Best abs collectors after a third of season? (GKs edition)

[Si@Burnley]

With approximately one-third of the season already played it is the right time to look at some data (available at the all players list).

Which players and teams are the most successful in collecting ability points?

First, let’s take a look at the GKs stats. The following table shows the stopping ability points earned by each goalie since the start of the season (top 25 KAbs collectors).



KAb = keeping ability points as of the start of the season
KAbNew = keeping ability points as of after round 13
KAbGAIN = number of KAbs gained since the start of the season
Minutes = minutes played
Saves = number of saves
Abs/90 minutes = number of KAbs gained per 90 minutes in average

By far, the best KAbs collector is I. Meslier from Bournemouth with 701 KAbs (and 158 saves in 16 games). In second place is A. Lunin (614 KAbs) of Fulham, and third is A. Areola (577 KAbs) of Leicester. Meslier played 1540 minutes, so on average, he needed only 2.19 minutes played to earn one KAbs. Thus, he averaged 41 KAbs per 90 minutes.

Next, we can look at the KAbs earned by the top 20 goalkeepers (based on their current skills) in FFO. Due to the allocation of ABs (penalizing players with higher skills), the gains of the best goalies are understandably lower.


The most successful (among the top 20 goalkeepers )in gaining KAbs is A. Gunn of Sheffield Wednesday with 325 Abs. Second is T. Strakosha of Newcastle United (317), and third is G. Mamardashvili of Fiorentina (316). These are also the only three goalkeepers in the top 20 who have collected more than 300 Abs. The average Abs gained by the top 20 goalkeepers is 233 Abs. Both Maignan of Lazio and Ederson of Manchester City are deeply below the average (Maignan because of being no. 2 in Lazio at the moment despite being their captain).

Full list of KAbs gained (players with 100+ KAbs gained since the start of season):

	Team	Name	Age	Nat	St	KAbGAIN
1	bou	I_Meslier	24	FRA	22	701
2	ful	A_Lunin	25	ukr	22	614
3	lei	A_Areola	32	FRA	24	577
4	bur	Agirrezabala	23	esp	24	540
5	mrs	G_Bazunu	22	ire	23	536
6	spp	A_Brignoli	32	ITA	23	520
7	lyo	Y_Mvogo	30	sui	22	508
8	bet	A_Bayindir	27	tur	23	502
9	psv	I_Provedel	29	ita	23	492
10	val	A_Valles	26	ESP	24	471
11	fcp	K_Nakamura	29	jap	23	463
12	car	R_Allsop	32	wal	23	447
13	sou	Jose_Sa	32	por	24	441
14	bca	A_Lopes	33	por	25	440
15	ben	Andrew	23	bra	23	439
16	sto	D_Ward	31	wal	22	438
17	rom	R_Majecki	24	pol	24	430
18	slz	N_Atubolu	22	ger	23	429
19	wat	M_Okoye	24	NIG	23	425
20	vil	F_Jorgensen	22	DEN	24	419
21	ips	A_Patterson	24	eng	23	418
22	len	B_Samba	30	fra	23	407
23	shu	P_Gulacsi	35	hun	24	404
24	bir	J_Griffiths	22	eng	22	404
25	mil	J_Trafford	21	eng	24	403
26	atl	M_Perin	31	ita	23	401
27	sha	J_Butez	29	FRA	23	397
28	sun	B_Leno	34	ger	23	389
29	mid	A_Davies	31	eng	23	385
30	std	G_Lembet	35	CAF	24	376
31	lut	S_Soares	22	POR	22	370
32	nor	D_Vasquez	26	COL	23	360
33	bym	B_Verbruggen	21	ned	25	359
34	acm	M_ter_Stegen	30	ger	25	356
35	ran	G_Vicario	28	ita	24	355
36	soc	K_Trapp	32	ger	23	351
37	btf	M_Flekken	31	ned	23	341
38	cry	D_Livakovic	29	cro	25	335
39	ntf	G_Kobel	27	sui	24	326
40	shw	A_Gunn	29	ENG	25	325
41	liv	A_Onana	29	cam	24	318
42	new	T_Strakosha	29	ALB	25	317
43	fio	G_Mamardvili	23	GEO	25	316
44	byl	J_Bijlow	27	ned	24	316
45	aja	A_Trubin	23	ukr	24	315
46	ars	R_Owusu_Oduro	20	NED	24	313
47	uni	L_Hradecky	34	FIN	24	307
48	wba	D_Iversen	27	DEN	22	299
49	whu	N_Pope	31	eng	24	290
50	cov	B_Wilson	31	eng	23	290
51	tot	E_Green	23	ENG	25	289
52	cel	D_Raya	28	esp	25	288
53	hud	L_Nicholls	31	ENG	24	280
54	frn	Kepa	29	esp	24	278
55	brc	J_Pickford	32	ENG	26	267
56	sev	W_Szczesny	35	pol	25	266
57	mon	P_Gollini	29	ITA	25	260
58	mnu	J_Oblak	30	slo	25	255
59	ast	A_Lafont	25	fra	25	245
60	lis	Unai_Simon	28	esp	24	245
61	lee	Alisson	31	BRA	26	242
62	eve	D_de_Gea	31	ESP	26	242
63	bla	T_Courtois	31	bel	25	240
64	rbl	M_Sarkic	26	MON	23	240
65	psg	D_Costa	24	POR	26	237
66	nap	O_Vlachodimos	30	gre	24	236
67	juv	M_Carnesecchi	23	ita	25	233
68	bri	R_Sanchez	29	esp	24	231
69	sch	A_Meret	29	ITA	24	221
70	stp	S_Johnstone	34	ENG	25	217
71	che	D_Henderson	28	eng	25	217
72	atm	E_Martinez	30	arg	25	215
73	bar	L_Maximiano	24	POR	25	212
74	laz	G_Restes	19	fra	24	210
75	int	J_Musso	30	arg	25	204
76	dor	V_M_Savic	27	ser	25	201
77	fey	A_Muric	25	kos	23	195
78	rma	G_Donnarumma	25	ita	25	186
79	wol	A_Ramsdale	27	eng	24	156
80	sev	A_Iturbe	20	esp	20	137
81	mnc	Ederson	31	bra	25	135
82	bet	E_Andrada	34	arg	15	115
83	wba	T_Hasal	24	can	17	113
84	ben	N_Kruth	21	ger	18	100

Note: The stats are based on the All players lists as of July 1 2024 (start of the season) and August 14 2024 (after round 13). Although I tried to eliminate any possible errors, there might still be some (mainly connected to players with duplicated names).

[Steve@Chelsea]

Good work mate. Nice to see some stat work

[Marshy@Atletico]

Not surprised to see my poppadom wrist keeper near the bottom

[Ed@PSG]

Any chance you can do forwards next. prob the next most important position!