Presented By
Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joe Cattarinich, former owners of the Montreal Canadiens, presented the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1926-27 in memory of Georges Vezina, the outstanding goalkeeper of the Canadiens, who collapsed during an NHL game Nov. 28, 1925, and died of tuberculosis a few months later.
Until the 1981-82 season, the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season were awarded the Vezina Trophy.
In 1981-82, the trophy's definition changed. The Williams M. Jennings Trophy was introduced for the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-against average, while the Vezina Trophy then became an award for the goaltender judged to be the best at his position in the opinion of the general managers. The first Vezina Trophy went to George Hainsworth, who, ironically, replaced Georges Vezina in goal for the Montreal Canadiens.
Leading winners: Jacques Plante (7), Bill Durnan, Dominik Hasek (6).
| 2018-19 | Vasilevskiy, Andrei | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2017-18 | Rinne, Pekka | Nashville Predators |
| 2016-17 | Bobrovsky, Sergei | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2015-16 | Holtby, Braden | Washington Capitals |
| 2014-15 | Price, Carey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2013-14 | Rask, Tuukka | Boston Bruins |
| 2012-13 | Bobrovsky, Sergei | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2011-12 | Lundqvist, Henrik | New York Rangers |
| 2010-11 | Thomas, Tim | Boston Bruins |
| 2009-10 | Miller, Ryan | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2008-09 | Thomas, Tim | Boston Bruins |
| 2007-08 | Brodeur, Martin | New Jersey Devils |
| 2006-07 | Brodeur, Martin | New Jersey Devils |
| 2005-06 | Kiprusoff, Miikka | Calgary Flames |
| 2003-04 | Brodeur, Martin | New Jersey Devils |
| 2002-03 | Brodeur, Martin | New Jersey Devils |
| 2001-02 | Théodore, José | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2000-01 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1999-2000 | Kolzig, Olaf | Washington Capitals |
| 1998-99 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1997-98 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1996-97 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1995-96 | Carey, Jim | Washington Capitals |
| 1994-95 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1993-94 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1992-93 | Belfour, Ed | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1991-92 | Roy, Patrick | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1990-91 | Belfour, Ed | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1989-90 | Roy, Patrick | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1988-89 | Roy, Patrick | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1987-88 | Fuhr, Grant | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1986-87 | Hextall, Ron | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1985-86 | Vanbiesbrouck, John | New York Rangers |
| 1984-85 | Lindbergh, Pelle | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1983-84 | Barrasso, Tom | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1982-83 | Peeters, Pete | Boston Bruins |
| 1981-82 | Smith, Bill | New York Islanders |
| 1980-81 | Herron, Denis | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1980-81 | Larocque, Michel | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1980-81 | Sevigny, Richard | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1979-80 | Sauve, Bob | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1979-80 | Edwards, Don | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1978-79 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1978-79 | Larocque, Michel | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1977-78 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1977-78 | Larocque, Michel | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1976-77 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1976-77 | Larocque, Michel | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1975-76 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1974-75 | Parent, Bernie | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1973-74 | Esposito, Tony | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1973-74 | Parent, Bernie | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1972-73 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1971-72 | Smith, Gary | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1971-72 | Esposito, Tony | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1970-71 | Villemure, Gilles | New York Rangers |
| 1970-71 | Giacomin, Eddie | New York Rangers |
| 1969-70 | Esposito, Tony | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1968-69 | Hall, Glenn | St. Louis Blues |
| 1968-69 | Plante, Jacques | St. Louis Blues |
| 1967-68 | Vachon, Rogatien | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1967-68 | Worsley, Gump | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1966-67 | DeJordy, Denis | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1966-67 | Hall, Glenn | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1965-66 | Hodge, Charlie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1965-66 | Worsley, Gump | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1964-65 | Bower, Johnny | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1964-65 | Sawchuk, Terry | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1963-64 | Hodge, Charlie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1962-63 | Hall, Glenn | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1961-62 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1960-61 | Bower, Johnny | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1959-60 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1958-59 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1957-58 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1956-57 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1955-56 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1954-55 | Sawchuk, Terry | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1953-54 | Lumley, Harry | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1952-53 | Sawchuk, Terry | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1951-52 | Sawchuk, Terry | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1950-51 | Rollins, Al | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1949-50 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1948-49 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1947-48 | Broda, Turk | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1946-47 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1945-46 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1944-45 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1943-44 | Durnan, Bill | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1942-43 | Mowers, Johnny | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1941-42 | Brimsek, Frank | Boston Bruins |
| 1940-41 | Broda, Turk | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1939-40 | Kerr, David | New York Rangers |
| 1938-39 | Brimsek, Frank | Boston Bruins |
| 1937-38 | Thompson, Tiny | Boston Bruins |
| 1936-37 | Smith, Normie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1935-36 | Thompson, Tiny | Boston Bruins |
| 1934-35 | Chabot, Lorne | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1933-34 | Gardiner, Chuck | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1932-33 | Thompson, Tiny | Boston Bruins |
| 1931-32 | Gardiner, Chuck | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1930-31 | Worters, Roy | New York Americans |
| 1929-30 | Thompson, Tiny | Boston Bruins |
| 1928-29 | Hainsworth, George | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1927-28 | Hainsworth, George | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1926-27 | Hainsworth, George | Montreal Canadiens |
