NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Adjusted Goals Against Average
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
Rate Statistic Requirements · Adjusted Statistics
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GAA/A | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Alec Connell* | 1.386 | 1925-26 |
2. | Clint Benedict* | 1.455 | 1919-20 |
3. | Bill Durnan* | 1.460 | 1943-44 |
4. | George Hainsworth* | 1.648 | 1927-28 |
5. | Tony Esposito* | 1.728 | 1971-72 |
6. | Bernie Parent* | 1.755 | 1973-74 |
7. | Ken Dryden* | 1.780 | 1975-76 |
8. | Bernie Parent* | 1.785 | 1974-75 |
9. | Dave Kerr | 1.800 | 1939-40 |
10. | Jacques Plante* | 1.808 | 1970-71 |
11. | Frank Brimsek* | 1.809 | 1938-39 |
12. | Pete Peeters | 1.816 | 1982-83 |
13. | Brian Elliott | 1.826 | 2011-12 |
14. | Bill Durnan* | 1.840 | 1944-45 |
15. | Dominik Hašek* | 1.841 | 1993-94 |
16. | Glenn Resch | 1.842 | 1975-76 |
17. | Clint Benedict* | 1.854 | 1922-23 |
18. | Wilf Cude | 1.875 | 1933-34 |
19. | Ken Dryden* | 1.877 | 1977-78 |
20. | Michel Larocque | 1.889 | 1976-77 |
21. | Clint Benedict* | 1.890 | 1918-19 |
22. | Richard Sévigny | 1.891 | 1980-81 |
23. | Linus Ullmark | 1.894 | 2022-23 |
24. | Al Rollins | 1.901 | 1950-51 |
25. | Tony Esposito* | 1.902 | 1973-74 |
26. | George Hainsworth* | 1.907 | 1928-29 |
27. | Johnny Mowers | 1.934 | 1942-43 |
28. | Ken Dryden* | 1.942 | 1976-77 |
29. | Josh Harding | 1.943 | 2013-14 |
30. | Alec Connell* | 1.957 | 1927-28 |
31. | Rick St. Croix | 1.958 | 1980-81 |
32. | Bob Froese | 1.960 | 1985-86 |
33. | Bob Froese | 1.964 | 1982-83 |
34. | Jacques Plante* | 1.964 | 1968-69 |
35. | Rogie Vachon* | 1.966 | 1974-75 |
36. | Denis Herron | 1.981 | 1981-82 |
37. | Ken Dryden* | 1.984 | 1978-79 |
38. | Craig Anderson | 1.985 | 2012-13 |
39. | Martin Brodeur* | 1.985 | 1996-97 |
40. | Marty Turco | 2.010 | 2002-03 |
41. | Clint Benedict* | 2.011 | 1920-21 |
42. | Jordan Binnington | 2.014 | 2018-19 |
43. | Roy Worters* | 2.022 | 1930-31 |
44. | Patrick Roy* | 2.034 | 1988-89 |
45. | Bernie Parent* | 2.035 | 1977-78 |
46. | Bob Sauvé | 2.044 | 1979-80 |
47. | Charlie Gardiner* | 2.046 | 1933-34 |
48. | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2.056 | 2003-04 |
49. | Gilles Villemure | 2.060 | 1971-72 |
50. | Glenn Resch | 2.061 | 1976-77 |
51. | Anthony Stolarz | 2.064 | 2023-24 |
52. | Pat Riggin | 2.066 | 1983-84 |
53. | Bill Durnan* | 2.067 | 1946-47 |
54. | Rick Wamsley | 2.068 | 1981-82 |
55. | Alex Nedeljkovic | 2.069 | 2020-21 |
56. | Ken Dryden* | 2.069 | 1972-73 |
57. | Ed Giacomin* | 2.070 | 1970-71 |
58. | Gary Edwards | 2.076 | 1974-75 |
59. | Roland Melanson | 2.076 | 1982-83 |
60. | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.086 | 1950-51 |
  | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.086 | 1951-52 |
62. | Patrick Roy* | 2.089 | 1991-92 |
63. | Gump Worsley* | 2.090 | 1971-72 |
64. | Ben Bishop | 2.093 | 2018-19 |
65. | Tom Barrasso* | 2.095 | 1984-85 |
66. | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2.096 | 2005-06 |
67. | Georges Vezina* | 2.097 | 1924-25 |
68. | Georges Vezina* | 2.097 | 1923-24 |
69. | Ron Tugnutt | 2.105 | 1998-99 |
70. | Igor Shesterkin | 2.110 | 2021-22 |
71. | Mike Liut | 2.110 | 1989-90 |
72. | Félix Potvin | 2.114 | 1992-93 |
73. | Patrick Roy* | 2.118 | 1989-90 |
74. | Gilles Villemure | 2.123 | 1972-73 |
75. | Clint Benedict* | 2.124 | 1923-24 |
76. | Ron Hextall | 2.127 | 1995-96 |
77. | Chris Osgood | 2.128 | 1995-96 |
78. | Niklas Bäckström | 2.129 | 2006-07 |
79. | Filip Gustavsson | 2.129 | 2022-23 |
80. | Philipp Grubauer | 2.129 | 2020-21 |
81. | Roman Čechmánek | 2.132 | 2002-03 |
82. | Marty Turco | 2.133 | 2000-01 |
83. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.136 | 2005-06 |
84. | Paul Bibeault | 2.138 | 1943-44 |
85. | Jacques Plante* | 2.141 | 1955-56 |
86. | Tiny Thompson* | 2.141 | 1937-38 |
87. | Lorne Chabot | 2.143 | 1934-35 |
88. | Gump Worsley* | 2.144 | 1967-68 |
89. | Glenn Resch | 2.149 | 1978-79 |
90. | Marc-André Fleury | 2.152 | 2020-21 |
91. | Georges Vezina* | 2.152 | 1917-18 |
92. | Jacques Plante* | 2.160 | 1958-59 |
93. | Jacques Plante* | 2.165 | 1956-57 |
94. | Glenn Hall* | 2.170 | 1968-69 |
95. | Charlie Gardiner* | 2.170 | 1930-31 |
96. | Denis Herron | 2.170 | 1979-80 |
97. | Ed Belfour* | 2.177 | 1992-93 |
98. | Georges Vezina* | 2.177 | 1922-23 |
99. | Brian Boucher | 2.179 | 1999-00 |
100. | Ed Belfour* | 2.181 | 1990-91 |
101. | Ernie Wakely | 2.182 | 1969-70 |
102. | Glenn Resch | 2.184 | 1974-75 |
103. | Clint Benedict* | 2.184 | 1926-27 |
104. | Tony Esposito* | 2.185 | 1970-71 |
105. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.185 | 1994-95 |
106. | Mike Vernon* | 2.185 | 1988-89 |
107. | Connie Dion | 2.192 | 1943-44 |
  | Mike Karakas | 2.192 | 1943-44 |
109. | Johnny Bower* | 2.195 | 1965-66 |
110. | Ken Dryden* | 2.196 | 1971-72 |
111. | Roman Turek | 2.197 | 1999-00 |
112. | Jacques Plante* | 2.197 | 1957-58 |
113. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.201 | 1998-99 |
114. | Tuukka Rask | 2.201 | 2009-10 |
115. | Harry Lumley* | 2.205 | 1954-55 |
116. | Jim Carey | 2.207 | 1994-95 |
117. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.209 | 2006-07 |
118. | Gilles Villemure | 2.210 | 1970-71 |
119. | Semyon Varlamov | 2.211 | 2020-21 |
120. | Jim Carey | 2.212 | 1995-96 |
121. | Ed Belfour* | 2.212 | 1997-98 |
122. | Tom Barrasso* | 2.214 | 1983-84 |
123. | Bill Durnan* | 2.217 | 1948-49 |
124. | Harry Lumley* | 2.217 | 1953-54 |
