Raw saves mostly measure the defence in front of the keeper. Jurado has faced 83 shots on target and conceded 31; Rangel has faced 44 and conceded 10.
Back to the trend of the day: Santos seek sixth straight win against Pumas, with Keylor Navas in goal (in Spanish)
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Mejor portero Liga MX 2026: Apertura save percentages
Keylor Navas, a three-time Champions League winner, has saved 63.6% of shots on target this Apertura, while Chivas' Raúl Rangel, valued at €8m against Navas' €700k, has saved 77.3%.
- No. 1: Carlos Acevedo (Santos)
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Carlos Acevedo (Santos)
75.8% across 66 shots on target, with high volume as well: second in raw saves (50 by AS, 49 by FBref) behind only Jurado.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 1 · Grok: 2 · Gemini: 1 · DeepSeek: 2 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 1
2nd in raw saves with 49, and the best save percentage I can cite: 75.8% in the brief's FBref figure, with 3 clean sheets.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 2
75.8 percent across 66 shots on target in 12 games; the raw-save list has him on 50, FBref on 49.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Stopped 75.8% of shots faced and piled up 50 raw saves while conceding just 4 goals during Santos Laguna's 5-game winning streak.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
75.8% and 49 saves in 12 games — the busiest high-volume starter.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 1
75.8% save rate: the statistical anchor turning a mid-table team into a winning machine.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 2
Guillermo Allison (Querétaro)
74.5% with 4 clean sheets. He led Marca's shot-quality board (+3.01 goals prevented), but that figure is from before the 0-5 at Torreón.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 7 · Grok: 4 · Gemini: 9 · DeepSeek: 1 · Qwen: 4
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 7
40 saves for a club that, per Alargue, leads clean sheets, and one in a side that also took 13 of 15 points.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 4
Four clean sheets and 1.18 goals against per 90, in a sample that includes the 5-0 at Torreón.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 9
Recorded 44 saves across 11 games for 6th-place Querétaro before surrendering 5 goals against Santos in round 12.
- DeepSeekplace 1
3.01 goals prevented, more than double the next keeper — the anti-reputation No. 1.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 4
Top of the 'goals prevented' metric (+3.01), keeping Querétaro afloat despite their recent offensive collapse.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 3
Sebastián Jurado (Juárez)
Most saves in the league (54 by AS) and also the most goals conceded (31), with a 62.7% save rate on 83 shots on target. The busiest goal is not the best one.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 2 · Grok: 10 · Gemini: 6 · DeepSeek: 8 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 2
Leads the league in saves with 50 for the club that is last on 4 points. This is the 'busiest goal' effect.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 10
54 saves, the most in the Apertura, and 31 goals against, the most as well.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 6
Leads the entire league with 54 raw saves under the heaviest siege in Mexico, despite FC Juárez's dismal -23 goal difference.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
52 saves and 83 shots on target — the busiest keeper, but a 62.7% save rate.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 2
The league's busiest man: elite shot-stopping volume masking a broken defense.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 4
Keylor Navas (Pumas)
63.6% this Apertura against 74.3% over 16 league seasons, with one clean sheet and 0 of 4 penalties saved. FotMob shows −3.67 goals prevented.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 3 · Grok: 9 · Gemini: 8 · DeepSeek: 9 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 3
Famous name, ordinary tournament so far. The brief's FBref figure is 63.6% against a career figure near 74%, and it has 20 goals against.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 9
63.6 percent this Apertura, next to a 74.3 percent save rate over 16 league seasons.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 8
A 3-time Champions League winner whose 63.6% save rate sits 10 percentage points below his 74% career baseline after conceding 20 goals in 12 games.
- DeepSeekplace 9
Three Champions League titles, a 63.6% save rate and one clean sheet — reputation is doing the heavy lifting.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 3
Legendary reputation meets harsh reality: 63.6% save rate reveals a defense that concedes too many high-quality shots.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 5
Raúl Rangel (Chivas)
Best full-sample save rate, 77.3% (34 of 44), and 0.91 goals against per 90. He is only around 10th in raw saves because Chivas allow few shots.
