NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Against
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
| Rank | Player | GA | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kelly Hrudey | 74 | 1993 |
| 2. | Murray Bannerman | 72 | 1985 |
| 3. | Ron Hextall | 71 | 1987 |
| 4. | Jonathan Quick | 69 | 2014 |
| 5. | Anton Khudobin | 67 | 2020 |
| 6. | Jordan Binnington | 64 | 2019 |
| 7. | Marc-André Fleury | 63 | 2009 |
| 8. | Félix Potvin | 62 | 1993 |
| 9. | Ken Dryden* | 61 | 1971 |
|   | Pete Peeters | 61 | 1983 |
|   | Jon Casey | 61 | 1991 |
|   | Roberto Luongo* | 61 | 2011 |
| 13. | Mike Vernon* | 60 | 1986 |
|   | Andy Moog | 60 | 1991 |
| 15. | Bill Ranford | 59 | 1990 |
|   | Glenn Healy | 59 | 1993 |
|   | Kirk McLean | 59 | 1994 |
|   | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 59 | 2022 |
| 19. | Tom Barrasso* | 58 | 1992 |
|   | Antti Niemi | 58 | 2010 |
|   | Martin Jones | 58 | 2019 |
| 22. | Sean Burke | 57 | 1988 |
| 23. | Antti Niemi | 56 | 2011 |
|   | Stuart Skinner | 56 | 2024 |
| 25. | Steve Baker | 55 | 1981 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 55 | 1985 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 55 | 1988 |
|   | Jake Oettinger | 55 | 2023 |
|   | Sergei Bobrovsky | 55 | 2024 |
| 30. | Billy Smith* | 54 | 1980 |
|   | Billy Smith* | 54 | 1984 |
|   | Mario Gosselin | 54 | 1985 |
|   | Henrik Lundqvist* | 54 | 2014 |
|   | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 54 | 2020 |
|   | Sergei Bobrovsky | 54 | 2023 |
| 36. | Ben Bishop | 53 | 2015 |
|   | Martin Jones | 53 | 2016 |
|   | Sergei Bobrovsky | 53 | 2025 |
| 39. | Mike Vernon* | 52 | 1989 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 52 | 1999 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 52 | 2001 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 52 | 2002 |
|   | Martin Biron | 52 | 2008 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 52 | 2012 |
|   | Corey Crawford | 52 | 2014 |
|   | Jakub Dobes | 52 | 2026 |
| 47. | Tom Barrasso* | 51 | 1991 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 51 | 1991 |
|   | Bill Ranford | 51 | 1992 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 51 | 1996 |
|   | Miikka Kiprusoff | 51 | 2004 |
|   | Tim Thomas | 51 | 2011 |
|   | Carey Price | 51 | 2021 |
|   | Igor Shesterkin | 51 | 2022 |
| 55. | Ken Dryden* | 50 | 1973 |
|   | Mike Liut | 50 | 1981 |
|   | Artūrs Irbe | 50 | 1994 |
|   | John Vanbiesbrouck | 50 | 1996 |
|   | Braden Holtby | 50 | 2018 |
| 60. | Richard Brodeur | 49 | 1982 |
|   | John Vanbiesbrouck | 49 | 1986 |
|   | Ron Hextall | 49 | 1989 |
|   | Mike Richter | 49 | 1994 |
|   | Cam Ward | 49 | 2009 |
|   | Tuukka Rask | 49 | 2019 |
|   | Mike Smith | 49 | 2022 |
|   | Carter Hart | 49 | 2026 |
| 68. | Andy Moog | 48 | 1983 |
|   | Chris Osgood | 48 | 1998 |
|   | Curtis Joseph | 48 | 2002 |
|   | Ryan Miller | 48 | 2006 |
