NHL Single-Season Goals Against Average Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NHL single-season goals against average record is 0.92, set by George Hainsworth in 1928. It has stood for 97 years. The mark has been raised 8 times since 1917.

W SO GAA SV%SV SA GP W%GA

Record Holders

9 marks since 1917

Year	Player	GAA	Stood for
1928	George Hainsworth	0.92	still standing
1927	George Hainsworth	1.06	1 year
1925	Alec Connell	1.12	2 years
1924	Georges Vezina	1.81	1 year
1923	Georges Vezina	1.97	1 year
1922	Clint Benedict	2.18	1 year
1919	Clint Benedict	2.66	3 years
1918	Clint Benedict	2.86	1 year
1917	Georges Vezina	3.93	1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

108 seasons

Year	Leader	GAA
2025	Scott Wedgewood	2.02
2024	Connor Hellebuyck	2.01
2023	Pyotr Kochetkov	2.33
2022	Linus Ullmark	1.89
2021	Igor Shesterkin	2.07
2020	Alex Nedeljkovic	1.90
2019	Tuukka Rask	2.12
2018	Jordan Binnington	1.89
2017	Antti Raanta	2.24
2016	Sergei Bobrovsky	2.06
2015	Ben Bishop	2.06
2014	Carey Price	1.96
2013	Cory Schneider	1.97
2012	Craig Anderson	1.69
2011	Brian Elliott	1.56
2010	Tim Thomas	2.00
2009	Tuukka Rask	1.97
2008	Tim Thomas	2.10
2007	Chris Osgood	2.09
2006	Niklas Backstrom	1.97
2005	Miikka Kiprusoff	2.07
2003	Miikka Kiprusoff	1.70
2002	Marty Turco	1.72
2001	Patrick Roy	1.94
2000	Roman Cechmanek	2.01
1999	Brian Boucher	1.91
1998	Ron Tugnutt	1.79
1997	Ed Belfour	1.88
1996	Martin Brodeur	1.88
1995	Ron Hextall	2.17
1994	Dominik Hasek	2.11
1993	Dominik Hasek	1.95
1992	Felix Potvin	2.50
1991	Patrick Roy	2.36
1990	Ed Belfour	2.47
1989	Mike Liut	2.53
1988	Patrick Roy	2.47
1987	Pete Peeters	2.79
1986	Brian Hayward	2.82
1985	Bob Froese	2.56
1984	Tom Barrasso	2.67
1983	Pat Riggin	2.67
1982	Pete Peeters	2.37
1981	Rick Wamsley	2.75
1980	Richard Sevigny	2.40
1979	Bob Sauve	2.36
1978	Ken Dryden	2.30
1977	Ken Dryden	2.05
1976	Ken Dryden	2.14
1975	Ken Dryden	2.03
1974	Bernie Parent	2.04
1973	Bernie Parent	1.89
1972	Ken Dryden	2.26
1971	Tony Esposito	1.77
1970	Jacques Plante	1.89
1969	Tony Esposito	2.17
1968	Jacques Plante	1.96
1967	Gump Worsley	1.98
1966	Glenn Hall	2.38
1965	Johnny Bower	2.26
1964	Johnny Bower	2.38
1963	Johnny Bower	2.12
1962	Don Simmons	2.47
1961	Jacques Plante	2.37
1960	Charlie Hodge	2.47
1959	Jacques Plante	2.54
1958	Jacques Plante	2.16
1957	Jacques Plante	2.11
1956	Jacques Plante	2.00
1955	Jacques Plante	1.86
1954	Harry Lumley	1.91
1953	Harry Lumley	1.86
1952	Terry Sawchuk	1.89
1951	Terry Sawchuk	1.90
1950	Al Rollins	1.78
1949	Bill Durnan	2.20
1948	Bill Durnan	2.10
1947	Turk Broda	2.38
1946	Bill Durnan	2.30
1945	Bill Durnan	2.60
1944	Bill Durnan	2.42
1943	Bill Durnan	2.18
1942	Johnny Mowers	2.47
1941	Frank Brimsek	2.35
1940	Turk Broda	2.00
1939	Dave Kerr	1.54
1938	Frank Brimsek	1.56
1937	Tiny Thompson	1.80
1936	Normie Smith	2.05
1935	Tiny Thompson	1.68
1934	Lorne Chabot	1.80
1933	Wilf Cude	1.47
1932	Tiny Thompson	1.76
1931	Charlie Gardiner	1.85
1930	Roy Worters	1.61
1929	Tiny Thompson	2.19
1928	George Hainsworth	0.92	new record
1927	George Hainsworth	1.06	new record
1926	Clint Benedict	1.42
1925	Alec Connell	1.12	new record
1924	Georges Vezina	1.81	new record
1923	Georges Vezina	1.97	new record
1922	Clint Benedict	2.18	new record
1921	Clint Benedict	3.34
1920	Clint Benedict	3.08
1919	Clint Benedict	2.66	new record
1918	Clint Benedict	2.86	new record
1917	Georges Vezina	3.93	new record