NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Losses
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | L |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Petr Mrázek | 26 |
2022-23 | John Gibson | 31 |
2021-22 | Karel Vejmelka | 32 |
2020-21 | Jacob Markström | 19 |
  | John Gibson | 19 |
2019-20 | John Gibson | 26 |
2018-19 | Devan Dubnyk | 28 |
2017-18 | Cam Talbot | 31 |
2016-17 | Calvin Pickard | 31 |
2015-16 | Cam Talbot | 27 |
2014-15 | Mike Smith | 42 |
2013-14 | Ryan Miller | 30 |
2012-13 | Semyon Varlamov | 21 |
2011-12 | Jonas Hiller | 30 |
2010-11 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 32 |
2009-10 | Tomáš Vokoun | 28 |
  | Miikka Kiprusoff | 28 |
  | Jeff Deslauriers | 28 |
2008-09 | Marty Turco | 31 |
  | Ilya Bryzgalov | 31 |
2007-08 | Tomáš Vokoun | 29 |
  | Roberto Luongo* | 29 |
2006-07 | Dwayne Roloson | 34 |
2005-06 | Roberto Luongo* | 30 |
2003-04 | Marc Denis | 36 |
2002-03 | Marc Denis | 41 |
2001-02 | Johan Hedberg | 34 |
2000-01 | Kevin Weekes | 33 |
1999-00 | Mike Richter | 31 |
  | Guy Hebert | 31 |
1998-99 | Garth Snow | 31 |
  | Olaf Kölzig | 31 |
1997-98 | Félix Potvin | 33 |
1996-97 | Félix Potvin | 36 |
1995-96 | Bill Ranford | 30 |
  | Dominik Hašek* | 30 |
  | Martin Brodeur* | 30 |
1994-95 | Don Beaupre | 25 |
1993-94 | Craig Billington | 41 |
1992-93 | Peter Sidorkiewicz | 46 |
1991-92 | Grant Fuhr* | 33 |
1990-91 | Ron Tugnutt | 29 |
  | Peter Ing | 29 |
1989-90 | Kirk McLean | 30 |
1988-89 | Sean Burke | 31 |
1987-88 | Ken Wregget | 35 |
1986-87 | Ken Wregget | 28 |
1985-86 | Richard Brodeur | 32 |
1984-85 | Greg Millen | 29 |
1983-84 | Glenn Resch | 31 |
1982-83 | Greg Millen | 38 |
1981-82 | Glenn Resch | 31 |
1980-81 | Greg Millen | 27 |
  | John Garrett | 27 |
1979-80 | Rogie Vachon* | 30 |
1978-79 | Michel Plasse | 29 |
1977-78 | Pete LoPresti | 35 |
1976-77 | Tony Esposito* | 36 |
1975-76 | Denis Herron | 39 |
1974-75 | Ron Low | 36 |
1973-74 | Gary Smith | 33 |
  | Gilles Meloche | 33 |
1972-73 | Gerry Desjardins | 35 |
1971-72 | Roger Crozier | 34 |
1970-71 | Gary Smith | 48 |
1969-70 | Gary Smith | 34 |
1968-69 | Cesare Maniago | 34 |
1967-68 | Charlie Hodge | 31 |
1966-67 | Roger Crozier | 28 |
1965-66 | Roger Crozier | 25 |
1964-65 | Eddie Johnston | 32 |
1963-64 | Eddie Johnston | 40 |
1962-63 | Gump Worsley* | 34 |
1961-62 | Gump Worsley* | 27 |
1960-61 | Bruce Gamble | 33 |
1959-60 | Glenn Hall* | 29 |
1958-59 | Terry Sawchuk* | 36 |
1957-58 | Glenn Hall* | 39 |
1956-57 | Al Rollins | 39 |
1955-56 | Terry Sawchuk* | 33 |
1954-55 | Gump Worsley* | 33 |
1953-54 | Al Rollins | 47 |
1952-53 | Harry Lumley* | 30 |
1951-52 | Harry Lumley* | 44 |
1950-51 | Harry Lumley* | 41 |
1949-50 | Frank Brimsek* | 38 |
1948-49 | Chuck Rayner* | 31 |
  | Jim Henry | 31 |
1947-48 | Emile Francis* | 30 |
1946-47 | Chuck Rayner* | 30 |
1945-46 | Chuck Rayner* | 21 |
1944-45 | Mike Karakas | 29 |
1943-44 | Ken McAuley | 39 |
1942-43 | Turk Broda* | 19 |
  | Paul Bibeault | 19 |
1941-42 | Johnny Mowers | 25 |
1940-41 | Bert Gardiner | 23 |
1939-40 | Earl Robertson | 29 |
1938-39 | Mike Karakas | 28 |
1937-38 | Bill Beveridge | 30 |
1936-37 | Mike Karakas | 27 |
1935-36 | Wilf Cude | 26 |
1934-35 | Bill Beveridge | 31 |
1933-34 | Bill Beveridge | 29 |
1932-33 | George Hainsworth* | 25 |
1931-32 | Roy Worters* | 20 |
  | Alec Connell* | 20 |
1930-31 | Wilf Cude | 23 |
1929-30 | Joe Miller | 35 |
1928-29 | Charlie Gardiner* | 29 |
1927-28 | Charlie Gardiner* | 32 |
1926-27 | Roy Worters* | 26 |
  | Hap Holmes* | 26 |
1925-26 | John Ross Roach | 21 |
1924-25 | Clint Benedict* | 19 |
1923-24 | Jake Forbes | 15 |
1922-23 | Jake Forbes | 18 |
1921-22 | Howard Lockhart | 17 |
1920-21 | Howard Lockhart | 18 |
1919-20 | Frank Brophy | 18 |
1918-19 | Bert Lindsay | 11 |
1917-18 | Clint Benedict* | 13 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | L |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Mike Liut | 27 |
1977-78 | John Garrett | 31 |
1976-77 | John Garrett | 34 |
1975-76 | Dave Dryden | 34 |
1974-75 | Don McLeod | 35 |
  | Andy Brown | 35 |
1973-74 | Joe Junkin | 25 |
1972-73 | Jack Norris | 29 |
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