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NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Shutouts

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NHL Leaders

Rank Player SO Season
1. George Hainsworth* 22 1928-29
2. Alec Connell* 15 1927-28
  Hal Winkler 15 1927-28
  Tony Esposito* 15 1969-70
  Alec Connell* 15 1925-26
6. George Hainsworth* 14 1926-27
7. Roy Worters* 13 1928-29
  Harry Lumley* 13 1953-54
  John Ross Roach 13 1928-29
  Clint Benedict* 13 1926-27
  George Hainsworth* 13 1927-28
  Dominik Hasek 13 1997-98
  Alec Connell* 13 1926-27
14. Charlie Gardiner* 12 1930-31
  Terry Sawchuk* 12 1951-52
  Tiny Thompson* 12 1928-29
  Martin Brodeur 12 2006-07
  Glenn Hall* 12 1955-56
  Terry Sawchuk* 12 1954-55
  Bernie Parent* 12 1974-75
  Terry Sawchuk* 12 1953-54
  Bernie Parent* 12 1973-74
23. Clint Benedict* 11 1928-29
  Joe Miller 11 1928-29
  Terry Sawchuk* 11 1950-51
  Henrik Lundqvist 11 2010-11
  Martin Brodeur 11 2003-04
  Dominik Hasek 11 2000-01
  Lorne Chabot 11 1927-28
  Hap Holmes* 11 1927-28
  Roy Worters* 11 1927-28
  Tiny Thompson* 11 1932-33
33. Lorne Chabot 10 1926-27
  Miikka Kiprusoff 10 2005-06
  Tony Esposito* 10 1973-74
  John Ross Roach 10 1932-33
  Harry Lumley* 10 1952-53
  Martin Brodeur 10 1997-98
  Charlie Gardiner* 10 1933-34
  Ken Dryden* 10 1976-77
  Bill Durnan* 10 1948-49
  Tiny Thompson* 10 1935-36
  Byron Dafoe 10 1998-99
  Frank Brimsek* 10 1938-39
  Ed Belfour* 10 2003-04
  Roman Cechmanek 10 2000-01
  Martin Brodeur 10 1996-97
  Dolly Dolson 10 1928-29
  Lorne Chabot 10 1928-29
  Henrik Lundqvist 10 2007-08
  Steve Mason 10 2008-09
  Gerry McNeil 10 1952-53
53. Pascal Leclaire 9 2007-08
  Martin Brodeur 9 2009-10
  Evgeni Nabokov 9 2003-04
  Jim Carey 9 1995-96
  Turk Broda* 9 1949-50
  Martin Brodeur 9 2002-03
  Glenn Hall* 9 1961-62
  Ed Belfour* 9 1997-98
  Jacques Plante* 9 1958-59
  Roberto Luongo 9 2008-09
  Marty Turco 9 2003-04
  Jacques Plante* 9 1956-57
  Jacques Plante* 9 1957-58
  Terry Sawchuk* 9 1952-53
  Terry Sawchuk* 9 1955-56
  Ed Giacomin* 9 1966-67
  Tony Esposito* 9 1971-72
  Dominik Hasek 9 1998-99
  Alec Connell* 9 1934-35
  John Ross Roach 9 1931-32
  Patrick Roy* 9 2001-02
  Tiny Thompson* 9 1931-32
  Martin Brodeur 9 2000-01
  Tim Thomas 9 2010-11
  Mike Karakas 9 1935-36
78. Curtis Joseph 8 1997-98
  Lorne Chabot 8 1934-35
  George Hainsworth* 8 1934-35
  Ilya Bryzgalov 8 2009-10
  Bill Durnan* 8 1949-50
  Tiny Thompson* 8 1934-35
  Jocelyn Thibault 8 2002-03
  Glenn Hall* 8 1968-69
  George Hainsworth* 8 1930-31
  Jeff Hackett 8 1997-98
  Lorne Chabot 8 1933-34
  Roy Worters* 8 1930-31
  Patrick Lalime 8 2002-03
  Harry Lumley* 8 1954-55
  George Hainsworth* 8 1932-33
  Jean-Sebastien Giguere 8 2002-03
  Jim Henry 8 1953-54
  Charlie Hodge 8 1963-64
  Ed Belfour* 8 2000-01
  Ed Giacomin* 8 1967-68
  Jake Forbes 8 1926-27
  Ken Dryden* 8 1975-76
  Nikolai Khabibulin 8 1998-99
  Dave Kerr 8 1939-40
  Dave Kerr 8 1937-38
  Jim Henry 8 1952-53
