NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Season Player GAA/A
2025-26 Scott Wedgewood 2.095
2024-25 Connor Hellebuyck 2.133
2023-24 Anthony Stolarz 2.071
2022-23 Linus Ullmark 1.894
2021-22 Igor Shesterkin 2.110
2020-21 Alex Nedeljkovic 2.069
2019-20 Tuukka Rask 2.248
2018-19 Jordan Binnington 2.014
2017-18 Carter Hutton 2.237
2016-17 Sergei Bobrovsky 2.363
2015-16 Ben Bishop 2.444
2014-15 Carey Price 2.324
2013-14 Josh Harding 1.943
2012-13 Craig Anderson 1.985
2011-12 Brian Elliott 1.826
2010-11 Tim Thomas 2.283
2009-10 Tuukka Rask 2.201
2008-09 Tim Thomas 2.301
2007-08 Chris Osgood 2.391
2006-07 Niklas Bäckström 2.129
2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff 2.096
2003-04 Miikka Kiprusoff 2.056
2002-03 Marty Turco 2.010
2001-02 Patrick Roy* 2.305
2000-01 Marty Turco 2.133
1999-00 Brian Boucher 2.179
1998-99 Ron Tugnutt 2.105
1997-98 Ed Belfour* 2.212
1996-97 Martin Brodeur* 1.985
1995-96 Ron Hextall 2.127
1994-95 Dominik Hašek* 2.185
1993-94 Dominik Hašek* 1.841
1992-93 Félix Potvin 2.114
1991-92 Patrick Roy* 2.089
1990-91 Ed Belfour* 2.181
1989-90 Mike Liut 2.110
1988-89 Patrick Roy* 2.034
1987-88 Pete Peeters 2.312
1986-87 Brian Hayward 2.376
1985-86 Bob Froese 1.960
1984-85 Tom Barrasso* 2.095
1983-84 Pat Riggin 2.066
1982-83 Pete Peeters 1.816
1981-82 Denis Herron 1.981
1980-81 Richard Sévigny 1.891
1979-80 Bob Sauvé 2.044
1978-79 Ken Dryden* 1.984
1977-78 Ken Dryden* 1.877
1976-77 Michel Larocque 1.889
1975-76 Ken Dryden* 1.780
1974-75 Bernie Parent* 1.785
1973-74 Bernie Parent* 1.755
1972-73 Ken Dryden* 2.069
1971-72 Tony Esposito* 1.728
1970-71 Jacques Plante* 1.808
1969-70 Ernie Wakely 2.182
1968-69 Jacques Plante* 1.964
1967-68 Gump Worsley* 2.144
1966-67 Glenn Hall* 2.379
1965-66 Johnny Bower* 2.195
1964-65 Johnny Bower* 2.472
1963-64 Johnny Bower* 2.234
1962-63 Glenn Hall* 2.457
1961-62 Jacques Plante* 2.300
1960-61 Johnny Bower* 2.466
1959-60 Jacques Plante* 2.551
1958-59 Jacques Plante* 2.160
1957-58 Jacques Plante* 2.197
1956-57 Jacques Plante* 2.165
1955-56 Jacques Plante* 2.141
1954-55 Harry Lumley* 2.205
1953-54 Harry Lumley* 2.217
1952-53 Terry Sawchuk* 2.302
1951-52 Terry Sawchuk* 2.086
1950-51 Al Rollins 1.901
1949-50 Bill Durnan* 2.344
1948-49 Bill Durnan* 2.217
1947-48 Turk Broda* 2.350
1946-47 Bill Durnan* 2.067
1945-46 Bill Durnan* 2.250
1944-45 Bill Durnan* 1.840
1943-44 Bill Durnan* 1.460
1942-43 Johnny Mowers 1.934
1941-42 Frank Brimsek* 2.245
1940-41 Turk Broda* 2.263
1939-40 Dave Kerr 1.800
1938-39 Frank Brimsek* 1.809
1937-38 Tiny Thompson* 2.141
1936-37 Normie Smith 2.537
1935-36 Tiny Thompson* 2.355
1934-35 Lorne Chabot 2.143
1933-34 Wilf Cude 1.875
1932-33 Tiny Thompson* 2.340
1931-32 Charlie Gardiner* 2.248
1930-31 Roy Worters* 2.022
1929-30 Tiny Thompson* 2.261
1928-29 George Hainsworth* 1.907
1927-28 George Hainsworth* 1.648
1926-27 Clint Benedict* 2.184
1925-26 Alec Connell* 1.386
1924-25 Georges Vezina* 2.097
1923-24 Georges Vezina* 2.097
1922-23 Clint Benedict* 1.854
1921-22 Clint Benedict* 2.467
1920-21 Clint Benedict* 2.011
1919-20 Clint Benedict* 1.455
1918-19 Clint Benedict* 1.890
1917-18 Georges Vezina* 2.152