NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Goals Against 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
Rank Player GAA Season
1.George Hainsworth* 0.921 1928-29
2.George Hainsworth* 1.055 1927-28
3.Alec Connell* 1.120 1925-26
4.Tiny Thompson* 1.151 1928-29
5.Roy Worters* 1.155 1928-29
6.Alec Connell* 1.239 1927-28
7.Dolly Dolson 1.375 1928-29
8.John Ross Roach 1.413 1928-29
9.Clint Benedict* 1.420 1926-27
10.Alec Connell* 1.426 1928-29
11.George Hainsworth* 1.468 1926-27
12.Wilf Cude 1.469 1933-34
13.Alec Connell* 1.485 1926-27
14.Clint Benedict* 1.487 1928-29
15.Lorne Chabot 1.508 1926-27
16.Hal Winkler 1.511 1927-28
17.Lorne Chabot 1.515 1928-29
18.Dave Kerr 1.540 1939-40
19.Frank Brimsek* 1.557 1938-39
20.Brian Elliott 1.557 2011-12
21.Roy Worters* 1.609 1930-31
22.Charlie Gardiner* 1.633 1933-34
23.Josh Harding 1.655 2013-14
24.Hal Winkler 1.658 1926-27
25.Roy Worters* 1.664 1927-28
26.Tiny Thompson* 1.679 1935-36
27.Craig Anderson 1.689 2012-13
28.Clint Benedict* 1.695 1927-28
29.Miikka Kiprusoff 1.695 2003-04
30.Marty Turco 1.724 2002-03
31.Joe Miller 1.727 1928-29
32.Charlie Gardiner* 1.727 1930-31
33.Hap Holmes* 1.730 1927-28
34.Lorne Chabot 1.736 1927-28
35.Tiny Thompson* 1.760 1932-33
36.Tony Esposito* 1.771 1971-72
37.Al Rollins 1.775 1950-51
38.Ron Tugnutt 1.794 1998-99
39.Lorne Chabot 1.796 1934-35
40.Tiny Thompson* 1.798 1937-38
41.Georges Vezina* 1.806 1924-25
42.Roman Čechmánek 1.827 2002-03
43.Mike Karakas 1.846 1935-36
44.Charlie Gardiner* 1.847 1931-32
45.Charlie Gardiner* 1.849 1928-29
46.Harry Lumley* 1.855 1953-54
47.Alec Connell* 1.859 1934-35
48.Jacques Plante* 1.859 1955-56
49.Dominik Hašek* 1.871 1998-99
50.Dwayne Roloson 1.876 2003-04
51.Martin Brodeur* 1.876 1996-97
52.Ed Belfour* 1.877 1997-98
53.John Ross Roach 1.879 1932-33
54.Jacques Plante* 1.885 1970-71
55.Jordan Binnington 1.887 2018-19
56.Terry Sawchuk* 1.889 1952-53
57.Martin Brodeur* 1.889 1997-98
58.John Ross Roach 1.891 1930-31
59.Linus Ullmark 1.894 2022-23
60.Bernie Parent* 1.894 1973-74
61.Marty Turco 1.896 2000-01
62.Alex Nedeljkovic 1.897 2020-21
63.Terry Sawchuk* 1.900 1951-52
64.Roy Worters* 1.902 1925-26
65.Dave Kerr 1.913 1935-36
66.Brian Boucher 1.914 1999-00
67.Harry Lumley* 1.914 1954-55
68.Clint Benedict* 1.916 1925-26
69.Terry Sawchuk* 1.933 1953-54
70.Ray Emery 1.935 2012-13
71.Paul Goodman 1.938 1939-40
72.Patrick Roy* 1.940 2001-02
73.Corey Crawford 1.943 2012-13
74.Dave Kerr 1.946 1937-38
75.Jonathan Quick 1.947 2011-12
76.Dominik Hašek* 1.948 1993-94
77.George Hainsworth* 1.949 1930-31
78.Philipp Grubauer 1.952 2020-21
79.Roman Turek 1.954 1999-00
80.Brian Elliott 1.958 2013-14
81.Terry Sawchuk* 1.960 1954-55
82.Carey Price 1.962 2014-15
83.John Ross Roach 1.963 1927-28
84.Jake Forbes 1.963 1924-25
85.Cory Schneider 1.964 2011-12
86.Jacques Plante* 1.964 1968-69
87.Jaroslav Halák 1.966 2011-12
88.Henrik Lundqvist* 1.966 2011-12
89.Tuukka Rask 1.967 2009-10
90.Niklas Bäckström 1.967 2006-07
91.Cory Schneider 1.970 2013-14
92.Terry Sawchuk* 1.971 1950-51
93.Frank Brimsek* 1.973 1939-40
94.Georges Vezina* 1.974 1923-24
95.Tiny Thompson* 1.978 1930-31
96.Ben Bishop 1.979 2018-19
97.Gump Worsley* 1.981 1967-68
98.Marty Turco 1.982 2003-04
99.Marc-André Fleury 1.985 2020-21