|   | Jake Oettinger | 48 | 2025 |
| 73. | Gilles Meloche | 47 | 1981 |
|   | Billy Smith* | 47 | 1982 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 47 | 1987 |
|   | Cam Ward | 47 | 2006 |
|   | Ray Emery | 47 | 2007 |
|   | Chris Osgood | 47 | 2009 |
|   | Corey Crawford | 47 | 2015 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 47 | 2018 |
| 81. | Tony Esposito* | 46 | 1973 |
|   | Andy Moog | 46 | 1992 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 46 | 1993 |
|   | Félix Potvin | 46 | 1994 |
|   | Corey Crawford | 46 | 2013 |
|   | Tuukka Rask | 46 | 2013 |
|   | Craig Anderson | 46 | 2017 |
| 88. | Glenn Hall* | 45 | 1968 |
|   | Réjean Lemelin | 45 | 1988 |
|   | Ed Belfour* | 45 | 2000 |
|   | Dominik Hašek* | 45 | 2002 |
|   | Dan Cloutier | 45 | 2003 |
|   | Dwayne Roloson | 45 | 2006 |
|   | Jake Oettinger | 45 | 2024 |
| 95. | Gerry Cheevers* | 44 | 1977 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 44 | 1984 |
|   | Alain Chevrier | 44 | 1989 |
|   | Andy Moog | 44 | 1990 |
|   | Olaf Kölzig | 44 | 1998 |
|   | Matt Murray | 44 | 2016 |
|   | Semyon Varlamov | 44 | 2020 |
|   | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 44 | 2021 |
|   | Stuart Skinner | 44 | 2025 |
| 104. | Gilles Gilbert | 43 | 1974 |
|   | Gerry Desjardins | 43 | 1975 |
|   | Billy Smith* | 43 | 1983 |
|   | Ed Belfour* | 43 | 1999 |
|   | Johan Hedberg | 43 | 2001 |
|   | Nikolai Khabibulin | 43 | 2009 |
|   | Jaroslav Halák | 43 | 2010 |
|   | Brian Elliott | 43 | 2016 |
|   | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 43 | 2018 |
| 113. | Tony Esposito* | 42 | 1971 |
|   | John Davidson | 42 | 1979 |
|   | Billy Smith* | 42 | 1981 |
|   | Pelle Lindbergh | 42 | 1985 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 42 | 1989 |
|   | Kirk McLean | 42 | 1993 |
|   | Ron Hextall | 42 | 1995 |
|   | Pekka Rinne | 42 | 2017 |
| 121. | Ken Dryden* | 41 | 1979 |
|   | Mario Lessard | 41 | 1982 |
|   | Mike Vernon* | 41 | 1995 |
|   | Curtis Joseph | 41 | 1999 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 41 | 2001 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 41 | 2003 |
|   | Robert Esche | 41 | 2004 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 41 | 2008 |
|   | Dwayne Roloson | 41 | 2011 |
|   | Frederik Andersen | 41 | 2015 |
|   | Henrik Lundqvist* | 41 | 2015 |
|   | Philipp Grubauer | 41 | 2023 |
| 133. | Don Beaupre | 40 | 1984 |
|   | Steve Penney | 40 | 1985 |
|   | Tom Barrasso* | 40 | 1989 |
|   | Greg Millen | 40 | 1990 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 40 | 1991 |
|   | Brian Boucher | 40 | 2000 |
|   | Nikolai Khabibulin | 40 | 2004 |
|   | Marty Turco | 40 | 2008 |
|   | Connor Hellebuyck | 40 | 2018 |
|   | Jacob Markström | 40 | 2020 |
| 143. | Cesare Maniago | 39 | 1968 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 39 | 1986 |
|   | Kelly Hrudey | 39 | 1990 |
