Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Mike Liut had the most wins by a goalie, with 251 wins.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season wins by goaltender in 80s NHL

	NAME	W	GP	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Mike Liut M. Liut	251	570	232	68	16,580	14,637	.883	1,943	3.53	20	32979
2	Pete Peeters P. Peeters	235	434	134	44	11,183	9,905	.886	1,278	3.07	19	25018
3	Grant Fuhr G. Fuhr	211	389	106	48	11,612	10,251	.883	1,361	3.71	7	22033
4	Billy Smith B. Smith	182	381	131	45	10,726	9,543	.890	1,183	3.34	11	21232
5	Rejean Lemelin R. Lemelin	179	394	123	57	11,138	9,857	.885	1,281	3.52	9	21834
6	Greg Millen G. Millen	179	514	245	80	15,522	13,541	.872	1,981	3.92	14	30325
7	Andy Moog A. Moog	165	282	69	29	8,085	7,158	.885	927	3.54	6	15721
8	Rick Wamsley R. Wamsley	165	322	106	35	8,673	7,654	.883	1,019	3.32	10	18413
9	Bob Sauve B. Sauve	165	376	140	47	9,950	8,704	.875	1,246	3.49	8	21393
10	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	155	378	135	62	11,001	9,722	.884	1,279	3.58	7	21458
11	Pat Riggin P. Riggin	153	350	120	52	9,399	8,264	.879	1,135	3.43	11	19828
12	Dan Bouchard D. Bouchard	145	325	118	51	9,382	8,259	.880	1,123	3.56	9	18924
13	Tom Barrasso T. Barrasso	142	310	117	35	8,731	7,724	.885	1,007	3.39	13	17824
14	Glen Hanlon G. Hanlon	135	377	163	47	10,791	9,533	.883	1,258	3.63	9	20807
15	Don Beaupre D. Beaupre	131	326	129	45	9,844	8,705	.884	1,139	3.72	4	18360
16	Richard Brodeur R. Brodeur	131	385	175	62	11,024	9,614	.872	1,410	3.86	6	21901
17	Don Edwards D. Edwards	128	308	114	46	8,673	7,631	.880	1,042	3.61	7	17302
18	Brian Hayward B. Hayward	124	277	111	27	7,663	6,704	.875	959	3.69	5	15610
19	Roland Melanson R. Melanson	124	281	103	33	8,320	7,349	.883	971	3.66	4	15910
20	Bob Froese B. Froese	123	227	65	19	5,944	5,295	.891	649	3.09	13	12622
21	John Vanbiesbrouck J. Vanbiesbrouck	119	269	109	24	7,819	6,914	.884	905	3.60	6	15086
22	Kelly Hrudey K. Hrudey	116	257	94	28	7,602	6,768	.890	834	3.43	7	14568
23	Murray Bannerman M. Bannerman	116	288	125	33	8,777	7,726	.880	1,051	3.84	8	16407
24	Mike Vernon M. Vernon	115	192	50	16	5,001	4,412	.882	589	3.35	3	10544
25	Glenn Resch G. Resch	115	366	176	46	10,503	9,216	.877	1,287	3.81	7	20244