NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Goals Against Average

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player GAA Season
1. George Hainsworth* 0.921 1928-29
2. George Hainsworth* 1.055 1927-28
3. Alec Connell* 1.120 1925-26
4. Tiny Thompson* 1.151 1928-29
5. Roy Worters* 1.155 1928-29
6. Alec Connell* 1.239 1927-28
7. Dolly Dolson 1.375 1928-29
8. John Ross Roach 1.413 1928-29
9. Clint Benedict* 1.420 1926-27
10. Alec Connell* 1.426 1928-29
11. George Hainsworth* 1.468 1926-27
12. Wilf Cude 1.469 1933-34
13. Alec Connell* 1.486 1926-27
14. Clint Benedict* 1.487 1928-29
15. Lorne Chabot 1.508 1926-27
16. Hal Winkler 1.511 1927-28
17. Lorne Chabot 1.515 1928-29
18. Dave Kerr 1.540 1939-40
19. Frank Brimsek* 1.557 1938-39
20. Brian Elliott 1.557 2011-12
21. Roy Worters* 1.609 1930-31
22. Charlie Gardiner* 1.633 1933-34
23. Josh Harding 1.655 2013-14
24. Hal Winkler 1.658 1926-27
25. Roy Worters* 1.664 1927-28
26. Tiny Thompson* 1.679 1935-36
27. Craig Anderson 1.689 2012-13
28. Miikka Kiprusoff 1.692 2003-04
29. Clint Benedict* 1.695 1927-28
30. Joe Miller 1.727 1928-29
31. Charlie Gardiner* 1.727 1930-31
32. Marty Turco 1.729 2002-03
33. Hap Holmes* 1.730 1927-28
34. Lorne Chabot 1.736 1927-28
35. Tiny Thompson* 1.760 1932-33
36. Tony Esposito* 1.771 1971-72
37. Al Rollins 1.775 1950-51
38. Ron Tugnutt 1.794 1998-99
39. Lorne Chabot 1.796 1934-35
40. Tiny Thompson* 1.798 1937-38
41. Georges Vezina* 1.807 1924-25
42. Roman Cechmanek 1.828 2002-03
43. Mike Karakas 1.846 1935-36
44. Charlie Gardiner* 1.847 1931-32
45. Charlie Gardiner* 1.849 1928-29
46. Harry Lumley* 1.855 1953-54
47. Alec Connell* 1.859 1934-35
48. Jacques Plante* 1.859 1955-56
49. Dominik Hasek* 1.871 1998-99
50. Dwayne Roloson 1.876 2003-04
51. Martin Brodeur* 1.876 1996-97
52. Ed Belfour* 1.877 1997-98
53. John Ross Roach 1.879 1932-33
54. Jacques Plante* 1.885 1970-71
55. Jordan Binnington 1.888 2018-19
56. Terry Sawchuk* 1.889 1952-53
57. Martin Brodeur* 1.889 1997-98
58. John Ross Roach 1.891 1930-31
59. Bernie Parent* 1.894 1973-74
60. Marty Turco 1.896 2000-01
61. Terry Sawchuk* 1.900 1951-52
62. Roy Worters* 1.902 1925-26
63. Dave Kerr 1.913 1935-36
64. Brian Boucher 1.914 1999-00
65. Harry Lumley* 1.914 1954-55
66. Clint Benedict* 1.916 1925-26
67. Terry Sawchuk* 1.933 1953-54
68. Ray Emery 1.936 2012-13
69. Paul Goodman 1.938 1939-40
70. Patrick Roy* 1.939 2001-02
71. Corey Crawford 1.943 2012-13
72. Dave Kerr 1.946 1937-38
73. Jonathan Quick 1.947 2011-12
74. Dominik Hasek* 1.948 1993-94
75. George Hainsworth* 1.949 1930-31
76. Roman Turek 1.954 1999-00
77. Brian Elliott 1.958 2013-14
78. Terry Sawchuk* 1.960 1954-55
79. Carey Price 1.962 2014-15
80. John Ross Roach 1.963 1927-28
81. Jake Forbes 1.963 1924-25
82. Cory Schneider 1.964 2011-12
83. Jacques Plante* 1.964 1968-69
84. Jaroslav Halak 1.966 2011-12
85. Henrik Lundqvist 1.966 2011-12
86. Tuukka Rask 1.967 2009-10
87. Niklas Backstrom 1.967 2006-07
88. Cory Schneider 1.970 2013-14
89. Terry Sawchuk* 1.971 1950-51
90. Frank Brimsek* 1.973 1939-40
91. Georges Vezina* 1.974 1923-24
92. Tiny Thompson* 1.978 1930-31
93. Gump Worsley* 1.981 1967-68
94. Marty Turco 1.982 2003-04
95. Ed Belfour* 1.985 1998-99
96. Clint Benedict* 1.991 1923-24
97. Tuukka Rask 1.996 2012-13
98. Dwayne Roloson 1.997 2002-03
99. Byron Dafoe 1.997 1998-99
