NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff 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 Year
1.Flat Walsh 0.385 1930
2.Roy Worters* 0.400 1929
3.Lorne Chabot 0.482 1935
4.José Théodore 0.500 1998
5.Alec Connell* 0.600 1927
 Tiny Thompson* 0.600 1929
7.Terry Sawchuk* 0.625 1952
8.Thatcher Demko 0.644 2020
9.Antero Niittymäki 0.656 2011
10.Michal Neuvirth 0.673 2016
11.George Hainsworth* 0.750 1930
12.Curtis Joseph 0.756 2008
13.John Ross Roach 0.765 1929
14.Clint Benedict* 0.864 1928
15.Grant Fuhr* 0.866 1996
16.Glenn Healy 0.887 1994
17.Billy Smith* 0.902 1987
18.Clint Benedict* 0.909 1927
19.Gerry McNeil 0.946 1954
20.Craig Anderson 0.972 2015
21.Mike Smith 0.999 2011
22.Clint Benedict* 1.000 1923
 Georges Vezina* 1.000 1924
 Georges Vezina* 1.000 1925
 Alec Connell* 1.000 1926
 Joe Miller 1.000 1928
 John Ross Roach 1.000 1931
 Andy Aitkenhead 1.000 1934
 Alfie Moore 1.000 1938
 Gary Edwards 1.000 1974
 Andy Moog 1.000 1986
32.Dave Kerr 1.005 1939
33.Jack Campbell 1.015 2023
34.Tristan Jarry 1.021 2020
35.Charlie Gardiner* 1.050 1930
36.Juuse Saros 1.056 2018
37.John Grahame 1.079 2003
38.Dave Kerr 1.085 1937
39.Turk Broda* 1.097 1951
40.Alec Connell* 1.116 1935
41.Kevin Poulin 1.144 2013
42.Chad Johnson 1.158 2017
43.Flat Walsh 1.163 1932
44.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.164 1991
45.Lorne Chabot 1.214 1936
46.Tiny Thompson* 1.232 1933
47.Pat Jablonski 1.236 1996
48.Lorne Chabot 1.239 1929
49.Mark LaForest 1.248 1988
50.Alex Stalock 1.250 2018
51.Clint Benedict* 1.250 1926
52.Frank Brimsek* 1.250 1939
53.Billy Smith* 1.273 1978
54.Normie Smith 1.275 1937
55.Marty Turco 1.296 2007
56.Lorne Chabot 1.308 1928
57.Cory Schneider 1.313 2012
58.Charlie Gardiner* 1.317 1931
59.Juuse Saros 1.319 2019
60.Charlie Gardiner* 1.328 1934
61.Turk Broda* 1.335 1950
62.Dominik Hašek* 1.339 1993
63.Normie Smith 1.341 1936
64.Jacques Plante* 1.351 1960
65.Olaf Kölzig 1.352 1995
66.Petr Mrázek 1.355 2016
67.Bernie Parent* 1.358 1968
68.John Ross Roach 1.362 1930
69.Brian Boucher 1.371 2002
70.Patrick Lalime 1.389 2002
71.Curtis Joseph 1.391 2004
72.George Hainsworth* 1.402 1928
73.Jonathan Quick 1.405 2012
74.Earl Robertson 1.412 1937
75.Frederik Andersen 1.412 2016
76.Martin Brodeur* 1.417 2002
77.Rogie Vachon* 1.420 1969
78.Jacques Plante* 1.426 1969
79.George Hainsworth* 1.428 1927
80.Ilya Bryzgalov 1.457 2006
81.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.463 1999
82.Jacques Plante* 1.488 1970
83.Georges Vezina* 1.500 1923
 Lorne Chabot 1.500 1927
 Hal Winkler 1.500 1927
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1928
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1932
 Paul Harrison 1.500 1981
 Sean Burke 1.500 2004
 Martin Prusek 1.500 2004
91.Gump Worsley* 1.503 1967
92.Gary Smith 1.504 1972
93.Jeremy Swayman 1.513 2024
94.Earl Robertson 1.515 1938
95.Dan Bouchard 1.516 1976
96.Tiny Thompson* 1.527 1935
97.Bill Durnan* 1.530 1944
98.Allan Bester 1.531 1987
99.Jonathan Quick 1.547 2018
100.Chris Osgood 1.552 2008
101.Wendell Young 1.553 1989
102.Ken Dryden* 1.558 1977
103.Dave Kerr 1.560 1940
104.George Hainsworth* 1.564 1935
105.Turk Broda* 1.569 1949
106.Lorne Chabot 1.574 1933
107.Terry Sawchuk* 1.597 1954
108.Andy Aitkenhead 1.600 1933
109.Johnny Bower* 1.600 1963
110.Sam LoPresti 1.606 1942
111.Dominik Hašek* 1.613 1994
112.Martin Brodeur* 1.614 2000
113.Jack Gelineau 1.615 1951
114.Kevin Weekes 1.619 2002
115.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.620 2003
116.Johnny Bower* 1.634 1967
117.Steve Weeks 1.647 1987
118.Martin Brodeur* 1.650 2003
119.Johan Hedberg 1.651 2012
120.Bert Gardiner 1.660 1939
121.Jacques Plante* 1.660 1957
122.Tiny Thompson* 1.667 1930
123.George Hainsworth* 1.667 1929
124.Artūrs Irbe 1.669 2002
125.Martin Brodeur* 1.669 1995
126.Ed Belfour* 1.671 1999
