NHL & WHA Yearly 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

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player GA
2026 Jakub Dobes 52
2025 Sergei Bobrovsky 53
2024 Stuart Skinner 56
2023 Jake Oettinger 55
2022 Andrei Vasilevskiy 59
2021 Carey Price 51
2020 Anton Khudobin 67
2019 Jordan Binnington 64
2018 Braden Holtby 50
2017 Craig Anderson 46
2016 Martin Jones 53
2015 Ben Bishop 53
2014 Jonathan Quick 69
2013 Tuukka Rask 46
  Corey Crawford 46
2012 Martin Brodeur* 52
2011 Roberto Luongo* 61
2010 Antti Niemi 58
2009 Marc-André Fleury 63
2008 Martin Biron 52
2007 Ray Emery 47
2006 Ryan Miller 48
2004 Miikka Kiprusoff 51
2003 Dan Cloutier 45
2002 Patrick Roy* 52
2001 Martin Brodeur* 52
2000 Ed Belfour* 45
1999 Patrick Roy* 52
1998 Chris Osgood 48
1997 Patrick Roy* 38
1996 Patrick Roy* 51
1995 Ron Hextall 42
1994 Kirk McLean 59
1993 Kelly Hrudey 74
1992 Tom Barrasso* 58
1991 Jon Casey 61
1990 Bill Ranford 59
1989 Mike Vernon* 52
1988 Sean Burke 57
1987 Ron Hextall 71
1986 Mike Vernon* 60
1985 Murray Bannerman 72
1984 Billy Smith* 54
1983 Pete Peeters 61
1982 Richard Brodeur 49
1981 Steve Baker 55
1980 Billy Smith* 54
1979 John Davidson 42
1978 Gerry Cheevers* 35
1977 Gerry Cheevers* 44
1976 Wayne Thomas 34
1975 Gerry Desjardins 43
1974 Gilles Gilbert 43
1973 Ken Dryden* 50
1972 Ed Giacomin* 27
1971 Ken Dryden* 61
1970 Gerry Cheevers* 29
1969 Gerry Desjardins 28
1968 Glenn Hall* 45
1967 Terry Sawchuk* 25
1966 Roger Crozier 26
1965 Glenn Hall* 28
1964 Terry Sawchuk* 31
1963 Terry Sawchuk* 35
1962 Glenn Hall* 31
1961 Glenn Hall* 26
1960 Johnny Bower* 31
1959 Johnny Bower* 38
1958 Gump Worsley* 28
1957 Don Simmons 29
1956 Glenn Hall* 28
1955 Jacques Plante* 29
1954 Terry Sawchuk* 20
1953 Jim Henry 26
1952 Gerry McNeil 22
1951 Gerry McNeil 25
1950 Chuck Rayner* 29
1949 Harry Lumley* 26
1948 Harry Lumley* 30
1947 Turk Broda* 27
1946 Frank Brimsek* 29
1945 Harry Lumley* 31
1944 Mike Karakas 24
1943 Frank Brimsek* 33
1942 Johnny Mowers 38
1941 Frank Brimsek* 23
1940 Dave Kerr 20
1939 Turk Broda* 20
1938 Mike Karakas 15
1937 Wilf Cude 13
1936 George Hainsworth* 27
1935 George Hainsworth* 12
1934 Wilf Cude 21
1933 Lorne Chabot 18
1932 John Ross Roach 27
1931 George Hainsworth* 21
1930 Tiny Thompson* 12
1929 Dolly Dolson 7
1928 Lorne Chabot 9
1927 Hal Winkler 13
1926 Roy Worters* 6
1925 John Ross Roach 5
1923 Georges Vezina* 3
1922 Clint Benedict* 5
1921 Jake Forbes 7
1919 Clint Benedict* 26
1918 Georges Vezina* 10

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player GA
1979 Dave Dryden 42
1978 Richard Brodeur 38
1977 Joe Daley 71
1976 Ron Grahame 54
1975 Richard Brodeur 48
1974 Andre Gill 38
1973 Al Smith 49