100. Tim Thomas 1.998 2010-11
101. Turk Broda* 2.000 1940-41
102. Sergei Bobrovsky 2.001 2012-13
103. Jacques Plante* 2.001 1956-57
104. Roy Worters* 2.009 1933-34
105. Jake Forbes 2.011 1926-27
106. Normie Smith 2.013 1934-35
107. Frank Brimsek* 2.013 1940-41
  Johnny Mowers 2.013 1940-41
109. Charlie Gardiner* 2.013 1932-33
110. Roman Cechmanek 2.014 2000-01
111. Martin Brodeur* 2.016 2002-03
112. Ben Bishop 2.025 2018-19
113. Martin Brodeur* 2.029 2003-04
114. Ken Dryden* 2.032 1975-76
115. Bernie Parent* 2.037 1974-75
116. Tuukka Rask 2.038 2013-14
117. Normie Smith 2.040 1935-36
118. John Ross Roach 2.041 1926-27
119. Robert Esche 2.041 2003-04
120. Manny Legace 2.045 2000-01
121. Tony Esposito* 2.047 1973-74
122. Dominik Hasek* 2.047 2006-07
123. Henrik Lundqvist 2.050 2012-13
124. Roman Cechmanek 2.051 2001-02
125. Andrew Raycroft 2.053 2003-04
126. Ken Dryden* 2.053 1977-78
127. Normie Smith 2.054 1936-37
128. Sergei Bobrovsky 2.056 2016-17
129. Ben Bishop 2.059 2015-16
130. John Grahame 2.061 2003-04
131. Vesa Toskala 2.064 2003-04
132. John Gibson 2.066 2015-16
133. Jonathan Quick 2.066 2013-14
134. Tom Barrasso 2.067 1997-98
135. Brian Elliott 2.068 2015-16
136. Miikka Kiprusoff 2.069 2005-06
137. Lorne Chabot 2.070 1933-34
138. Braden Holtby 2.071 2016-17
139. Devan Dubnyk 2.073 2014-15
140. Glenn Resch 2.079 1975-76
141. Lorne Chabot 2.079 1935-36
142. Michel Larocque 2.086 1976-77
143. Lorne Chabot 2.087 1930-31
144. Carter Hutton 2.088 2017-18
145. Gilles Villemure 2.088 1971-72
146. Dominik Hasek* 2.090 2005-06
147. Dominik Hasek* 2.090 1997-98
148. David Aebischer 2.090 2003-04
149. Gerry McNeil 2.091 1952-53
150. Chris Osgood 2.092 2007-08
151. Marty Turco 2.094 2001-02
152. Tim Thomas 2.099 2008-09
153. Dave Kerr 2.099 1936-37
154. Bill Durnan* 2.100 1948-49
155. Dave Kerr 2.101 1938-39
  Glenn Hall* 2.101 1955-56
157. Jose Theodore 2.103 1999-00
158. Ed Belfour* 2.105 1999-00
159. Chad Johnson 2.105 2013-14
160. Jimmy Howard 2.105 2016-17
161. Dominik Hasek* 2.105 2000-01
162. Roberto Luongo 2.106 2010-11
163. Jacques Plante* 2.109 1957-58
164. Ernie Wakely 2.110 1969-70
165. Dominik Hasek* 2.111 1994-95
166. Cory Schneider 2.112 2012-13
167. Jose Theodore 2.112 2001-02
168. Johnny Bower* 2.115 1963-64
169. Manny Legace 2.116 2003-04
170. Clint Benedict* 2.116 1924-25
171. George Hainsworth* 2.120 1935-36
172. Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2.121 2007-08
173. Gump Worsley* 2.121 1971-72
  Martin Prusek 2.121 2003-04
175. Pekka Rinne 2.122 2010-11
176. Jacques Plante* 2.124 1954-55
177. Jimmy Howard 2.125 2011-12
178. Ed Belfour* 2.125 2003-04
179. Alec Connell* 2.132 1931-32
180. Gerry McNeil 2.132 1953-54
181. Jim Carey 2.133 1994-95
182. Nikolai Khabibulin 2.133 1998-99
183. Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2.134 2001-02
184. Jimmy Howard 2.134 2012-13
185. Alec Connell* 2.138 1924-25
186. Jaroslav Halak 2.141 2012-13
187. Ken Dryden* 2.144 1976-77
188. Dominik Hasek* 2.145 2007-08
  Evgeni Nabokov 2.145 2007-08
190. Cory Schneider 2.145 2015-16
191. Turk Broda* 2.147 1938-39
  Andy Moog 2.147 1996-97
193. Dave Kerr 2.148 1932-33
194. Martin Brodeur* 2.153 2001-02
195. Jeff Hackett 2.159 1996-97
196. Jacques Plante* 2.160 1958-59
197. Patrick Lalime 2.161 2002-03
198. Ed Giacomin* 2.161 1970-71
