NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | GAA |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Connor Hellebuyck | 2.307 |
2022-23 | Linus Ullmark | 1.894 |
2021-22 | Igor Shesterkin | 2.071 |
2020-21 | Alex Nedeljkovic | 1.897 |
2019-20 | Tuukka Rask | 2.123 |
2018-19 | Jordan Binnington | 1.887 |
2017-18 | Carter Hutton | 2.088 |
2016-17 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2.056 |
2015-16 | Ben Bishop | 2.059 |
2014-15 | Carey Price | 1.962 |
2013-14 | Josh Harding | 1.655 |
2012-13 | Craig Anderson | 1.689 |
2011-12 | Brian Elliott | 1.557 |
2010-11 | Tim Thomas | 1.998 |
2009-10 | Tuukka Rask | 1.967 |
2008-09 | Tim Thomas | 2.099 |
2007-08 | Chris Osgood | 2.092 |
2006-07 | Niklas Bäckström | 1.967 |
2005-06 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2.069 |
2003-04 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 1.692 |
2002-03 | Marty Turco | 1.728 |
2001-02 | Patrick Roy* | 1.939 |
2000-01 | Marty Turco | 1.896 |
1999-00 | Brian Boucher | 1.914 |
1998-99 | Ron Tugnutt | 1.794 |
1997-98 | Ed Belfour* | 1.877 |
1996-97 | Martin Brodeur* | 1.876 |
1995-96 | Ron Hextall | 2.166 |
1994-95 | Dominik Hašek* | 2.111 |
1993-94 | Dominik Hašek* | 1.948 |
1992-93 | Félix Potvin | 2.502 |
1991-92 | Patrick Roy* | 2.364 |
1990-91 | Ed Belfour* | 2.472 |
1989-90 | Mike Liut | 2.527 |
1988-89 | Patrick Roy* | 2.471 |
1987-88 | Pete Peeters | 2.787 |
1986-87 | Brian Hayward | 2.818 |
1985-86 | Bob Froese | 2.555 |
1984-85 | Tom Barrasso* | 2.670 |
1983-84 | Pat Riggin | 2.668 |
1982-83 | Pete Peeters | 2.372 |
1981-82 | Denis Herron | 2.641 |
1980-81 | Richard Sévigny | 2.398 |
1979-80 | Bob Sauvé | 2.364 |
1978-79 | Ken Dryden* | 2.304 |
1977-78 | Ken Dryden* | 2.053 |
1976-77 | Michel Larocque | 2.086 |
1975-76 | Ken Dryden* | 2.032 |
1974-75 | Bernie Parent* | 2.037 |
1973-74 | Bernie Parent* | 1.894 |
1972-73 | Ken Dryden* | 2.259 |
1971-72 | Tony Esposito* | 1.771 |
1970-71 | Jacques Plante* | 1.885 |
1969-70 | Ernie Wakely | 2.110 |
1968-69 | Jacques Plante* | 1.964 |
1967-68 | Gump Worsley* | 1.981 |
1966-67 | Glenn Hall* | 2.379 |
1965-66 | Johnny Bower* | 2.255 |
1964-65 | Johnny Bower* | 2.384 |
1963-64 | Johnny Bower* | 2.115 |
1962-63 | Don Simmons | 2.466 |
1961-62 | Jacques Plante* | 2.371 |
1960-61 | Charlie Hodge | 2.469 |
1959-60 | Jacques Plante* | 2.536 |
1958-59 | Jacques Plante* | 2.160 |
1957-58 | Jacques Plante* | 2.109 |
1956-57 | Jacques Plante* | 2.001 |
1955-56 | Jacques Plante* | 1.859 |
1954-55 | Harry Lumley* | 1.914 |
1953-54 | Harry Lumley* | 1.855 |
1952-53 | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.889 |
1951-52 | Terry Sawchuk* | 1.900 |
1950-51 | Al Rollins | 1.775 |
1949-50 | Bill Durnan* | 2.203 |
1948-49 | Bill Durnan* | 2.100 |
1947-48 | Turk Broda* | 2.383 |
1946-47 | Bill Durnan* | 2.300 |
1945-46 | Bill Durnan* | 2.600 |
1944-45 | Bill Durnan* | 2.420 |
1943-44 | Bill Durnan* | 2.180 |
1942-43 | Johnny Mowers | 2.472 |
1941-42 | Frank Brimsek* | 2.347 |
1940-41 | Turk Broda* | 2.000 |
1939-40 | Dave Kerr | 1.540 |
1938-39 | Frank Brimsek* | 1.557 |
1937-38 | Tiny Thompson* | 1.798 |
1936-37 | Normie Smith | 2.054 |
1935-36 | Tiny Thompson* | 1.679 |
1934-35 | Lorne Chabot | 1.796 |
1933-34 | Wilf Cude | 1.469 |
1932-33 | Tiny Thompson* | 1.760 |
1931-32 | Charlie Gardiner* | 1.847 |
1930-31 | Roy Worters* | 1.609 |
1929-30 | Tiny Thompson* | 2.194 |
1928-29 | George Hainsworth* | 0.921 |
1927-28 | George Hainsworth* | 1.055 |
1926-27 | Clint Benedict* | 1.420 |
1925-26 | Alec Connell* | 1.120 |
1924-25 | Georges Vezina* | 1.806 |
1923-24 | Georges Vezina* | 1.974 |
1922-23 | Clint Benedict* | 2.176 |
1921-22 | Clint Benedict* | 3.343 |
1920-21 | Clint Benedict* | 3.078 |
1919-20 | Clint Benedict* | 2.661 |
1918-19 | Clint Benedict* | 2.862 |
1917-18 | Georges Vezina* | 3.931 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | GAA |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Dave Dryden | 2.889 |
1977-78 | Al Smith | 3.216 |
1976-77 | Ron Grahame | 2.738 |
1975-76 | Michel Dion | 2.742 |
1974-75 | Ron Grahame | 3.035 |
1973-74 | Don McLeod | 2.565 |
1972-73 | Gerry Cheevers* | 2.844 |
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