NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Losses

Playoff Leaders and Records: Single Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly ▪ Progressive

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NHL Leaders Rank Player L Year 1. Ron Hextall 11 1987   Miikka Kiprusoff 11 2004 3. Glenn Hall* 10 1968   Patrick Roy* 10 2002   Felix Potvin 10 1993   Kelly Hrudey 10 1993   Curtis Joseph 10 2002   John Vanbiesbrouck 10 1996   Martin Brodeur 10 2001   Cam Ward 10 2009   Roberto Luongo 10 2011 12. Mike Vernon 9 1986   Johan Hedberg 9 2001   Antti Niemi 9 2011   Tim Thomas 9 2011   Olaf Kolzig 9 1998   Andy Moog 9 1991   Felix Potvin 9 1994   Kirk McLean 9 1994   Martin Brodeur 9 1994   Ed Belfour* 9 2000   Jaroslav Halak 9 2010 23. Martin Biron 8 2008   Marc-Andre Fleury 8 2009   Bill Ranford 8 1992   Arturs Irbe 8 2002   Glenn Healy 8 1993   Martin Brodeur 8 2003   Ken Dryden* 8 1971   Pete Peeters 8 1983   Dominik Hasek 8 2007   Cam Ward 8 2006   Billy Smith* 8 1984   Mario Gosselin 8 1985   John Vanbiesbrouck 8 1986   Chris Osgood 8 2009   Patrick Roy* 8 1999   Curtis Joseph 8 1999   Marty Turco 8 2008   Sean Burke 8 1988 41. Ryan Miller 7 2007   Jon Casey 7 1991   Evgeni Nabokov 7 2008   Grant Fuhr* 7 1991   Roberto Luongo 7 2007   Vincent Riendeau 7 1991   Nikolai Khabibulin 7 2004   John Davidson 7 1979   Patrick Lalime 7 2003   Ray Emery 7 2007   Dan Cloutier 7 2003   Steve Baker 7 1981   Ed Belfour* 7 2004   Alain Chevrier 7 1989   Robert Esche 7 2004   Evgeni Nabokov 7 2004   Jose Theodore 7 2004   Ron Hextall 7 1989   Kelly Hrudey 7 1987   Cesare Maniago 7 1968   Andy Moog 7 1990   Roman Cechmanek 7 2003   Mike Palmateer 7 1978   Ryan Miller 7 2006   Tony Esposito* 7 1971   Dan Bouchard 7 1982   Tom Barrasso 7 1991   Don Beaupre 7 1984   Brian Boucher 7 2000   Ed Belfour* 7 1998   Mike Richter 7 1994   Patrick Roy* 7 2001   Martin Brodeur 7 2000   Harry Lumley* 7 1949   Harry Lumley* 7 1945   Patrick Roy* 7 1997   Ed Belfour* 7 1995   Kirk McLean 7 1995   Braden Holtby 7 2012   Curtis Joseph 7 1997   Tom Barrasso 7 1999   Chris Osgood 7 1996   Steve Shields 7 2000   Ed Belfour* 7 1999   Arturs Irbe 7 1994   Gerry McNeil 7 1952   Tim Cheveldae 7 1992   Kirk McLean 7 1992   Andy Moog 7 1992   Patrick Roy* 7 1992   Johnny Bower* 7 1959   Dominik Hasek 7 2002   Jimmy Howard 7 2010   Evgeni Nabokov 7 2010   Curtis Joseph 7 1998 96. Patrick Roy* 6 2000   Mike Liut 6 1981   Gerry Cheevers* 6 1980   Rick Wamsley 6 1986   Chris Osgood 6 1998   Steve Penney 6 1985   Pelle Lindbergh 6 1985   Murray Bannerman 6 1985   Byron Dafoe 6 1999   Richard Brodeur 6 1982   Steve Penney 6 1984   Grant Fuhr* 6 1999   Steve Shields 6 1997   Curtis Joseph 