125. | Tony Esposito* | 2.218 | 1969-70 |
126. | Alec Connell* | 2.222 | 1934-35 |
127. | Don Edwards | 2.223 | 1979-80 |
128. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.224 | 1997-98 |
129. | Lorne Chabot | 2.224 | 1926-27 |
130. | Frederik Andersen | 2.227 | 2021-22 |
131. | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.228 | 1954-55 |
132. | Manny Legace | 2.231 | 2005-06 |
133. | Mike Vernon* | 2.232 | 1995-96 |
134. | Johnny Bower* | 2.234 | 1963-64 |
135. | Billy Smith* | 2.236 | 1981-82 |
136. | Carter Hutton | 2.237 | 2017-18 |
137. | Frank Brimsek* | 2.245 | 1941-42 |
138. | Chris Driedger | 2.247 | 2020-21 |
139. | Charlie Gardiner* | 2.248 | 1931-32 |
140. | Tuukka Rask | 2.248 | 2019-20 |
141. | Bill Durnan* | 2.250 | 1945-46 |
142. | Dan Bouchard | 2.251 | 1975-76 |
143. | Jacques Plante* | 2.253 | 1969-70 |
144. | Cristobal Huet | 2.254 | 2005-06 |
145. | George Hainsworth* | 2.256 | 1926-27 |
146. | Ray Emery | 2.258 | 2012-13 |
147. | Billy Smith* | 2.259 | 1982-83 |
148. | Tiny Thompson* | 2.261 | 1929-30 |
149. | Turk Broda* | 2.263 | 1940-41 |
150. | Al Jensen | 2.267 | 1983-84 |
151. | Antti Raanta | 2.267 | 2022-23 |
152. | Frank Brimsek* | 2.270 | 1940-41 |
  | Johnny Mowers | 2.270 | 1940-41 |
154. | Robin Lehner | 2.271 | 2018-19 |
155. | Billy Smith* | 2.272 | 1976-77 |
156. | Jacob Markström | 2.273 | 2021-22 |
157. | Dwayne Roloson | 2.276 | 2003-04 |
158. | Roman Čechmánek | 2.276 | 2000-01 |
159. | Gump Worsley* | 2.277 | 1965-66 |
160. | Andy Moog | 2.279 | 1996-97 |
161. | Henrik Lundqvist* | 2.281 | 2005-06 |
162. | Alec Connell* | 2.282 | 1926-27 |
163. | Tim Thomas | 2.283 | 2010-11 |
164. | Wayne Stephenson | 2.283 | 1975-76 |
165. | Jonathan Quick | 2.283 | 2011-12 |
166. | Corey Crawford | 2.283 | 2012-13 |
167. | Jake Allen | 2.285 | 2019-20 |
168. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.286 | 1993-94 |
169. | Brian Elliott | 2.290 | 2013-14 |
170. | Gump Worsley* | 2.291 | 1968-69 |
171. | Jeremy Swayman | 2.295 | 2022-23 |
172. | Manny Legace | 2.298 | 2000-01 |
173. | Jacques Plante* | 2.300 | 1961-62 |
174. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.301 | 1995-96 |
175. | Tim Thomas | 2.301 | 2008-09 |
176. | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.302 | 1952-53 |
177. | Patrick Roy* | 2.305 | 2001-02 |
178. | Jeff Hackett | 2.305 | 1996-97 |
179. | Cory Schneider | 2.306 | 2013-14 |
180. | Pete Peeters | 2.312 | 1987-88 |
181. | Jaroslav Halák | 2.316 | 2011-12 |
182. | Don Edwards | 2.317 | 1976-77 |
183. | Henrik Lundqvist* | 2.318 | 2011-12 |
184. | Chris Osgood | 2.319 | 1994-95 |
185. | Tony Esposito* | 2.321 | 1972-73 |
186. | Billy Smith* | 2.322 | 1975-76 |
187. | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.323 | 1953-54 |
