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NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Adjusted Goals Against Average

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NHL Leaders

Rank Player GAA/A Season
1. Alec Connell* 1.386 1925-26
2. Clint Benedict* 1.455 1919-20
3. Bill Durnan* 1.460 1943-44
4. George Hainsworth* 1.648 1927-28
5. Tony Esposito* 1.727 1971-72
6. Bernie Parent* 1.752 1973-74
7. Ken Dryden* 1.776 1975-76
8. Bernie Parent* 1.782 1974-75
9. Dave Kerr 1.800 1939-40
10. Jacques Plante* 1.803 1970-71
11. Frank Brimsek* 1.816 1938-39
12. Clint Benedict* 1.823 1918-19
13. Glenn Resch 1.838 1975-76
14. Bill Durnan* 1.840 1944-45
15. Dominik Hasek 1.840 1993-94
16. Pete Peeters 1.844 1982-83
17. Clint Benedict* 1.857 1922-23
18. Wilf Cude 1.875 1933-34
19. Ken Dryden* 1.876 1977-78
20. Michel Larocque 1.889 1976-77
21. Richard Sevigny 1.891 1980-81
22. Al Rollins 1.896 1950-51
23. Tony Esposito* 1.897 1973-74
24. George Hainsworth* 1.907 1928-29
25. Brian Elliott 1.910 2011-12
26. Johnny Mowers 1.934 1942-43
27. Ken Dryden* 1.942 1976-77
28. Rick St. Croix 1.953 1980-81
29. Alec Connell* 1.956 1927-28
30. Bob Froese 1.958 1985-86
31. Bob Froese 1.962 1982-83
32. Jacques Plante* 1.964 1968-69
33. Rogie Vachon 1.964 1974-75
34. Denis Herron 1.978 1981-82
35. Ken Dryden* 1.983 1978-79
36. Martin Brodeur 1.985 1996-97
37. Marty Turco 2.004 2002-03
38. Clint Benedict* 2.011 1920-21
39. Roy Worters* 2.022 1930-31
40. Bernie Parent* 2.032 1977-78
41. Patrick Roy* 2.034 1988-89
42. Bob Sauve 2.043 1979-80
43. Charlie Gardiner* 2.046 1933-34
44. Gilles Villemure 2.057 1971-72
45. Glenn Resch 2.058 1976-77
46. Miikka Kiprusoff 2.060 2003-04
47. Pat Riggin 2.062 1983-84
48. Ken Dryden* 2.066 1972-73
49. Bill Durnan* 2.067 1946-47
50. Rick Wamsley 2.067 1981-82
51. Ed Giacomin* 2.067 1970-71
52. Roland Melanson 2.073 1982-83
53. Gary Edwards 2.076 1974-75
54. Terry Sawchuk* 2.086 1951-52
  Terry Sawchuk* 2.086 1950-51
56. Tom Barrasso 2.087 1984-85
57. Patrick Roy* 2.089 1991-92
58. Gump Worsley* 2.091 1971-72
59. Miikka Kiprusoff 2.096 2005-06
60. Georges Vezina* 2.097 1924-25
61. Georges Vezina* 2.097 1923-24
62. Ron Tugnutt 2.105 1998-99
63. Henrik Lundqvist 2.106 2011-12
64. Mike Liut 2.110 1989-90
65. Felix Potvin 2.114 1992-93
66. Gilles Villemure 2.118 1972-73
67. Patrick Roy* 2.118 1989-90
68. Clint Benedict* 2.124 1923-24
69. Chris Osgood 2.127 1995-96
70. Ron Hextall 2.128 1995-96
71. Niklas Backstrom 2.128 2006-07
72. Roman Cechmanek 2.131 2002-03
73. Marty Turco 2.133 2000-01
74. Dominik Hasek 2.136 2005-06
75. Paul Bibeault 2.138 1943-44
76. Jacques Plante* 2.141 1955-56
77. Tiny Thompson* 2.141 1937-38
78. Gump Worsley* 2.142 1967-68
79. Lorne Chabot 2.143 1934-35
80. Glenn Resch 2.151 1978-79
