| Updated: Goalkeeper performances are often judged through wins, clean sheets and reputation, but those markers can be shaped by everything around the keeper, from the quality of the back line to how many shots a team allows. Save percentage cuts closer to the core question: when a shot is actually on target, how often does the goalkeeper keep it out, and which league is producing the most efficient shot-stoppers at the moment? Sportingpedia analysed the goalkeepers with the highest save percentage across Europe’s top five leagues by comparing shots faced, shots saved and the resulting save rate, then ranking the top 20 performers in the dataset. One of the report’s most striking revelations is how rare an 80% save rate is in Europe’s top five leagues. Only five goalkeepers get above it, and four of them play in Serie A, led by Mike Maignan of Milan on 84.72% after saving 61 of the 72 shots he has faced. Barcelona’s Joan Garcia is the only one outside Italy to reach that level, recording 81.82% with 45 saves from 55 shots faced.
Goalkeepers with the Highest Save Percentage in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues
Аccurate as of 09.02.2026 / Data Source: Fbref.com
At the very top, the ranking is shaped by two Serie A names operating at an efficiency level that the rest of the list does not match. Mike Maignan of Milan leads on 84.72%, saving 61 of 72 shots faced, while Mile Svilar of Roma follows on 83.33% after stopping 70 of 84. That combination of percentage and workload is what separates them from the rest of the table: both are not only converting an unusually high share of shots into saves, but doing so across a meaningful volume, with Svilar in particular carrying one of the heavier shot counts among the keepers near the summit.
The 80% bracket is where the broader league pattern becomes impossible to miss. Joan Garcia of Barcelona is the only non-Serie A goalkeeper above that line, placing third overall on 81.82% after making 45 saves from 55 shots faced. The other three names in that exclusive group all come from Italy: Jean Butez of Como sits fourth on 81.33% (61 saves from 75), and Marco Carnesecchi of Atalanta completes the 80% club at 80.68% with 71 saves from 88 shots faced. In other words, the moment the list moves from “high 70s” into “80+”, Serie A takes over, with four of the five keepers in that range.
Serie A’s presence does not stop at the headline numbers either, because it also supplies much of the table’s upper-middle. Emil Audero of Cremonese posts 79.21% from a high workload of 101 shots faced and 80 saved, showing that strong save efficiency is not limited to low-shot environments. Arijanet Muric of Sassuolo sits lower on the list at 76.07%, but still on a substantial sample, saving 89 of 117 shots faced. With Mike Maignan of Milan, Mile Svilar of Roma, Jean Butez of Como, Marco Carnesecchi of Atalanta, Emil Audero of Cremonese and Arijanet Muric of Sassuolo all included, Italy’s representation runs from the very peak through the high-volume middle.
La Liga, by contrast, is the league with the most names in the top 20, but most of them sit outside the very top tier. After Joan Garcia of Barcelona in third, the strongest Spanish cluster appears in the high-70 band. Sergio Herrera of Osasuna records 78.10% after saving 82 of 105 shots faced, while Luiz Lucio Reis Junior of Villarreal is close by on 77.59% (45 from 58). Ionut Radu of Celta sits on 77.01% after saving 67 of 87, and Aaron Escandell of Oviedo appears with one of the heaviest workloads in the full list, recording 76.74% from 99 saves on 129 shots faced. Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid is listed on 75.38% (49 from 65), Marko Dmitrovic of Espanyol on 75.27% (70 from 93), and David Soria of Getafe rounds out the top 20 on 73.00% after saving 73 of 100 shots faced. The volume of La Liga representatives is clear, but so is the difference in concentration: Spain places many goalkeepers in the top 20, yet only one breaks into the top 10 and only one clears 80%.
Outside Italy and Spain, the ranking becomes far thinner, which is where the single-league representatives stand out immediately. The Premier League appears only once through Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa, who posts 77.50% from 62 saves on 80 shots faced. The Bundesliga also has just one entry, with Daniel Batz of Mainz 05 recording 78.57% after saving 33 of 42 shots faced. Both numbers are competitive in the context of the broader table, but the lack of additional names from England and Germany underlines how sharply the distribution tilts towards Italy and Spain.
Ligue 1 sits somewhere in between, offering a small but visible group rather than a single outlier. Robin Risser of Lens posts 79.37% (50 saves from 63), Herve Koffi of Angers delivers 79.12% on a heavier workload (72 from 91), and Geronimo Rulli of Marseille matches Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid on 75.38% (49 from 65). The French representation is not large, but it does include one keeper sitting just shy of the 80% bracket, and another carrying a sizeable number of shots faced while maintaining the same upper-70 efficiency.
One of the most telling features of the full list is how save percentage interacts with workload. Aaron Escandell of Oviedo (129 faced), Arijanet Muric of Sassuolo (117), Sergio Herrera of Osasuna (105), Ivan Provedel of Lazio (102) and Emil Audero of Cremonese (101) all sit in the “100+ shots faced” zone while staying in the mid-to-high 70s percentage, suggesting sustained efficiency across large sample sizes rather than short runs. At the same time, the very top is not limited to low-shot profiles: Mile Svilar of Roma reaches 83.33% on 84 shots faced, and Marco Carnesecchi of Atalanta clears 80% while facing 88, reinforcing that the highest positions are not purely the product of small workloads.