NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Goals Against Average
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GAA | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1. | George Hainsworth* | 0.921 | 1928-29 |
2. | George Hainsworth* | 1.055 | 1927-28 |
3. | Alec Connell* | 1.120 | 1925-26 |
4. | Tiny Thompson* | 1.151 | 1928-29 |
5. | Roy Worters* | 1.155 | 1928-29 |
6. | Alec Connell* | 1.239 | 1927-28 |
7. | Dolly Dolson | 1.375 | 1928-29 |
8. | John Ross Roach | 1.413 | 1928-29 |
9. | Clint Benedict* | 1.420 | 1926-27 |
10. | Alec Connell* | 1.426 | 1928-29 |
11. | George Hainsworth* | 1.468 | 1926-27 |
12. | Wilf Cude | 1.469 | 1933-34 |
13. | Alec Connell* | 1.485 | 1926-27 |
14. | Clint Benedict* | 1.487 | 1928-29 |
15. | Lorne Chabot | 1.508 | 1926-27 |
16. | Hal Winkler | 1.511 | 1927-28 |
17. | Lorne Chabot | 1.515 | 1928-29 |
18. | Dave Kerr | 1.540 | 1939-40 |
19. | Frank Brimsek* | 1.557 | 1938-39 |
20. | Brian Elliott | 1.557 | 2011-12 |
21. | Roy Worters* | 1.609 | 1930-31 |
22. | Charlie Gardiner* | 1.633 | 1933-34 |
23. | Josh Harding | 1.655 | 2013-14 |
24. | Hal Winkler | 1.658 | 1926-27 |
25. | Roy Worters* | 1.664 | 1927-28 |
26. | Tiny Thompson* | 1.679 | 1935-36 |
27. | Craig Anderson | 1.689 | 2012-13 |
28. | Miikka Kiprusoff | 1.692 | 2003-04 |
29. | Clint Benedict* | 1.695 | 1927-28 |
30. | Joe Miller | 1.727 | 1928-29 |
31. | Charlie Gardiner* | 1.727 | 1930-31 |
32. | Marty Turco | 1.728 | 2002-03 |
33. | Hap Holmes* | 1.730 | 1927-28 |
34. | Lorne Chabot | 1.736 | 1927-28 |
35. | Tiny Thompson* | 1.760 | 1932-33 |
36. | Tony Esposito* | 1.771 | 1971-72 |
37. | Al Rollins | 1.775 | 1950-51 |
38. | Ron Tugnutt | 1.794 | 1998-99 |
39. | Lorne Chabot | 1.796 | 1934-35 |
40. | Tiny Thompson* | 1.798 | 1937-38 |
41. | Georges Vezina* | 1.806 | 1924-25 |
42. | Roman Čechmánek | 1.828 | 2002-03 |
43. | Mike Karakas | 1.846 | 1935-36 |
44. | Charlie Gardiner* | 1.847 | 1931-32 |
45. | Charlie Gardiner* | 1.849 | 1928-29 |
46. | Harry Lumley* | 1.855 | 1953-54 |
47. | Alec Connell* | 1.859 | 1934-35 |
48. | Jacques Plante* | 1.859 | 1955-56 |
49. | Dominik Hašek* | 1.871 | 1998-99 |
50. | Dwayne Roloson | 1.876 | 2003-04 |
51. | Martin Brodeur* | 1.876 | 1996-97 |
52. | Ed Belfour* | 1.877 | 1997-98 |
53. | John Ross Roach | 1.879 | 1932-33 |
54. | Jacques Plante* | 1.885 | 1970-71 |
55. | Jordan Binnington | 1.887 | 2018-19 |
56. | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.889 | 1952-53 |
57. | Martin Brodeur* | 1.889 | 1997-98 |
58. | John Ross Roach | 1.891 | 1930-31 |
59. | Linus Ullmark | 1.894 | 2022-23 |
60. | Bernie Parent* | 1.894 | 1973-74 |
61. | Marty Turco | 1.896 | 2000-01 |
62. | Alex Nedeljkovic | 1.897 | 2020-21 |
63. | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.900 | 1951-52 |
64. | Roy Worters* | 1.902 | 1925-26 |
65. | Dave Kerr | 1.913 | 1935-36 |
66. | Brian Boucher | 1.914 | 1999-00 |
67. | Harry Lumley* | 1.914 | 1954-55 |
68. | Clint Benedict* | 1.916 | 1925-26 |
69. | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.933 | 1953-54 |
70. | Ray Emery | 1.935 | 2012-13 |
71. | Paul Goodman | 1.938 | 1939-40 |
72. | Patrick Roy* | 1.939 | 2001-02 |
73. | Corey Crawford | 1.943 | 2012-13 |
74. | Dave Kerr | 1.946 | 1937-38 |
75. | Jonathan Quick | 1.947 | 2011-12 |
