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Most Wins of the 1950s (NHL)

Every NHL season from 1950 to 1959, added up. Games won

Terry Sawchuk recorded more wins than any other NHL player in the 1950s, with 311, 84 clear of Jacques Plante (227). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 44 in 1951. The top ten runs from 311 down to 64.

# Player Seasons W Best year
1 Terry Sawchuk 1950–1959 (10) 311 44 (1951)
2 Jacques Plante Jacques Plante 1952–1959 (8) 227 42 (1955)
3 Harry Lumley 1950–1959 (9) 167 32 (1953)
4 Glenn Hall Glenn Hall 1952–1959 (7) 154 38 (1956)
5 Gump Worsley Gump Worsley 1952–1959 (7) 140 32 (1955)
6 Al Rollins 1950–1959 (8) 139 29 (1951)
7 Gerry McNeil 1950–1956 (5) 116 34 (1951)
8 Jim Henry Jim Henry 1951–1954 (4) 93 32 (1953)
9 Johnny Bower Johnny Bower 1953–1959 (5) 80 34 (1959)
10 Don Simmons Don Simmons 1956–1959 (4) 64 24 (1958)
11 Ed Chadwick 1955–1959 (5) 57 21 (1957)
12 Chuck Rayner Chuck Rayner 1950–1952 (3) 41 19 (1950)
13 Jack Gelineau 1950–1953 (2) 22 22 (1950)
14 Marcel Paille 1957–1959 (3) 17 11 (1957)
15 John Henderson 1954–1955 (2) 15 15 (1954)
16 Turk Broda Turk Broda 1950–1951 (2) 15 15 (1950)
17 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge 1954–1959 (4) 15 8 (1957)
18 Hank Bassen 1954–1955 (2) 6 4 (1954)
19 Bob Perreault 1955–1958 (2) 5 3 (1955)
20 Emile Francis Emile Francis 1950–1951 (2) 5 4 (1951)
21 Norm Defelice 1956–1956 (1) 3 3 (1956)
22 Dave Gatherum 1953–1953 (1) 2 2 (1953)
23 Dennis Riggin 1959–1959 (1) 2 2 (1959)
24 Gilles Mayer 1953–1955 (3) 2 1 (1955)
25 Al Millar 1957–1957 (1) 1 1 (1957)
26 Andre Binette 1954–1954 (1) 1 1 (1954)
27 Hal Murphy 1952–1952 (1) 1 1 (1952)
28 Jack McCartan Jack McCartan 1959–1959 (1) 1 1 (1959)
29 Len Broderick 1957–1957 (1) 1 1 (1957)
30 Lorne Anderson 1951–1951 (1) 1 1 (1951)
31 Marcel Pelletier 1950–1950 (1) 1 1 (1950)
32 Claude Evans 1954–1957 (2) 1 1 (1954)
33 Claude Pronovost 1955–1958 (2) 1 1 (1955)