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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
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 2.005 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.Gilles Villemure 2.060 1971-72
49.Miikka Kiprusoff 2.060 2003-04
50.Glenn Resch 2.061 1976-77
51.Pat Riggin 2.066 1983-84
52.Bill Durnan* 2.067 1946-47
53.Rick Wamsley 2.068 1981-82
54.Alex Nedeljkovic 2.069 2020-21
55.Ken Dryden* 2.069 1972-73
56.Ed Giacomin* 2.070 1970-71
57.Anthony Stolarz 2.071 2023-24
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.Scott Wedgewood 2.095 2025-26
66.Tom Barrasso* 2.095 1984-85
67.Miikka Kiprusoff 2.096 2005-06
68.Georges Vezina* 2.097 1924-25
69.Georges Vezina* 2.097 1923-24
70.Ron Tugnutt 2.105 1998-99
71.Igor Shesterkin 2.110 2021-22
72.Mike Liut 2.110 1989-90
73.Félix Potvin 2.114 1992-93
74.Patrick Roy* 2.118 1989-90
75.Gilles Villemure 2.123 1972-73
76.Clint Benedict* 2.124 1923-24
77.Ron Hextall 2.127 1995-96
78.Chris Osgood 2.128 1995-96
79.Niklas Bäckström 2.129 2006-07
80.Filip Gustavsson 2.129 2022-23
81.Philipp Grubauer 2.129 2020-21
82.Roman Čechmánek 2.131 2002-03
83.Connor Hellebuyck 2.133 2024-25
84.Marty Turco 2.133 2000-01
85.Dominik Hašek* 2.136 2005-06
86.Paul Bibeault 2.138 1943-44
87.Darcy Kuemper 2.139 2024-25
88.Jacques Plante* 2.141 1955-56
89.Tiny Thompson* 2.141 1937-38
90.Lorne Chabot 2.143 1934-35
91.Gump Worsley* 2.144 1967-68
92.Glenn Resch 2.149 1978-79
93.Marc-André Fleury 2.152 2020-21
94.Georges Vezina* 2.152 1917-18
95.Jacques Plante* 2.160 1958-59
96.Jacques Plante* 2.165 1956-57
97.Glenn Hall* 2.170 1968-69
98.Charlie Gardiner* 2.170 1930-31
99.Denis Herron 2.170 1979-80
100.Ed Belfour* 2.177 1992-93
101.Georges Vezina* 2.177 1922-23
102.Brian Boucher 2.179 1999-00
103.Ed Belfour* 2.181 1990-91
104.Ernie Wakely 2.182 1969-70
105.Glenn Resch 2.184 1974-75
106.Clint Benedict* 2.184 1926-27
107.Tony Esposito* 2.185 1970-71
108.Dominik Hašek* 2.185 1994-95
109.Mike Vernon* 2.185 1988-89
110.Connie Dion 2.192 1943-44
 Mike Karakas 2.192 1943-44
112.Johnny Bower* 2.195 1965-66
113.Ken Dryden* 2.196 1971-72
114.Roman Turek 2.197 1999-00
115.Jacques Plante* 2.197 1957-58
116.Dominik Hašek* 2.201 1998-99
117.Tuukka Rask 2.201 2009-10
118.Harry Lumley* 2.205 1954-55
119.Jim Carey 2.207 1994-95
120.Dominik Hašek* 2.209 2006-07
121.Gilles Villemure 2.210 1970-71
122.Semyon Varlamov 2.211 2020-21
123.Jim Carey 2.212 1995-96
124.Ed Belfour* 2.212 1997-98
125.Tom Barrasso* 2.214 1983-84
126.Bill Durnan* 2.217 1948-49
127.Harry Lumley* 2.217 1953-54
128.Tony Esposito* 2.218 1969-70
129.Alec Connell* 2.222 1934-35
130.Don Edwards 2.223 1979-80
131.Martin Brodeur* 2.224 1997-98
132.Lorne Chabot 2.224 1926-27
133.Frederik Andersen 2.227 2021-22
134.Terry Sawchuk* 2.228 1954-55
135.Manny Legace 2.231 2005-06
136.Mike Vernon* 2.232 1995-96
137.Johnny Bower* 2.234 1963-64
138.Billy Smith* 2.236 1981-82
139.Carter Hutton 2.237 2017-18
140.Frank Brimsek* 2.245 1941-42
141.Chris Driedger 2.247 2020-21
142.Charlie Gardiner* 2.248 1931-32
143.Tuukka Rask 2.248 2019-20
144.Bill Durnan* 2.250 1945-46
145.Dan Bouchard 2.251 1975-76
146.Jacques Plante* 2.253 1969-70
147.Cristobal Huet 2.254 2005-06
148.George Hainsworth* 2.256 1926-27
149.Ray Emery 2.258 2012-13
