NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff 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 Year
1.Lorne Chabot 0.482 1935
2.José Théodore 0.500 1998
3.Alec Connell* 0.600 1927
 Tiny Thompson* 0.600 1929
5.Flat Walsh 0.625 1930
6.Terry Sawchuk* 0.625 1952
7.Thatcher Demko 0.644 2020
8.Antero Niittymäki 0.656 2011
9.Roy Worters* 0.668 1929
10.Michal Neuvirth 0.673 2016
11.George Hainsworth* 0.750 1930
12.Curtis Joseph 0.756 2008
13.Joseph Woll 0.858 2024
14.Clint Benedict* 0.864 1928
15.Grant Fuhr* 0.866 1996
16.Glenn Healy 0.887 1994
17.Billy Smith* 0.902 1987
18.John Ross Roach 0.904 1929
19.Clint Benedict* 0.909 1927
20.Gerry McNeil 0.946 1954
21.Craig Anderson 0.972 2015
22.Mike Smith 0.999 2011
23.Clint Benedict* 1.000 1923
 Georges Vezina* 1.000 1925
 Alec Connell* 1.000 1926
 Joe Miller 1.000 1928
 John Ross Roach 1.000 1931
 Andy Aitkenhead 1.000 1934
 Alfie Moore 1.000 1938
 Gary Edwards 1.000 1974
 Andy Moog 1.000 1986
32.Dave Kerr 1.005 1939
33.Jack Campbell 1.015 2023
34.Tristan Jarry 1.021 2020
35.Charlie Gardiner* 1.050 1930
36.Juuse Saros 1.056 2018
37.John Grahame 1.079 2003
38.Dave Kerr 1.085 1937
39.Turk Broda* 1.097 1951
40.Alec Connell* 1.116 1935
41.Kevin Poulin 1.144 2013
42.Chad Johnson 1.158 2017
43.Flat Walsh 1.163 1932
44.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.164 1991
45.Lorne Chabot 1.214 1936
46.Tiny Thompson* 1.232 1933
47.Pat Jablonski 1.236 1996
48.Lorne Chabot 1.239 1929
49.Mark LaForest 1.248 1988
50.Alex Stalock 1.250 2018
51.Clint Benedict* 1.250 1926
52.Frank Brimsek* 1.250 1939
53.Billy Smith* 1.273 1978
54.Normie Smith 1.275 1937
55.Marty Turco 1.296 2007
56.Cory Schneider 1.313 2012
57.Charlie Gardiner* 1.317 1931
58.Juuse Saros 1.319 2019
59.Brandon Bussi 1.321 2026
60.Charlie Gardiner* 1.328 1934
61.Turk Broda* 1.335 1950
62.Dominik Hašek* 1.339 1993
63.Normie Smith 1.341 1936
64.Jacques Plante* 1.351 1960
65.Olaf Kölzig 1.352 1995
66.Petr Mrázek 1.355 2016
67.Bernie Parent* 1.358 1968
68.John Ross Roach 1.362 1930
69.Brian Boucher 1.371 2002
70.Patrick Lalime 1.389 2002
71.Curtis Joseph 1.391 2004
72.Eric Comrie 1.396 2025
73.George Hainsworth* 1.402 1928
74.Jonathan Quick 1.405 2012
75.Earl Robertson 1.412 1937
76.Frederik Andersen 1.412 2016
77.Martin Brodeur* 1.417 2002
78.Rogie Vachon* 1.420 1969
79.Jacques Plante* 1.426 1969
80.George Hainsworth* 1.428 1927
81.Ilya Bryzgalov 1.457 2006
82.John Vanbiesbrouck 1.463 1999
83.Jacques Plante* 1.488 1970
84.Georges Vezina* 1.500 1923
 Lorne Chabot 1.500 1927
 Hal Winkler 1.500 1927
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1928
 Alec Connell* 1.500 1932
 Paul Harrison 1.500 1981
 Sean Burke 1.500 2004
 Martin Prusek 1.500 2004
92.Gump Worsley* 1.503 1967
93.Gary Smith 1.504 1972
94.Earl Robertson 1.515 1938
95.Dan Bouchard 1.516 1976
96.Arturs Silovs 1.521 2026
97.Tiny Thompson* 1.527 1935
98.Bill Durnan* 1.530 1944
99.Allan Bester 1.531 1987
100.Jonathan Quick 1.547 2018
101.Chris Osgood 1.552 2008
102.Wendell Young 1.553 1989
103.Ken Dryden* 1.558 1977
104.Dave Kerr 1.560 1940
105.George Hainsworth* 1.564 1935
106.Turk Broda* 1.569 1949
107.Lorne Chabot 1.574 1933
108.Terry Sawchuk* 1.597 1954
109.Andy Aitkenhead 1.600 1933
110.Johnny Bower* 1.600 1963
111.Sam LoPresti 1.606 1942
112.Dominik Hašek* 1.613 1994
113.Martin Brodeur* 1.614 2000
114.Jack Gelineau 1.615 1951
115.Kevin Weekes 1.619 2002
116.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.620 2003
117.Lorne Chabot 1.627 1928
118.Johnny Bower* 1.634 1967
119.Steve Weeks 1.647 1987
120.Martin Brodeur* 1.650 2003
121.Johan Hedberg 1.651 2012
122.Bert Gardiner 1.660 1939
123.Jacques Plante* 1.660 1957
124.Tiny Thompson* 1.667 1930
125.George Hainsworth* 1.667 1929
126.Artūrs Irbe 1.669 2002
127.Martin Brodeur* 1.669 1995
