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 2.010 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