NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for 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 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* 1.485 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 1.728 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* 1.806 1924-25
42.Roman Čechmánek 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 Hašek* 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 1.887 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.Linus Ullmark 1.894 2022-23
60.Bernie Parent* 1.894 1973-74
61.Marty Turco 1.896 2000-01
62.Alex Nedeljkovic 1.897 2020-21
63.Terry Sawchuk* 1.900 1951-52
64.Roy Worters* 1.902 1925-26
65.Dave Kerr 1.913 1935-36
66.Brian Boucher 1.914 1999-00
67.Harry Lumley* 1.914 1954-55
68.Clint Benedict* 1.916 1925-26
69.Terry Sawchuk* 1.933 1953-54
70.Ray Emery 1.935 2012-13
71.Paul Goodman 1.938 1939-40
72.Patrick Roy* 1.939 2001-02
73.Corey Crawford 1.943 2012-13
74.Dave Kerr 1.946 1937-38
75.Jonathan Quick 1.947 2011-12
76.Dominik Hašek* 1.948 1993-94
77.George Hainsworth* 1.949 1930-31
78.Philipp Grubauer 1.952 2020-21
79.Roman Turek 1.954 1999-00
80.Brian Elliott 1.958 2013-14
81.Terry Sawchuk* 1.960 1954-55
82.Carey Price 1.962 2014-15
83.John Ross Roach 1.963 1927-28
84.Jake Forbes 1.963 1924-25
85.Cory Schneider 1.964 2011-12
86.Jacques Plante* 1.964 1968-69
87.Jaroslav Halák 1.966 2011-12
88.Henrik Lundqvist* 1.966 2011-12
89.Tuukka Rask 1.967 2009-10
90.Niklas Bäckström 1.967 2006-07
91.Cory Schneider 1.970 2013-14
92.Terry Sawchuk* 1.971 1950-51
93.Frank Brimsek* 1.973 1939-40
94.Georges Vezina* 1.974 1923-24
95.Tiny Thompson* 1.978 1930-31
96.Ben Bishop 1.979 2018-19
97.Gump Worsley* 1.981 1967-68
98.Marty Turco 1.982 2003-04
99.Marc-André Fleury 1.985 2020-21
100.Ed Belfour* 1.985 1998-99
101.Clint Benedict* 1.991 1923-24
102.Tuukka Rask 1.996 2012-13
103.Dwayne Roloson 1.997 2002-03
104.Byron Dafoe 1.997 1998-99
105.Tim Thomas 1.998 2010-11
106.Turk Broda* 2.000 1940-41
107.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.001 2012-13
108.Jacques Plante* 2.001 1956-57
109.Roy Worters* 2.009 1933-34
110.Jake Forbes 2.011 1926-27
111.Normie Smith 2.013 1934-35
112.Frank Brimsek* 2.013 1940-41
 Johnny Mowers 2.013 1940-41
114.Charlie Gardiner* 2.013 1932-33
115.Roman Čechmánek 2.014 2000-01
116.Martin Brodeur* 2.016 2002-03
117.Martin Brodeur* 2.029 2003-04
118.Ken Dryden* 2.032 1975-76
119.Bernie Parent* 2.037 1974-75
120.Tuukka Rask 2.038 2013-14
121.Normie Smith 2.040 1935-36
122.John Ross Roach 2.041 1926-27
123.Semyon Varlamov 2.041 2020-21
124.Robert Esche 2.041 2003-04
125.Manny Legace 2.045 2000-01
126.Tony Esposito* 2.047 1973-74
127.Dominik Hašek* 2.047 2006-07
128.Henrik Lundqvist* 2.050 2012-13
129.Roman Čechmánek 2.051 2001-02
130.Andrew Raycroft 2.053 2003-04
131.Ken Dryden* 2.053 1977-78
132.Normie Smith 2.054 1936-37
133.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.056 2016-17
134.Ben Bishop 2.059 2015-16
135.John Grahame 2.061 2003-04
136.Vesa Toskala 2.064 2003-04
137.John Gibson 2.066 2015-16
138.Jonathan Quick 2.066 2013-14
139.Tom Barrasso* 2.067 1997-98
140.Brian Elliott 2.068 2015-16
141.Miikka Kiprusoff 2.069 2005-06
142.Lorne Chabot 2.070 1933-34
143.Braden Holtby 2.071 2016-17
144.Chris Driedger 2.071 2020-21
145.Igor Shesterkin 2.071 2021-22
146.Devan Dubnyk 2.073 2014-15
147.Glenn Resch 2.079 1975-76
148.Lorne Chabot 2.079 1935-36
149.Michel Larocque 2.086 1976-77
150.Lorne Chabot 2.087 1930-31
151.Carter Hutton 2.088 2017-18
152.Gilles Villemure 2.088 1971-72
