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NHL & WHA 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

Season Player GAA
2011-12 Brian Elliott 1.631
2010-11 Tim Thomas 1.998
2009-10 Tuukka Rask 1.967
2008-09 Tim Thomas 2.099
2007-08 Chris Osgood 2.092
2006-07 Niklas Backstrom 1.967
2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff 2.068
2003-04 Miikka Kiprusoff 1.695
2002-03 Marty Turco 1.723
2001-02 Patrick Roy* 1.940
2000-01 Marty Turco 1.896
1999-00 Brian Boucher 1.914
1998-99 Ron Tugnutt 1.794
1997-98 Ed Belfour* 1.877
1996-97 Martin Brodeur 1.876
1995-96 Ron Hextall 2.166
1994-95 Dominik Hasek 2.111
1993-94 Dominik Hasek 1.948
1992-93 Felix Potvin 2.503
1991-92 Patrick Roy* 2.363
1990-91 Ed Belfour* 2.471
1989-90 Mike Liut 2.527
1988-89 Patrick Roy* 2.471
1987-88 Pete Peeters 2.785
1986-87 Brian Hayward 2.810
1985-86 Bob Froese 2.551
1984-85 Tom Barrasso 2.660
1983-84 Pat Riggin 2.662
1982-83 Pete Peeters 2.360
1981-82 Denis Herron 2.637
1980-81 Richard Sevigny 2.397
1979-80 Bob Sauve 2.362
1978-79 Ken Dryden* 2.303
1977-78 Ken Dryden* 2.051
1976-77 Michel Larocque 2.085
1975-76 Ken Dryden* 2.028
1974-75 Bernie Parent* 2.034
1973-74 Bernie Parent* 1.891
1972-73 Ken Dryden* 2.256
1971-72 Tony Esposito* 1.770
1970-71 Jacques Plante* 1.881
1969-70 Ernie Wakely 2.108
1968-69 Jacques Plante* 1.964
1967-68 Gump Worsley* 1.979
1966-67 Glenn Hall* 2.380
1965-66 Johnny Bower* 2.252
1964-65 Johnny Bower* 2.382
1963-64 Johnny Bower* 2.114
1962-63 Don Simmons 2.464
1961-62 Jacques Plante* 2.371
1960-61 Charlie Hodge 2.467
1959-60 Jacques Plante* 2.536
1958-59 Jacques Plante* 2.160
1957-58 Jacques Plante* 2.109
1956-57 Jacques Plante* 2.000
1955-56 Jacques Plante* 1.859
1954-55 Harry Lumley* 1.942
1953-54 Harry Lumley* 1.855
1952-53 Terry Sawchuk* 1.905
1951-52 Terry Sawchuk* 1.900
1950-51 Al Rollins 1.770
1949-50 Bill Durnan* 2.203
1948-49 Bill Durnan* 2.100
1947-48 Turk Broda* 2.383
1946-47 Bill Durnan* 2.300
1945-46 Bill Durnan* 2.600
1944-45 Bill Durnan* 2.420
1943-44 Bill Durnan* 2.180
1942-43 Johnny Mowers 2.472
1941-42 Frank Brimsek* 2.355
1940-41 Turk Broda* 2.000
1939-40 Dave Kerr 1.540
1938-39 Frank Brimsek* 1.563
1937-38 Tiny Thompson* 1.798
1936-37 Normie Smith 2.054
1935-36 Tiny Thompson* 1.679
1934-35 Lorne Chabot 1.796
1933-34 Wilf Cude 1.469
1932-33 Tiny Thompson* 1.760
1931-32 Charlie Gardiner* 1.847
1930-31 Roy Worters* 1.609
1929-30 Tiny Thompson* 2.194
1928-29 George Hainsworth* 0.921
1927-28 George Hainsworth* 1.055
1926-27 Clint Benedict* 1.419
1925-26 Alec Connell* 1.119
1924-25 Georges Vezina* 1.806
1923-24 Georges Vezina* 1.974
1922-23 Clint Benedict* 2.180
1921-22 Clint Benedict* 3.338
1920-21 Clint Benedict* 3.078
1919-20 Clint Benedict* 2.661
1918-19 Clint Benedict* 2.760
1917-18 Georges Vezina* 3.931

WHA Leaders

Season Player GAA
1978-79 Dave Dryden 2.889
1977-78 Al Smith 3.216
1976-77 Ron Grahame 2.738
1975-76 Michel Dion 2.742
1974-75 Ron Grahame 3.035
1973-74 Don McLeod 2.565
1972-73 Gerry Cheevers* 2.844