League Leaders Who Led?

NHL Single-Season Wins Record Progression

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

All-time career leaders →

The NHL single-season wins record is 48, set by Martin Brodeur in 2006. It has stood for 19 years. The mark has been raised 7 times since 1917.

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Record Holders

8 marks since 1917
Year Player W Stood for
2006 Martin Brodeur Martin Brodeur 48 still standing
1973 Bernie Parent Bernie Parent 47 33 years
1950 Terry Sawchuk 44 23 years
1929 Tiny Thompson Tiny Thompson 38 21 years
1926 Alec Connell Alec Connell 30 3 years
1925 Alec Connell Alec Connell 24 1 year
1919 Clint Benedict Clint Benedict 19 6 years
1917 Georges Vezina Georges Vezina 12 2 years

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

121 seasons
Year Leader W
2025 Andrei Vasilevskiy 39
2024 Connor Hellebuyck 47
2023 Alexandar Georgiev 38
2022 Linus Ullmark 40
2022 Alexandar Georgiev 40
2021 Sergei Bobrovsky 39
2021 Andrei Vasilevskiy 39
2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy 31
2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy 35
2018 Andrei Vasilevskiy 39
2017 Connor Hellebuyck 44
2017 Andrei Vasilevskiy 44
2016 Cam Talbot 42
2016 Braden Holtby 42
2015 Braden Holtby 48
2014 Carey Price 44
2013 Semyon Varlamov 41
2012 Niklas Backstrom 24
2012 Henrik Lundqvist 24
2012 Antti Niemi 24
2011 Pekka Rinne 43
2010 Roberto Luongo 38
2010 Carey Price 38
2009 Martin Brodeur 45
2008 Miikka Kiprusoff 45
2007 Evgeni Nabokov 46
2006 Martin Brodeur 48 new record
2005 Martin Brodeur 43
2003 Martin Brodeur 38
2002 Martin Brodeur 41
2001 Dominik Hasek 41
2000 Martin Brodeur 42
1999 Martin Brodeur 43
1998 Martin Brodeur 39
1997 Martin Brodeur 43
1996 Patrick Roy 38
1995 Chris Osgood 39
1994 Ken Wregget 25
1993 Mike Richter 42
1992 Tom Barrasso 43
1991 Tim Cheveldae 38
1991 Kirk McLean 38
1990 Ed Belfour 43
1989 Patrick Roy 31
1989 Jon Casey 31
1989 Daren Puppa 31
1988 Mike Vernon 37
1987 Grant Fuhr 40
1986 Ron Hextall 37
1985 John Vanbiesbrouck 31
1985 Bob Froese 31
1984 Pelle Lindbergh 40
1983 Grant Fuhr 30
1982 Pete Peeters 40
1981 Billy Smith 32
1980 Mario Lessard 35
1979 Mike Liut 32
1978 Dan Bouchard 32
1977 Don Edwards 38
1976 Ken Dryden 41
1975 Ken Dryden 42
1974 Bernie Parent 44
1973 Bernie Parent 47 new record
1972 Ken Dryden 33
1971 Ken Dryden 39
1970 Tony Esposito 35
1969 Tony Esposito 38
1968 Eddie Giacomin 38
1967 Eddie Giacomin 36
1966 Eddie Giacomin 30
1965 Glenn Hall 34
1964 Roger Crozier 40
1963 Glenn Hall 34
1962 Glenn Hall 30
1961 Jacques Plante 42
1960 Johnny Bower 33
1959 Jacques Plante 40
1958 Jacques Plante 38
1957 Jacques Plante 34
1956 Glenn Hall 38
1955 Jacques Plante 42
1954 Terry Sawchuk 40
1953 Terry Sawchuk 35
1952 Terry Sawchuk 32
1951 Terry Sawchuk 44
1950 Terry Sawchuk 44 new record
1949 Harry Lumley 33
1948 Harry Lumley 34
1947 Turk Broda 32
1946 Bill Durnan 34
1945 Bill Durnan 24
1944 Bill Durnan 38
1943 Bill Durnan 38
1942 Johnny Mowers 25
1941 Jim Henry 29
1940 Turk Broda 28
1939 Frank Brimsek 31
1938 Frank Brimsek 33
1937 Tiny Thompson 30
1936 Normie Smith 25
1935 Normie Smith 24
1934 George Hainsworth 30
1933 George Hainsworth 26
1932 Tiny Thompson 25
1932 John Ross Roach 25
1931 George Hainsworth 25
1930 Tiny Thompson 28
1929 Tiny Thompson 38 new record
1928 Tiny Thompson 26
1927 George Hainsworth 26
1926 Alec Connell 30 new record
1925 Alec Connell 24 new record
1924 John Ross Roach 19
1924 Jake Forbes 19
1923 Clint Benedict 15
1922 Clint Benedict 14
1921 Clint Benedict 14
1920 Clint Benedict 14
1919 Clint Benedict 19 new record
1918 Clint Benedict 12
1917 Georges Vezina 12 new record