127.Jeff Hackett 1.672 2003
128.Gump Worsley* 1.677 1965
129.Gerry Cheevers* 1.681 1969
130.Glen Hanlon 1.682 1987
131.Terry Sawchuk* 1.683 1951
132.Patrick Roy* 1.695 2001
133.Tiny Thompson* 1.701 1938
134.Matt Murray 1.704 2017
135.Lester Patrick* 1.710 1928
136.Evgeni Nabokov 1.711 2004
137.Kelly Hrudey 1.712 1985
138.Braden Holtby 1.713 2015
139.Nikolai Khabibulin 1.714 2004
140.Mike Karakas 1.715 1938
141.Jordan Binnington 1.715 2022
142.Al Rollins 1.718 1951
143.Braden Holtby 1.722 2016
144.Lorne Chabot 1.722 1931
145.Jaroslav Halák 1.724 2012
146.Turk Broda* 1.727 1938
147.Martin Brodeur* 1.730 1997
148.Turk Broda* 1.738 1940
149.George Hainsworth* 1.746 1931
150.Dave Kerr 1.750 1934
 Jacques Plante* 1.750 1953
152.Martin Jones 1.751 2017
153.Jacques Plante* 1.752 1954
154.Bob Mason 1.756 1987
155.Mike Vernon* 1.757 1997
156.Cesare Maniago 1.764 1973
157.Ron Tugnutt 1.769 2000
158.Roberto Luongo* 1.770 2007
159.Rogie Vachon* 1.773 1974
160.Dominik Hašek* 1.775 1999
161.Chris Osgood 1.777 1995
 Curtis McElhinney 1.777 2009
163.Carey Price 1.784 2020
164.Cory Schneider 1.785 2018
165.David Aebischer 1.789 2002
166.Patrick Roy* 1.790 2000
167.Ed Belfour* 1.790 1998
168.Jacques Plante* 1.800 1956
169.Jack Campbell 1.810 2021
170.Jake Oettinger 1.815 2022
171.Dominik Hašek* 1.815 2007
172.Patrick Lalime 1.818 2003
173.Trevor Kidd 1.821 2004
174.Henrik Lundqvist* 1.823 2012
175.Frederik Andersen 1.830 2023
176.Brent Johnson 1.830 2002
177.Lorne Chabot 1.831 1934
178.Dave Kerr 1.831 1938
179.Corey Crawford 1.835 2013
180.Frederik Andersen 1.839 2020
181.Miikka Kiprusoff 1.849 2004
182.Harry Lumley* 1.850 1950
183.Gerry McNeil 1.851 1953
184.Roman Čechmánek 1.853 2002
185.Tim Thomas 1.854 2009
186.Ben Bishop 1.854 2016
187.Dominik Hašek* 1.856 2002
188.Jonathan Quick 1.856 2013
189.Carey Price 1.858 2017
190.Eddie Johnston 1.860 1972
191.Devan Dubnyk 1.862 2017
192.Philipp Grubauer 1.869 2020
193.Antti Niemi 1.872 2013
194.Dave Kerr 1.875 1941
195.Gump Worsley* 1.876 1968
196.Marty Turco 1.879 2003
197.Tuukka Rask 1.883 2013
198.Jake Allen 1.890 2020
199.Bernie Parent* 1.891 1975
200.Ken Dryden* 1.896 1978
201.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.897 2020
202.Ed Belfour* 1.897 2000
203.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.900 2021
204.Brian Elliott 1.902 2013
205.Joonas Korpisalo 1.903 2020
206.Brent Johnson 1.906 2010
207.Gerry McNeil 1.910 1951
208.Mike Liut 1.911 1986
209.Bill Durnan* 1.920 1947
210.Gerry McNeil 1.921 1952
211.Ken Dryden* 1.925 1976
212.Patrick Roy* 1.926 1986
213.Curtis Joseph 1.928 1998
214.Billy Smith* 1.929 1979
215.Olaf Kölzig 1.935 1996
216.Johnny Mowers 1.942 1943
217.Brent Johnson 1.942 2001
218.Jacques Plante* 1.943 1958
219.Turk Broda* 1.947 1939
220.Martin Brodeur* 1.948 1994
221.Sergei Bobrovsky 1.951 2024
222.Wayne Stephenson 1.952 1975
223.Braden Holtby 1.952 2012
224.Olaf Kölzig 1.954 1998
225.Elvis Merzļikins 1.955 2020
226.Manny Fernandez 1.955 2003
227.Pekka Rinne 1.955 2017
228.Dominik Hašek* 1.956 1997
229.Jake Allen 1.956 2017
230.Glenn Resch 1.958 1987
231.Patrick Lalime 1.958 2004
232.Doug Keans 1.962 1982
233.Igor Shesterkin 1.964 2023
234.Marc-André Fleury 1.966 2008
235.Martin Brodeur* 1.966 1998
236.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.968 2007
237.Steve Mason 1.970 2014
238.Chris Osgood 1.975 2000
239.Ron Tugnutt 1.978 1997
240.Byron Dafoe 1.980 1999
241.Tim Thomas 1.985 2011
242.Mike Smith 1.987 2012
243.Robin Lehner 1.988 2020
244.Byron Dafoe 1.991 1998
245.Tuukka Rask 1.993 2014
246.Gump Worsley* 1.994 1966
247.Gilles Villemure 1.995 1973
248.Robert Esche 1.997 2003
249.John Ross Roach 2.000 1922
 John Ross Roach 2.000 1933
 Charlie Hodge 2.000 1965
 Cesare Maniago 2.000 1970
 Thatcher Demko 2.000 2024
 Igor Shesterkin 2.000 2024
 Logan Thompson 2.000 2024