Premiership Goalkeepers Ratings

Mr Dorset 0 Comment Jan 28, 2015

Here is a list of all the Premiership goalkeepers who have played 900 minutes or more of Premier League football and the teams they played for, showing the GCPM (Goals conceded By Minute). I removed players who had less than 900 minutes or Premiership time to make the comparisons a bit fairer, not very fair, but if you don’t like it then you are welcome to do your own analysis.

As I said in my previous post looking at the Tottenham goalkeepers, this is probably a very unfair way of rating goalkeepers, but how else could we do it? Some of the ‘great’ goalkeepers listed here may have been nothing special and been saved by magnificent defenders. All the other methods of rating goalkeepers are subjective, and everyone has a different outlook on how good a goalkeeper is, the number of goals conceded and the numbers of minutes played are facts, maybe useless facts, but I enjoy them. You can never have too many statistics!

A very interesting fact is that Roy Caroll is the best premiership goalkeeper ever, only conceding a goal every 152 minutes when he played for Manchester United, while the worst goalkeeper ever is Roy Caroll, conceding a goal every 34 minutes when he played for Derby County! Roy Caroll also came 176th in the list when he played for West Ham conceding a goal every 58 minutes.

This is a very long list, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page I have added an All Time Top Keeper list, showing the ratings of the top 20 regardless of clubs they played for.

