 2015, Rinne became the fastest goaltender, in terms of games played, to record 30 wins in 39 games since the NHL adopted the shootout, and just the third goaltender in the NHL's expansion era to record 30 wins in 39 games or less.
- World Championship Best Goaltender in 2015.
- In the 2010-11 season, he finished fourth in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, as the NHL's most valuable player.
- During the 2011-12 season, Rinne set a franchise record with 11 consecutive wins, passing Tomas Vokoun's previous mark of eight.
- On 9 January 2020, Rinne became the 12th goaltender in NHL history and the second goaltender in the Predators' history to score a goal, doing so against the Chicago Blackhawks by shooting the puck into the empty net with less than 22 seconds left in the game.
- On 1 December 2008, Rinne became only the second Predators rookie goaltender ever to record a shutout.
- On 17 April 2018, Rinne was named a Vezina Trophy finalist, which he won on 20 June.
- World Championship Most Valuable Player in 2014.
- He is one of only 12 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in either the regular season or the playoffs.
- On 14 March 2009, Rinne set a Predators franchise record with his seventh shutout of the season.
- On 25 September 2012, Rinne joined Belarusian club Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) due to the impending 2012-13 NHL lockout.
- Finnish Player of the Year, 2017.
- Rinne was a nominee for the 2015 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
- Rinne was engaged to The Voice of Finland contestant Kirsi Lehtosaari.
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