League Leaders

Terry Sawchuk

1949–1969  ·  G  ·  Shoots L

Career 445 W · 103 SO · 2.50 GAA · .907 SV%

Seasons leading the NHL
11
52 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1951 Best season

Spanning 1950–1957, peaking at 3 titles in 1951.

Led in Wins for 5 straight seasons (1950–1954) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1917

Among league leaders

  • 27th League titles 11
  • 10th Top-5 finishes 52

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Wins 5 1st 5 yrs (1950–1954) 1950 44 1951 44 1952 32 1953 35 1954 40 1957 #2 1963 #3
Shutouts 3 1st 2 yrs (1950–1951) 1950 11 1951 12 1954 12 1952 #3 1953 #2 1955 #2 1958 #2 1959 #2 1960 #3 1961 #2 1962 #3
Goals Against Average 2 1st 2 yrs (1951–1952) 1951 1.90 1952 1.89 1950 #2 1953 #2 1954 #2 1955 #3 1956 #3 1959 #3
Saves 1 1st — 1957 1,966 1955 #2
Save Percentage — #2 — 1956 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1957 1 SV 1,966
1954 2 W 40 SO 12
1953 1 W 35
1952 2 W 32 GAA 1.89
1951 3 W 44 SO 12 GAA 1.90
1950 2 W 44 SO 11

Goaltending

21 seasons
Year Team GP W L T OTL GA SA SV SV% GAA SO
1949 DET 7 4 3 0 — 16 — — — 2.29 1
1950 DET 70 44 13 13 — 138 — — — 1.97 11
1951 DET 70 44 14 12 — 133 — — — 1.90 12
1952 DET 63 32 15 16 — 119 — — — 1.89 9
1953 DET 67 35 19 13 — 129 — — — 1.93 12
1954 DET 68 40 17 11 — 132 — — — 1.96 12
1955 BOS 68 22 33 13 — 177 2,098 1,921 .916 2.60 9
1956 BOS 34 18 10 6 — 81 1,015 934 .920 2.38 2
1957 DET 70 29 29 12 — 206 2,172 1,966 .905 2.94 3
1958 DET 67 23 36 8 — 207 1,981 1,774 .896 3.09 5
1959 DET 58 24 20 14 — 154 1,684 1,530 .909 2.66 5
1960 DET 37 11 17 8 — 112 1,087 975 .897 3.13 2
1961 DET 43 14 21 8 — 141 1,257 1,116 .888 3.28 5
1962 DET 48 21 16 7 — 117 1,328 1,211 .912 2.54 3
1963 DET 53 25 20 7 — 138 1,652 1,514 .916 2.64 5
1964 TOR 36 16 13 7 — 92 1,082 990 .915 2.56 1
1965 TOR 27 10 11 3 — 80 829 749 .904 3.16 1
1966 TOR 28 16 6 3 — 66 794 728 .917 2.81 2
1967 LAK 36 10 17 5 — 99 912 813 .891 3.07 2
1968 DET 13 4 5 3 — 28 318 290 .912 2.63 0
1969 NYR 8 3 1 2 — 20 187 167 .893 2.91 1
Career — 971 445 336 171 — 2,385 18,396 16,678 .907 2.50 103