NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Shots Against
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
| Season | Player | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Juuse Saros | 1701 |
| 2024-25 | Igor Shesterkin | 1751 |
| 2023-24 | Juuse Saros | 1845 |
| 2022-23 | Juuse Saros | 2099 |
| 2021-22 | Connor Hellebuyck | 2155 |
| 2020-21 | Connor Hellebuyck | 1335 |
| 2019-20 | Connor Hellebuyck | 1796 |
| 2018-19 | Connor Hellebuyck | 2051 |
| 2017-18 | Frederik Andersen | 2211 |
| 2016-17 | Cam Talbot | 2117 |
| 2015-16 | Henrik Lundqvist* | 1944 |
| 2014-15 | Braden Holtby | 2044 |
| 2013-14 | Semyon Varlamov | 2013 |
| 2012-13 | Ryan Miller | 1270 |
| 2011-12 | Pekka Rinne | 2153 |
| 2010-11 | Cam Ward | 2375 |
| 2009-10 | Craig Anderson | 2233 |
| 2008-09 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2155 |
| 2007-08 | Tomáš Vokoun | 2213 |
| 2006-07 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2190 |
| 2005-06 | Roberto Luongo* | 2488 |
| 2003-04 | Roberto Luongo* | 2475 |
| 2002-03 | Marc Denis | 2404 |
| 2001-02 | Olaf Kölzig | 1977 |
| 2000-01 | Artūrs Irbe | 1947 |
| 1999-00 | Olaf Kölzig | 1957 |
| 1998-99 | Guy Hebert | 2114 |
| 1997-98 | Dominik Hašek* | 2149 |
| 1996-97 | Félix Potvin | 2438 |
| 1995-96 | Grant Fuhr* | 2157 |
| 1994-95 | Patrick Roy* | 1357 |
| 1993-94 | Curtis Joseph | 2382 |
| 1992-93 | Curtis Joseph | 2202 |
| 1991-92 | Tim Cheveldae | 1978 |
| 1990-91 | Ed Belfour* | 1883 |
| 1989-90 | Kirk McLean | 1797 |
| 1988-89 | Kelly Hrudey | 1941 |
| 1987-88 | Grant Fuhr* | 2066 |
| 1986-87 | Ron Hextall | 1929 |
| 1985-86 | Réjean Lemelin | 1785 |
| 1984-85 | Pelle Lindbergh | 1926 |
| 1983-84 | Greg Millen | 1811 |
| 1982-83 | Greg Millen | 2053 |
| 1981-82 | Mike Liut | 2030 |
| 1980-81 | Tony Esposito* | 2239 |
| 1979-80 | Tony Esposito* | 2109 |
| 1978-79 | Tony Esposito* | 2099 |
| 1977-78 | Denis Herron | 2125 |
| 1976-77 | Tony Esposito* | 2353 |
| 1975-76 | Denis Herron | 2211 |
| 1974-75 | Tony Esposito* | 2047 |
| 1973-74 | Bernie Parent* | 2006 |
| 1972-73 | Gilles Meloche | 2041 |
| 1971-72 | Roger Crozier | 2188 |
| 1970-71 | Gary Smith | 2226 |
| 1969-70 | Gary Smith | 2230 |
| 1968-69 | Cesare Maniago | 2080 |
| 1967-68 | Ed Giacomin* | 1877 |
| 1966-67 | Ed Giacomin* | 2089 |
| 1965-66 | Glenn Hall* | 1961 |
| 1964-65 | Roger Crozier | 1931 |
| 1963-64 | Eddie Johnston | 2454 |
| 1962-63 | Gump Worsley* | 2523 |
| 1961-62 | Jacques Plante* | 2160 |
| 1960-61 | Glenn Hall* | 2203 |
| 1959-60 | Johnny Bower* | 2184 |
| 1958-59 | Gump Worsley* | 2102 |
| 1957-58 | Terry Sawchuk* | 2172 |
| 1956-57 | Gump Worsley* | 2295 |
| 1955-56 | Gump Worsley* | 2574 |


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