6 2000   Dominik Hasek 6 1999   Mike Richter 6 1997   Ken Wregget 6 1987   Greg Millen 6 1990   Bill Ranford 6 1990   Patrick Roy* 6 1990   Marty Turco 6 2003   Dwayne Roloson 6 2003   Kelly Hrudey 6 1991   Jon Casey 6 1994   Jose Theodore 6 2002   Kirk McLean 6 1993   Felix Potvin 6 2001   Ken Wregget 6 1995   Patrick Roy* 6 1989   Patrick Roy* 6 1996   Mike Richter 6 1996   Ron Hextall 6 1996   Jon Casey 6 1996   Reggie Lemelin 6 1988   Mike Vernon 6 1995   Ed Belfour* 6 2001   Dominik Hasek 6 2001   Kelly Hrudey 6 1989   Jean-Sebastien Giguere 6 2003   Carey Price 6 2008   Gilles Gilbert 6 1974   Marc-Andre Fleury 6 2010   Roberto Luongo 6 2010   Tuukka Rask 6 2010   Dwayne Roloson 6 2011   Pekka Rinne 6 2011   Jose Theodore 6 2008   Harry Lumley* 6 1950   Harry Lumley* 6 1948   Ed Giacomin* 6 1974   Brian Boucher 6 2010   Johnny Bower* 6 1960   Marc-Andre Fleury 6 2008   Antti Niemi 6 2010   Denis DeJordy 6 1968   Doug Favell 6 1973   Glenn Hall* 6 1965   Johnny Bower* 6 1964   Jonas Hiller 6 2009   Terry Sawchuk* 6 1963   Semyon Varlamov 6 2009   Glenn Hall* 6 1962   Nikolai Khabibulin 6 2009   Ilya Bryzgalov 6 2012   Gerry McNeil 6 1951   Henrik Lundqvist 6 2012   Martin Brodeur 6 2007 163. Terry Sawchuk* 5 1964   Andy Moog 5 1998   Roger Crozier 5 1966   Brian Hayward 5 1987   Dominik Hasek 5 1998   Tom Barrasso 5 1992   John Vanbiesbrouck 5 1992   Damian Rhodes 5 1998   Turk Broda* 5 1939   George Hainsworth* 5 1936   Cesare Maniago 5 1971   Ed Giacomin* 5 1971   Lorne Chabot 5 1933   Wilf Cude 5 1934   Ron Tugnutt 5 2000   David Aebischer 5 2004   Evgeni Nabokov 5 2002   Don Beaupre 5 1991   Patrick Roy* 5 1991   Johnny Mowers 5 1941   Turk Broda* 5 1942   Don Simmons 5 1958   Brent Johnson 5 2002   Gerry Cheevers* 5 1977   Chuck Rayner* 5 1950   Mike Karakas 5 1944   Ron Hextall 5 1995   Mike Richter 5 1995   Frank McCool 5 1945   Frank Brimsek* 5 1946   Tom Barrasso 5 1996   Patrick Lalime 5 2002   Mike Smith 5 2012   Don Simmons 5 1957   Johnny Mowers 5 1942   Glenn Hall* 5 1956   Bill Durnan* 5 1947   Martin Brodeur 5 1997   Frank Brimsek* 5 1943   Michal Neuvirth 5 2011   Pekka Rinne 5 2012   Roman Turek 5 2001   Nikolai Khabibulin 5 2003   Bernie Parent* 5 1975   Rick St. Croix 5 1981   Gilles Meloche 5 1981   Jose Theodore 5 2006   Grant Fuhr* 5 1987   Greg Stefan 5 1987   Pete Peeters 5 1980   John Davidson 5 1980   Bernie Parent* 5 1974   Mario Lessard 5 1982   Dwayne Roloson 5 2006   Rogie Vachon 5 1977   Wayne Thomas 5 1976   Vesa Toskala 5 2006   Gord McRae 5 1975   Tony Esposito* 5 1975   Ken Dryden* 5 1975   Gerry Desjardins 5 1975   Andy Moog 5 1983   Evgeni Nabokov 5 2007   Henrik Lundqvist 5 2008   Gerry Desjardins 5 1976   