100.Ed Belfour* 1.985 1998-99
101.Clint Benedict* 1.991 1923-24
102.Byron Dafoe 1.994 1998-99
103.Tuukka Rask 1.996 2012-13
104.Dwayne Roloson 1.997 2002-03
105.Tim Thomas 1.998 2010-11
106.Turk Broda* 2.000 1940-41
107.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.001 2012-13
108.Jacques Plante* 2.001 1956-57
109.Connor Hellebuyck 2.005 2024-25
110.Roy Worters* 2.009 1933-34
111.Roman Čechmánek 2.011 2000-01
112.Jake Forbes 2.011 1926-27
113.Normie Smith 2.013 1934-35
114.Frank Brimsek* 2.013 1940-41
 Johnny Mowers 2.013 1940-41
116.Charlie Gardiner* 2.013 1932-33
117.Martin Brodeur* 2.016 2002-03
118.Darcy Kuemper 2.018 2024-25
119.Scott Wedgewood 2.024 2025-26
120.Martin Brodeur* 2.029 2003-04
121.Anthony Stolarz 2.031 2023-24
122.Ken Dryden* 2.032 1975-76
123.Bernie Parent* 2.037 1974-75
124.Tuukka Rask 2.038 2013-14
125.Normie Smith 2.040 1935-36
126.John Ross Roach 2.041 1926-27
127.Semyon Varlamov 2.041 2020-21
128.Robert Esche 2.041 2003-04
129.Tony Esposito* 2.047 1973-74
130.Dominik Hašek* 2.047 2006-07
131.Manny Legace 2.050 2000-01
132.Henrik Lundqvist* 2.050 2012-13
133.Roman Čechmánek 2.051 2001-02
134.Andrew Raycroft 2.053 2003-04
135.Ken Dryden* 2.053 1977-78
136.Normie Smith 2.054 1936-37
137.Sergei Bobrovsky 2.056 2016-17
138.Ben Bishop 2.059 2015-16
139.John Grahame 2.061 2003-04
140.Vesa Toskala 2.064 2003-04
141.John Gibson 2.066 2015-16
142.Jonathan Quick 2.066 2013-14
143.Tom Barrasso* 2.067 1997-98
144.Brian Elliott 2.068 2015-16
145.Miikka Kiprusoff 2.069 2005-06
146.Lorne Chabot 2.070 1933-34
147.Braden Holtby 2.071 2016-17
148.Chris Driedger 2.071 2020-21
149.Igor Shesterkin 2.071 2021-22
150.Devan Dubnyk 2.073 2014-15
151.Glenn Resch 2.079 1975-76
152.Lorne Chabot 2.079 1935-36
153.Roman Turek 2.085 1998-99
154.Michel Larocque 2.086 1976-77
155.Lorne Chabot 2.087 1930-31
156.Carter Hutton 2.088 2017-18
157.Gilles Villemure 2.088 1971-72
158.Dominik Hašek* 2.090 2005-06
159.Dominik Hašek* 2.090 1997-98
160.David Aebischer 2.090 2003-04
161.Gerry McNeil 2.091 1952-53
162.Chris Osgood 2.092 2007-08
163.Marty Turco 2.094 2001-02
164.Tim Thomas 2.099 2008-09
165.Dave Kerr 2.099 1936-37
166.Bill Durnan* 2.100 1948-49
167.Glenn Hall* 2.101 1955-56
168.Dave Kerr 2.101 1938-39
169.José Théodore 2.103 1999-00
170.Filip Gustavsson 2.103 2022-23
171.Ed Belfour* 2.105 1999-00
172.Chad Johnson 2.105 2013-14
173.Jimmy Howard 2.105 2016-17
174.Dominik Hašek* 2.105 2000-01
175.Roberto Luongo* 2.106 2010-11
176.Jacques Plante* 2.109 1957-58
177.Ernie Wakely 2.110 1969-70
178.Dominik Hašek* 2.111 1994-95
179.Cory Schneider 2.112 2012-13
180.José Théodore 2.112 2001-02
181.Johnny Bower* 2.115 1963-64
182.Manny Legace 2.116 2003-04
183.Clint Benedict* 2.116 1924-25
184.George Hainsworth* 2.120 1935-36
185.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2.121 2007-08
186.Martin Prusek 2.121 2003-04
187.Gump Worsley* 2.121 1971-72
188.Pekka Rinne 2.122 2010-11
189.Tuukka Rask 2.123 2019-20
190.Jacques Plante* 2.124 1954-55
191.Jimmy Howard 2.125 2011-12
192.Ed Belfour* 2.125 2003-04
193.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2.130 2001-02
194.Alec Connell* 2.132 1931-32
195.Gerry McNeil 2.132 1953-54
196.Jim Carey 2.133 1994-95
197.Robin Lehner 2.133 2018-19
