NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player GAA Year
1.Clint Benedict* 0.249 1923
2.Georges Vezina* 0.333 1924
 Georges Vezina* 0.333 1925
4.Flat Walsh 0.385 1930
5.Roy Worters* 0.400 1929
6.Lorne Chabot 0.482 1935
7.José Théodore 0.500 1998
8.John Ross Roach 0.565 1922
9.Alec Connell* 0.600 1927
 Tiny Thompson* 0.600 1929
11.Clint Benedict* 0.625 1926
 Terry Sawchuk* 0.625 1952
13.Thatcher Demko 0.644 2020
14.Antero Niittymäki 0.656 2011
15.Michal Neuvirth 0.673 2016
16.George Hainsworth* 0.750 1930
17.Curtis Joseph 0.756 2008
18.John Ross Roach 0.765 1929
19.Clint Benedict* 0.864 1928
20.Grant Fuhr* 0.866 1996
21.Glenn Healy 0.887 1994
22.Billy Smith* 0.902 1987
23.Clint Benedict* 0.909 1927
24.Gerry McNeil 0.946 1954
25.Craig Anderson 0.972 2015
26.Mike Smith 0.999 2011
27.Hap Holmes* 1.000 1918
 Alec Connell* 1.000 1926
 Joe Miller 1.000 1928
 John Ross Roach 1.000 1931
 Andy Aitkenhead 1.000 1934
 Alfie Moore 1.000 1938
 Gary Edwards 1.000 1974
 Andy Moog 1.000 1986
35.Dave Kerr 1.005 1939
36.Jack Campbell 1.015 2023
37.Tristan Jarry 1.021 2020
38.Charlie Gardiner* 1.050 1930
39.Juuse Saros 1.056 2018
40.John Grahame 1.079 2003
41.Dave Kerr 1.085 1937
42.Turk Broda* 1.097 1951
43.Alec Connell* 1.116 1935
44.Kevin Poulin 1.144 2013
45.Chad Johnson 1.158 2017
46.Flat Walsh 1.163 1932
47.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.164 1991
48.Lorne Chabot 1.214 1936
49.Tiny Thompson* 1.232 1933
50.Pat Jablonski 1.236 1996
51.Lorne Chabot 1.239 1929
52.Mark LaForest 1.248 1988
53.Alex Stalock 1.250 2018
54.Frank Brimsek* 1.250 1939
55.Billy Smith* 1.273 1978
56.Normie Smith 1.275 1937
57.Marty Turco 1.296 2007
58.Lorne Chabot 1.308 1928
59.Cory Schneider 1.313 2012
60.Charlie Gardiner* 1.317 1931
61.Juuse Saros 1.319 2019
62.Charlie Gardiner* 1.328 1934
63.Turk Broda* 1.335 1950
64.Dominik Hašek* 1.339 1993
65.Normie Smith 1.341 1936
66.Jacques Plante* 1.351 1960
67.Olaf Kölzig 1.352 1995
68.Petr Mrázek 1.355 2016
69.Bernie Parent* 1.358 1968
70.John Ross Roach 1.362 1930
71.Brian Boucher 1.371 2002
72.Patrick Lalime 1.389 2002
73.Curtis Joseph 1.391 2004
74.George Hainsworth* 1.402 1928
75.Jonathan Quick 1.405 2012
76.Earl Robertson 1.412 1937
77.Frederik Andersen 1.412 2016
78.Martin Brodeur* 1.417 2002
79.Rogie Vachon* 1.420 1969
80.Jacques Plante* 1.426 1969
81.George Hainsworth* 1.428 1927
82.Ilya Bryzgalov 1.457 2006
83.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.463 1999
84.Jacques Plante* 1.488 1970
85.Georges Vezina* 1.500 1923
 Lorne Chabot 1.500 1927
 Hal Winkler 1.500 1927
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1928
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1932
 Paul Harrison 1.500 1981
 Sean Burke 1.500 2004
 Martin Prusek 1.500 2004
93.Gump Worsley* 1.503 1967
94.Gary Smith 1.504 1972
95.Earl Robertson 1.515 1938
96.Dan Bouchard 1.516 1976
97.Tiny Thompson* 1.527 1935
98.Bill Durnan* 1.530 1944
99.Allan Bester 1.531 1987
100.Jonathan Quick 1.547 2018
101.Chris Osgood 1.552 2008
102.Wendell Young 1.553 1989
103.Ken Dryden* 1.558 1977
104.Dave Kerr 1.560 1940
105.George Hainsworth* 1.564 1935
106.Turk Broda* 1.569 1949
107.Lorne Chabot 1.574 1933
108.Terry Sawchuk* 1.597 1954
109.Andy Aitkenhead 1.600 1933
110.Johnny Bower* 1.600 1963
111.Sam LoPresti 1.606 1942
112.Dominik Hašek* 1.613 1994
113.Martin Brodeur* 1.614 2000
114.Jack Gelineau 1.615 1951
115.Kevin Weekes 1.619 2002
116.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.620 2003
117.Johnny Bower* 1.634 1967
118.Steve Weeks 1.647 1987
119.Martin Brodeur* 1.650 2003
120.Johan Hedberg 1.651 2012
121.Bert Gardiner 1.660 1939
122.Jacques Plante* 1.660 1957
123.Tiny Thompson* 1.667 1930
124.George Hainsworth* 1.667 1929
125.Artūrs Irbe 1.669 2002