128.Ed Belfour* 1.671 1999
129.Jeff Hackett 1.672 2003
130.Gump Worsley* 1.677 1965
131.Gerry Cheevers* 1.681 1969
132.Glen Hanlon 1.682 1987
133.Terry Sawchuk* 1.683 1951
134.Patrick Roy* 1.695 2001
135.Tiny Thompson* 1.701 1938
136.Adin Hill 1.702 2024
137.Matt Murray 1.704 2017
138.Evgeni Nabokov 1.711 2004
139.Kelly Hrudey 1.712 1985
140.Braden Holtby 1.713 2015
141.Nikolai Khabibulin 1.714 2004
142.Mike Karakas 1.715 1938
143.Jordan Binnington 1.715 2022
144.Al Rollins 1.718 1951
145.Braden Holtby 1.722 2016
146.Lorne Chabot 1.722 1931
147.Jaroslav Halák 1.724 2012
148.Turk Broda* 1.727 1938
149.Martin Brodeur* 1.730 1997
150.Turk Broda* 1.738 1940
151.George Hainsworth* 1.746 1931
152.Dave Kerr 1.750 1934
 Jacques Plante* 1.750 1953
154.Martin Jones 1.751 2017
155.Jacques Plante* 1.752 1954
156.Bob Mason 1.756 1987
157.Mike Vernon* 1.757 1997
158.Cesare Maniago 1.764 1973
159.Ron Tugnutt 1.769 2000
160.Roberto Luongo* 1.770 2007
161.Rogie Vachon* 1.773 1974
162.Dominik Hašek* 1.775 1999
163.Chris Osgood 1.777 1995
 Curtis McElhinney 1.777 2009
165.Carey Price 1.784 2020
166.Cory Schneider 1.785 2018
167.David Aebischer 1.789 2002
168.Patrick Roy* 1.790 2000
169.Dominik Hašek* 1.790 2007
170.Ed Belfour* 1.790 1998
171.Jacques Plante* 1.800 1956
172.Jack Campbell 1.810 2021
173.Jake Oettinger 1.815 2022
174.Patrick Lalime 1.818 2003
175.Trevor Kidd 1.821 2004
176.Henrik Lundqvist* 1.823 2012
177.Frederik Andersen 1.830 2023
178.Brent Johnson 1.830 2002
179.Lorne Chabot 1.831 1934
180.Dave Kerr 1.831 1938
181.Corey Crawford 1.835 2013
182.Frederik Andersen 1.839 2020
183.Miikka Kiprusoff 1.849 2004
184.Harry Lumley* 1.850 1950
185.Gerry McNeil 1.851 1953
186.Roman Čechmánek 1.853 2002
187.Tim Thomas 1.854 2009
188.Ben Bishop 1.854 2016
189.Dominik Hašek* 1.856 2002
190.Jonathan Quick 1.856 2013
191.Carey Price 1.858 2017
192.Eddie Johnston 1.860 1972
193.Devan Dubnyk 1.862 2017
194.Philipp Grubauer 1.869 2020
195.Ed Belfour* 1.871 2000
196.Antti Niemi 1.872 2013
197.Dave Kerr 1.875 1941
198.Gump Worsley* 1.876 1968
199.Marty Turco 1.879 2003
200.Tuukka Rask 1.883 2013
201.Jake Allen 1.890 2020
202.Bernie Parent* 1.891 1975
203.Frederik Andersen 1.893 2026
204.Ken Dryden* 1.896 1978
205.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.897 2020
206.Andrei Vasilevskiy 1.900 2021
207.Brian Elliott 1.902 2013
208.Joonas Korpisalo 1.903 2020
209.Brent Johnson 1.906 2010
210.Gerry McNeil 1.910 1951
211.Mike Liut 1.911 1986
212.Bill Durnan* 1.920 1947
213.Gerry McNeil 1.921 1952
214.Ken Dryden* 1.925 1976
215.Patrick Roy* 1.926 1986
216.Curtis Joseph 1.928 1998
217.Billy Smith* 1.929 1979
218.Olaf Kölzig 1.935 1996
219.Johnny Mowers 1.942 1943
220.Brent Johnson 1.942 2001
221.Jacques Plante* 1.943 1958
222.Turk Broda* 1.947 1939
223.Martin Brodeur* 1.948 1994
224.Wayne Stephenson 1.952 1975
225.Braden Holtby 1.952 2012
226.Olaf Kölzig 1.954 1998
227.Elvis Merzļikins 1.955 2020
228.Manny Fernandez 1.955 2003
229.Pekka Rinne 1.955 2017
230.Dominik Hašek* 1.956 1997
231.Jake Allen 1.956 2017
232.Glenn Resch 1.958 1987
233.Patrick Lalime 1.958 2004
234.Doug Keans 1.962 1982
235.Igor Shesterkin 1.964 2023
236.Marc-André Fleury 1.966 2008
237.Martin Brodeur* 1.966 1998
238.Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1.968 2007
239.Steve Mason 1.970 2014
240.Chris Osgood 1.975 2000
241.Ron Tugnutt 1.978 1997
242.Tim Thomas 1.985 2011
243.Mike Smith 1.987 2012
244.Robin Lehner 1.988 2020
245.Byron Dafoe 1.991 1998
246.Tuukka Rask 1.993 2014
247.Gump Worsley* 1.994 1966
248.Gilles Villemure 1.995 1973
249.Robert Esche 1.997 2003
250.John Ross Roach 2.000 1922
 John Ross Roach 2.000 1933
 Gord Henry 2.000 1951
 Charlie Hodge 2.000 1965
 Cesare Maniago 2.000 1970
 Thatcher Demko 2.000 2024