198.Nikolai Khabibulin 2.133 1998-99
199.Jimmy Howard 2.134 2012-13
200.Alec Connell* 2.138 1924-25
201.Jaroslav Halák 2.141 2012-13
202.Ken Dryden* 2.144 1976-77
203.Anthony Stolarz 2.144 2024-25
204.Evgeni Nabokov 2.144 2007-08
205.Dominik Hašek* 2.145 2007-08
206.Cory Schneider 2.145 2015-16
207.Turk Broda* 2.147 1938-39
208.Andy Moog 2.147 1996-97
209.Dave Kerr 2.148 1932-33
210.Jack Campbell 2.149 2020-21
211.Jake Allen 2.151 2019-20
212.Martin Brodeur* 2.153 2001-02
213.Jeff Hackett 2.159 1996-97
214.Jacques Plante* 2.160 1958-59
215.Patrick Lalime 2.161 2002-03
216.Ed Giacomin* 2.161 1970-71
217.Andy Aitkenhead 2.162 1932-33
218.Antti Niemi 2.162 2012-13
219.Bill Beveridge 2.162 1935-36
220.Ron Hextall 2.165 1997-98
221.Ron Hextall 2.166 1995-96
222.Brent Johnson 2.167 2000-01
223.Trevor Kidd 2.168 1997-98
224.Chris Osgood 2.168 1995-96
225.Frederik Andersen 2.169 2021-22
226.Dominik Hašek* 2.170 2001-02
227.Glenn Hall* 2.170 1968-69
228.Ilya Sorokin 2.170 2020-21
229.Tony Esposito* 2.170 1969-70
230.Jamie McLennan 2.171 1997-98
231.Martin Brodeur* 2.175 2007-08
232.Wilf Cude 2.176 1936-37
233.Clint Benedict* 2.176 1922-23
234.Peter Budaj 2.176 2016-17
235.Bill Durnan* 2.180 1943-44
236.Andrei Vasilevskiy 2.180 2024-25
237.Patrick Roy* 2.181 2002-03
238.Pekka Rinne 2.181 2014-15
239.John Vanbiesbrouck 2.182 1998-99
240.Brent Johnson 2.183 2001-02
241.Viktor Fasth 2.184 2012-13
242.Martin Brodeur* 2.185 2006-07
243.Bill Beveridge 2.186 1936-37
244.Al Rollins 2.187 1951-52
245.Jacques Plante* 2.188 1969-70
246.Manny Legace 2.189 2005-06
247.Evgeni Nabokov 2.189 2000-01
248.Tiny Thompson* 2.194 1929-30
249.George Hainsworth* 2.194 1931-32
250.John Vanbiesbrouck 2.197 1999-00

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player GAA Season
1.Don McLeod 2.565 1973-74
2.Ron Grahame 2.738 1976-77
3.Michel Dion 2.742 1975-76
4.Joe Daley 2.841 1975-76
5.Gerry Cheevers* 2.844 1972-73
6.Dave Dryden 2.889 1978-79
7.Joe Daley 2.899 1972-73
8.Russ Gillow 2.906 1972-73
9.Gerry Cheevers* 3.032 1973-74
10.Ron Grahame 3.035 1974-75
11.Wayne Rutledge 3.051 1972-73
12.Jack Norris 3.061 1972-73
13.Al Smith 3.081 1973-74
14.Ernie Wakely 3.089 1976-77
15.Mike Curran 3.094 1972-73
16.Richard Brodeur 3.107 1978-79
17.Cap Raeder 3.117 1976-77
18.Cam Newton 3.141 1973-74
19.Ernie Wakely 3.151 1972-73
20.Wayne Rutledge 3.153 1976-77
21.Wayne Rutledge 3.173 1975-76
22.Al Smith 3.178 1972-73
23.Jack Norris 3.184 1975-76
24.Jack Norris 3.209 1973-74
25.Al Smith 3.216 1977-78
26.Bob Whidden 3.229 1974-75
27.Joe Daley 3.237 1976-77
28.Wayne Rutledge 3.241 1974-75
29.Ernie Wakely 3.252 1974-75
30.Gerry Cheevers* 3.257 1974-75
31.Ernie Wakely 3.264 1975-76
32.Ron Grahame 3.267 1975-76
33.Les Binkley 3.272 1973-74
34.Jack Norris 3.272 1974-75
35.Ernie Wakely 3.274 1973-74
36.Mike Curran 3.275 1973-74
37.John Garrett 3.279 1974-75
38.Bob Whidden 3.282 1972-73
39.Michel Deguise 3.291 1973-74
40.Gary Kurt 3.295 1974-75
41.George Gardner 3.295 1972-73
42.Joe Daley 3.296 1977-78
43.Jean-Louis Levasseur 3.299 1977-78
44.Jim Corsi 3.300 1978-79
45.Gary Bromley 3.304 1977-78
46.Al Smith 3.306 1978-79
47.Jacques Plante* 3.317 1974-75
48.Michel Dion 3.319 1978-79
49.Richard Brodeur 3.323 1973-74
50.Jim McLeod 3.324 1972-73