Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Jan. 15

To create the league rankings, we take all shots faced by all goalkeepers to date in their league. We learn a set of embeddings that captures the different skillsets of a goalkeeper, which we can then swap in order to simulate their performance.

This gives us the total number of goals each goalkeeper would have been expected to concede (xG) if they faced every shot. To make this more interpretable, we first standardise the xG’s from a season total to per game, and then take this from the league average.

This final value is the number of xG’s a goalkeeper would have either prevented or conceded compared to the league average. So without further ado, here are Stats Perform’s goalkeeper rankings for Jan. 15:

Alisson of Liverpool

Premier League: Week 22

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Alisson	Liverpool	13	0.57
2	Ederson	Manchester City	18	0.31
3	Adrian	Liverpool	9	0.24
4	David de Gea	Manchester United	22	0.23
5	Paulo Gazzaniga	Tottenham	15	0.17
6	Bernd Leno	Arsenal	22	0.14
7	Vicente Guaita	Crystal Palace	20	0.13
8	Lukasz Fabianski	West Ham	10	0.13
9	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	22	0.09
10	Alex McCarthy	Southampton	12	0.06
11	Martin Dubravka	Newcastle United	22	0.03
12	Mathew Ryan	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	-0.01
13	Ben Foster	Watford	22	-0.02
14	Jordan Pickford	Everton	22	-0.06
15	Aaron Ramsdale	Bournemouth	21	-0.08
16	Dean Henderson	Sheffield United	21	-0.09
17	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham	7	-0.09
18	Roberto	West Ham	7	-0.11
19	Tom Heaton	Aston Villa	20	-0.14
20	Kepa	Chelsea	22	-0.21
21	Tim Krul	Worwich City	20	-0.23
22	Rui Patricio	Wolverhampton	22	-0.27
23	Nick Pope	Burnley	22	-0.28
24	Angus Gunn	Southampton	10	-0.51

Yann Sommer of Moenchengladbach

Bundesliga: Week 17

Ranking	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Yann Sommer	Monchengladbach	17	0.36
2	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	0.34
3	Alexander Nubel	Schlake 04	15	0.26
4	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	9	0.18
5	Lukas Hradecky	Bayer Leverkusen	17	0.18
6	Peter Gulacsi	RB Leipzig	16	0.18
7	Mark Flekken	SC Freiburg	9	0.14
8	Pavao Pervan	VfL Wolfsburg	8	0.14
9	Rafal Gikiewicz	Union Berlin	17	0.11
10	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	17	0.11
11	Frederik Ronnow	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	0.10
12	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC	15	0.10
13	Leopold Zingerle	SC Paderborn 07	11	0.07
14	Roman Burki	Borussia Dortmund	14	0.04
15	Robin Zentner	Mainz 05	14	-0.09
16	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim	17	-0.18
17	Timo Horn	FC Koln	17	-0.20
18	Jiri Pavlenka	Werder Bremen	17	-0.25
19	Zack Steffen	Fortuna Dusseldorf	17	-0.25
20	Alexander Schwolow	SC Freiburg	8	-0.26
21	Tomas Koubek	FC Augsburg	17	-0.37
22	Jannik Huth	SC Paderborn 07	6	-0.71

Wojciech Szczesny of Juventus

Serie A: Week 19

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Wojciech Szczesny	Juventus	12	0.42
2	Robin Olsen	Cagliari	14	0.37
3	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	7	0.30
4	Samir Handanovic	Inter Milan	19	0.24
5	Pau Lopez	AS Roma	18	0.23
6	Thomas Strakosha	SS Lazio	18	0.17
7	David Ospina	Napoli	6	0.15
8	Luigi Sepe	Parma	19	0.12
9	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino FC	19	0.11
10	Ionut Radu	Genoa	17	0.08
11	Etrit Berisha	SPAL	19	0.05
12	Marco Silvestri	Verona	18	0.05
13	Jesse Joronen	Brescia	16	0.03
14	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AC Milan	18	0.03
15	Bartlomiej Dragowski	ACF Fiorentina	19	-0.03
16	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	19	-0.05
17	Juan Musso	Udinese	19	-0.10
18	Alex Meret	Napoli	13	-0.14
19	Gabriel	Lecce	19	-0.15
20	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	14	-0.15
21	Lukasz Skorupski	Bologna	19	-0.30
22	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	17	-0.41
23	Rafael	Cagliari	5	-1.01

Unai Simon of Athletic Bilbao

La Liga: Week 19

Ranking	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Unai Simon	Athletic Bilbao	18	0.32
2	Sergio Asenjo	Villareal	16	0.32
3	Jan Oblak	Atletico Madrid	19	0.28
4	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	16	0.25
5	Jasper Cillessen	Valencia	14	0.10
6	Tomas Vaclik	Sevilla	19	0.08
7	Marc-Andre ter Stegen	Barcelona	18	0.07
8	Miguel Angel Moya	Real Sociedad	7	0.06
9	Aitor Fernandez	Levante	19	0.06
10	Jaume Domenech	Valencia	5	0.04
11	Manuel Reina	Mallorca	18	-0.00
12	Juan Soriano	Leganes	7	-0.04
13	Joel Robles	Real Betis	18	-0.05
14	Alex Remiro	Real Sociedad	12	-0.06
15	Jordi Masip	Valladolid	19	-0.06
16	Ivan Cuellar	Leganes	12	-0.08
17	Ruben	Osasuna	13	-0.08
18	Fernando Pacheco	Alaves	16	-0.09
19	Ruben Blanco	Celta Vigo	17	-0.10
20	David Soria	Getafe	19	-0.10
21	Rui Silva	Grenada	19	-0.22
22	Marko Dmitrovic	Eibar	19	-0.34
23	Diego Lopez	Espanyol	19	-0.35

Keylor Navas of Paris Saint Germain

Ligue 1: Week 20

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Keylor Navas	PSG	14	0.31
2	Geronimo Rulli	Montpellier	19	0.29
3	Edouard Mendy	Rennes	15	0.26
4	Predrag Rajkovic	Reims	19	0.23
5	Benoit Costil	Bordeaux	20	0.13
6	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	19	0.11
7	Walter Benitez	Nice	18	0.11
8	Alfred Gomis	Gijon	15	0.09
9	Benjamin Lecomte	Monaco	19	0.07
10	Mike Maignan	Lille	20	0.06
11	Alban Lafont	Nantes	20	0.06
12	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	20	0.05
13	Gautier Larsonneur	Brest	19	-0.01
14	Matz Sels	Strasbourg	20	-0.02
15	Stephane Ruffier	St. Etienne	17	-0.13
16	Alexandre Oukidja	Metz	19	-0.13
17	Paul Bernardoni	Nimes	16	-0.15
18	Regis Gurtner	Amiens	19	-0.18
19	Ludovic Butelle	Angers	20	-0.30
20	Baptiste Reynet	Toulouse	20	-0.39
21	Runar Alex Runarsson	Dijon	5	-0.45

Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Jan. 15

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