76. | Dominik Hašek* | 1.948 | 1993-94 |
77. | George Hainsworth* | 1.949 | 1930-31 |
78. | Philipp Grubauer | 1.952 | 2020-21 |
79. | Roman Turek | 1.954 | 1999-00 |
80. | Brian Elliott | 1.958 | 2013-14 |
81. | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.960 | 1954-55 |
82. | Carey Price | 1.962 | 2014-15 |
83. | John Ross Roach | 1.963 | 1927-28 |
84. | Jake Forbes | 1.963 | 1924-25 |
85. | Cory Schneider | 1.964 | 2011-12 |
86. | Jacques Plante* | 1.964 | 1968-69 |
87. | Jaroslav Halák | 1.966 | 2011-12 |
88. | Henrik Lundqvist* | 1.966 | 2011-12 |
89. | Tuukka Rask | 1.967 | 2009-10 |
90. | Niklas Bäckström | 1.967 | 2006-07 |
91. | Cory Schneider | 1.970 | 2013-14 |
92. | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.971 | 1950-51 |
93. | Frank Brimsek* | 1.973 | 1939-40 |
94. | Georges Vezina* | 1.974 | 1923-24 |
95. | Tiny Thompson* | 1.978 | 1930-31 |
96. | Ben Bishop | 1.979 | 2018-19 |
97. | Gump Worsley* | 1.981 | 1967-68 |
98. | Marty Turco | 1.982 | 2003-04 |
99. | Marc-André Fleury | 1.985 | 2020-21 |
100. | Ed Belfour* | 1.985 | 1998-99 |
101. | Clint Benedict* | 1.991 | 1923-24 |
102. | Tuukka Rask | 1.996 | 2012-13 |
103. | Dwayne Roloson | 1.997 | 2002-03 |
104. | Byron Dafoe | 1.997 | 1998-99 |
105. | Tim Thomas | 1.998 | 2010-11 |
106. | Turk Broda* | 2.000 | 1940-41 |
107. | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2.001 | 2012-13 |
108. | Jacques Plante* | 2.001 | 1956-57 |
109. | Roy Worters* | 2.009 | 1933-34 |
110. | Jake Forbes | 2.011 | 1926-27 |
111. | Normie Smith | 2.013 | 1934-35 |
112. | Frank Brimsek* | 2.013 | 1940-41 |
  | Johnny Mowers | 2.013 | 1940-41 |
114. | Charlie Gardiner* | 2.013 | 1932-33 |
115. | Roman Čechmánek | 2.014 | 2000-01 |
116. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.016 | 2002-03 |
117. | Anthony Stolarz | 2.018 | 2023-24 |
118. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.029 | 2003-04 |
119. | Ken Dryden* | 2.032 | 1975-76 |
120. | Bernie Parent* | 2.037 | 1974-75 |
121. | Tuukka Rask | 2.038 | 2013-14 |
122. | Normie Smith | 2.040 | 1935-36 |
123. | John Ross Roach | 2.041 | 1926-27 |
124. | Semyon Varlamov | 2.041 | 2020-21 |
125. | Robert Esche | 2.041 | 2003-04 |
126. | Manny Legace | 2.045 | 2000-01 |
127. | Tony Esposito* | 2.047 | 1973-74 |
128. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.047 | 2006-07 |
129. | Henrik Lundqvist* | 2.050 | 2012-13 |
130. | Roman Čechmánek | 2.051 | 2001-02 |
131. | Andrew Raycroft | 2.053 | 2003-04 |
132. | Ken Dryden* | 2.053 | 1977-78 |
133. | Normie Smith | 2.054 | 1936-37 |
134. | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2.056 | 2016-17 |
135. | Ben Bishop | 2.059 | 2015-16 |
136. | John Grahame | 2.061 | 2003-04 |
137. | Vesa Toskala | 2.064 | 2003-04 |
138. | John Gibson | 2.066 | 2015-16 |
139. | Jonathan Quick | 2.066 | 2013-14 |
140. | Tom Barrasso* | 2.067 | 1997-98 |
141. | Brian Elliott | 2.068 | 2015-16 |
142. | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2.069 | 2005-06 |
143. | Lorne Chabot | 2.070 | 1933-34 |
144. | Braden Holtby | 2.071 | 2016-17 |
145. | Chris Driedger | 2.071 | 2020-21 |
146. | Igor Shesterkin | 2.071 | 2021-22 |
147. | Devan Dubnyk | 2.073 | 2014-15 |
148. | Glenn Resch | 2.079 | 1975-76 |
149. | Lorne Chabot | 2.079 | 1935-36 |
