NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Goals AgainstSubscribe Now (First Month Free)
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | GA |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Ilya Sorokin | 158 |
2022-23 | John Gibson | 200 |
2021-22 | Connor Hellebuyck | 193 |
2020-21 | Connor Hellebuyck | 112 |
2019-20 | Carey Price | 160 |
2018-19 | Connor Hellebuyck | 179 |
2017-18 | Cam Talbot | 188 |
2016-17 | Cam Talbot | 171 |
2015-16 | Pekka Rinne | 161 |
  | Craig Anderson | 161 |
2014-15 | Mike Smith | 187 |
2013-14 | Ondřej Pavelec | 163 |
2012-13 | Ondřej Pavelec | 119 |
2011-12 | Ondřej Pavelec | 191 |
2010-11 | Cam Ward | 184 |
2009-10 | Craig Anderson | 186 |
2008-09 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 209 |
2007-08 | Ryan Miller | 197 |
  | Miikka Kiprusoff | 197 |
2006-07 | Andrew Raycroft | 205 |
2005-06 | Roberto Luongo* | 213 |
2003-04 | Olaf Kölzig | 180 |
2002-03 | Marc Denis | 232 |
2001-02 | Olaf Kölzig | 192 |
2000-01 | Jocelyn Thibault | 180 |
  | Artūrs Irbe | 180 |
1999-00 | Artūrs Irbe | 175 |
1998-99 | Garth Snow | 171 |
  | Curtis Joseph | 171 |
1997-98 | Mike Richter | 184 |
  | Nikolai Khabibulin | 184 |
1996-97 | Félix Potvin | 224 |
1995-96 | Bill Ranford | 237 |
1994-95 | Bill Ranford | 133 |
1993-94 | Craig Billington | 254 |
1992-93 | Peter Sidorkiewicz | 250 |
1991-92 | Grant Fuhr* | 230 |
1990-91 | Tim Cheveldae | 214 |
1989-90 | Kirk McLean | 216 |
1988-89 | Kelly Hrudey | 230 |
  | Sean Burke | 230 |
1987-88 | Grant Fuhr* | 246 |
1986-87 | Alain Chevrier | 227 |
1985-86 | Richard Brodeur | 240 |
1984-85 | Richard Brodeur | 228 |
1983-84 | Greg Millen | 221 |
1982-83 | Greg Millen | 282 |
1981-82 | Mike Liut | 250 |
1980-81 | Greg Millen | 258 |
1979-80 | Rogie Vachon* | 209 |
1978-79 | Tony Esposito* | 206 |
1977-78 | Pete LoPresti | 216 |
1976-77 | Tony Esposito* | 234 |
1975-76 | Denis Herron | 243 |
1974-75 | Ron Low | 235 |
1973-74 | Gary Smith | 208 |
1972-73 | Gilles Meloche | 235 |
1971-72 | Roger Crozier | 214 |
1970-71 | Gary Smith | 256 |
1969-70 | Gary Smith | 195 |
1968-69 | Cesare Maniago | 198 |
1967-68 | Ed Giacomin* | 160 |
1966-67 | Roger Crozier | 182 |
1965-66 | Roger Crozier | 173 |
1964-65 | Roger Crozier | 168 |
1963-64 | Jacques Plante* | 220 |
1962-63 | Gump Worsley* | 217 |
1961-62 | Glenn Hall* | 184 |
1960-61 | Bruce Gamble | 193 |
1959-60 | Glenn Hall* | 179 |
1958-59 | Glenn Hall* | 208 |
1957-58 | Ed Chadwick | 223 |
1956-57 | Al Rollins | 224 |
1955-56 | Gump Worsley* | 198 |
1954-55 | Gump Worsley* | 195 |
1953-54 | Al Rollins | 212 |
1952-53 | Al Rollins | 175 |
1951-52 | Harry Lumley* | 237 |
1950-51 | Harry Lumley* | 245 |
1949-50 | Frank Brimsek* | 244 |
1948-49 | Jim Henry | 211 |
1947-48 | Emile Francis* | 183 |
1946-47 | Chuck Rayner* | 177 |
1945-46 | Mike Karakas | 166 |
1944-45 | Ken McAuley | 227 |
1943-44 | Ken McAuley | 310 |
1942-43 | Paul Bibeault | 191 |
1941-42 | Sam LoPresti | 152 |
1940-41 | Earl Robertson | 142 |
1939-40 | Earl Robertson | 140 |
1938-39 | Earl Robertson | 136 |
1937-38 | Bill Beveridge | 149 |
1936-37 | Mike Karakas | 131 |
1935-36 | Roy Worters* | 122 |
  | Wilf Cude | 122 |
1934-35 | Wilf Cude | 145 |
1933-34 | Bill Beveridge | 143 |
1932-33 | Roy Worters* | 116 |
1931-32 | Roy Worters* | 112 |
  | John Ross Roach | 112 |
1930-31 | Wilf Cude | 130 |
1929-30 | Joe Miller | 179 |
1928-29 | Charlie Gardiner* | 85 |
1927-28 | Charlie Gardiner* | 114 |
1926-27 | Hugh Lehman* | 116 |
1925-26 | John Ross Roach | 114 |
1924-25 | John Ross Roach | 84 |
1923-24 | John Ross Roach | 80 |
1922-23 | Jake Forbes | 110 |
1921-22 | Howard Lockhart | 103 |
1920-21 | Howard Lockhart | 132 |
1919-20 | Frank Brophy | 148 |
1918-19 | Bert Lindsay | 83 |
1917-18 | Clint Benedict* | 114 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | GA |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Mike Liut | 184 |
1977-78 | John Garrett | 210 |
1976-77 | John Garrett | 224 |
1975-76 | Richard Brodeur | 244 |
1974-75 | Don McLeod | 233 |
1973-74 | Joe Junkin | 197 |
1972-73 | Bernie Parent* | 220 |
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