NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Minutes

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 MIN
2023-24 Alexandar Georgiev 3638
2022-23 Juuse Saros 3810
2021-22 Juuse Saros 3932
2020-21 Connor Hellebuyck 2603
2019-20 Carey Price 3440
2018-19 Carey Price 3880
2017-18 Connor Hellebuyck 3966
2016-17 Cam Talbot 4294
2015-16 Jonathan Quick 4034
2014-15 Braden Holtby 4247
2013-14 Kari Lehtonen 3804
2012-13 Antti Niemi 2581
2011-12 Jonas Hiller 4253
2010-11 Cam Ward 4318
2009-10 Martin Brodeur* 4499
2008-09 Miikka Kiprusoff 4418
2007-08 Martin Brodeur* 4635
2006-07 Martin Brodeur* 4697
2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff 4380
2003-04 Martin Brodeur* 4555
2002-03 Marc Denis 4511
2001-02 Martin Brodeur* 4347
2000-01 Artūrs Irbe 4406
1999-00 Olaf Kölzig 4371
1998-99 Martin Brodeur* 4239
1997-98 Dominik Hašek* 4220
1996-97 Félix Potvin 4271
1995-96 Martin Brodeur* 4433
1994-95 Patrick Roy* 2566
1993-94 Artūrs Irbe 4412
1992-93 Ed Belfour* 4106
1991-92 Tim Cheveldae 4236
1990-91 Ed Belfour* 4127
1989-90 Kirk McLean 3739
1988-89 Kelly Hrudey 3774
1987-88 Grant Fuhr* 4301
1986-87 Ron Hextall 3792
1985-86 Tom Barrasso* 3554
1984-85 Pelle Lindbergh 3849
1983-84 Greg Millen 3576
1982-83 Mike Liut 3789
1981-82 Mike Liut 3685
1980-81 Tony Esposito* 3926
1979-80 Tony Esposito* 4131
1978-79 Tony Esposito* 3773
1977-78 Don Edwards 4206
1976-77 Tony Esposito* 4056
1975-76 Tony Esposito* 3993
1974-75 Tony Esposito* 4209
1973-74 Bernie Parent* 4307
1972-73 Gilles Meloche 3467
1971-72 Ken Dryden* 3798
1970-71 Gary Smith 3975
1969-70 Ed Giacomin* 4141
1968-69 Ed Giacomin* 4109
1967-68 Ed Giacomin* 3933
1966-67 Ed Giacomin* 3976
1965-66 Glenn Hall* 3745
1964-65 Roger Crozier 4165
1963-64 Eddie Johnston 4200
1962-63 Gump Worsley* 3979
1961-62 Jacques Plante* 4200
  Glenn Hall* 4200
1960-61 Glenn Hall* 4194
1959-60 Glenn Hall* 4196
1958-59 Glenn Hall* 4199
1957-58 Terry Sawchuk* 4198
1956-57 Al Rollins 4198
  Glenn Hall* 4198
1955-56 Gump Worsley* 4198
  Glenn Hall* 4198
1954-55 Harry Lumley* 4137
1953-54 Jim Henry 4200
  Johnny Bower* 4200
1952-53 Al Rollins 4200
  Harry Lumley* 4200
  Jim Henry 4200
1951-52 Terry Sawchuk* 4200
  Gerry McNeil 4200
  Jim Henry 4200
1950-51 Terry Sawchuk* 4200
  Gerry McNeil 4200
1949-50 Frank Brimsek* 4200
1948-49 Harry Lumley* 3600
  Jim Henry 3600
  Bill Durnan* 3600
  Turk Broda* 3600
1947-48 Turk Broda* 3600
  Frank Brimsek* 3600
1946-47 Bill Durnan* 3600
  Turk Broda* 3600
  Frank Brimsek* 3600
1945-46 Harry Lumley* 3000
1944-45 Frank McCool 3000
  Bill Durnan* 3000
1943-44 Bill Durnan* 3000
1942-43 Bert Gardiner 3020
1941-42 Jim Henry 2960
  Turk Broda* 2960
1940-41 Johnny Mowers 3040
  Frank Brimsek* 3040
1939-40 Dave Kerr 3000
1938-39 Mike Karakas 2990
  Turk Broda* 2990
1937-38 Earl Robertson 3000
1936-37 Dave Kerr 3030
1935-36 Normie Smith 3030
1934-35 Roy Worters* 3000
1933-34 Dave Kerr 3060
1932-33 Charlie Gardiner* 3010
1931-32 Alec Connell* 3040
1930-31 Roy Worters* 2760
  John Ross Roach 2760
1929-30 Alec Connell* 2780
1928-29 Alec Connell* 2820
1927-28 Hal Winkler 2780
1926-27 Hugh Lehman* 2795
1925-26 Clint Benedict* 2286
1924-25 Georges Vezina* 1860
1923-24 Jake Forbes 1483
1922-23 Clint Benedict* 1489
1921-22 Clint Benedict* 1508
1920-21 Clint Benedict* 1462
1919-20 Georges Vezina* 1455
1918-19 Clint Benedict* 1111
1917-18 Clint Benedict* 1337