188. | Jake Forbes | 2.323 | 1924-25 |
189. | Carey Price | 2.324 | 2014-15 |
190. | Cory Schneider | 2.324 | 2011-12 |
191. | Ed Belfour* | 2.325 | 1998-99 |
192. | Pete Peeters | 2.330 | 1988-89 |
193. | Dave Kerr | 2.331 | 1937-38 |
194. | Jack Campbell | 2.336 | 2020-21 |
195. | Don Edwards | 2.337 | 1980-81 |
196. | Réjean Lemelin | 2.337 | 1989-90 |
197. | Tuukka Rask | 2.338 | 2012-13 |
198. | Manny Fernandez | 2.339 | 2005-06 |
199. | Tiny Thompson* | 2.340 | 1932-33 |
200. | Byron Dafoe | 2.342 | 1998-99 |
201. | Dwayne Roloson | 2.343 | 2002-03 |
202. | Paul Goodman | 2.344 | 1939-40 |
  | Bill Durnan* | 2.344 | 1949-50 |
204. | Pelle Lindbergh | 2.344 | 1982-83 |
205. | Bernie Parent* | 2.344 | 1978-79 |
206. | Pat Riggin | 2.344 | 1984-85 |
207. | Glenn Resch | 2.347 | 1977-78 |
208. | Pete Peeters | 2.349 | 1980-81 |
209. | Turk Broda* | 2.350 | 1947-48 |
210. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.351 | 2006-07 |
211. | Brian Hayward | 2.351 | 1987-88 |
212. | Ilya Samsonov | 2.351 | 2022-23 |
213. | Ed Belfour* | 2.351 | 1994-95 |
214. | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2.352 | 2012-13 |
215. | Glenn Hall* | 2.353 | 1970-71 |
216. | Tiny Thompson* | 2.355 | 1935-36 |
217. | Gilles Gilbert | 2.356 | 1977-78 |
218. | Don Beaupre | 2.356 | 1990-91 |
219. | Ilya Sorokin | 2.358 | 2022-23 |
220. | Ilya Sorokin | 2.359 | 2020-21 |
221. | Martin Brodeur* | 2.359 | 2002-03 |
222. | Anton Khudobin | 2.361 | 2019-20 |
223. | Darcy Kuemper | 2.361 | 2019-20 |
224. | Gilles Gilbert | 2.362 | 1979-80 |
225. | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2.363 | 2016-17 |
226. | Dominik Hašek* | 2.367 | 2000-01 |
227. | Jeff Hackett | 2.369 | 1995-96 |
228. | Ed Belfour* | 2.370 | 1999-00 |
229. | Ken Dryden* | 2.371 | 1974-75 |
230. | Patrick Roy* | 2.374 | 1993-94 |
231. | Tuukka Rask | 2.374 | 2013-14 |
232. | Brian Hayward | 2.376 | 1986-87 |
233. | Glenn Hall* | 2.379 | 1966-67 |
234. | Pete Peeters | 2.379 | 1979-80 |
235. | Gary Smith | 2.379 | 1971-72 |
236. | Braden Holtby | 2.380 | 2016-17 |
237. | Brian Hayward | 2.381 | 1988-89 |
238. | Flat Walsh | 2.383 | 1929-30 |
239. | Pelle Lindbergh | 2.385 | 1984-85 |
240. | Jake Oettinger | 2.387 | 2022-23 |
241. | Charlie Hodge | 2.387 | 1963-64 |
242. | Chris Osgood | 2.391 | 2007-08 |
243. | José Théodore | 2.393 | 1999-00 |
244. | Patrick Roy* | 2.393 | 1987-88 |
245. | Marty Turco | 2.395 | 2003-04 |
246. | Ed Belfour* | 2.398 | 1991-92 |
247. | Frank Brimsek* | 2.400 | 1939-40 |
248. | Antti Raanta | 2.401 | 2017-18 |
249. | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2.401 | 2020-21 |
250. | Jocelyn Thibault | 2.406 | 1994-95 |
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