NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Goals Saved Above Average

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player GSAA
2025-26 Scott Wedgewood 28
2024-25 Connor Hellebuyck 42
2023-24 Connor Hellebuyck 32
2022-23 Linus Ullmark 49
2021-22 Igor Shesterkin 45
2020-21 Semyon Varlamov 22
2019-20 Tuukka Rask 23
2018-19 Ben Bishop 32
2017-18 Pekka Rinne 27
2016-17 Sergei Bobrovsky 33
2015-16 Ben Bishop 19
2014-15 Carey Price 37
2013-14 Semyon Varlamov 27
2012-13 Sergei Bobrovsky 21
2011-12 Mike Smith 35
2010-11 Tim Thomas 46
2009-10 Ryan Miller 36
2008-09 Tim Thomas 41
2007-08 Martin Brodeur* 22
2006-07 Martin Brodeur* 36
2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff 42
2003-04 Roberto Luongo* 48
2002-03 Marty Turco 32
2001-02 José Théodore 46
2000-01 Sean Burke 33
1999-00 Olaf Kölzig 24
1998-99 Dominik Hašek* 54
1997-98 Dominik Hašek* 54
1996-97 Dominik Hašek* 54
1995-96 Dominik Hašek* 43
1994-95 Dominik Hašek* 36
1993-94 John Vanbiesbrouck 56
1992-93 Curtis Joseph 57
1991-92 Patrick Roy* 47
1990-91 Ed Belfour* 45
1989-90 Patrick Roy* 47
1988-89 Patrick Roy* 35
1987-88 Tom Barrasso* 26
1986-87 Ron Hextall 42
1985-86 Kelly Hrudey 46
1984-85 Pelle Lindbergh 47
1983-84 Roland Melanson 33
1982-83 Pete Peeters 42
1981-82 Grant Fuhr* 38
1980-81 Mike Liut 33
1979-80 Tony Esposito* 43
1978-79 Mike Palmateer 49
1977-78 Tony Esposito* 50
1976-77 Ken Dryden* 42
1975-76 Ken Dryden* 61
1974-75 Rogie Vachon* 61
1973-74 Bernie Parent* 73
1972-73 Ken Dryden* 49
1971-72 Ken Dryden* 56
1970-71 Jacques Plante* 52
1969-70 Tony Esposito* 40
1968-69 Jacques Plante* 38
1967-68 Bruce Gamble 32
1966-67 Denis DeJordy 21
1965-66 Johnny Bower* 28
1964-65 Glenn Hall* 19
1963-64 Glenn Hall* 29
1962-63 Glenn Hall* 20
1961-62 Jacques Plante* 37
1960-61 Johnny Bower* 27
1959-60 Johnny Bower* 25
1958-59 Jacques Plante* 38
1957-58 Jacques Plante* 24
1956-57 Glenn Hall* 37
1955-56 Jacques Plante* 20

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player GSAA
1978-79 Richard Brodeur 26
1977-78 Ernie Wakely 26
1976-77 John Garrett 33
1975-76 Joe Daley 32
1974-75 John Garrett 27
1973-74 Don McLeod 30
1972-73 Gerry Cheevers* 37