  George Hainsworth* 8 1935-36
  Carey Price 8 2010-11
  Pete Peeters 8 1982-83
  Turk Broda* 8 1938-39
  Tommy Salo 8 2000-01
  Ed Giacomin* 8 1970-71
  Dave Kerr 8 1935-36
  Ken Dryden* 8 1971-72
  Niklas Backstrom 8 2008-09
  Dominik Hasek 8 2006-07
  Rogie Vachon 8 1976-77
115. Glenn Hall* 7 1963-64
  Roberto Luongo 7 2003-04
  Roy Worters* 7 1925-26
  Patrick Lalime 7 2001-02
  Nikolai Khabibulin 7 1996-97
  Evgeni Nabokov 7 2008-09
  Glenn Resch 7 1975-76
  John Ross Roach 7 1930-31
  Pekka Rinne 7 2008-09
  Nikolai Khabibulin 7 2001-02
  Alec Connell* 7 1928-29
  Manny Legace 7 2005-06
  Dan Cloutier 7 2001-02
  Evgeni Nabokov 7 2006-07
  Miikka Kiprusoff 7 2006-07
  Ed Giacomin* 7 1968-69
  Alec Connell* 7 1924-25
  Cristobal Huet 7 2005-06
  Ed Belfour* 7 1993-94
  Bernie Parent* 7 1977-78
  Dominik Hasek 7 1993-94
  Patrick Roy* 7 1993-94
  Jose Theodore 7 2001-02
  Roger Crozier 7 1965-66
  Ed Belfour* 7 1992-93
  Patrick Roy* 7 1996-97
  Tom Barrasso 7 1997-98
  Marty Turco 7 2002-03
  Andy Aitkenhead 7 1933-34
  Patrick Lalime 7 2000-01
  Jim Henry 7 1951-52
  Harry Lumley* 7 1949-50
  Craig Anderson 7 2009-10
  Tomas Vokoun 7 2009-10
  Pekka Rinne 7 2009-10
  Harry Lumley* 7 1947-48
  Chuck Rayner* 7 1948-49
  Jacques Plante* 7 1955-56
  Roman Turek 7 1999-00
  Antti Niemi 7 2009-10
  Tiny Thompson* 7 1937-38
  Glenn Hall* 7 1957-58
  Ed Belfour* 7 2002-03
  Evgeni Nabokov 7 2001-02
  Ilya Bryzgalov 7 2010-11
  Jaroslav Halak 7 2010-11
161. Johan Hedberg 6 2001-02
  Tommy Salo 6 2001-02
  Greg Millen 6 1988-89
  Chris Osgood 6 1999-00
  Roman Cechmanek 6 2002-03
  Guy Hebert 6 1998-99
  Arturs Irbe 6 1998-99
  Lorne Chabot 6 1930-31
  John Vanbiesbrouck 6 1998-99
  Tony Esposito* 6 1979-80
  Roberto Luongo 6 2002-03
  Felix Potvin 6 2000-01
  Martin Brodeur 6 1995-96
  Garth Snow 6 1998-99
  Roman Turek 6 2000-01
  Jose Theodore 6 2003-04
  Jocelyn Thibault 6 2000-01
  Curtis Joseph 6 1996-97
  Kevin Weekes 6 2003-04
  Byron Dafoe 6 1997-98
  Chris Osgood 6 1997-98
  Evgeni Nabokov 6 2000-01
  Curtis Joseph 6 2000-01
  Arturs Irbe 6 2000-01
  Jocelyn Thibault 6 2001-02
  Martin Brodeur 6 1999-00
  Felix Potvin 6 2001-02
  Olaf Kolzig 6 2001-02
  Chris Osgood 6 1996-97
  Dave Kerr 6 1938-39
  Wilf Cude 6 1935-36
  Tomas Vokoun 6 2008-09
  Chris Mason 6 2008-09
  Ty Conklin 6 2008-09
  Glenn Hall* 6 1959-60
  Glenn Hall* 6 1960-61
  Dave Kerr 6 1933-34
  Turk Broda* 6 1941-42
  Miikka Kiprusoff 6 2010-11
  Antti Niemi 6 2010-11
  Gilles Gilbert 6 1973-74
  Jonathan Quick 6 2010-11
  Pekka Rinne 6 2010-11
  Normie Smith 6 1935-36
  Cam Ward 6 2008-09
  Gerry McNeil 6 1953-54
  Frank Brimsek* 6 1939-40
  Earl Robertson 6 1939-40
  Frank Brimsek* 6 1940-41
  Turk Broda* 6 1937-38
  Johnny Mowers 6 1942-43
  Harry Lumley* 6 1948-49
  Chuck Rayner* 6 1949-50
  Turk Broda* 6 1950-51
  Gerry McNeil 6 1950-51
  Al Rollins 6 1952-53
  Earl Robertson 6 1937-38
  Normie Smith 6 1936-37
  Martin Brodeur 6 2010-11
