NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Losses

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

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player L
2025-26 Dustin Wolf 29
2024-25 Juuse Saros 31
2023-24 Petr Mrázek 31
2022-23 John Gibson 31
2021-22 Karel Vejmelka 32
2020-21 Jacob Markström 19
  John Gibson 19
2019-20 John Gibson 26
2018-19 Devan Dubnyk 28
2017-18 Cam Talbot 31
2016-17 Calvin Pickard 31
2015-16 Cam Talbot 27
2014-15 Mike Smith 42
2013-14 Ryan Miller 30
2012-13 Semyon Varlamov 21
2011-12 Jonas Hiller 30
2010-11 Nikolai Khabibulin 32
2009-10 Tomáš Vokoun 28
  Miikka Kiprusoff 28
  Jeff Deslauriers 28
2008-09 Marty Turco 31
  Ilya Bryzgalov 31
2007-08 Tomáš Vokoun 29
  Roberto Luongo* 29
2006-07 Dwayne Roloson 34
2005-06 Roberto Luongo* 30
2003-04 Marc Denis 36
2002-03 Marc Denis 41
2001-02 Johan Hedberg 34
2000-01 Kevin Weekes 33
1999-00 Mike Richter 31
  Guy Hebert 31
1998-99 Garth Snow 31
  Olaf Kölzig 31
1997-98 Félix Potvin 33
1996-97 Félix Potvin 36
1995-96 Bill Ranford 30
  Dominik Hašek* 30
  Martin Brodeur* 30
1994-95 Don Beaupre 25
1993-94 Craig Billington 41
1992-93 Peter Sidorkiewicz 46
1991-92 Grant Fuhr* 33
1990-91 Ron Tugnutt 29
  Peter Ing 29
1989-90 Kirk McLean 30
1988-89 Sean Burke 31
1987-88 Ken Wregget 35
1986-87 Ken Wregget 28
1985-86 Richard Brodeur 32
1984-85 Greg Millen 29
1983-84 Glenn Resch 31
1982-83 Greg Millen 38
1981-82 Glenn Resch 31
1980-81 Greg Millen 27
  John Garrett 27
1979-80 Rogie Vachon* 30
1978-79 Michel Plasse 29
1977-78 Pete LoPresti 35
1976-77 Tony Esposito* 36
1975-76 Denis Herron 39
1974-75 Ron Low 36
1973-74 Gary Smith 33
  Gilles Meloche 33
1972-73 Gerry Desjardins 35
1971-72 Roger Crozier 34
1970-71 Gary Smith 48
1969-70 Gary Smith 34
1968-69 Cesare Maniago 34
1967-68 Charlie Hodge 31
1966-67 Roger Crozier 28
1965-66 Roger Crozier 25
1964-65 Eddie Johnston 32
1963-64 Eddie Johnston 40
1962-63 Gump Worsley* 34
1961-62 Gump Worsley* 27
1960-61 Bruce Gamble 33
1959-60 Glenn Hall* 29
1958-59 Terry Sawchuk* 36
1957-58 Glenn Hall* 39
1956-57 Al Rollins 39
1955-56 Terry Sawchuk* 33
1954-55 Gump Worsley* 33
1953-54 Al Rollins 47
1952-53 Harry Lumley* 30
1951-52 Harry Lumley* 44
1950-51 Harry Lumley* 41
1949-50 Frank Brimsek* 38
1948-49 Chuck Rayner* 31
  Jim Henry 31
1947-48 Emile Francis* 30
1946-47 Chuck Rayner* 30
1945-46 Chuck Rayner* 21
1944-45 Mike Karakas 29
1943-44 Ken McAuley 39
1942-43 Turk Broda* 19
  Paul Bibeault 19
1941-42 Johnny Mowers 25
1940-41 Bert Gardiner 23
1939-40 Earl Robertson 29
1938-39 Mike Karakas 28
1937-38 Bill Beveridge 30
1936-37 Mike Karakas 27
1935-36 Wilf Cude 26
1934-35 Bill Beveridge 31
1933-34 Bill Beveridge 29
1932-33 George Hainsworth* 25
1931-32 Roy Worters* 20
  Alec Connell* 20
1930-31 Wilf Cude 23
1929-30 Joe Miller 35
1928-29 Charlie Gardiner* 29
1927-28 Charlie Gardiner* 32
1926-27 Roy Worters* 26
  Hap Holmes* 26
1925-26 John Ross Roach 21
1924-25 Clint Benedict* 19
1923-24 Jake Forbes 15
1922-23 Jake Forbes 18
1921-22 Howard Lockhart 17
1920-21 Howard Lockhart 18
1919-20 Frank Brophy 18
1918-19 Bert Lindsay 11
1917-18 Clint Benedict* 13

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player L
1978-79 Mike Liut 27
1977-78 John Garrett 31
1976-77 John Garrett 34
1975-76 Dave Dryden 34
1974-75 Don McLeod 35
  Andy Brown 35
1973-74 Joe Junkin 25
1972-73 Jack Norris 29