Bert Lindsay has the highest goals-against average in a season, with an 8.75 average in his rookie season in 1917-18.

Interpreted as:

highest gaa with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season all-time

	NAME	GAA	SEASON	TM	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Bert Lindsay B. Lindsay	8.75	1917-18	MWN	4	1	3	0				35	0	240
2	Frank Brophy F. Brophy	7.11	1919-20	QBD	21	3	18	0				148	0	1249
3	Ken McAuley K. McAuley	6.24	1943-44	NYR	50	6	39	5				310	0	2980
4	Howard Lockhart H. Lockhart	5.84	1919-20	TOT	8	4	3	0				36	0	370
5	Emile Francis E. Francis	5.47	1946-47	CHI	19	6	12	1				104	0	1140
6	Ron Low R. Low	5.46	1975-76	WSH	43	6	31	2	1,420	1,212	.854	208	0	2285
7	Ron Low R. Low	5.45	1974-75	WSH	48	8	36	2	1,622	1,387	.855	235	1	2587
8	Howard Lockhart H. Lockhart	5.45	1920-21	HAM	24	6	18	0				132	1	1454
9	Michel Belhumeur M. Belhumeur	5.37	1974-75	WSH	35	0	24	3	1,165	1,003	.861	162	0	1810
10	Michel Dion M. Dion	5.34	1983-84	PIT	30	2	19	4	933	795	.852	138	0	1551
11	Denis Herron D. Herron	5.31	1982-83	PIT	31	5	18	5	930	779	.838	151	1	1705
12	Jeff Hackett J. Hackett	5.28	1992-93	SJS	36	2	30	1	1,220	1,044	.856	176	0	2000
13	Bill Beveridge B. Beveridge	5.24	1942-43	NYR	17	4	10	3				89	1	1020
14	Bert Gardiner B. Gardiner	5.17	1943-44	BOS	41	17	19	5				212	1	2460
15	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	5.11	1917-18	SEN	22	9	13	0				114	1	1337
16	Bert Lindsay B. Lindsay	5.09	1918-19	TAN	16	5	11	0				83	0	978
17	Michel Dion M. Dion	5.08	1980-81	TOT	26	3	14	6	798	676	.847	122	0	1442
18	Jarmo Myllys J. Myllys	5.02	1991-92	SJS	27	3	18	1	862	747	.867	115	0	1374
19	Mark Laforest M. Laforest	4.96	1985-86	DET	28	4	21	0	737	623	.845	114	1	1378
20	Ken McAuley K. McAuley	4.93	1944-45	NYR	46	11	25	10				227	1	2760
21	Darren Eliot D. Eliot	4.92	1985-86	LAK	27	5	17	3	798	677	.848	121	0	1475
22	Mike Palmateer M. Palmateer	4.91	1983-84	TOR	34	9	17	4	983	834	.848	149	0	1822
23	Brian Hayward B. Hayward	4.87	1983-84	WIN	28	7	18	2	858	734	.855	124	0	1527
24	Frank Pietrangelo F. Pietrangelo	4.85	1992-93	HFD	30	4	15	1	783	672	.858	111	0	1373
25	Frank Caprice F. Caprice	4.84	1984-85	VAN	28	8	14	3	815	693	.850	122	0	1513