Included it: Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 8 · Grok: 1 · DeepSeek: 3 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 8
A fan-made ranking puts him first and Navas second, but the post shows no method.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 1
77.3 percent of shots on target saved, 0.91 goals against per 90, and a market value of €8 million.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
77.3% and 0.91 GA90 with four clean sheets — the best rate among full-season starters.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 5
Highly efficient: only 10 goals conceded and 5 clean sheets despite a lower raw save volume.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 6
Antonio Rodríguez (Tijuana)
74.5% with 4 clean sheets and second on Marca's goals-prevented board (+1.29). AS counts 42 saves, FBref 41.
Included it: Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 4 · Grok: 5 · DeepSeek: 4 · Qwen: 8
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 4
Level-best goals prevented per game in Clausura 2026 (1.9), and 4th in Apertura saves with 40.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
74.5 percent and four clean sheets in 11 games, with AS on 42 saves and FBref on 41.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
74.5%, 41 saves and four clean sheets, plus +1.29 goals prevented — the best non-Allison shot-stopper.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 8
Providing high-volume shot-stopping (42 saves) for a mid-table team fighting for position.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 7
Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres)
Four clean sheets at a 70.4% save rate (38 of 54), which keeps a 13th-placed Tigres in games.
Included it: Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Grok: 6 · Gemini: 7 · DeepSeek: 6 · Qwen: 7
What each AI noted 4
- Grokplace 6
Four clean sheets at 70.4 percent, the same save rate as Moreno and a long way from the shot-volume leaders.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 7
Maintains a 70.8% save rate and 3 clean sheets over 1,080 minutes, holding together a struggling Tigres side that has slipped to 13th.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
70.4% and four clean sheets on 54 shots on target — volume without the highlight reel.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 7
Consistent veteran presence stabilizing a struggling Tigres side with 4 clean sheets.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 8
Óscar Jiménez (Atlante)
Third in raw saves (43 by AS) but 68.3% by rate, with 19 goals against for a side in 16th.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 6 · Grok: 8 · Qwen: 9
What each AI noted 3
3 AIs put it here - 9
Carlos Moreno (Pachuca)
70.4% over 12 full games, the same rate as Guzmán, but with one fewer clean sheet (3).
Included it: Claude, Grok, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 10 · Grok: 7 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 10
34 saves after 10 rounds, behind a team that has gone 14th on 13 points.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 7
70.4 percent in 12 full games, in front of a Pachuca side with three points from five home matches.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
70.4%, 38 saves on 54 shots on target — the least famous 12-game starter in the top group.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 10
Ricardo Gutiérrez (Puebla)
75.5% in FBref's squad table (40 of 53) and 1.08 goals against per 90 over every minute. FBref's own leaderboard prints 79.2%.
Included it: Grok, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Grok: 3 · DeepSeek: 5
2 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Publishers count saves differently: AS has Jurado on 54 and Acevedo on 50, FBref has 52 and 49. Claro Sports counts Navas on 29 saves, against 35 on AS and FBref.
Shot quality reorders the list: Allison was first in goals prevented (+3.01) while only fifth in save rate, and Rangel, best by rate, is not in Marca's goals-prevented top five.
Navas saved 77.2% at Pumas in 2025-26 with 10 clean sheets, and he led Clausura 2026 in rating (6.73). This Apertura is a sharp drop, not his normal level.
Monterrey's Esteban Andrada is at 73.9% in only five games (450 minutes). That is too small a sample to rank above full-season starters.
03How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Liga MX goalkeepers right now, when save percentage, raw saves, shot quality and the famous name disagree
2Why this topic
Each open table puts a different keeper first (rate, volume, shot quality or price), and setting them side by side shows who is overrated and who is overlooked, which no single stats page does.