199. Andy Aitkenhead 2.162 1932-33
200. Antti Niemi 2.162 2012-13
201. Bill Beveridge 2.162 1935-36
202. Ron Hextall 2.166 1997-98
203. Ron Hextall 2.166 1995-96
204. Brent Johnson 2.167 2000-01
205. Trevor Kidd 2.168 1997-98
206. Chris Osgood 2.168 1995-96
207. Glenn Hall* 2.170 1968-69
  Dominik Hasek* 2.170 2001-02
209. Tony Esposito* 2.171 1969-70
210. Jamie McLennan 2.171 1997-98
211. Martin Brodeur* 2.175 2007-08
212. Wilf Cude 2.176 1936-37
213. Clint Benedict* 2.176 1922-23
214. Peter Budaj 2.176 2016-17
215. Bill Durnan* 2.180 1943-44
216. Patrick Roy* 2.181 2002-03
217. Pekka Rinne 2.181 2014-15
218. Robin Lehner 2.183 2018-19
219. Viktor Fasth 2.184 2012-13
220. Martin Brodeur* 2.185 2006-07
221. Brent Johnson 2.185 2001-02
222. Bill Beveridge 2.186 1936-37
223. Al Rollins 2.187 1951-52
224. Jacques Plante* 2.188 1969-70
225. Evgeni Nabokov 2.190 2000-01
226. Manny Legace 2.190 2005-06
227. Tiny Thompson* 2.194 1929-30
  John Vanbiesbrouck 2.194 1998-99
229. George Hainsworth* 2.194 1931-32
230. Robert Esche 2.195 2002-03
231. John Vanbiesbrouck 2.197 1999-00
232. Cristobal Huet 2.197 2005-06
233. Jeff Hackett 2.197 1997-98
234. Olaf Kolzig 2.202 1997-98
235. Braden Holtby 2.202 2015-16
236. Bill Durnan* 2.203 1949-50
237. Tommy Salo 2.205 2001-02
238. Evgeni Nabokov 2.205 2003-04
239. Cam Talbot 2.205 2014-15
240. Tomas Vokoun 2.206 2002-03
241. Chris Osgood 2.207 1997-98
  Dominik Hasek* 2.207 1999-00
243. Charles Stewart 2.210 1925-26
244. Alec Connell* 2.211 1936-37
245. Byron Dafoe 2.211 2001-02
246. Mike Smith 2.214 2011-12
247. Glenn Hall* 2.215 1956-57
248. Jonathan Quick 2.216 2015-16
249. John Gibson 2.217 2016-17
250. Braden Holtby 2.218 2014-15

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player GAA Season
1. Don McLeod 2.565 1973-74
2. Ron Grahame 2.738 1976-77
3. Michel Dion 2.742 1975-76
4. Joe Daley 2.841 1975-76
5. Gerry Cheevers* 2.844 1972-73
6. Dave Dryden 2.889 1978-79
7. Joe Daley 2.899 1972-73
8. Russ Gillow 2.906 1972-73
9. Gerry Cheevers* 3.032 1973-74
10. Ron Grahame 3.035 1974-75
11. Wayne Rutledge 3.051 1972-73
12. Jack Norris 3.061 1972-73
13. Al Smith 3.081 1973-74
14. Ernie Wakely 3.089 1976-77
15. Mike Curran 3.095 1972-73
16. Richard Brodeur 3.107 1978-79
17. Cap Raeder 3.118 1976-77
18. Cam Newton 3.141 1973-74
19. Ernie Wakely 3.151 1972-73
20. Wayne Rutledge 3.153 1976-77
21. Wayne Rutledge 3.173 1975-76
22. Al Smith 3.178 1972-73
23. Jack Norris 3.184 1975-76
24. Jack Norris 3.209 1973-74
25. Al Smith 3.216 1977-78
26. Bob Whidden 3.229 1974-75
27. Joe Daley 3.237 1976-77
28. Wayne Rutledge 3.241 1974-75
29. Ernie Wakely 3.252 1974-75
30. Gerry Cheevers* 3.258 1974-75
31. Ernie Wakely 3.265 1975-76
32. Ron Grahame 3.267 1975-76
33. Les Binkley 3.272 1973-74
34. Jack Norris 3.272 1974-75
35. Ernie Wakely 3.274 1973-74
36. Mike Curran 3.275 1973-74
37. John Garrett 3.279 1974-75
38. Bob Whidden 3.282 1972-73
39. Michel Deguise 3.291 1973-74
40. Gary Kurt 3.295 1974-75
41. George Gardner 3.295 1972-73
42. Joe Daley 3.296 1977-78
43. Jean-Louis Levasseur 3.299 1977-78
44. Jim Corsi 3.300 1978-79
45. Gary Bromley 3.304 1977-78
46. Al Smith 3.306 1978-79
47. Jacques Plante* 3.317 1974-75
48. Michel Dion 3.320 1978-79
49. Richard Brodeur 3.323 1973-74
50. Jim McLeod 3.324 1972-73
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