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Yearly Leaders and Records for Goals Against Average

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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NHL Leaders

SeasonPlayerGAA
2008-09Dany Sabourin1.844
2007-08Chris Osgood2.092
2006-07Niklas Backstrom1.967
2005-06Miikka Kiprusoff2.068
2003-04Miikka Kiprusoff1.695
2002-03Marty Turco1.723
2001-02Patrick Roy*1.940
2000-01Marty Turco1.896
1999-00Brian Boucher1.914
1998-99Ron Tugnutt1.794
1997-98Ed Belfour1.877
1996-97Martin Brodeur1.876
1995-96Ron Hextall2.166
1994-95Dominik Hasek2.111
1993-94Dominik Hasek1.948
1992-93Felix Potvin2.503
1991-92Patrick Roy*2.363
1990-91Ed Belfour2.471
1989-90Mike Liut2.527
1988-89Patrick Roy*2.471
1987-88Pete Peeters2.785
1986-87Brian Hayward2.810
1985-86Bob Froese2.551
1984-85Tom Barrasso2.660
1983-84Pat Riggin2.662
1982-83Pete Peeters2.360
1981-82Denis Herron2.637
1980-81Richard Sevigny2.397
1979-80Bob Sauve2.362
1978-79Ken Dryden*2.303
1977-78Ken Dryden*2.051
1976-77Michel Larocque2.085
1975-76Ken Dryden*2.028
1974-75Bernie Parent*2.034
1973-74Bernie Parent*1.891
1972-73Ken Dryden*2.256
1971-72Tony Esposito*1.770
1970-71Jacques Plante*1.881
1969-70Ernie Wakely2.108
1968-69Jacques Plante*1.964
1967-68Gump Worsley*1.979
1966-67Glenn Hall*2.380
1965-66Johnny Bower*2.252
1964-65Johnny Bower*2.382
1963-64Johnny Bower*2.114
1962-63Don Simmons2.464
1961-62Jacques Plante*2.371
1960-61Charlie Hodge2.467
1959-60Jacques Plante*2.536
1958-59Jacques Plante*2.160
1957-58Jacques Plante*2.109
1956-57Jacques Plante*2.000
1955-56Jacques Plante*1.859
1954-55Harry Lumley*1.942
1953-54Harry Lumley*1.855
1952-53Terry Sawchuk*1.905
1951-52Terry Sawchuk*1.900
1950-51Al Rollins1.770
1949-50Bill Durnan*2.203
1948-49Bill Durnan*2.100
1947-48Turk Broda*2.383
1946-47Bill Durnan*2.300
1945-46Bill Durnan*2.600
1944-45Bill Durnan*2.420
1943-44Bill Durnan*2.180
1942-43Johnny Mowers2.472
1941-42Frank Brimsek*2.355
1940-41Turk Broda*2.000
1939-40Dave Kerr1.540
1938-39Frank Brimsek*1.563
1937-38Tiny Thompson*1.798
1936-37Normie Smith2.054
1935-36Tiny Thompson*1.679
1934-35Lorne Chabot1.796
1933-34Wilf Cude1.469
1932-33Tiny Thompson*1.760
1931-32Charlie Gardiner*1.847
1930-31Roy Worters*1.609
1929-30Tiny Thompson*2.194
1928-29George Hainsworth*0.921
1927-28George Hainsworth*1.055
1926-27Clint Benedict*1.419
1925-26Alec Connell*1.119
1924-25Georges Vezina*1.806
1923-24Georges Vezina*1.974
1922-23Clint Benedict*2.180
1921-22Clint Benedict*3.338
1920-21Clint Benedict*3.078
1919-20Clint Benedict*2.661
1918-19Clint Benedict*2.760
1917-18Georges Vezina*3.931

WHA Leaders

SeasonPlayerGAA
1978-79Dave Dryden2.889
1977-78Al Smith3.216
1976-77Ron Grahame2.738
1975-76Michel Dion2.742
1974-75Ron Grahame3.035
1973-74Don McLeod2.565
1972-73Gerry Cheevers*2.844