Patrick Roy* 5 1986   Mike Moffat 5 1982   Ray Emery 5 2006   Mike Liut 5 1984   Pete Peeters 5 1988   Don Edwards 5 1978   Greg Millen 5 1988   Ken Dryden* 5 1973   Tony Esposito* 5 1973   Denis Herron 5 1979   Bernie Parent* 5 1978   Mike Vernon 5 1989   Jacques Caron 5 1972   Tom Barrasso 5 1993   Greg Millen 5 1989 243. Patrick Lalime 4 2001   Tomas Vokoun 4 2007   Jimmy Howard 4 2011   Jonathan Quick 4 2011   Jimmy Howard 4 2012   Chris Osgood 4 2001   Niklas Backstrom 4 2007   Tommy Salo 4 2001   Marty Turco 4 2006   Ryan Miller 4 2011   Henrik Lundqvist 4 2011   Martin Brodeur 4 2012   Craig Anderson 4 2012   Dan Ellis 4 2008   Brian Elliott 4 2012   Carey Price 4 2011   Niklas Backstrom 4 2008   Olaf Kolzig 4 2001   Johan Holmqvist 4 2007   Marc-Andre Fleury 4 2012   Miikka Kiprusoff 4 2007   Henrik Lundqvist 4 2007   Tim Thomas 4 2012   Antti Niemi 4 2012   Corey Crawford 4 2012   Roman Turek 4 2000   Chris Osgood 4 2000   Marty Turco 4 2007   Jean-Sebastien Giguere 4 2007   Curtis Joseph 4 2001   Arturs Irbe 4 2001   Roman Cechmanek 4 2001   Tom Barrasso 4 2000   Mike Vernon 4 2000   Marc-Andre Fleury 4 2007   Sean Burke 4 2000   Dominik Hasek 4 2000   Olaf Kolzig 4 2000   Tommy Salo 4 2000   Corey Crawford 4 2011   Tomas Vokoun 4 2004   Evgeni Nabokov 4 2009   Carey Price 4 2009   Tim Thomas 4 2008   Tim Thomas 4 2009   Chris Osgood 4 2008   Miikka Kiprusoff 4 2008   Garth Snow 4 2003   Tommy Salo 4 2003   Chris Osgood 4 2003   Olaf Kolzig 4 2003   Martin Brodeur 4 2008   Steve Mason 4 2009   Chris Mason 4 2009   Roberto Luongo 4 2009   Martin Biron 4 2009   Marty Turco 4 2004   Chris Osgood 4 2004   Patrick Lalime 4 2004   Curtis Joseph 4 2004   Rick DiPietro 4 2004   Martin Brodeur 4 2009   Miikka Kiprusoff 4 2009   Patrick Roy* 4 2003   Henrik Lundqvist 4 2009   Martin Brodeur 4 2004   Pekka Rinne 4 2010   Jonathan Quick 4 2010   Byron Dafoe 4 2002   Sean Burke 4 2002   Cristobal Huet 4 2006   Ilya Bryzgalov 4 2011   Brian Boucher 4 2011   Miikka Kiprusoff 4 2006   Manny Legace 4 2006   Jean-Sebastien Giguere 4 2008   Martin Brodeur 4 2002   Martin Gerber 4 2008   Chris Mason 4 2006   Chris Osgood 4 2002   Felix Potvin 4 2002   Andrew Raycroft 4 2004   Craig Anderson 4 2010   Curtis Joseph 4 2003   Manny Fernandez 4 2003   Ed Belfour* 4 2003   Martin Brodeur 4 2010   Ilya Bryzgalov 4 2010   Ryan Miller 4 2010   Martin Brodeur 4 2006   Ilya Bryzgalov 4 2006   Robert Esche 4 2006   Cristobal Huet 4 2008   Marc-Andre Fleury 4 2011   Gump Worsley* 4 1962   Gary Smith 4 1969   Tony Esposito* 4 1970   Gary Smith 4 1970   Ernie Wakely 4 1970   Ken Dryden* 4 1972   Ed Giacomin* 4 1972   Jim Rutherford 4 1972   Ed Giacomin* 4 1973   Gerry Desjardins 4 