worst save percentage in single season minimum 20 games

Al Smith has the lowest save percentage in a season with 20 or more games played, at .835 in 1980-81.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Save Percentage: player season data complete from 1955-56
NAMESV%GPSEASONTMGSWLTOTLSASVGAGAASHOMIN
1Al Smith
A. Smith
.835
36
1980-81
9
18
4
913
762
151
4.76
0
1902
2Denis Herron
D. Herron
.838
31
1982-83
5
18
5
930
779
151
5.31
1
1705
3Phil Myre
P. Myre
.839
24
1981-82
2
17
2
694
582
112
5.37
0
1252
4Dunc Wilson
D. Wilson
.842
21
1977-78
5
11
3
602
507
95
4.84
0
1179
5Brian Hayward
B. Hayward
.843
52
1985-86
13
28
5
1,379
1,162
217
4.80
0
2713
6Craig Billington
C. Billington
.844
22
1986-87
4
13
2
569
480
89
4.82
0
1109
7Bill McKenzie
B. McKenzie
.845
22
1975-76
1
16
1
624
527
97
5.20
0
1119
8Mark Laforest
M. Laforest
.845
28
1985-86
4
21
0
737
623
114
4.96
1
1378
9Michel Dion
M. Dion
.847
26
1980-81
TOT
3
14
6
798
676
122
5.08
0
1442
10Darren Eliot
D. Eliot
.848
27
1985-86
5
17
3
798
677
121
4.92
0
1475
11Mike Palmateer
M. Palmateer
.848
34
1983-84
9
17
4
983
834
149
4.91
0
1822
12Gilles Gilbert
G. Gilbert
.848
27
1981-82
6
10
6
693
588
105
4.27
0
1476
13Rick St. Croix
R. St. Croix
.849
20
1983-84
5
10
0
529
449
80
5.13
0
936
14Gilles Gilbert
G. Gilbert
.850
20
1982-83
4
14
1
565
480
85
4.49
0
1136
15Alain Chevrier
A. Chevrier
.850
37
1985-86
11
18
2
951
808
143
4.62
0
1857
16Darren Eliot
D. Eliot
.850
24
1986-87
8
13
2
687
584
103
4.43
1
1397
17Jacques Cloutier
J. Cloutier
.850
20
1987-88
4
8
2
447
380
67
4.75
0
847
18Frank Caprice
F. Caprice
.850
28
1984-85
8
14
3
815
693
122
4.84
0
1513
19John Garrett
J. Garrett
.850
29
1983-84
14
10
2
755
642
113
4.12
0
1647
20Mario Lessard
M. Lessard
.851
52
1981-82
13
28
8
1,441
1,227
214
4.39
2
2924
21Rick Heinz
R. Heinz
.852
22
1983-84
7
7
3
539
459
80
4.30
0
1115
22Alain Chevrier
A. Chevrier
.852
42
1989-90
TOT
17
16
3
986
840
146
4.25
0
2060
23Michel Dion
M. Dion
.852
30
1983-84
2
19
4
933
795
138
5.34
0
1551
24Darren Eliot
D. Eliot
.852
32
1984-85
11
11
6
907
773
134
4.42
0
1820
25Rick Wamsley
R. Wamsley
.853
42
1983-84
19
17
3
977
833
144
3.71
2
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