NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Against
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GA | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Kelly Hrudey | 74 | 1993 |
2. | Murray Bannerman | 72 | 1985 |
3. | Ron Hextall | 71 | 1987 |
4. | Jonathan Quick | 69 | 2014 |
5. | Anton Khudobin | 67 | 2020 |
6. | Jordan Binnington | 64 | 2019 |
7. | Marc-André Fleury | 63 | 2009 |
8. | Félix Potvin | 62 | 1993 |
9. | Ken Dryden* | 61 | 1971 |
  | Pete Peeters | 61 | 1983 |
  | Jon Casey | 61 | 1991 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 61 | 2011 |
13. | Mike Vernon* | 60 | 1986 |
  | Andy Moog | 60 | 1991 |
15. | Bill Ranford | 59 | 1990 |
  | Glenn Healy | 59 | 1993 |
  | Kirk McLean | 59 | 1994 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 59 | 2022 |
19. | Tom Barrasso* | 58 | 1992 |
  | Antti Niemi | 58 | 2010 |
  | Martin Jones | 58 | 2019 |
22. | Sean Burke | 57 | 1988 |
23. | Antti Niemi | 56 | 2011 |
24. | Steve Baker | 55 | 1981 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 55 | 1985 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 55 | 1988 |
  | Jake Oettinger | 55 | 2023 |
28. | Billy Smith* | 54 | 1980 |
  | Billy Smith* | 54 | 1984 |
  | Mario Gosselin | 54 | 1985 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 54 | 2014 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 54 | 2020 |
  | Sergei Bobrovsky | 54 | 2023 |
34. | Ben Bishop | 53 | 2015 |
  | Martin Jones | 53 | 2016 |
36. | Mike Vernon* | 52 | 1989 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 52 | 1999 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 52 | 2001 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 52 | 2002 |
  | Martin Biron | 52 | 2008 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 52 | 2012 |
  | Corey Crawford | 52 | 2014 |
43. | Tom Barrasso* | 51 | 1991 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 51 | 1991 |
  | Bill Ranford | 51 | 1992 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 51 | 1996 |
  | Miikka Kiprusoff | 51 | 2004 |
  | Tim Thomas | 51 | 2011 |
  | Carey Price | 51 | 2021 |
  | Igor Shesterkin | 51 | 2022 |
51. | Ken Dryden* | 50 | 1973 |
  | Mike Liut | 50 | 1981 |
  | Artūrs Irbe | 50 | 1994 |
  | John Vanbiesbrouck | 50 | 1996 |
  | Braden Holtby | 50 | 2018 |
56. | Richard Brodeur | 49 | 1982 |
  | John Vanbiesbrouck | 49 | 1986 |
  | Ron Hextall | 49 | 1989 |
  | Mike Richter | 49 | 1994 |
  | Cam Ward | 49 | 2009 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 49 | 2019 |
  | Mike Smith | 49 | 2022 |
63. | Andy Moog | 48 | 1983 |
  | Chris Osgood | 48 | 1998 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 48 | 2002 |
  | Ryan Miller | 48 | 2006 |
67. | Gilles Meloche | 47 | 1981 |
  | Billy Smith* | 47 | 1982 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 47 | 1987 |
  | Cam Ward | 47 | 2006 |
  | Ray Emery | 47 | 2007 |
  | Chris Osgood | 47 | 2009 |
  | Corey Crawford | 47 | 2015 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 47 | 2018 |
75. | Tony Esposito* | 46 | 1973 |
  | Andy Moog | 46 | 1992 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 46 | 1993 |
  | Félix Potvin | 46 | 1994 |
  | Corey Crawford | 46 | 2013 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 46 | 2013 |
  | Craig Anderson | 46 | 2017 |
82. | Glenn Hall* | 45 | 1968 |
  | Réjean Lemelin | 45 | 1988 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 45 | 2000 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 45 | 2002 |
  | Dan Cloutier | 45 | 2003 |
  | Dwayne Roloson | 45 | 2006 |
88. | Gerry Cheevers* | 44 | 1977 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 44 | 1984 |
  | Alain Chevrier | 44 | 1989 |
  | Andy Moog | 44 | 1990 |
  | Olaf Kölzig | 44 | 1998 |
  | Matt Murray | 44 | 2016 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 44 | 2020 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 44 | 2021 |
96. | Gilles Gilbert | 43 | 1974 |
  | Gerry Desjardins | 43 | 1975 |
  | Billy Smith* | 43 | 1983 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 43 | 1999 |
  | Johan Hedberg | 43 | 2001 |