81. Georges Vezina* 2.153 1917-18
82. Jacques Plante* 2.160 1958-59
83. Jacques Plante* 2.164 1956-57
84. Glenn Hall* 2.167 1968-69
85. Denis Herron 2.169 1979-80
86. Charlie Gardiner* 2.170 1930-31
87. Ed Belfour* 2.177 1992-93
88. Georges Vezina* 2.177 1922-23
89. Brian Boucher 2.179 1999-00
90. Glenn Resch 2.179 1974-75
91. Ernie Wakely 2.180 1969-70
92. Ed Belfour* 2.181 1990-91
93. Clint Benedict* 2.183 1926-27
94. Tony Esposito* 2.183 1970-71
95. Mike Vernon 2.185 1988-89
96. Dominik Hasek 2.185 1994-95
97. Johnny Bower* 2.192 1965-66
98. Mike Karakas 2.192 1943-44
  Connie Dion 2.192 1943-44
100. Ken Dryden* 2.195 1971-72
101. Roman Turek 2.197 1999-00
102. Jacques Plante* 2.197 1957-58
103. Dominik Hasek 2.201 1998-99
104. Tuukka Rask 2.201 2009-10
105. Harry Lumley* 2.203 1954-55
106. Tom Barrasso 2.206 1983-84
107. Jim Carey 2.207 1994-95
  Gilles Villemure 2.207 1970-71
109. Dominik Hasek 2.209 2006-07
110. Ed Belfour* 2.212 1997-98
111. Jim Carey 2.212 1995-96
112. Tony Esposito* 2.216 1969-70
113. Bill Durnan* 2.217 1948-49
114. Harry Lumley* 2.217 1953-54
115. Don Edwards 2.219 1979-80
116. Alec Connell* 2.222 1934-35
117. Martin Brodeur 2.224 1997-98
118. Jonathan Quick 2.226 2011-12
119. Terry Sawchuk* 2.228 1954-55
120. Manny Legace 2.231 2005-06
121. Mike Vernon 2.232 1995-96
122. Johnny Bower* 2.233 1963-64
123. Billy Smith* 2.235 1981-82
124. Dan Bouchard 2.246 1975-76
125. Charlie Gardiner* 2.248 1931-32
126. Bill Durnan* 2.250 1945-46
127. Jacques Plante* 2.251 1969-70
128. Frank Brimsek* 2.253 1941-42
129. Cristobal Huet 2.254 2005-06
130. Billy Smith* 2.256 1982-83
131. Tiny Thompson* 2.261 1929-30
132. Al Jensen 2.262 1983-84
133. George Hainsworth* 2.262 1926-27
134. Turk Broda* 2.263 1940-41
135. Lorne Chabot 2.263 1926-27
136. Billy Smith* 2.269 1976-77
137. Frank Brimsek* 2.270 1940-41
  Johnny Mowers 2.270 1940-41
139. Roman Cechmanek 2.273 2000-01
140. Henrik Lundqvist 2.275 2005-06
141. Dwayne Roloson 2.276 2003-04
142. Gump Worsley* 2.277 1965-66
143. Wayne Stephenson 2.278 1975-76
144. Andy Moog 2.279 1996-97
145. Tim Thomas 2.283 2010-11
146. Martin Brodeur 2.286 1993-94
147. Alec Connell* 2.286 1926-27
148. Gump Worsley* 2.290 1968-69
149. Jacques Plante* 2.300 1961-62
150. Martin Brodeur 2.301 1995-96
151. Tim Thomas 2.301 2008-09
152. Terry Sawchuk* 2.302 1952-53
153. Manny Legace 2.303 2000-01
154. Jeff Hackett 2.305 1996-97
155. Patrick Roy* 2.306 2001-02
156. Pete Peeters 2.310 1987-88
157. Don Edwards 2.311 1976-77
158. Billy Smith* 2.316 1975-76
159. Tony Esposito* 2.317 1972-73
160. Chris Osgood 2.318 1994-95
161. Terry Sawchuk* 2.323 1953-54
162. Jake Forbes 2.324 1924-25
163. Ed Belfour* 2.325 1998-99
164. Pete Peeters 2.330 1988-89
165. Dave Kerr 2.331 1937-38
