NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Against AverageSubscribe Now (First Month Free)
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
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 |
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