150. | Michel Larocque | 2.086 | 1976-77 |
151. | Lorne Chabot | 2.087 | 1930-31 |
152. | Carter Hutton | 2.088 | 2017-18 |
153. | Gilles Villemure | 2.088 | 1971-72 |
154. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.090 | 2005-06 |
155. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.090 | 1997-98 |
156. | David Aebischer | 2.090 | 2003-04 |
157. | Gerry McNeil | 2.091 | 1952-53 |
158. | Chris Osgood | 2.092 | 2007-08 |
159. | Marty Turco | 2.094 | 2001-02 |
160. | Tim Thomas | 2.099 | 2008-09 |
161. | Dave Kerr | 2.099 | 1936-37 |
162. | Bill Durnan* | 2.100 | 1948-49 |
163. | Glenn Hall* | 2.101 | 1955-56 |
164. | Dave Kerr | 2.101 | 1938-39 |
165. | José Théodore | 2.103 | 1999-00 |
166. | Filip Gustavsson | 2.103 | 2022-23 |
167. | Ed Belfour* | 2.105 | 1999-00 |
168. | Chad Johnson | 2.105 | 2013-14 |
169. | Jimmy Howard | 2.105 | 2016-17 |
170. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.105 | 2000-01 |
171. | Roberto Luongo* | 2.106 | 2010-11 |
172. | Jacques Plante* | 2.109 | 1957-58 |
173. | Ernie Wakely | 2.110 | 1969-70 |
174. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.111 | 1994-95 |
175. | Cory Schneider | 2.112 | 2012-13 |
176. | José Théodore | 2.112 | 2001-02 |
177. | Johnny Bower* | 2.115 | 1963-64 |
178. | Manny Legace | 2.116 | 2003-04 |
179. | Clint Benedict* | 2.116 | 1924-25 |
180. | George Hainsworth* | 2.120 | 1935-36 |
181. | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 2.121 | 2007-08 |
182. | Martin Prusek | 2.121 | 2003-04 |
183. | Gump Worsley* | 2.121 | 1971-72 |
184. | Pekka Rinne | 2.122 | 2010-11 |
185. | Tuukka Rask | 2.123 | 2019-20 |
186. | Jacques Plante* | 2.124 | 1954-55 |
187. | Jimmy Howard | 2.125 | 2011-12 |
188. | Ed Belfour* | 2.125 | 2003-04 |
189. | Alec Connell* | 2.132 | 1931-32 |
190. | Gerry McNeil | 2.132 | 1953-54 |
191. | Jim Carey | 2.133 | 1994-95 |
192. | Robin Lehner | 2.133 | 2018-19 |
193. | Nikolai Khabibulin | 2.133 | 1998-99 |
194. | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 2.134 | 2001-02 |
195. | Jimmy Howard | 2.134 | 2012-13 |
196. | Alec Connell* | 2.138 | 1924-25 |
197. | Jaroslav Halák | 2.141 | 2012-13 |
198. | Ken Dryden* | 2.144 | 1976-77 |
199. | Evgeni Nabokov | 2.145 | 2007-08 |
200. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.145 | 2007-08 |
201. | Cory Schneider | 2.145 | 2015-16 |
202. | Turk Broda* | 2.147 | 1938-39 |
203. | Andy Moog | 2.147 | 1996-97 |
204. | Dave Kerr | 2.148 | 1932-33 |
205. | Jack Campbell | 2.149 | 2020-21 |
206. | Jake Allen | 2.151 | 2019-20 |
207. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.153 | 2001-02 |
208. | Jeff Hackett | 2.159 | 1996-97 |
209. | Jacques Plante* | 2.160 | 1958-59 |
210. | Patrick Lalime | 2.161 | 2002-03 |
211. | Ed Giacomin* | 2.161 | 1970-71 |
212. | Andy Aitkenhead | 2.162 | 1932-33 |
213. | Antti Niemi | 2.162 | 2012-13 |
214. | Bill Beveridge | 2.162 | 1935-36 |
215. | Ron Hextall | 2.165 | 1997-98 |
216. | Ron Hextall | 2.166 | 1995-96 |
217. | Brent Johnson | 2.167 | 2000-01 |
218. | Trevor Kidd | 2.168 | 1997-98 |
219. | Chris Osgood | 2.168 | 1995-96 |
220. | Frederik Andersen | 2.169 | 2021-22 |
221. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.170 | 2001-02 |
222. | Glenn Hall* | 2.170 | 1968-69 |
223. | Ilya Sorokin | 2.170 | 2020-21 |