150.Billy Smith* 2.259 1982-83
151.Tiny Thompson* 2.261 1929-30
152.Turk Broda* 2.263 1940-41
153.Al Jensen 2.267 1983-84
154.Antti Raanta 2.267 2022-23
155.Frank Brimsek* 2.270 1940-41
 Johnny Mowers 2.270 1940-41
157.Robin Lehner 2.271 2018-19
158.Billy Smith* 2.272 1976-77
159.Jacob Markström 2.273 2021-22
160.Roman Čechmánek 2.273 2000-01
161.Henrik Lundqvist* 2.275 2005-06
162.Dwayne Roloson 2.276 2003-04
163.Gump Worsley* 2.277 1965-66
164.Andy Moog 2.279 1996-97
165.Alec Connell* 2.282 1926-27
166.Tim Thomas 2.283 2010-11
167.Wayne Stephenson 2.283 1975-76
168.Jonathan Quick 2.283 2011-12
169.Corey Crawford 2.283 2012-13
170.Jake Allen 2.285 2019-20
171.Martin Brodeur* 2.286 1993-94
172.Brian Elliott 2.290 2013-14
173.Gump Worsley* 2.291 1968-69
174.Anthony Stolarz 2.295 2024-25
175.Jeremy Swayman 2.295 2022-23
176.Jacques Plante* 2.300 1961-62
177.Martin Brodeur* 2.301 1995-96
178.Tim Thomas 2.301 2008-09
179.Terry Sawchuk* 2.302 1952-53
180.Manny Legace 2.303 2000-01
181.Jeff Hackett 2.305 1996-97
182.Patrick Roy* 2.306 2001-02
183.Cory Schneider 2.306 2013-14
184.Andrei Vasilevskiy 2.308 2024-25
185.Pete Peeters 2.312 1987-88
186.Jaroslav Halák 2.316 2011-12
187.Don Edwards 2.317 1976-77
188.Henrik Lundqvist* 2.318 2011-12
189.Chris Osgood 2.319 1994-95
190.Tony Esposito* 2.321 1972-73
191.Billy Smith* 2.322 1975-76
192.Terry Sawchuk* 2.323 1953-54
193.Jake Forbes 2.323 1924-25
194.Carey Price 2.324 2014-15
195.Cory Schneider 2.324 2011-12
196.Ed Belfour* 2.325 1998-99
197.Pete Peeters 2.330 1988-89
198.Dave Kerr 2.331 1937-38
199.Jack Campbell 2.336 2020-21
200.Don Edwards 2.337 1980-81
201.Réjean Lemelin 2.337 1989-90
202.Tuukka Rask 2.338 2012-13
203.Byron Dafoe 2.339 1998-99
204.Manny Fernandez 2.339 2005-06
205.Tiny Thompson* 2.340 1932-33
206.Dwayne Roloson 2.343 2002-03
207.Paul Goodman 2.344 1939-40
 Bill Durnan* 2.344 1949-50
209.Pelle Lindbergh 2.344 1982-83
210.Bernie Parent* 2.344 1978-79
211.Pat Riggin 2.344 1984-85
212.Glenn Resch 2.347 1977-78
213.Pete Peeters 2.349 1980-81
214.Turk Broda* 2.350 1947-48
215.Martin Brodeur* 2.351 2006-07
216.Brian Hayward 2.351 1987-88
217.Ilya Samsonov 2.351 2022-23
218.Ed Belfour* 2.351 1994-95
219.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.352 2012-13
220.Glenn Hall* 2.353 1970-71
221.Tiny Thompson* 2.355 1935-36
222.Gilles Gilbert 2.356 1977-78
223.Don Beaupre 2.356 1990-91
224.Ilya Sorokin 2.358 2022-23
225.Ilya Sorokin 2.359 2020-21
226.Martin Brodeur* 2.359 2002-03
227.Anton Khudobin 2.361 2019-20
228.Darcy Kuemper 2.361 2019-20
229.Gilles Gilbert 2.362 1979-80
230.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.363 2016-17
231.Dominik Hašek* 2.367 2000-01
232.Jeff Hackett 2.369 1995-96
233.Ed Belfour* 2.370 1999-00
234.Ken Dryden* 2.371 1974-75
235.Patrick Roy* 2.374 1993-94
236.Tuukka Rask 2.374 2013-14
237.Brian Hayward 2.376 1986-87
238.Glenn Hall* 2.379 1966-67
239.Pete Peeters 2.379 1979-80
240.Gary Smith 2.379 1971-72
241.Braden Holtby 2.380 2016-17
242.Brian Hayward 2.381 1988-89
243.Flat Walsh 2.383 1929-30
244.Pelle Lindbergh 2.385 1984-85
245.Jake Oettinger 2.387 2022-23
246.Charlie Hodge 2.387 1963-64
247.Chris Osgood 2.391 2007-08
248.José Théodore 2.393 1999-00
249.Patrick Roy* 2.393 1987-88
250.Marty Turco 2.395 2003-04