1969   Ed Giacomin* 4 1968   Gerry Cheevers* 4 1968   Glenn Hall* 4 1963   Jacques Plante* 4 1963   Glenn Hall* 4 1964   Charlie Hodge 4 1964   Roger Crozier 4 1965   Glenn Hall* 4 1966   Ed Giacomin* 4 1967   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1967   Tony Esposito* 4 1974   Michel Larocque 4 1974   Rogie Vachon 4 1974   Ken Dryden* 4 1979   Tony Esposito* 4 1979   Gilles Meloche 4 1980   Billy Smith* 4 1980   Don Edwards 4 1981   Andy Moog 4 1981   Pat Riggin 4 1981   Murray Bannerman 4 1982   Glenn Resch 4 1978   Tony Esposito* 4 1978   Gerry Cheevers* 4 1978   Gary Inness 4 1975   Glenn Resch 4 1975   Billy Smith* 4 1975   Gerry Cheevers* 4 1976   Tony Esposito* 4 1976   Bernie Parent* 4 1976   Wayne Stephenson 4 1976   Clint Benedict* 4 1919   Murray Bannerman 4 1983   Jacques Plante* 4 1962   George Hainsworth* 4 1931   Connie Dion 4 1944   Paul Bibeault 4 1945   Bill Durnan* 4 1945   Mike Karakas 4 1946   Harry Lumley* 4 1946   Frank Brimsek* 4 1947   Frank Brimsek* 4 1948   Chuck Rayner* 4 1948   Paul Bibeault 4 1944   Turk Broda* 4 1943   Paul Bibeault 4 1943   John Ross Roach 4 1932   George Hainsworth* 4 1935   Frank Brimsek* 4 1939   Frank Brimsek* 4 1940   Turk Broda* 4 1940   Dave Kerr 4 1940   Turk Broda* 4 1941   Jim Henry 4 1942   Frank Brimsek* 4 1949   Bill Durnan* 4 1949   Turk Broda* 4 1950   Gump Worsley* 4 1957   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1958   Gump Worsley* 4 1958   Glenn Hall* 4 1959   Harry Lumley* 4 1959   Glenn Hall* 4 1960   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1960   Glenn Hall* 4 1961   Glenn Hall* 4 1957   Harry Lumley* 4 1956   Harry Lumley* 4 1955   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1951   Jim Henry 4 1952   Jim Henry 4 1953   Al Rollins 4 1953   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1953   Jim Henry 4 1954   Harry Lumley* 4 1954   Terry Sawchuk* 4 1954   Jacques Plante* 4 1961   Bob Sauve 4 1983   Grant Fuhr* 4 1993   Dominik Hasek 4 1995   Arturs Irbe 4 1995   Trevor Kidd 4 1995   Blaine Lacher 4 1995   Andy Moog 4 1995   Felix Potvin 4 1995   Nikolai Khabibulin 4 1996   Felix Potvin 4 1996   Jim Carey 4 1995   Martin Brodeur 4 1995   Mike Vernon 4 1994   Ron Hextall 4 1993   Curtis Joseph 4 1993   Patrick Roy* 4 1993   Andy Moog 4 1988   Tom Barrasso 4 1994   Ed Belfour* 4 1994   Dominik Hasek 4 1994   Curtis Joseph 4 1994   Jocelyn Thibault 4 1996   Grant Fuhr* 4 1997   Jeff Hackett 4 1997   Byron Dafoe 4 1998   Grant Fuhr* 4 1998   Patrick Roy* 4 1998   Mike Vernon 4 1998   Martin Brodeur 4 1999   Arturs Irbe 4 1999   Nikolai Khabibulin 4 1999   Tommy Salo 4 1999   Sean Burke 4 1998   Martin Brodeur 4 1998   Tom Barrasso 4 