224. | Tony Esposito* | 2.170 | 1969-70 |
225. | Jamie McLennan | 2.171 | 1997-98 |
226. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.175 | 2007-08 |
227. | Wilf Cude | 2.176 | 1936-37 |
228. | Clint Benedict* | 2.176 | 1922-23 |
229. | Peter Budaj | 2.176 | 2016-17 |
230. | Bill Durnan* | 2.180 | 1943-44 |
231. | Patrick Roy* | 2.181 | 2002-03 |
232. | Pekka Rinne | 2.181 | 2014-15 |
233. | Viktor Fasth | 2.184 | 2012-13 |
234. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.185 | 2006-07 |
235. | Brent Johnson | 2.185 | 2001-02 |
236. | Bill Beveridge | 2.186 | 1936-37 |
237. | Al Rollins | 2.187 | 1951-52 |
238. | Jacques Plante* | 2.188 | 1969-70 |
239. | Evgeni Nabokov | 2.189 | 2000-01 |
240. | Manny Legace | 2.190 | 2005-06 |
241. | John Vanbiesbrouck | 2.194 | 1998-99 |
242. | Tiny Thompson* | 2.194 | 1929-30 |
243. | George Hainsworth* | 2.194 | 1931-32 |
244. | Robert Esche | 2.195 | 2002-03 |
245. | John Vanbiesbrouck | 2.197 | 1999-00 |
246. | Cristobal Huet | 2.197 | 2005-06 |
247. | Jeff Hackett | 2.197 | 1997-98 |
248. | Olaf Kölzig | 2.202 | 1997-98 |
249. | Braden Holtby | 2.202 | 2015-16 |
250. | Bill Durnan* | 2.203 | 1949-50 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | GAA | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Don McLeod | 2.565 | 1973-74 |
2. | Ron Grahame | 2.738 | 1976-77 |
3. | Michel Dion | 2.742 | 1975-76 |
4. | Joe Daley | 2.841 | 1975-76 |
5. | Gerry Cheevers* | 2.844 | 1972-73 |
6. | Dave Dryden | 2.889 | 1978-79 |
7. | Joe Daley | 2.899 | 1972-73 |
8. | Russ Gillow | 2.906 | 1972-73 |
9. | Gerry Cheevers* | 3.032 | 1973-74 |
10. | Ron Grahame | 3.035 | 1974-75 |
11. | Wayne Rutledge | 3.051 | 1972-73 |
12. | Jack Norris | 3.061 | 1972-73 |
13. | Al Smith | 3.081 | 1973-74 |
14. | Ernie Wakely | 3.089 | 1976-77 |
15. | Mike Curran | 3.094 | 1972-73 |
16. | Richard Brodeur | 3.107 | 1978-79 |
17. | Cap Raeder | 3.117 | 1976-77 |
18. | Cam Newton | 3.141 | 1973-74 |
19. | Ernie Wakely | 3.151 | 1972-73 |
20. | Wayne Rutledge | 3.153 | 1976-77 |
21. | Wayne Rutledge | 3.173 | 1975-76 |
22. | Al Smith | 3.178 | 1972-73 |
23. | Jack Norris | 3.184 | 1975-76 |
24. | Jack Norris | 3.209 | 1973-74 |
25. | Al Smith | 3.216 | 1977-78 |
26. | Bob Whidden | 3.229 | 1974-75 |
27. | Joe Daley | 3.237 | 1976-77 |
28. | Wayne Rutledge | 3.241 | 1974-75 |
29. | Ernie Wakely | 3.252 | 1974-75 |
30. | Gerry Cheevers* | 3.257 | 1974-75 |
31. | Ernie Wakely | 3.264 | 1975-76 |
32. | Ron Grahame | 3.267 | 1975-76 |
33. | Les Binkley | 3.272 | 1973-74 |
34. | Jack Norris | 3.272 | 1974-75 |
35. | Ernie Wakely | 3.274 | 1973-74 |
36. | Mike Curran | 3.275 | 1973-74 |
37. | John Garrett | 3.279 | 1974-75 |
38. | Bob Whidden | 3.282 | 1972-73 |
39. | Michel Deguise | 3.291 | 1973-74 |
40. | Gary Kurt | 3.295 | 1974-75 |
41. | George Gardner | 3.295 | 1972-73 |
42. | Joe Daley | 3.296 | 1977-78 |
43. | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 3.299 | 1977-78 |
44. | Jim Corsi | 3.300 | 1978-79 |
45. | Gary Bromley | 3.304 | 1977-78 |
46. | Al Smith | 3.306 | 1978-79 |
47. | Jacques Plante* | 3.317 | 1974-75 |
48. | Michel Dion | 3.319 | 1978-79 |
49. | Richard Brodeur | 3.323 | 1973-74 |
50. | Jim McLeod | 3.324 | 1972-73 |
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