166. Don Edwards 2.333 1980-81
167. Bernie Parent* 2.334 1978-79
168. Reggie Lemelin 2.338 1989-90
  Pat Riggin 2.338 1984-85
170. Byron Dafoe 2.339 1998-99
171. Manny Fernandez 2.340 2005-06
172. Tiny Thompson* 2.340 1932-33
173. Pete Peeters 2.340 1980-81
  Pelle Lindbergh 2.340 1982-83
175. Dwayne Roloson 2.343 2002-03
176. Glenn Resch 2.344 1977-78
177. Paul Goodman 2.344 1939-40
  Bill Durnan* 2.344 1949-50
179. Brian Hayward 2.350 1987-88
180. Turk Broda* 2.350 1947-48
181. Martin Brodeur 2.350 2006-07
182. Glenn Hall* 2.351 1970-71
183. Ed Belfour* 2.351 1994-95
184. Gilles Gilbert 2.353 1977-78
185. Tiny Thompson* 2.355 1935-36
186. Don Beaupre 2.356 1990-91
187. Gilles Gilbert 2.359 1979-80
188. Martin Brodeur 2.359 2002-03
189. Dominik Hasek 2.367 2000-01
190. Ken Dryden* 2.368 1974-75
191. Brian Hayward 2.369 1986-87
192. Jeff Hackett 2.370 1995-96
193. Ed Belfour* 2.370 1999-00
194. Patrick Roy* 2.374 1993-94
195. Jaroslav Halak 2.374 2011-12
  Jimmy Howard 2.374 2011-12
197. Tuukka Rask 2.375 2011-12
198. Gary Smith 2.377 1971-72
199. Pete Peeters 2.377 1979-80
200. Pelle Lindbergh 2.380 1984-85
201. Glenn Hall* 2.380 1966-67
202. Brian Hayward 2.382 1988-89
203. Charlie Hodge 2.387 1963-64
204. Patrick Roy* 2.390 1987-88
205. Chris Osgood 2.391 2007-08
206. Jose Theodore 2.393 1999-00
207. Marty Turco 2.395 2003-04
208. Ed Belfour* 2.397 1991-92
209. Frank Brimsek* 2.400 1939-40
210. Gerry Desjardins 2.403 1976-77
211. Jocelyn Thibault 2.405 1994-95
212. Tony Esposito* 2.406 1977-78
213. Roberto Luongo 2.407 2010-11
214. John Vanbiesbrouck 2.407 1993-94
  Marty Turco 2.407 2006-07
216. Don Edwards 2.409 1977-78
217. Patrick Roy* 2.413 1990-91
218. John Ross Roach 2.413 1930-31
219. Andy Moog 2.413 1989-90
220. Hal Winkler 2.417 1927-28
221. Tony Esposito* 2.418 1974-75
222. Reggie Lemelin 2.419 1987-88
223. Gerry Cheevers* 2.420 1979-80
224. Dominik Hasek 2.423 1996-97
225. Pekka Rinne 2.423 2010-11
226. Billy Smith* 2.423 1977-78
227. Daren Puppa 2.425 1989-90
228. Daren Puppa 2.427 1995-96
229. Doug Keans 2.428 1983-84
230. Rick Wamsley 2.429 1988-89
  Glenn Hall* 2.429 1956-57
232. Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2.429 2007-08
233. Kirk McLean 2.430 1991-92
234. Ed Giacomin* 2.430 1969-70
235. Turk Broda* 2.430 1950-51
236. Roy Edwards 2.430 1972-73
237. Glenn Healy 2.432 1994-95
238. Roy Worters* 2.435 1928-29
239. Tiny Thompson* 2.435 1928-29
  Steve Penney 2.435 1984-85
  Flat Walsh 2.435 1929-30
242. John Vanbiesbrouck 2.438 1996-97
243. Dave Dryden 2.438 1972-73
244. Johnny Bower* 2.439 1967-68
245. Normie Smith 2.439 1934-35
246. Harry Lumley* 2.439 1947-48
247. Murray Bannerman 2.439 1982-83
248. Tom Barrasso 2.439 1997-98
249. Roland Melanson 2.440 1981-82
250. Glenn Hall* 2.440 1963-64