NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).
NHL Leaders
Year | Player | GAA |
---|---|---|
2023 | Jack Campbell | 1.015 |
2022 | Jordan Binnington | 1.715 |
2021 | Jack Campbell | 1.810 |
2020 | Thatcher Demko | 0.644 |
2019 | Juuse Saros | 1.319 |
2018 | Juuse Saros | 1.056 |
2017 | Chad Johnson | 1.158 |
2016 | Michal Neuvirth | 0.673 |
2015 | Craig Anderson | 0.972 |
2014 | Steve Mason | 1.970 |
2013 | Kevin Poulin | 1.144 |
2012 | Cory Schneider | 1.313 |
2011 | Antero Niittymäki | 0.656 |
2010 | Brent Johnson | 1.906 |
2009 | Curtis McElhinney | 1.777 |
2008 | Curtis Joseph | 0.756 |
2007 | Marty Turco | 1.296 |
2006 | Ilya Bryzgalov | 1.457 |
2004 | Curtis Joseph | 1.391 |
2003 | John Grahame | 1.079 |
2002 | Brian Boucher | 1.371 |
2001 | Patrick Roy* | 1.695 |
2000 | Martin Brodeur* | 1.614 |
1999 | John Vanbiesbrouck | 1.463 |
1998 | José Théodore | 0.500 |
1997 | Martin Brodeur* | 1.730 |
1996 | Grant Fuhr* | 0.866 |
1995 | Olaf Kölzig | 1.352 |
1994 | Glenn Healy | 0.887 |
1993 | Dominik Hašek* | 1.339 |
1992 | Ed Belfour* | 2.466 |
1991 | John Vanbiesbrouck | 1.164 |
1990 | Andy Moog | 2.209 |
1989 | Wendell Young | 1.553 |
1988 | Mark LaForest | 1.248 |
1987 | Billy Smith* | 0.902 |
1986 | Andy Moog | 1.000 |
1985 | Kelly Hrudey | 1.712 |
1984 | Steve Penney | 2.206 |
1983 | Roland Melanson | 2.555 |
1982 | Doug Keans | 1.962 |
1981 | Paul Harrison | 1.500 |
1980 | Bob Sauvé | 2.043 |
1979 | Billy Smith* | 1.929 |
1978 | Billy Smith* | 1.273 |
1977 | Ken Dryden* | 1.558 |
1976 | Dan Bouchard | 1.516 |
1975 | Bernie Parent* | 1.891 |
1974 | Gary Edwards | 1.000 |
1973 | Cesare Maniago | 1.764 |
1972 | Gary Smith | 1.504 |
1971 | Tony Esposito* | 2.196 |
1970 | Jacques Plante* | 1.488 |
1969 | Rogie Vachon* | 1.420 |
1968 | Bernie Parent* | 1.358 |
1967 | Gump Worsley* | 1.503 |
1966 | Gump Worsley* | 1.994 |
1965 | Gump Worsley* | 1.677 |
1964 | Johnny Bower* | 2.119 |
1963 | Johnny Bower* | 1.600 |
1962 | Johnny Bower* | 2.074 |
1961 | Glenn Hall* | 2.023 |
1960 | Jacques Plante* | 1.351 |
1959 | Jacques Plante* | 2.333 |
1958 | Jacques Plante* | 1.943 |
1957 | Jacques Plante* | 1.660 |
1956 | Jacques Plante* | 1.800 |
1955 | Terry Sawchuk* | 2.364 |
1954 | Gerry McNeil | 0.946 |
1953 | Jacques Plante* | 1.750 |
1952 | Terry Sawchuk* | 0.625 |
1951 | Turk Broda* | 1.097 |
1950 | Turk Broda* | 1.335 |
1949 | Turk Broda* | 1.569 |
1948 | Turk Broda* | 2.154 |
1947 | Bill Durnan* | 1.920 |
1946 | Bill Durnan* | 2.064 |
1945 | Harry Lumley* | 2.134 |
1944 | Bill Durnan* | 1.530 |
1943 | Johnny Mowers | 1.942 |
1942 | Sam LoPresti | 1.606 |
1941 | Dave Kerr | 1.875 |
1940 | Dave Kerr | 1.560 |
1939 | Dave Kerr | 1.005 |
1938 | Alfie Moore | 1.000 |
1937 | Dave Kerr | 1.085 |
1936 | Lorne Chabot | 1.214 |
1935 | Lorne Chabot | 0.482 |
1934 | Andy Aitkenhead | 1.000 |
1933 | Tiny Thompson* | 1.232 |
1932 | Flat Walsh | 1.163 |
1931 | John Ross Roach | 1.000 |
1930 | Flat Walsh | 0.385 |
1929 | Roy Worters* | 0.400 |
1928 | Clint Benedict* | 0.864 |
1927 | Alec Connell* | 0.600 |
1926 | Clint Benedict* | 0.625 |
1925 | Georges Vezina* | 0.333 |
1924 | Georges Vezina* | 0.333 |
1923 | Clint Benedict* | 0.249 |
1922 | John Ross Roach | 0.565 |
1921 | Jake Forbes | 3.500 |
1919 | Georges Vezina* | 1.698 |
1918 | Hap Holmes* | 1.000 |
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