Golden gloves: goalkeepers making most saves in Premier League this season - in pictures

A look at the English top-flight's busiest between the posts for this campaign and the last

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  MOST SAVES IN 2021/22 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON: =8) Jordan Pickford (Everton) 19 saves in six games. Reuters

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  =8) Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) 19 saves in six games. AP

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  =8) Alex McCarthy (Southampton) 19 saves in seven games. AFP

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  =8) Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham United) 19 saves in seven games. PA

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  7) Nick Pope (Burnley) 20 saves in seven games. Reuters

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  =5) Jose Sa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 21 saves in seven games. Getty

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  =5) Tim Krul (Norwich City) 21 saves in seven games. Reuters

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  4) Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace) 22 saves in seven games. Getty

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  3) Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) 23 saves in seven games. Reuters

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  2) Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) 25 saves in seven games. Getty

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  1) Illan Meslier (Leeds United) 28 saves in seven games. Reuters

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  MOST SAVES IN 2020/21 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON: 10) Rui Patricio (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 100 saves in 37 games. AFP

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  9) Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham United) 103 saves in 35 games. EPA

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  8) Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace) 106 saves in 37 games. Getty

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  =6) Nick Pope (Burnley) 114 saves in 32 games. Reuters

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  =6) Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) 114 saves in 38 games. Getty

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  5) Alphonse Areola (Fulham) 116 saves in 36 games. Getty

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  4) Illan Meslier (Leeds United) 140 saves in 35 games. Getty

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  3) Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) 142 saves in 38 games. Getty

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  2) Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United) 147 saves in 38 games. PA

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  1) Sam Johnstone (West Bromwich Albion) 166 saves in 37 games. Getty

The early front-runners in the race to make the most saves this season in the Premier League has some surprising contenders.

And, going by the previous campaign, the clubs of the goalkeepers involved will be hoping to be nowhere near the top come next May.

Relegated clubs Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham all saw their keepers finishing at the other end of the table for making saves.

As for the all-time Premier League list, the top three goalkeepers are Tim Howard with 992 saves in 399 games, Petr Cech's 1,005 in 443 appearances, and Ben Foster leading the way with 1,189 saves from 367 matches.

In the gallery above, we take a look at which goalkeepers are this season's golden gloves so far — and see who finished at the top of the charts last season.