NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Games Played (Goalie)

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player GP
2025-26 Karel Vejmelka 64
2024-25 Andrei Vasilevskiy 63
  Connor Hellebuyck 63
2023-24 Juuse Saros 64
2022-23 Juuse Saros 64
  Connor Hellebuyck 64
2021-22 Juuse Saros 67
2020-21 Connor Hellebuyck 45
2019-20 Carey Price 58
  Connor Hellebuyck 58
2018-19 Devan Dubnyk 67
2017-18 Cam Talbot 67
  Connor Hellebuyck 67
2016-17 Cam Talbot 73
2015-16 Jonathan Quick 68
2014-15 Braden Holtby 73
2013-14 Kari Lehtonen 65
2012-13 Ondřej Pavelec 44
2011-12 Pekka Rinne 73
  Jonas Hiller 73
2010-11 Cam Ward 74
2009-10 Martin Brodeur* 77
2008-09 Miikka Kiprusoff 76
2007-08 Evgeni Nabokov 77
  Martin Brodeur* 77
2006-07 Martin Brodeur* 78
2005-06 Roberto Luongo* 75
2003-04 Martin Brodeur* 75
2002-03 Marc Denis 77
2001-02 Martin Brodeur* 73
2000-01 Artūrs Irbe 77
1999-00 Artūrs Irbe 75
1998-99 Martin Brodeur* 70
1997-98 Mike Richter 72
  Dominik Hašek* 72
1996-97 Félix Potvin 74
1995-96 Grant Fuhr* 79
1994-95 Patrick Roy* 43
  Trevor Kidd 43
1993-94 Artūrs Irbe 74
1992-93 Ed Belfour* 71
1991-92 Tim Cheveldae 72
1990-91 Ed Belfour* 74
1989-90 Kirk McLean 63
1988-89 Kelly Hrudey 66
1987-88 Grant Fuhr* 75
1986-87 Ron Hextall 66
1985-86 Richard Brodeur 64
1984-85 Pelle Lindbergh 65
1983-84 Greg Millen 60
1982-83 Mike Liut 68
1981-82 Mike Liut 64
1980-81 Tony Esposito* 66
1979-80 Tony Esposito* 69
1978-79 Dan Bouchard 64
1977-78 Don Edwards 72
1976-77 Tony Esposito* 69
1975-76 Tony Esposito* 68
1974-75 Gary Smith 72
1973-74 Bernie Parent* 73
1972-73 Gilles Meloche 59
1971-72 Ken Dryden* 64
1970-71 Gary Smith 71
1969-70 Ed Giacomin* 70
1968-69 Ed Giacomin* 70
1967-68 Ed Giacomin* 66
1966-67 Ed Giacomin* 68
1965-66 Glenn Hall* 64
  Roger Crozier 64
1964-65 Roger Crozier 70
1963-64 Eddie Johnston 70
1962-63 Gump Worsley* 67
1961-62 Jacques Plante* 70
  Glenn Hall* 70
1960-61 Glenn Hall* 70
1959-60 Glenn Hall* 70
1958-59 Glenn Hall* 70
1957-58 Terry Sawchuk* 70
  Glenn Hall* 70
  Ed Chadwick 70
1956-57 Al Rollins 70
  Glenn Hall* 70
  Ed Chadwick 70
1955-56 Gump Worsley* 70
  Glenn Hall* 70
1954-55 Harry Lumley* 69
1953-54 Jim Henry 70
  Johnny Bower* 70
1952-53 Al Rollins 70
  Harry Lumley* 70
  Jim Henry 70
1951-52 Terry Sawchuk* 70
  Al Rollins 70
  Gerry McNeil 70
  Harry Lumley* 70
  Jim Henry 70
1950-51 Terry Sawchuk* 70
  Gerry McNeil 70
  Jack Gelineau 70
1949-50 Frank Brimsek* 70
1948-49 Harry Lumley* 60
  Jim Henry 60
  Bill Durnan* 60
  Turk Broda* 60
1947-48 Harry Lumley* 60
  Turk Broda* 60
  Frank Brimsek* 60
1946-47 Bill Durnan* 60
  Turk Broda* 60
  Frank Brimsek* 60
1945-46 Harry Lumley* 50