153.Dominik Hašek* 2.090 2005-06
154.Dominik Hašek* 2.090 1997-98
155.David Aebischer 2.090 2003-04
156.Gerry McNeil 2.091 1952-53
157.Chris Osgood 2.092 2007-08
158.Marty Turco 2.094 2001-02
159.Tim Thomas 2.099 2008-09
160.Dave Kerr 2.099 1936-37
161.Bill Durnan* 2.100 1948-49
162.Glenn Hall* 2.101 1955-56
163.Dave Kerr 2.101 1938-39
164.José Théodore 2.103 1999-00
165.Filip Gustavsson 2.103 2022-23
166.Ed Belfour* 2.105 1999-00
167.Chad Johnson 2.105 2013-14
168.Jimmy Howard 2.105 2016-17
169.Dominik Hašek* 2.105 2000-01
170.Roberto Luongo* 2.106 2010-11
171.Jacques Plante* 2.109 1957-58
172.Ernie Wakely 2.110 1969-70
173.Dominik Hašek* 2.111 1994-95
174.Cory Schneider 2.112 2012-13
175.José Théodore 2.112 2001-02
176.Johnny Bower* 2.115 1963-64
177.Manny Legace 2.116 2003-04
178.Clint Benedict* 2.116 1924-25
179.George Hainsworth* 2.120 1935-36
180.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2.121 2007-08
181.Martin Prusek 2.121 2003-04
182.Gump Worsley* 2.121 1971-72
183.Pekka Rinne 2.122 2010-11
184.Tuukka Rask 2.123 2019-20
185.Jacques Plante* 2.124 1954-55
186.Jimmy Howard 2.125 2011-12
187.Ed Belfour* 2.125 2003-04
188.Alec Connell* 2.132 1931-32
189.Gerry McNeil 2.132 1953-54
190.Jim Carey 2.133 1994-95
191.Robin Lehner 2.133 2018-19
192.Nikolai Khabibulin 2.133 1998-99
193.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2.134 2001-02
194.Jimmy Howard 2.134 2012-13
195.Alec Connell* 2.138 1924-25
196.Jaroslav Halák 2.141 2012-13
197.Ken Dryden* 2.144 1976-77
198.Evgeni Nabokov 2.145 2007-08
199.Dominik Hašek* 2.145 2007-08
200.Cory Schneider 2.145 2015-16
201.Turk Broda* 2.147 1938-39
202.Andy Moog 2.147 1996-97
203.Dave Kerr 2.148 1932-33
204.Jack Campbell 2.149 2020-21
205.Jake Allen 2.151 2019-20
206.Martin Brodeur* 2.153 2001-02
207.Jeff Hackett 2.159 1996-97
208.Jacques Plante* 2.160 1958-59
209.Patrick Lalime 2.161 2002-03
210.Ed Giacomin* 2.161 1970-71
211.Andy Aitkenhead 2.162 1932-33
212.Antti Niemi 2.162 2012-13
213.Bill Beveridge 2.162 1935-36
214.Ron Hextall 2.165 1997-98
215.Ron Hextall 2.166 1995-96
216.Brent Johnson 2.167 2000-01
217.Trevor Kidd 2.168 1997-98
218.Chris Osgood 2.168 1995-96
219.Frederik Andersen 2.169 2021-22
220.Dominik Hašek* 2.170 2001-02
221.Glenn Hall* 2.170 1968-69
222.Ilya Sorokin 2.170 2020-21
223.Tony Esposito* 2.170 1969-70
224.Jamie McLennan 2.171 1997-98
225.Martin Brodeur* 2.175 2007-08
226.Wilf Cude 2.176 1936-37
227.Clint Benedict* 2.176 1922-23
228.Peter Budaj 2.176 2016-17
229.Bill Durnan* 2.180 1943-44
230.Patrick Roy* 2.181 2002-03
231.Pekka Rinne 2.181 2014-15
232.Viktor Fasth 2.184 2012-13
233.Martin Brodeur* 2.185 2006-07
234.Brent Johnson 2.185 2001-02
235.Bill Beveridge 2.186 1936-37
236.Al Rollins 2.187 1951-52
237.Jacques Plante* 2.188 1969-70
238.Evgeni Nabokov 2.189 2000-01
239.Manny Legace 2.190 2005-06
240.John Vanbiesbrouck 2.194 1998-99
241.Tiny Thompson* 2.194 1929-30
242.George Hainsworth* 2.194 1931-32
243.Robert Esche 2.195 2002-03
244.John Vanbiesbrouck 2.197 1999-00
245.Cristobal Huet 2.197 2005-06
246.Jeff Hackett 2.197 1997-98
247.Olaf Kölzig 2.202 1997-98
248.Braden Holtby 2.202 2015-16
249.Bill Durnan* 2.203 1949-50
250.Tommy Salo 2.205 2001-02

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 3.094 1972-73
16.Richard Brodeur 3.107 1978-79
17.Cap Raeder 3.117 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* 3.257 1974-75
31.Ernie Wakely 3.264 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 3.319 1978-79
49.Richard Brodeur 3.323 1973-74
50.Jim McLeod 3.324 1972-73