Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, Terry Sawchuk had the most shutouts by a goalie, with 76 shutouts.

NHL goaltender with the most regular-season shutouts in the 1950's

	NAME	SHO	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
1	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	76	584	291	189	104	7,266	6,595	.908	1,338	2.30	34979
2	Harry Lumley H. Lumley	50	499	184	219	95	2,811	2,557	.910	1,308	2.63	29848
3	Jacques Plante J. Plante	44	321	187	77	56	6,697	6,193	.925	641	2.01	19163
4	Gerry McNeil G. McNeil	28	274	119	104	51	252	221	.877	638	2.33	16438
5	Al Rollins A. Rollins	28	420	137	202	79	4,277	3,882	.908	1,158	2.77	25111
6	Glenn Hall G. Hall	25	288	126	113	49	8,238	7,528	.914	722	2.51	17271
7	Jim Henry J. Henry	24	237	93	99	44				596	2.53	14142
8	Gump Worsley G. Worsley	19	356	133	157	66	8,129	7,436	.915	1,039	2.92	21331
9	Ed Chadwick E. Chadwick	14	176	56	87	33	5,164	4,660	.902	504	2.87	10552
10	Turk Broda T. Broda	14	100	45	36	18				237	2.41	5902
11	Don Simmons D. Simmons	12	123	52	49	21	3,647	3,309	.907	338	2.77	7324
12	Chuck Rayner C. Rayner	11	208	69	90	49				580	2.79	12460
13	Johnny Bower J. Bower	8	116	46	52	18	1,285	1,173	.913	303	2.61	6959
14	Bill Durnan B. Durnan	8	64	26	21	17				141	2.20	3840
15	Jack Gelineau J. Gelineau	7	139	44	62	33				435	3.13	8339
16	John Henderson J. Henderson	5	46	15	14	16	28	24	.857	117	2.58	2718
17	Frank Brimsek F. Brimsek	5	70	22	38	10				244	3.49	4200
18	Bob Perreault B. Perreault	2	9	5	4	0	221	200	.905	21	2.34	540
19	Charlie Hodge C. Hodge	2	28	15	7	6	398	361	.907	67	2.42	1659
20	Marcel Paille M. Paille	1	34	11	15	8	1,141	1,035	.907	106	3.12	2040
21	Claude Pronovost C. Pronovost	1	3	1	1	0	62	55	.887	7	3.50	120
22	Hank Bassen H. Bassen	1	33	6	18	9	348	308	.885	103	3.12	1979
23	Dave Gatherum D. Gatherum	1	3	2	0	1				3	1.00	180