|   | Ed Belfour* | 39 | 1992 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 39 | 2000 |
|   | Igor Shesterkin | 39 | 2024 |
|   | Connor Hellebuyck | 39 | 2025 |
| 150. | Johnny Mowers | 38 | 1942 |
|   | Johnny Bower* | 38 | 1959 |
|   | Dan Bouchard | 38 | 1982 |
|   | Mike Moffat | 38 | 1982 |
|   | Kelly Hrudey | 38 | 1987 |
|   | Greg Millen | 38 | 1988 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 38 | 1994 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 38 | 1997 |
|   | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 38 | 2003 |
|   | Ryan Miller | 38 | 2007 |
|   | Roberto Luongo* | 38 | 2010 |
|   | Evgeni Nabokov | 38 | 2010 |
|   | Henrik Lundqvist* | 38 | 2012 |
|   | Pekka Rinne | 38 | 2016 |
|   | John Gibson | 38 | 2017 |
|   | Darcy Kuemper | 38 | 2022 |
|   | Stuart Skinner | 38 | 2023 |
| 167. | Ed Giacomin* | 37 | 1974 |
|   | Pete Peeters | 37 | 1980 |
|   | Pat Riggin | 37 | 1981 |
|   | Rick Wamsley | 37 | 1986 |
|   | Mario Gosselin | 37 | 1987 |
|   | Kelly Hrudey | 37 | 1991 |
|   | Ed Belfour* | 37 | 1995 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 37 | 2010 |
|   | Ilya Bryzgalov | 37 | 2012 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 37 | 2017 |
|   | Lukáš Dostál | 37 | 2026 |
| 178. | Rogie Vachon* | 36 | 1977 |
|   | Kirk McLean | 36 | 1995 |
|   | Jon Casey | 36 | 1996 |
|   | Mike Richter | 36 | 1996 |
|   | Curtis Joseph | 36 | 1997 |
|   | Mike Vernon* | 36 | 1997 |
|   | Dominik Hašek* | 36 | 1999 |
|   | Steve Shields | 36 | 2000 |
|   | Tuukka Rask | 36 | 2010 |
| 187. | Terry Sawchuk* | 35 | 1963 |
|   | Bernie Parent* | 35 | 1974 |
|   | Gerry Cheevers* | 35 | 1978 |
|   | Murray Bannerman | 35 | 1982 |
|   | Kelly Hrudey | 35 | 1989 |
|   | Vincent Riendeau | 35 | 1991 |
|   | Tom Barrasso* | 35 | 1993 |
|   | Tom Barrasso* | 35 | 1999 |
|   | José Théodore | 35 | 2002 |
|   | Jean-Sébastien Giguère | 35 | 2007 |
|   | Jimmy Howard | 35 | 2013 |
|   | Pekka Rinne | 35 | 2018 |
|   | Jacob Markström | 35 | 2022 |
| 200. | Denis DeJordy | 34 | 1968 |
|   | Tony Esposito* | 34 | 1975 |
|   | Wayne Thomas | 34 | 1976 |
|   | Gilles Meloche | 34 | 1980 |
|   | Pete Peeters | 34 | 1988 |
|   | Mike Vernon* | 34 | 1988 |
|   | Greg Millen | 34 | 1989 |
|   | Jon Casey | 34 | 1994 |
|   | Martin Brodeur* | 34 | 1995 |
|   | Patrick Lalime | 34 | 2003 |
|   | Dominik Hašek* | 34 | 2007 |
|   | Mike Smith | 34 | 2012 |
|   | Jonathan Quick | 34 | 2013 |
|   | Semyon Varlamov | 34 | 2021 |
| 214. | Frank Brimsek* | 33 | 1943 |
|   | Bernie Parent* | 33 | 1978 |
|   | Kirk McLean | 33 | 1992 |
|   | Ken Wregget | 33 | 1995 |
|   | Chris Osgood | 33 | 1996 |
|   | Mike Richter | 33 | 1997 |
|   | Garth Snow | 33 | 1997 |
|   | Félix Potvin | 33 | 2001 |
|   | Jimmy Howard | 33 | 2010 |
|   | Braden Holtby | 33 | 2017 |
|   | Cam Talbot | 33 | 2017 |
|   | Tuukka Rask | 33 | 2018 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 33 | 2021 |
