Top NHL Goalies by Goals-Against Average

2025-26·Regular Season·10+ starts

Scott Wedgewood (COL) leads NHL goalies with 2.02 goals-against average in 43 starts, 0.28 ahead of Andrei Vasilevskiy. James Reimer rounds out the top three at 2.42. Rankings cover the 2025-26 NHL season among qualifying goalies.

Min starts: 10+

Player	Team	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	GSAX	Cap Hit
Scott Wedgewood GCOL#41	COL	34	45	43	31	6	6	.921	2.02	4	+18.2	$1.50M
Andrei Vasilevskiy GTBL#88	TBL	32	58	58	39	15	4	.912	2.31	2	+24.1	$9.50M
James Reimer GOTT#47	OTT	38	14	13	7	4	2	.886	2.42	1	−3.4	-
Dan Vladar GPHI#80	PHI	29	52	51	29	14	7	.906	2.42	0	+5.1	$3.35M
Casey DeSmith GDAL#1	DAL	35	30	28	15	8	6	.907	2.43	1	+5.9	$1.00M
Jacob Fowler GMTL#-	MTL	21	17	17	9	6	2	.908	2.43	1	+6.9	-
Logan Thompson GWSH#48	WSH	29	58	58	31	21	6	.912	2.44	4	+29.5	$5.85M
Brandon Bussi GCAR#30	CAR	28	39	39	31	6	2	.895	2.47	2	+3.5	$775,000
Igor Shesterkin GNYR#31	NYR	30	51	51	25	19	6	.912	2.50	1	+19.4	$11.50M
Mackenzie Blackwood GCOL#39	COL	29	39	36	23	10	2	.904	2.51	3	+5.6	$5.25M
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen GBUF#1	BUF	27	35	34	22	9	3	.910	2.52	1	+10.6	$4.75M
Anton Forsberg GLAK#31	LAK	33	36	31	16	12	5	.910	2.57	3	+6.8	$2.25M
Jake Oettinger GDAL#29	DAL	27	54	54	35	12	6	.899	2.59	4	+3.9	$8.25M
Akira Schmid GVGK#40	VGK	26	34	29	16	10	6	.893	2.59	2	−11.0	$875,000
Connor Ingram GEDM#39	EDM	29	32	30	16	10	3	.899	2.60	2	+0.2	$1.95M
Jet Greaves GCBJ#73	CBJ	25	55	53	26	19	9	.908	2.60	2	+15.1	$812,500
Joel Hofer GSTL#30	STL	26	46	43	24	13	5	.910	2.61	6	+9.7	$3.40M
Jesper Wallstedt GMIN#30	MIN	23	35	33	18	9	6	.916	2.61	4	+15.4	$2.20M
Philipp Grubauer GSEA#31	SEA	34	32	28	13	12	4	.909	2.65	0	+5.2	$5.90M
Ilya Sorokin GNYI#30	NYI	31	55	54	29	24	2	.906	2.68	7	+27.9	$8.25M
Justus Annunen GNSH#29	NSH	26	28	23	10	12	2	.907	2.68	1	+9.3	$837,500
Filip Gustavsson GMIN#32	MIN	28	50	49	28	15	6	.904	2.69	4	+0.5	$3.75M
Devin Cooley GCGY#1	CGY	29	31	26	10	10	6	.909	2.69	0	+16.7	$775,000
Carter Hart GVGK#79	VGK	28	18	18	11	3	3	.891	2.71	0	−5.0	$2.00M
Jeremy Swayman GBOS#1	BOS	27	55	54	31	18	4	.908	2.71	2	+24.9	$8.25M
John Gibson GDET#36	DET	33	57	57	29	22	4	.901	2.72	4	+6.9	$6.40M
Linus Ullmark GOTT#35	OTT	33	49	49	28	12	8	.891	2.73	3	−4.9	$8.25M
Jake Allen GNJD#34	NJD	36	37	36	17	17	2	.904	2.74	1	+9.8	$1.80M
Karel Vejmelka GUTA#70	UTA	30	64	63	38	20	3	.897	2.75	2	+3.4	$4.75M
David Rittich GNYI#31	NYI	34	30	28	14	10	3	.894	2.76	2	+0.1	$1.00M
Alex Lyon GBUF#34	BUF	33	36	34	20	10	4	.907	2.77	3	+10.4	$1.50M
Jakub Dobes GMTL#75	MTL	25	43	42	29	10	4	.901	2.78	0	+10.7	$965,000
Darcy Kuemper GLAK#35	LAK	36	50	50	19	14	15	.891	2.78	3	−6.3	$5.25M
Spencer Knight GCHI#30	CHI	25	55	55	19	25	11	.902	2.82	3	+9.3	$4.50M
Dennis Hildeby GTOR#35	TOR	25	20	14	5	7	4	.914	2.86	1	+8.0	$841,667
Connor Hellebuyck GWPG#37	WPG	33	57	57	23	23	11	.895	2.86	0	−3.4	$8.50M
Alex Nedeljkovic GSJS#39	SJS	30	40	34	18	14	4	.896	2.87	0	−0.5	$2.50M
Colten Ellis GBUF#35	BUF	26	16	14	8	4	2	.903	2.90	1	+2.4	$775,000
Thatcher Demko GVAN#35	VAN	30	20	20	8	10	1	.897	2.90	1	+2.0	$5.00M
Stuart Skinner GPIT#74	PIT	27	50	50	23	17	9	.888	2.92	2	+2.1	$2.60M
Vitek Vanecek GUTA#41	UTA	30	22	19	5	13	3	.883	2.93	1	−5.2	$1.50M
Dustin Wolf GCGY#32	CGY	25	57	55	23	29	3	.899	3.01	2	+2.7	$850,000
Joey Daccord GSEA#35	SEA	30	47	46	20	20	6	.897	3.03	2	−8.3	$5.00M
Adin Hill GVGK#33	VGK	30	27	27	10	9	6	.871	3.04	1	−16.4	$6.25M
Daniil Tarasov GFLA#40	FLA	27	33	31	13	15	3	.895	3.05	0	−2.0	$1.05M
Frederik Andersen GCAR#31	CAR	37	35	35	16	14	5	.874	3.05	0	−3.3	$2.75M
Jacob Markstrom GNJD#25	NJD	36	44	43	23	19	1	.883	3.07	1	−17.0	$6.00M
Sergei Bobrovsky GFLA#72	FLA	38	52	51	27	23	1	.877	3.07	4	−20.7	$10.00M
Arturs Silovs GPIT#31	PIT	25	39	38	19	12	8	.888	3.07	2	−7.0	$850,000
Jonathan Quick GNYR#32	NYR	40	25	24	6	17	2	.891	3.09	2	−4.4	$1.55M

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