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 (*).
NHL Leaders
| 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
| 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 |


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