  | Nikolai Khabibulin | 43 | 2009 |
  | Jaroslav Halák | 43 | 2010 |
  | Brian Elliott | 43 | 2016 |
  | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 43 | 2018 |
105. | Tony Esposito* | 42 | 1971 |
  | John Davidson | 42 | 1979 |
  | Billy Smith* | 42 | 1981 |
  | Pelle Lindbergh | 42 | 1985 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 42 | 1989 |
  | Kirk McLean | 42 | 1993 |
  | Ron Hextall | 42 | 1995 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 42 | 2017 |
113. | Ken Dryden* | 41 | 1979 |
  | Mario Lessard | 41 | 1982 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 41 | 1995 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 41 | 1999 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 41 | 2001 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 41 | 2003 |
  | Robert Esche | 41 | 2004 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 41 | 2008 |
  | Dwayne Roloson | 41 | 2011 |
  | Frederik Andersen | 41 | 2015 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 41 | 2015 |
  | Philipp Grubauer | 41 | 2023 |
125. | Don Beaupre | 40 | 1984 |
  | Steve Penney | 40 | 1985 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 40 | 1989 |
  | Greg Millen | 40 | 1990 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 40 | 1991 |
  | Brian Boucher | 40 | 2000 |
  | Nikolai Khabibulin | 40 | 2004 |
  | Marty Turco | 40 | 2008 |
  | Connor Hellebuyck | 40 | 2018 |
  | Jacob Markström | 40 | 2020 |
135. | Cesare Maniago | 39 | 1968 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 39 | 1986 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 39 | 1990 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 39 | 1992 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 39 | 2000 |
140. | Johnny Mowers | 38 | 1942 |
  | Johnny Bower* | 38 | 1959 |
  | Dan Bouchard | 38 | 1982 |
  | Mike Moffat | 38 | 1982 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 38 | 1987 |
  | Greg Millen | 38 | 1988 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 38 | 1994 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 38 | 1997 |
  | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 38 | 2003 |
  | Ryan Miller | 38 | 2007 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 38 | 2010 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 38 | 2010 |
  | Henrik Lundqvist* | 38 | 2012 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 38 | 2016 |
  | John Gibson | 38 | 2017 |
  | Darcy Kuemper | 38 | 2022 |
  | Stuart Skinner | 38 | 2023 |
157. | Ed Giacomin* | 37 | 1974 |
  | Pete Peeters | 37 | 1980 |
  | Pat Riggin | 37 | 1981 |
  | Rick Wamsley | 37 | 1986 |
  | Mario Gosselin | 37 | 1987 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 37 | 1991 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 37 | 1995 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 37 | 2010 |
  | Ilya Bryzgalov | 37 | 2012 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 37 | 2017 |
167. | Rogie Vachon* | 36 | 1977 |
  | Kirk McLean | 36 | 1995 |
  | Jon Casey | 36 | 1996 |
  | Mike Richter | 36 | 1996 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 36 | 1997 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 36 | 1997 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 36 | 1999 |
  | Steve Shields | 36 | 2000 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 36 | 2010 |
176. | Terry Sawchuk* | 35 | 1963 |
  | Bernie Parent* | 35 | 1974 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 35 | 1978 |
  | Murray Bannerman | 35 | 1982 |
  | Kelly Hrudey | 35 | 1989 |
  | Vincent Riendeau | 35 | 1991 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 35 | 1993 |
  | Tom Barrasso* | 35 | 1999 |
  | José Théodore | 35 | 2002 |
  | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 35 | 2007 |
  | Jimmy Howard | 35 | 2013 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 35 | 2018 |
  | Jacob Markström | 35 | 2022 |
189. | Denis DeJordy | 34 | 1968 |
  | Tony Esposito* | 34 | 1975 |
  | Wayne Thomas | 34 | 1976 |
  | Gilles Meloche | 34 | 1980 |
  | Pete Peeters | 34 | 1988 |
  | Mike Vernon* | 34 | 1988 |