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Minutes	Conceded	GCPM
1	Roy Carroll	Manchester United	4261	28	152
2	Tomasz Kuszczak	Manchester United	2802	20	140
3	Jose Reina	Liverpool	16020	130	123
4	Fraser Forster	Southampton	1980	16	123
5	Petr Cech	Chelsea	29477	240	122
6	Ben Foster	Manchester United	1080	9	120
7	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	16594	142	116
8	David Seaman	Arsenal	29168	267	109
9	Jens Lehmann	Arsenal	13251	125	106
10	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	22377	212	105
11	Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	12595	123	102
12	Manuel Almunia	Arsenal	9798	99	98
13	Sander Westerveld	Liverpool	6750	70	96
14	Jerzy Dudek	Liverpool	11300	118	95
15	John Lukic	Arsenal	1620	17	95
16	Tim Howard	Manchester United	4004	42	95
17	Ed De Goey	Chelsea	10982	116	94
18	Raimond Van Der Gouw	Manchester United	2744	29	94
19	Alex Manninger	Arsenal	3464	37	93
20	Joe Hart	Manchester City	19279	209	92
21	Radek Cerny	Tottenham Hotspur	1376	15	91
22	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	8077	88	91
23	Pavel Srnicek	Newcastle United	8783	97	90
24	Mark Bosnich	Manchester United	1875	21	89
25	Nigel Martyn	Leeds United	18566	210	88
26	Mark Bosnich	Aston Villa	15890	179	88
27	David James	Liverpool	19080	218	87
28	Gary Walsh	Manchester United	1140	13	87
29	David De Gea	Manchester United	10440	119	87
30	David James	Aston Villa	5985	69	86
31	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	1644	19	86
32	Shaka Hislop	Newcastle United	4630	54	85
33	Maik Taylor	Southampton	1620	19	85
34	Tim Howard	Everton	28306	335	84
35	Vito Mannone	Arsenal	1350	16	84
36	Tim Flowers	Blackburn Rovers	15705	190	82
37	Bobby Mimms	Blackburn Rovers	5413	66	82
38	Pepe Reina	Liverpool	9630	117	82
39	John Filan	Wigan Athletic	2206	27	81
40	Anders Lindegaard	Manchester United	1710	21	81
41	Lukasz Fabianski	Arsenal	2781	34	81
42	Heurelho Gomes	Tottenham Hotspur	8476	105	80
43	Artur Boruc	Southampton	4334	54	80
44	Mike Hooper	Newcastle United	2109	27	78
45	Mark Beeney	Leeds United	3150	40	78
46	Peter Enckelman	Aston Villa	4629	60	77
47	Nigel Martyn	Everton	7626	99	77
48	Chris Kirkland	Liverpool	2250	29	77
49	Joe Hart	Birmingham City	3240	42	77
50	David James	Manchester City	8370	109	76
51	Thomas Sorensen	Aston Villa	12319	161	76
52	Brad Friedel	Tottenham Hotspur	4500	59	76
53	Richard Wright	Ipswich Town	3510	46	76
54	John Lukic	Leeds United	11566	152	76
55	Henrique Hilario	Chelsea	1684	22	76
56	Wojciech Szczesny	Arsenal	11849	154	76
57	Mark Crossley	Middlesbrough	1883	25	75
58	Tony Coton	Manchester City	8207	108	75
59	Ali Al Habsi	Bolton Wanderers	900	12	75
60	Shay Given	Manchester City	4483	60	74
61	Thomas Myhre	Everton	6300	85	74
62	Kasey Keller	Leicester City	8837	118	74
63	Mark Schwarzer	Fulham	15474	210	73
64	Carlo Cudicini	Tottenham Hotspur	1694	23	73
65	Kasey Keller	Fulham	1170	16	73
66	Chris Woods	Sheffield Wednesday	5851	80	73
67	Nigel Spink	Aston Villa	4677	64	73
68	Costel Pantilimon	Sunderland	1170	16	73
69	Thomas Myhre	Charlton Athletic	1890	26	72
70	Dimitri Kharine	Chelsea	10494	145	72
71	Dave Beasant	Chelsea	1530	21	72
72	John Filan	Blackburn Rovers	2900	40	72
73	Espen Baardsen	Tottenham Hotspur	2025	28	72
74	Asmir Begovic	Stoke City	13122	180	72
75	Simon Mignolet	Liverpool	5204	72	72
76	Adrian	West Ham United	3780	52	72
77	Brad Friedel	Blackburn Rovers	23446	329	71
78	Stuart Taylor	Arsenal	1493	21	71
79	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	7740	109	71
80	Brad Friedel	Aston Villa	10260	146	70
81	Brad Friedel	Liverpool	2250	32	70
82	Simon Tracey	Sheffield United	2113	30	70
83	Peter Schmeichel	Aston Villa	2610	37	70
84	Tomasz Kuszczak	West Bromwich Albion	2739	39	70
85	Nigel Martyn	Crystal Palace	7107	102	69
86	Magnus Hedman	Coventry City	9000	130	69
87	Pavel Srnicek	Sheffield Wednesday	3901	56	69
88	Jan Stejskal	Queens Park Rangers	3672	53	69
89	Edwin van der Sar	Fulham	11329	162	69
90	Steve Ogrizovic	Coventry City	17274	252	68
