Stats Perform Goalkeeper Rankings: Dec. 18 4lo65

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. 5v6m6i

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 Dec. 18:

Premier League: Week 17

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Alisson	Liverpool	9	0.35
2	Paulo Gazzaniga	Tottenham	10	0.34
3	Ederson	Manchester City	15	0.31
4	David de Gea	Manchester United	17	0.27
5	Adrian	Liverpool	9	0.25
6	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	17	0.22
7	Vicente Guaita	Crystal Palace	15	0.18
8	Bernd Leno	Arsenal	17	0.13
9	Lukasz Fabianski	West Ham	7	0.08
10	Mathew Ryan	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	0.06
11	Martin Dubravka	Newcastle United	17	0.05
12	Roberto	West Ham	6	0.05
13	Aaron Ramsdale	Bournemouth	17	0.01
14	Dean Henderson	Sheffield United	16	-0.08
15	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham	7	-0.08
16	Rui Patricio	Wolverhampton	17	-0.13
17	Tom Heaton	Aston Villa	16	-0.15
18	Jordan Pickford	Everton	17	-0.16
19	Kepa	Chelsea	17	-0.17
20	Alex McCarthy	Southampton	7	-0.23
21	Ben Foster	Watford	17	-0.23
22	Tim Krul	Norwich City	15	-0.23
23	Nick Pope	Burnley	17	-0.33
24	Angus Gunn	Southampton	10	-0.51

Bundesliga: Week 15

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	7	0.36
2	Yann Sommer	Monchengladbach	15	0.34
3	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	0.33
4	Mark Flekken	SC Freiburg	7	0.31
5	Peter Gulacsi	RB Leipzig	14	0.30
6	Alexander Nubel	Schlake 04	15	0.24
7	Lukas Hradecky	Bayer Leverkusen	15	0.21
8	Pavao Pervan	VfL Wolfsburg	8	0.13
9	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	15	0.11
10	Rafal Gikiewicz	Union Berlin	15	0.10
11	Frederik Ronnow	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	0.09
12	Roman Burki	Borussia Dortmund	12	0.04
13	Leopold Zingerle	SC Paderborn 07	9	-0.02
14	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC	13	-0.02
15	Jiri Pavlenka	Werder Bremen	15	-0.15
16	Robin Zentner	Mainz 05	12	-0.20
17	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim	15	-0.24
18	Zack Steffen	Fortuna Dusseldorf	15	-0.26
19	Alexander Schwolow	SC Freiburg	8	-0.26
20	Timo Horn	FC Koln	15	-0.28
21	Tomas Koubek	FC Augsburg	15	-0.41
22	Jannik Huth	SC Paderborn 07	6	-0.73

Serie A: Week 16

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Robin Olsen	Cagliari	12	0.54
2	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	6	0.27
3	Wojciech Szczesny	Juventus	10	0.26
4	Pau Lopez	AS Roma	15	0.18
5	David Ospina	Napoli	5	0.16
6	Luigi Sepe	Parma	16	0.12
7	Samir Handanovic	Inter Milan	16	0.11
8	Thomas Strakosha	SS Lazio	16	0.10
9	Jesse Joronen	Brescia	13	0.05
10	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AC Milan	15	0.01
11	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino FC	16	0.01
12	Ionut Radu	Genoa	16	0.00
13	Etrit Berisha	SPAL	16	-0.01
14	Marco Silvestri	Verona	16	-0.01
15	Bartlomiej Dragowski	ACF Fiorentina	16	-0.07
16	Alex Meret	Napoli	11	-0.13
17	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	16	-0.14
18	Gabriel	Lecce	16	-0.17
19	Juan Musso	Udinese	16	-0.22
20	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	12	-0.26
21	Lukasz Skorupski	Bologna	16	-0.32
22	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	15	-0.46

La Liga: Week 17

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Sergio Asenjo	Villareal	14	0.34
2	Jan Oblak	Atletico Madrid	17	0.30
3	Unai Simon	Athletic Bilbao	16	0.23
4	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	13	0.15
5	Tomas Vaclik	Sevilla	17	0.11
6	Jasper Cillessen	Valencia	14	0.11
7	Aitor Fernandez	Levante	17	0.09
8	Miguel Angel Moya	Real Sociedad	7	0.07
9	Marc-Andre ter Stegen	Barcelona	16	0.05
10	Joel Robles	Real Betis	16	0.01
11	Juan Soriano	Leganes	7	-0.02
12	Manuel Reina	Mallorca	16	-0.02
13	Ruben Blanco	Celta Vigo	15	-0.03
14	Fernando Pacheco	Alaves	14	-0.04
15	Jordi Masip	Valladolid	17	-0.04
16	Alex Remiro	Real Sociedad	10	-0.05
17	Ruben	Osasuna	13	-0.07
18	David Soria	Getafe	17	-0.11
19	Ivan Cuellar	Leganes	10	-0.19
20	Rui Silva	Grenada	17	-0.21
21	Diego Lopez	Espanyol	17	-0.28
22	Marko Dmitrovic	Eibar	17	-0.38

Ligue 1: Week 17

Rank	Player	Team	Games	xG Prevented/90 Min
1	Keylor Navas	Paris SG	12	0.36
2	Geronimo Rulli	Montpellier	17	0.27
3	Mike Maignan	Lille	18	0.26
4	Predrag Rajkovic	Reims	17	0.24
5	Edouard Mendy	Rennes	13	0.21
6	Benoit Costil	Bordeaux	18	0.14
7	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	18	0.13
8	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	18	0.07
9	Walter Benitez	Nice	16	0.06
10	Alban Lafont	Nantes	18	0.05
11	Alfred Gomis	Dijon	13	0.04
12	Gautier Larsonneur	Brest	17	0.00
13	Benjamin Lecomte	Monaco	17	-0.04
14	Matz Sels	Strasbourg	18	-0.06
15	Stephane Ruffier	St. Etienne	15	-0.09
16	Regis Gurtner	Amiens	17	-0.11
17	Alexandre Oukidja	Metz	17	-0.18
18	Baptiste Reynet	Toulouse	18	-0.29
19	Paul Bernardoni	Nimes	14	-0.31
20	Ludovic Butelle	Angers	18	-0.32
21	Runar Alex Runarsson	Dijon	5	-0.44