1944-45 Frank McCool 50
  Bill Durnan* 50
1943-44 Ken McAuley 50
  Bill Durnan* 50
1942-43 Johnny Mowers 50
  Bert Gardiner 50
  Turk Broda* 50
  Frank Brimsek* 50
  Paul Bibeault 50
1941-42 Jim Henry 48
  Turk Broda* 48
1940-41 Johnny Mowers 48
  Dave Kerr 48
  Turk Broda* 48
  Frank Brimsek* 48
1939-40 Earl Robertson 48
  Dave Kerr 48
  Frank Brimsek* 48
1938-39 Dave Kerr 48
  Mike Karakas 48
  Turk Broda* 48
1937-38 Tiny Thompson* 48
  Earl Robertson 48
  Dave Kerr 48
  Mike Karakas 48
  Turk Broda* 48
  Bill Beveridge 48
1936-37 Tiny Thompson* 48
  Normie Smith 48
  Dave Kerr 48
  Mike Karakas 48
1935-36 Roy Worters* 48
  Tiny Thompson* 48
  Normie Smith 48
  Mike Karakas 48
  George Hainsworth* 48
1934-35 Roy Worters* 48
  Tiny Thompson* 48
  George Hainsworth* 48
  Wilf Cude 48
  Alec Connell* 48
  Lorne Chabot 48
  Bill Beveridge 48
1933-34 Tiny Thompson* 48
  Dave Kerr 48
  George Hainsworth* 48
  Charlie Gardiner* 48
  Bill Beveridge 48
  Andy Aitkenhead 48
1932-33 Tiny Thompson* 48
  John Ross Roach 48
  George Hainsworth* 48
  Charlie Gardiner* 48
  Lorne Chabot 48
  Andy Aitkenhead 48
1931-32 John Ross Roach 48
  George Hainsworth* 48
  Charlie Gardiner* 48
  Alec Connell* 48
1930-31 Roy Worters* 44
  Tiny Thompson* 44
  John Ross Roach 44
  George Hainsworth* 44
  Charlie Gardiner* 44
  Dolly Dolson 44
1929-30 Tiny Thompson* 44
  John Ross Roach 44
  Charlie Gardiner* 44
  Alec Connell* 44
1928-29 Tiny Thompson* 44
  John Ross Roach 44
  Joe Miller 44
  George Hainsworth* 44
  Charlie Gardiner* 44
  Dolly Dolson 44
  Alec Connell* 44
1927-28 Roy Worters* 44
  Hal Winkler 44
  Hap Holmes* 44
  George Hainsworth* 44
  Alec Connell* 44
  Lorne Chabot 44
  Clint Benedict* 44
1926-27 Roy Worters* 44
  John Ross Roach 44
  Hugh Lehman* 44
  George Hainsworth* 44
  Jake Forbes 44
  Alec Connell* 44
1925-26 John Ross Roach 36
  Jake Forbes 36
  Alec Connell* 36
  Clint Benedict* 36
1924-25 Georges Vezina* 30
  John Ross Roach 30
  Jake Forbes 30
  Alec Connell* 30
  Clint Benedict* 30
1923-24 Georges Vezina* 24
  Jake Forbes 24
1922-23 Georges Vezina* 24
  John Ross Roach 24
  Jake Forbes 24
  Clint Benedict* 24
1921-22 Georges Vezina* 24
  Howard Lockhart 24
  Clint Benedict* 24
1920-21 Georges Vezina* 24
  Howard Lockhart 24
  Clint Benedict* 24
1919-20 Georges Vezina* 24
  Clint Benedict* 24
1918-19 Georges Vezina* 18
  Clint Benedict* 18
1917-18 Clint Benedict* 22

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player GP
1978-79 Dave Dryden 63
1977-78 John Garrett 58
1976-77 Don McLeod 67
1975-76 Richard Brodeur 69
1974-75 Don McLeod 72
1973-74 Gerry Cheevers* 59
1972-73 Jack Norris 64