  Eddie Johnston 6 1963-64
  Roger Crozier 6 1964-65
  Tomas Vokoun 6 2010-11
  Marty Turco 6 2006-07
  Dolly Dolson 6 1930-31
  Jonathan Quick 6 2011-12
  Hal Winkler 6 1926-27
  Hap Holmes* 6 1926-27
  Charles Stewart 6 1925-26
  Clint Benedict* 6 1925-26
  Henrik Lundqvist 6 2011-12
  Tony Esposito* 6 1974-75
  Jake Forbes 6 1924-25
  Tiny Thompson* 6 1936-37
  Gary Smith 6 1974-75
  Rogie Vachon 6 1974-75
  Dan Ellis 6 2007-08
  Roy Edwards 6 1972-73
  Alec Connell* 6 1931-32
  Ed Giacomin* 6 1969-70
  Roberto Luongo 6 2007-08
  Lorne Chabot 6 1929-30
  Evgeni Nabokov 6 2007-08
  Gump Worsley* 6 1967-68
  Cesare Maniago 6 1967-68
  Tony Esposito* 6 1970-71
  Les Binkley 6 1967-68
  Clint Benedict* 6 1927-28
  Ken Dryden* 6 1972-73
  George Hainsworth* 6 1931-32
250. Mike Dunham 5 2002-03
  Kevin Weekes 5 2002-03
  Marc Denis 5 2002-03
  Niklas Backstrom 5 2006-07
  Patrick Roy* 5 2002-03
  Curtis Joseph 5 2002-03
  Jaroslav Halak 5 2011-12
  Jimmy Howard 5 2011-12
  Brian Elliott 5 2011-12
  Ryan Miller 5 2010-11
  Chris Mason 5 2006-07
  Manny Legace 5 2007-08
  Martin Brodeur 5 2005-06
  John Grahame 5 2005-06
  Dominik Hasek 5 2005-06
  Dominik Hasek 5 2007-08
  Martin Biron 5 2007-08
  Tim Thomas 5 2008-09
  Rick DiPietro 5 2006-07
  Ray Emery 5 2006-07
  Marc-Andre Fleury 5 2006-07
  Manny Legace 5 2006-07
  Tomas Vokoun 5 2006-07
  Henrik Lundqvist 5 2006-07
  Martin Brodeur 5 2008-09
  Dwayne Roloson 5 2003-04
  Marc Denis 5 2003-04
  Jonas Hiller 5 2010-11
  Tim Thomas 5 2009-10
  Tuukka Rask 5 2009-10
  Ryan Miller 5 2009-10
  Steve Mason 5 2009-10
  Jaroslav Halak 5 2009-10
  Brian Elliott 5 2009-10
  Brian Boucher 5 2003-04
  Roman Cechmanek 5 2003-04
  Dan Cloutier 5 2003-04
  Rick DiPietro 5 2003-04
  Patrick Lalime 5 2003-04
  Ryan Miller 5 2008-09
  Roberto Luongo 5 2006-07
  Cesare Maniago 5 1972-73
  Glenn Hall* 5 1962-63
  Terry Sawchuk* 5 1961-62
  Terry Sawchuk* 5 1959-60
  Johnny Bower* 5 1959-60
  Terry Sawchuk* 5 1958-59
  Don Simmons 5 1957-58
  Ed Chadwick 5 1956-57
  Jacques Plante* 5 1954-55
  John Henderson 5 1954-55
  Al Rollins 5 1953-54
  Jacques Plante* 5 1953-54
  Jacques Plante* 5 1962-63
  Johnny Bower* 5 1963-64
  Eddie Johnston 5 1972-73
  Gary Smith 5 1971-72
  Doug Favell 5 1971-72
  Cesare Maniago 5 1970-71
  Jacques Plante* 5 1969-70
  Bruce Gamble 5 1969-70
  Gump Worsley* 5 1968-69
  Jacques Plante* 5 1968-69
  Glenn Hall* 5 1967-68
  Bruce Gamble 5 1967-68
  Terry Sawchuk* 5 1963-64
  Johnny Bower* 5 1953-54
  Al Rollins 5 1951-52
  Tiny Thompson* 5 1933-34
  Wilf Cude 5 1933-34
  Roy Worters* 5 1932-33
  Charlie Gardiner* 5 1932-33
  Lorne Chabot 5 1932-33
  Bill Beveridge 5 1932-33
  Roy Worters* 5 1931-32
  Charlie Gardiner* 5 1928-29
  Joe Miller 5 1927-28
  Hugh Lehman* 5 1926-27
  Georges Vezina* 5 1924-25
  Mike Karakas 5 1936-37
  Wilf Cude 5 1936-37
  Gerry McNeil 5 1951-52
  Al Rollins 5 1950-51
  Frank Brimsek* 5 1949-50
  Turk Broda* 5 1948-49
  Bill Durnan* 5 1947-48
  Turk Broda* 5 1947-48