1998   Guy Hebert 4 1997   Nikolai Khabibulin 4 1997   Andy Moog 4 1997   Garth Snow 4 1997   Ron Tugnutt 4 1997   John Vanbiesbrouck 4 1997   Mike Vernon 4 1997   Ken Wregget 4 1997   John Vanbiesbrouck 4 1999   Bob Essensa 4 1993   Dan Bouchard 4 1984   Daniel Berthiaume 4 1988   Ron Hextall 4 1988   Kelly Hrudey 4 1988   Patrick Roy* 4 1988   Greg Stefan 4 1988   Mike Vernon 4 1988   Tom Barrasso 4 1989   Grant Fuhr* 4 1989   Bob Sauve 4 1987   Roland Melanson 4 1987   Mike Liut 4 1987   Grant Fuhr* 4 1984   Reggie Lemelin 4 1984   Brian Hayward 4 1985   Grant Fuhr* 4 1986   Pete Peeters 4 1986   Ken Wregget 4 1986   Daniel Berthiaume 4 1987   Mario Gosselin 4 1987   Pete Peeters 4 1989   Jon Casey 4 1990   Kelly Hrudey 4 1990   Ed Belfour* 4 1992   Jon Casey 4 1992   Tom Draper 4 1992   Kelly Hrudey 4 1992   Curtis Joseph 4 1992   Frank Pietrangelo 4 1992   Rick Tabaracci 4 1992   Ed Belfour* 4 1993   Don Beaupre 4 1992   Mike Vernon 4 1991   Chris Terreri 4 1991   Mike Liut 4 1990   Daren Puppa 4 1990   Vincent Riendeau 4 1990   Peter Sidorkiewicz 4 1990   Ed Belfour* 4 1991   Tim Cheveldae 4 1991   Mike Richter 4 1991   Peter Sidorkiewicz 4 1991   Tim Cheveldae 4 1993

WHA Leaders Rank Player L Year 1. Joe Daley 9 1977 2. Ron Grahame 8 1976 3. Richard Brodeur 7 1975   Cap Raeder 7 1976   Dave Dryden 7 1979 6. John Garrett 6 1975   Ernie Wakely 6 1975   Ernie Wakely 6 1976 9. Richard Brodeur 5 1977   Andre Gill 5 1974   Richard Brodeur 5 1978   Cam Newton 5 1974   Ron Grahame 5 1977   Don McLeod 5 1976 15. Gerry Cheevers* 4 1974   Al Smith 4 1974   Gerry Cheevers* 4 1975   John Garrett 4 1978   Gerry Cheevers* 4 1973   Jean-Louis Levasseur 4 1978   Richard Brodeur 4 1976   Al Smith 4 1975 23. Dave Dryden 3 1976   Jack Norris 3 1976   Normand Lapointe 3 1977   Don McLeod 3 1978   Wayne Rutledge 3 1973   Ernie Wakely 3 1973   Don McLeod 3 1973   Ken Lockett 3 1977   Les Binkley 3 1973   Mike Curran 3 1974   Gilles Gratton 3 1974   John Garrett 3 1979   Al Smith 3 1973 36. Al Smith 2 1979   Mike Liut 2 1979   Jean-Louis Levasseur 2 1977   Richard Brodeur 2 1979   Wayne Rutledge 2 1978   Gary Smith 2 1979   Russ Gillow 2 1973   Al Smith 2 1978   Lynn Zimmerman 2 1978   Bruce Landon 2 1977   Ken Broderick 2 1977   Jack Norris 2 1974   Frank Blum 2 1974   John Garrett 2 1974   Les Binkley 2 1974   George Gardner 2 1973   Yves Archambault 2 1973   Jack McCartan 2 1973   Joe Daley 2 1973   Don McLeod 2 1974   Joe Daley 2 1974   Paul Hoganson 2 1977   Michel Dion 2 1977   Gary Kurt 2 1975   Jim Park 2 1976   Michel Dion 2 1976   Bob Johnson 2 1976   Jim Shaw 2 1975   Jack Norris 2 1975   Mike Curran 2 1973

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