Another boring international break has hit this March, so if you’ve ever wondered who has saved the most penalties in Premier League history – wonder no more!
With club news thin on the ground, the Premier League have delved into the history books – going back to when the top flight was rebranded – to list the goalkeepers with the best penalty save records and a number of very familiar faces appear in the list.
Some very talented stoppers are however missing which may surprise some.
|
Name
|
Faced
|
Saved
|
Name
|
Faced
|
Saved
|
|
David James
|
63
|
13
|
Thomas Sorensen
|
50
|
12
|
|
Mark Schwarzer
|
49
|
10
|
Brad Friedel
|
51
|
10
|
|
Shay Given
|
66
|
10
|
Heurelho Gomes
|
34
|
9
|
|
Robert Green
|
35
|
9
|
Jussi Jaaskelainen
|
52
|
9
|
|
Simon Mignolet
|
28
|
8
|
Edwin van der Sar
|
31
|
8
|
In terms of which stopper has the best percentage record for saves from 12 yards, that throws up a completely different list of names and only one man can claim a percentage of higher than 45%.
Table limited to a minimum of ten penalties faced.
|
Name
|
Faced
|
Saved
|
Percentage
|
|
Dmitri Kharin
|
11
|
5
|
45.5
|
|
Manuel Almunia
|
14
|
6
|
42.9
|
|
Pavel Srnicek
|
12
|
5
|
41.7
|
|
Bryan Gunn
|
10
|
4
|
40
|
|
Artur Boruc
|
14
|
5
|
35.7
|
|
Mark Bosnich
|
18
|
6
|
33.3
|
|
David Seaman
|
22
|
7
|
31.8
|
|
Mark Crossley
|
19
|
6
|
31.6
|
|
Tom Heaton
|
10
|
3
|
30
|
|
Simon Mignolet
|
28
|
8
|
28.6
|