|   | Adin Hill | 33 | 2023 |
|   | Alexandar Georgiev | 33 | 2024 |
|   | Adin Hill | 33 | 2025 |
| 230. | Mike Palmateer | 32 | 1978 |
|   | Gerry Cheevers* | 32 | 1980 |
|   | Andy Moog | 32 | 1981 |
|   | Murray Bannerman | 32 | 1983 |
|   | Eddie Mio | 32 | 1983 |
|   | Réjean Lemelin | 32 | 1984 |
|   | Steve Penney | 32 | 1984 |
|   | Ken Wregget | 32 | 1986 |
|   | Brian Hayward | 32 | 1987 |
|   | Greg Stefan | 32 | 1988 |
|   | Dominik Hašek* | 32 | 1998 |
|   | Semyon Varlamov | 32 | 2009 |
|   | Pekka Rinne | 32 | 2011 |
|   | Marc-André Fleury | 32 | 2014 |
|   | Carter Hart | 32 | 2020 |
|   | Robin Lehner | 32 | 2020 |
|   | Frederik Andersen | 32 | 2026 |
| 247. | Turk Broda* | 31 | 1942 |
|   | Harry Lumley* | 31 | 1945 |
|   | Johnny Bower* | 31 | 1960 |
|   | Glenn Hall* | 31 | 1962 |
|   | Terry Sawchuk* | 31 | 1964 |
|   | Wade Flaherty | 31 | 1995 |
|   | Ed Belfour* | 31 | 1998 |
|   | Grant Fuhr* | 31 | 1999 |
|   | Patrick Roy* | 31 | 2000 |
|   | Roman Turek | 31 | 2001 |
|   | Evgeni Nabokov | 31 | 2002 |
|   | Roman Čechmánek | 31 | 2003 |
|   | Evgeni Nabokov | 31 | 2008 |
|   | Michael Leighton | 31 | 2010 |
WHA Leaders
| Rank | Player | GA | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Daley | 71 | 1977 |
| 2. | Richard Brodeur | 55 | 1977 |
| 3. | Ron Grahame | 54 | 1976 |
| 4. | Al Smith | 49 | 1973 |
| 5. | Richard Brodeur | 48 | 1975 |
| 6. | Dave Dryden | 42 | 1979 |
| 7. | John Garrett | 41 | 1975 |
| 8. | Ernie Wakely | 39 | 1976 |
|   | Ernie Wakely | 39 | 1975 |
| 10. | Andre Gill | 38 | 1974 |
|   | Richard Brodeur | 38 | 1978 |
| 12. | Don McLeod | 37 | 1976 |
| 13. | Ron Grahame | 36 | 1977 |
| 14. | Don McLeod | 35 | 1974 |
|   | Gary Smith | 35 | 1979 |
| 16. | Cam Newton | 34 | 1974 |
| 17. | John Garrett | 32 | 1979 |
| 18. | Cap Raeder | 31 | 1976 |
| 20. | Joe Daley | 29 | 1976 |
| 21. | Al Smith | 28 | 1975 |
| 22. | Ron Grahame | 26 | 1975 |
|   | John Garrett | 26 | 1978 |
| 24. | Joe Daley | 25 | 1973 |
|   | John Garrett | 25 | 1974 |
|   | Gilles Gratton | 25 | 1974 |
| 27. | Gerry Cheevers* | 23 | 1975 |
| 28. | Gerry Cheevers* | 22 | 1973 |
|   | Ernie Wakely | 22 | 1973 |
|   | Richard Brodeur | 22 | 1976 |
| 31. | Lynn Zimmerman | 21 | 1978 |
|   | Al Smith | 21 | 1974 |
| 33. | Wayne Rutledge | 20 | 1973 |
| 34. | Ken Lockett | 19 | 1977 |
| 35. | Gerry Cheevers* | 18 | 1974 |
|   | Les Binkley | 18 | 1974 |
|   | Jim Shaw | 18 | 1975 |
| 38. | Michel Dion | 17 | 1977 |
|   | Les Binkley | 17 | 1973 |
|   | Paul Hoganson | 17 | 1977 |
|   | Jack Norris | 17 | 1976 |
| 42. | Normand Lapointe | 16 | 1977 |
|   | Don McLeod | 16 | 1978 |
| 44. | Dave Dryden | 15 | 1976 |
|   | Frank Blum | 15 | 1974 |
| 46. | Jack McCartan | 14 | 1973 |
|   | Al Smith | 14 | 1978 |
|   | Mike Curran | 14 | 1974 |
|   | Richard Brodeur | 14 | 1979 |
| 50. | Joe Daley | 13 | 1978 |


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