91	Mark Schwarzer	Middlesbrough	29773	434	68
92	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester City	2610	38	68
93	Paul Robinson	Tottenham Hotspur	12304	179	68
94	Ludek Miklosko	West Ham United	15209	222	68
95	Scott Carson	Aston Villa	3150	46	68
96	Erik Thorstvedt	Tottenham Hotspur	5199	76	68
97	Kevin Hitchcock	Chelsea	5283	77	68
98	David James	Portsmouth	12044	179	67
99	Thomas Sorensen	Stoke City	8656	128	67
100	Thomas Sorensen	Sunderland	11219	167	67
101	Steve Harper	Newcastle United	9575	142	67
102	Shaka Hislop	Portsmouth	4230	63	67
103	Shay Given	Newcastle United	31505	466	67
104	Antti Niemi	Southampton	7202	107	67
105	Richard Wright	Arsenal	1074	16	67
106	Lukasz Fabianski	Swansea City	1890	28	67
107	Michel Vorm	Swansea City	7979	119	67
108	David Seaman	Manchester City	1595	24	66
109	Neville Southall	Everton	18557	278	66
110	Nico Vaesen	Birmingham City	2790	42	66
111	Maik Taylor	Birmingham City	12780	191	66
112	Michael Oakes	Aston Villa	4456	67	66
113	Mark Crossley	Nottingham Forest	14580	219	66
114	Bryan Gunn	Norwich City	9190	139	66
115	Simon Mignolet	Sunderland	8062	122	66
116	Ian Walker	Tottenham Hotspur	21393	325	65
117	Neil Moss	Southampton	2081	32	65
118	Pegguy Arphexad	Leicester City	1766	27	65
119	Craig Forrest	West Ham United	2539	39	65
120	Jussi Jaaskelainen	West Ham United	5040	77	65
121	Alan Kelly	Sheffield United	5472	83	65
122	Paddy Kenny	Sheffield United	3031	46	65
123	Maik Taylor	Fulham	1738	27	64
124	Andy Dibble	Manchester City	2520	39	64
125	Tony Roberts	Queens Park Rangers	7128	111	64
126	Allan McGregor	Hull City	3826	59	64
127	David James	West Ham United	5760	91	63
128	Shaka Hislop	West Ham United	10664	167	63
129	Jussi Jaaskelainen	Bolton Wanderers	34110	541	63
130	Dean Kiely	Charlton Athletic	15886	252	63
131	Mark Crossley	Fulham	1647	26	63
132	Marcus Hahnemann	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3510	55	63
133	Matt Duke	Hull City	1890	30	63
134	Julian Speroni	Crystal Palace	5815	91	63
135	Hans Segers	Wimbledon	10419	163	63
136	Bruce Grobbelaar	Liverpool	3060	48	63
137	Mart Poom	Derby County	11787	188	62
138	Steve Harper	Hull City	1322	21	62
139	Dave Beasant	Southampton	7827	125	62
140	Andy Oakes	Derby County	2202	35	62
141	Craig Gordon	Sunderland	7896	127	62
142	Brad Jones	Middlesbrough	3060	49	62
143	Ross Turnbull	Middlesbrough	2430	39	62
144	Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	10068	160	62
145	Tim Flowers	Leicester City	4661	76	61
146	Paul Jones	Southampton	17183	281	61
147	Chris Day	Watford	990	16	61
148	Shay Given	Aston Villa	3008	49	61
149	Russell Hoult	Derby County	5963	97	61
150	Simon Royce	Leicester City	1542	25	61
151	Ben Foster	Birmingham City	3370	55	61
152	Vito Mannone	Sunderland	3377	55	61
153	Gary Walsh	Middlesbrough	4223	70	60
154	Paul Gerrard	Everton	7971	132	60
155	Neil Sullivan	Tottenham Hotspur	5760	96	60
156	Neil Sullivan	Wimbledon	16049	266	60
157	Sasa Ilic	Charlton Athletic	3148	52	60
158	Nicky Weaver	Manchester City	4943	82	60
159	Richard Wright	Everton	5118	84	60
160	Alan Miller	Middlesbrough	1440	24	60
161	Marcus Hahnemann	Reading	6729	111	60
162	Jurgen Sommer	Queens Park Rangers	2970	49	60
163	Clive Baker	Ipswich Town	4317	71	60
164	Tim Krul	Newcastle United	11902	196	60
165	Kevin Pressman	Sheffield Wednesday	18456	309	59
166	Antti Niemi	Fulham	5551	93	59
167	Chris Kirkland	Wigan Athletic	11528	195	59
168	Ian Bennett	Birmingham City	1360	23	59
169	Gerhard Tremmel	Swansea City	2390	40	59
170	Kasey Keller	Tottenham Hotspur	7650	128	59
171	Robert Green	West Ham United	15913	269	59
172	Matteo Sereni	Ipswich Town	2250	38	59
173	Tim Flowers	Southampton	4860	83	58
174	Gabor Kiraly	Crystal Palace	2880	49	58
175	Dean Kiely	Portsmouth	1350	23	58
176	Roy Carroll	West Ham United	2790	48	58
177	Scott Carson	Charlton Athletic	3240	55	58
178	Eike Immel	Manchester City	3420	58	58
179	Ben Foster	Watford	2566	44	58
180	Lionel Perez	Sunderland	2584	45	57
181	Marton Fulop	Sunderland	3534	62	57