126.Martin Brodeur* 1.669 1995
127.Ed Belfour* 1.671 1999
128.Jeff Hackett 1.672 2003
129.Gump Worsley* 1.677 1965
130.Gerry Cheevers* 1.681 1969
131.Glen Hanlon 1.682 1987
132.Terry Sawchuk* 1.683 1951
133.Patrick Roy* 1.695 2001
134.Georges Vezina* 1.698 1919
135.Tiny Thompson* 1.701 1938
136.Matt Murray 1.704 2017
137.Lester Patrick* 1.710 1928
138.Evgeni Nabokov 1.711 2004
139.Kelly Hrudey 1.712 1985
140.Braden Holtby 1.713 2015
141.Nikolai Khabibulin 1.714 2004
142.Mike Karakas 1.715 1938
143.Jordan Binnington 1.715 2022
144.Al Rollins 1.718 1951
145.Braden Holtby 1.722 2016
146.Lorne Chabot 1.722 1931
147.Jaroslav Halák 1.724 2012
148.Turk Broda* 1.727 1938
149.Martin Brodeur* 1.730 1997
150.Turk Broda* 1.738 1940
151.George Hainsworth* 1.746 1931
152.Dave Kerr 1.750 1934
 Jacques Plante* 1.750 1953
154.Martin Jones 1.751 2017
155.Jacques Plante* 1.752 1954
156.Bob Mason 1.756 1987
157.Mike Vernon* 1.757 1997
158.Cesare Maniago 1.764 1973
159.Ron Tugnutt 1.769 2000
160.Roberto Luongo* 1.770 2007
161.Rogie Vachon* 1.773 1974
162.Dominik Hašek* 1.775 1999
163.Chris Osgood 1.777 1995
 Curtis McElhinney 1.777 2009
165.Carey Price 1.784 2020
166.Cory Schneider 1.785 2018
167.David Aebischer 1.789 2002
168.Patrick Roy* 1.790 2000
169.Ed Belfour* 1.790 1998
170.Jacques Plante* 1.800 1956
171.Jack Campbell 1.810 2021
172.Jake Oettinger 1.815 2022
173.Dominik Hašek* 1.815 2007
174.Patrick Lalime 1.818 2003
175.Trevor Kidd 1.821 2004
176.Henrik Lundqvist* 1.823 2012
177.Frederik Andersen 1.830 2023
178.Brent Johnson 1.830 2002
179.Lorne Chabot 1.831 1934
180.Dave Kerr 1.831 1938
181.Corey Crawford 1.835 2013
182.Frederik Andersen 1.839 2020
183.Miikka Kiprusoff 1.849 2004
184.Harry Lumley* 1.850 1950
185.Gerry McNeil 1.851 1953
186.Roman Čechmánek 1.853 2002
187.Tim Thomas 1.854 2009
188.Ben Bishop 1.854 2016
189.Dominik Hašek* 1.856 2002
190.Jonathan Quick 1.856 2013
191.Carey Price 1.858 2017
192.Eddie Johnston 1.860 1972
193.Devan Dubnyk 1.862 2017
194.Philipp Grubauer 1.869 2020
195.Antti Niemi 1.872 2013
196.Dave Kerr 1.875 1941
197.Gump Worsley* 1.876 1968
198.Marty Turco 1.879 2003
199.Tuukka Rask 1.883 2013
200.Jake Allen 1.890 2020
201.Bernie Parent* 1.891 1975
202.Ken Dryden* 1.896 1978
203.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.897 2020
204.Ed Belfour* 1.897 2000
205.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.900 2021
206.Brian Elliott 1.902 2013
207.Joonas Korpisalo 1.903 2020
208.Brent Johnson 1.906 2010
209.Gerry McNeil 1.910 1951
210.Mike Liut 1.911 1986
211.Bill Durnan* 1.920 1947
212.Gerry McNeil 1.921 1952
213.Ken Dryden* 1.925 1976
214.Patrick Roy* 1.926 1986
215.Curtis Joseph 1.928 1998
216.Billy Smith* 1.929 1979
217.Olaf Kölzig 1.935 1996
218.Johnny Mowers 1.942 1943
219.Brent Johnson 1.942 2001
220.Jacques Plante* 1.943 1958
221.Turk Broda* 1.947 1939
222.Martin Brodeur* 1.948 1994
223.Wayne Stephenson 1.952 1975
224.Braden Holtby 1.952 2012
225.Olaf Kölzig 1.954 1998
226.Elvis Merzļikins 1.955 2020
227.Manny Fernandez 1.955 2003
228.Pekka Rinne 1.955 2017
229.Dominik Hašek* 1.956 1997
230.Jake Allen 1.956 2017
231.Glenn Resch 1.958 1987
232.Patrick Lalime 1.958 2004
233.Doug Keans 1.962 1982
234.Igor Shesterkin 1.964 2023
235.Marc-André Fleury 1.966 2008
236.Martin Brodeur* 1.966 1998
237.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.968 2007
238.Steve Mason 1.970 2014
239.Chris Osgood 1.975 2000
240.Ron Tugnutt 1.978 1997
241.Byron Dafoe 1.980 1999
242.Tim Thomas 1.985 2011
243.Mike Smith 1.987 2012
244.Robin Lehner 1.988 2020
245.Byron Dafoe 1.991 1998
246.Tuukka Rask 1.993 2014
247.Gump Worsley* 1.994 1966
248.Gilles Villemure 1.995 1973
249.Robert Esche 1.997 2003
250.John Ross Roach 2.000 1933
 Charlie Hodge 2.000 1965
 Cesare Maniago 2.000 1970