  | Greg Millen | 34 | 1989 |
  | Jon Casey | 34 | 1994 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 34 | 1995 |
  | Patrick Lalime | 34 | 2003 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 34 | 2007 |
  | Mike Smith | 34 | 2012 |
  | Jonathan Quick | 34 | 2013 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 34 | 2021 |
203. | Frank Brimsek* | 33 | 1943 |
  | Bernie Parent* | 33 | 1978 |
  | Kirk McLean | 33 | 1992 |
  | Ken Wregget | 33 | 1995 |
  | Chris Osgood | 33 | 1996 |
  | Mike Richter | 33 | 1997 |
  | Garth Snow | 33 | 1997 |
  | Félix Potvin | 33 | 2001 |
  | Jimmy Howard | 33 | 2010 |
  | Braden Holtby | 33 | 2017 |
  | Cam Talbot | 33 | 2017 |
  | Tuukka Rask | 33 | 2018 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 33 | 2021 |
  | Adin Hill | 33 | 2023 |
217. | Mike Palmateer | 32 | 1978 |
  | Gerry Cheevers* | 32 | 1980 |
  | Andy Moog | 32 | 1981 |
  | Murray Bannerman | 32 | 1983 |
  | Eddie Mio | 32 | 1983 |
  | Réjean Lemelin | 32 | 1984 |
  | Steve Penney | 32 | 1984 |
  | Ken Wregget | 32 | 1986 |
  | Brian Hayward | 32 | 1987 |
  | Greg Stefan | 32 | 1988 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 32 | 1998 |
  | Semyon Varlamov | 32 | 2009 |
  | Pekka Rinne | 32 | 2011 |
  | Marc-André Fleury | 32 | 2014 |
  | Carter Hart | 32 | 2020 |
  | Robin Lehner | 32 | 2020 |
233. | Turk Broda* | 31 | 1942 |
  | Harry Lumley* | 31 | 1945 |
  | Johnny Bower* | 31 | 1960 |
  | Glenn Hall* | 31 | 1962 |
  | Terry Sawchuk* | 31 | 1964 |
  | Wade Flaherty | 31 | 1995 |
  | Ed Belfour* | 31 | 1998 |
  | Grant Fuhr* | 31 | 1999 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 31 | 2000 |
  | Roman Turek | 31 | 2001 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 31 | 2002 |
  | Roman Čechmánek | 31 | 2003 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 31 | 2008 |
  | Michael Leighton | 31 | 2010 |
247. | Frank McCool | 30 | 1945 |
  | Harry Lumley* | 30 | 1948 |
  | Johnny Bower* | 30 | 1964 |
  | Ron Hextall | 30 | 1988 |
  | Patrick Roy* | 30 | 1992 |
  | Artūrs Irbe | 30 | 2002 |
  | Evgeni Nabokov | 30 | 2004 |
  | Chris Osgood | 30 | 2008 |
  | Carey Price | 30 | 2008 |
  | Jonas Hiller | 30 | 2009 |
  | Braden Holtby | 30 | 2012 |
  | Thomas Greiss | 30 | 2016 |
  | Ben Bishop | 30 | 2019 |
  | Petr Mrázek | 30 | 2019 |
  | Corey Crawford | 30 | 2020 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | GA | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Joe Daley | 71 | 1977 |
2. | Richard Brodeur | 55 | 1977 |
3. | Ron Grahame | 54 | 1976 |
4. | Al Smith | 49 | 1973 |
5. | Richard Brodeur | 48 | 1975 |
6. | Dave Dryden | 42 | 1979 |
7. | John Garrett | 41 | 1975 |
8. | Ernie Wakely | 39 | 1976 |
  | Ernie Wakely | 39 | 1975 |
10. | Andre Gill | 38 | 1974 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 38 | 1978 |
12. | Don McLeod | 37 | 1976 |
13. | Ron Grahame | 36 | 1977 |
14. | Don McLeod | 35 | 1974 |
  | Gary Smith | 35 | 1979 |
16. | Cam Newton | 34 | 1974 |
17. | John Garrett | 32 | 1979 |
18. | Cap Raeder | 31 | 1976 |
20. | Joe Daley | 29 | 1976 |
21. | Al Smith | 28 | 1975 |
22. | Ron Grahame | 26 | 1975 |
  | John Garrett | 26 | 1978 |
24. | Joe Daley | 25 | 1973 |
  | John Garrett | 25 | 1974 |
  | Gilles Gratton | 25 | 1974 |
27. | Gerry Cheevers* | 23 | 1975 |
28. | Gerry Cheevers* | 22 | 1973 |
  | Ernie Wakely | 22 | 1973 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 22 | 1976 |
31. | Lynn Zimmerman | 21 | 1978 |
  | Al Smith | 21 | 1974 |
33. | Wayne Rutledge | 20 | 1973 |
34. | Ken Lockett | 19 | 1977 |
35. | Gerry Cheevers* | 18 | 1974 |
  | Les Binkley | 18 | 1974 |
  | Jim Shaw | 18 | 1975 |
38. | Michel Dion | 17 | 1977 |
  | Les Binkley | 17 | 1973 |
  | Paul Hoganson | 17 | 1977 |
  | Jack Norris | 17 | 1976 |
42. | Normand Lapointe | 16 | 1977 |
  | Don McLeod | 16 | 1978 |
44. | Dave Dryden | 15 | 1976 |
  | Frank Blum | 15 | 1974 |
46. | Jack McCartan | 14 | 1973 |
  | Al Smith | 14 | 1978 |
  | Mike Curran | 14 | 1974 |
  | Richard Brodeur | 14 | 1979 |
50. | Joe Daley | 13 | 1978 |
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