  Chuck Rayner* 5 1946-47
  Paul Bibeault 5 1943-44
  Johnny Mowers 5 1941-42
  Turk Broda* 5 1940-41
  Mike Karakas 5 1938-39
  Clint Benedict* 5 1919-20
  Roman Turek 5 2001-02
  Tommy Salo 5 1998-99
  Jeff Hackett 5 1998-99
  Patrick Roy* 5 1998-99
  Ed Belfour* 5 1998-99
  Mike Vernon 5 1997-98
  Damian Rhodes 5 1997-98
  Felix Potvin 5 1997-98
  Olaf Kolzig 5 1997-98
  Rick Tabaracci 5 1996-97
  Tommy Salo 5 1996-97
  Ron Hextall 5 1996-97
  Jocelyn Thibault 5 1998-99
  Martin Biron 5 1999-00
  Dwayne Roloson 5 2001-02
  Brent Johnson 5 2001-02
  Dominik Hasek 5 2001-02
  Sean Burke 5 2001-02
  Olaf Kolzig 5 2000-01
  Fred Brathwaite 5 2000-01
  Roberto Luongo 5 2000-01
  Jose Theodore 5 1999-00
  Olaf Kolzig 5 1999-00
  Arturs Irbe 5 1999-00
  Fred Brathwaite 5 1999-00
  Dominik Hasek 5 1996-97
  Daren Puppa 5 1995-96
  Ken Dryden* 5 1978-79
  Mike Palmateer 5 1977-78
  Tony Esposito* 5 1977-78
  Don Edwards 5 1977-78
  Ken Dryden* 5 1977-78
  Dunc Wilson 5 1976-77
  Bernie Parent* 5 1976-77
  Rogie Vachon 5 1975-76
  Phil Myre 5 1974-75
  Rogie Vachon 5 1973-74
  Ed Giacomin* 5 1973-74
  Tom Barrasso 5 1984-85
  Bob Froese 5 1985-86
  Chris Osgood 5 1995-96
  Dominik Hasek 5 1994-95
  Ed Belfour* 5 1994-95
  Mike Richter 5 1993-94
  Ron Hextall 5 1993-94
  Tommy Soderstrom 5 1992-93
  Patrick Roy* 5 1991-92
  Kirk McLean 5 1991-92
  Bob Essensa 5 1991-92
  Ed Belfour* 5 1991-92
  Don Beaupre 5 1990-91
  Dan Bouchard 5 1973-74

WHA Leaders

Rank Player SO Season
1. Gerry Cheevers* 5 1972-73
  Joe Daley 5 1975-76
3. Gerry Cheevers* 4 1974-75
  Ken Broderick 4 1976-77
  Gerry Cheevers* 4 1973-74
  Ron Grahame 4 1974-75
  Ron Grahame 4 1976-77
  John Garrett 4 1976-77
  Mike Curran 4 1972-73
  Michel Dion 4 1977-78
11. Jean-Louis Levasseur 3 1977-78
  Ernie Wakely 3 1974-75
  Mike Liut 3 1978-79
  Jim Corsi 3 1978-79
  John Garrett 3 1975-76
  Ernie Wakely 3 1975-76
  Richard Brodeur 3 1978-79
  Dave Dryden 3 1978-79
  Don McLeod 3 1976-77
  Joe Daley 3 1976-77
  Ernie Wakely 3 1976-77
  Wayne Rutledge 3 1976-77
  Jacques Caron 3 1976-77
  Al Smith 3 1972-73
  Ernie Wakely 3 1973-74
  Don McLeod 3 1973-74
  Pete Donnelly 3 1973-74
  Ron Grahame 3 1975-76
29. Jack Norris 2 1973-74
  John Garrett 2 1977-78
  Al Smith 2 1977-78
  Don McLeod 2 1977-78
  Ernie Wakely 2 1977-78
  Al Smith 2 1974-75
  Gilles Gratton 2 1974-75
  Joe Daley 2 1972-73
  John Garrett 2 1978-79
  Eddie Mio 2 1978-79
  Pete Donnelly 2 1972-73
  Russ Gillow 2 1972-73
  Bernie Parent* 2 1972-73
  Al Smith 2 1973-74
  Mike Curran 2 1973-74
  Gilles Gratton 2 1973-74
  Paul Hoganson 2 1974-75
  Gary Kurt 2 1974-75
  Christer Abrahamsson 2 1975-76
  Paul Hoganson 2 1975-76
  Wayne Rutledge 2 1974-75
  John Garrett 2 1974-75
  Ken Brown 2 1974-75
  Richard Brodeur 2 1975-76
  Andy Brown 2 1974-75
  Jean-Louis Levasseur 2 1976-77
  Richard Brodeur 2 1976-77
  Cap Raeder 2 1976-77
  Normand Lapointe 2 1976-77
  Ernie Wakely 2 1972-73
  Dave Dryden 2 1977-78