182	Asmir Begovic	Portsmouth	915	16	57
183	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa	9258	160	57
184	Jamie Ashdown	Portsmouth	3691	65	56
185	Mark Bunn	Norwich City	1913	34	56
186	Julio Cesar	Queens Park Rangers	2100	37	56
187	Ian Walker	Leicester City	6376	115	55
188	Steve Simonsen	Everton	2604	47	55
189	Jonathan Gould	Coventry City	2160	39	55
190	Vince Bartram	Arsenal	990	18	55
191	Frôde Grodas	Chelsea	1787	32	55
192	Boaz Myhill	West Bromwich Albion	2610	47	55
193	Bruce Grobbelaar	Southampton	2793	50	55
194	Tom Heaton	Burnley	1980	36	55
195	Robert Green	Queens Park Rangers	3210	59	54
196	John Ruddy	Norwich City	8092	148	54
197	Andreas Isaksson	Manchester City	1629	30	54
198	Ali Al Habsi	Wigan Athletic	9090	168	54
199	Paolo Gazzaniga	Southampton	1472	27	54
200	Matt Clarke	Bradford City	3404	64	53
201	Andy Marshall	Norwich City	1880	35	53
202	Keith Branagan	Bolton Wanderers	5792	108	53
203	Paul Robinson	Blackburn Rovers	12447	232	53
204	Paul Gerrard	Oldham Athletic	3601	68	52
205	Craig Forrest	Ipswich Town	6660	127	52
206	Russell Hoult	West Bromwich Albion	6531	125	52
207	Jurgen Macho	Sunderland	1907	36	52
208	Kelvin Davis	Sunderland	2970	57	52
209	Sieb Dijkstra	Queens Park Rangers	990	19	52
210	Ian Ironside	Middlesbrough	1000	19	52
211	Stephan Andersen	Charlton Athletic	1530	29	52
212	Chris Kirkland	Coventry City	2070	40	51
213	Jon Hallworth	Oldham Athletic	3149	61	51
214	Carlo Nash	Manchester City	1350	26	51
215	Bernard Lama	West Ham United	1080	21	51
216	Paul Robinson	Leeds United	8434	164	51
217	Gary Walsh	Bradford City	2700	53	50
218	Chris Kirkland	West Bromwich Albion	900	18	50
219	Paddy Kenny	Queens Park Rangers	2970	59	50
220	David Stockdale	Fulham	3358	66	50
221	Alex McCarthy	Reading	1170	23	50
222	Mike Pollitt	Wigan Athletic	3016	61	49
223	Scott Carson	West Bromwich Albion	6030	122	49
224	Paul Heald	Wimbledon	1909	39	48
225	Kevin Miller	Crystal Palace	3420	71	48
226	Michael Oakes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1890	39	48
227	Kevin Poole	Leicester City	3870	80	48
228	Steve Pears	Middlesbrough	2295	47	48
229	Kieren Westwood	Sunderland	1611	33	48
230	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	1260	26	48
231	Tony Warner	Fulham	1756	37	47
232	Adam Federici	Reading	2001	42	47
233	John Filan	Coventry City	1356	29	46
234	Andy Marshall	Ipswich Town	1170	26	45
235	Matthew Gilks	Blackpool	1576	35	45
236	Robert Green	Norwich City	3393	75	45
237	Boaz Myhill	Hull City	4950	109	45
238	David Marshall	Cardiff City	3330	73	45
239	Wayne Hennessey	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6390	140	45
240	Adam Bogdan	Bolton Wanderers	2121	47	45
241	Richard Kingson	Blackpool	1696	38	44
242	Paul Jones	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1440	33	43
243	Dave Beasant	Nottingham Forest	2340	54	43
244	Nicky Hammond	Swindon Town	1017	24	42
245	Brian Jensen	Burnley	3345	80	41
246	Kelvin Davis	Southampton	1034	25	41
247	Rob Elliot	Newcastle United	1249	30	41
248	David Watson	Barnsley	2646	66	40
249	Alec Chamberlain	Watford	2430	61	39
250	Stephen Bywater	Derby County	1620	41	39
251	Fraser Digby	Swindon Town	2497	64	39
252	Maarten Stekelenburg	Fulham	1682	43	39
253	Roy Carroll	Derby County	1260	37	34

Top 20 All Time Premiership Goalkeepers

Rank	Goalkeeper	Minutes	Conceded	GCPM
1	Fraser Forster	1980	16	123
2	Jose Reina	16020	130	123
3	Petr Cech	29477	240	122
4	Jens Lehmann	13251	125	106
5	David Seaman	30763	291	105
6	Manuel Almunia	9798	99	98
7	Carlo Cudicini	14289	146	97
8	Peter Schmeichel	27597	287	96
9	Jerzy Dudek	11300	118	95
10	Ed De Goey	10982	116	94
11	Raimond Van Der Gouw	2744	29	94
12	Alex Manninger	3464	37	93
13	Tomasz Kuszczak	5541	59	93
14	Edwin van der Sar	27923	304	91
15	Fabien Barthez	8077	88	91
16	Sander Westerveld	7470	83	90
17	Joe Hart	22519	251	89
18	Mark Bosnich	18205	204	89
19	David De Gea	10440	119	87
20	Thibaut Courtois	1644	19	86

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