3Where it applies
Liga MX, Apertura 2026
4What we looked at
- Share of shots on target saved, read with goals conceded per 90 and clean sheets
- Raw save totals, which reward the busiest goal
- Goals prevented against shot quality (post-shot expected goals minus goals allowed)
- Market value and reputation, set against the measured work
- Minutes played this tournament, so small samples are marked
- FBref / Opta goalkeeper table — Shots on target faced, saves, save %, goals against per 90, clean sheets
- AS raw saves — Total saves, not a rate; rewards the busiest goal
- Marca, goals prevented (12 Oct, before J12) — Post-shot xG minus goals allowed, keepers with 500+ minutes
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
04Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Carlos Acevedo (Santos)
2nd in raw saves with 49, and the best save percentage I can cite: 75.8% in the brief's FBref figure, with 3 clean sheets.
Source ↗ - 2Sebastián Jurado (FC Juárez)
Leads the league in saves with 50 for the club that is last on 4 points. This is the 'busiest goal' effect.
Source ↗ - 3Keylor Navas (Pumas)
Famous name, ordinary tournament so far. The brief's FBref figure is 63.6% against a career figure near 74%, and it has 20 goals against.
Source ↗ - 4Antonio Rodríguez (Tijuana)
Level-best goals prevented per game in Clausura 2026 (1.9), and 4th in Apertura saves with 40.
Source ↗ - 5Camilo Vargas (Atlas)
Plays behind the 3rd-placed side, and saved a late penalty against Tigres, extending his record as the foreign keeper with the most penalties saved in Liga MX.
Source ↗ - 6Óscar Jiménez (Atlante)
3rd in raw saves with 42 for a club in 16th on 11 points.
Source ↗ - 7Guillermo Allison (Querétaro)
40 saves for a club that, per Alargue, leads clean sheets, and one in a side that also took 13 of 15 points.
Source ↗ - 8Raúl 'Tala' Rangel (Chivas)
A fan-made ranking puts him first and Navas second, but the post shows no method.
Source ↗ - 9Luis Jiménez (Necaxa)
36 saves after 10 rounds for a club that stood 17th on 9 points.
Source ↗ - 10Carlos Moreno (Pachuca)
34 saves after 10 rounds, behind a team that has gone 14th on 13 points.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Navas led Clausura 2026 in saves and rating, yet in Apertura 2026 he is outside the top three in raw saves. In the brief's FBref figure he has 63.6%, and critics have posted comments like 'butter in his gloves' after a mistake against San Luis.
The top two in saves, Jurado and Acevedo, play for the last-placed team and for the one that began 0-6. A high save count partly reflects shots allowed, not only keeper quality.
Navas still has big games: four saves in the 2-1 win at Atlante, including a goal-line clearance that prevented an own goal, and a late stand in the 3-3 against Cruz Azul.
Navas, 39 years old, starts Wednesday against Acevedo in Torreón: the two goalkeepers in the brief's FBref figures with the biggest gap in save percentage (63.6 vs 75.8).
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Raúl Rangel
77.3 percent of shots on target saved, 0.91 goals against per 90, and a market value of €8 million.
Source ↗ - 2Carlos Acevedo
75.8 percent across 66 shots on target in 12 games; the raw-save list has him on 50, FBref on 49.
Source ↗ - 3Ricardo Gutiérrez
1.08 goals against per 90, the lowest of any keeper who has played every minute of the 12 rounds.
Source ↗ - 4Guillermo Allison
Four clean sheets and 1.18 goals against per 90, in a sample that includes the 5-0 at Torreón.
Source ↗ - 5José Antonio Rodríguez
74.5 percent and four clean sheets in 11 games, with AS on 42 saves and FBref on 41.
Source ↗ - 6Nahuel Guzmán
Four clean sheets at 70.4 percent, the same save rate as Moreno and a long way from the shot-volume leaders.
Source ↗ - 7Carlos Moreno
70.4 percent in 12 full games, in front of a Pachuca side with three points from five home matches.
Source ↗ - 8Óscar Jiménez
43 saves on the AS list, 68.3 percent on FBref, and 19 goals against for a team in 16th.
Source ↗ - 9Keylor Navas
63.6 percent this Apertura, next to a 74.3 percent save rate over 16 league seasons.
Source ↗ - 10Sebastián Jurado
54 saves, the most in the Apertura, and 31 goals against, the most as well.
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
The save chart and the save rate pick different jobs. Jurado has faced 83 shots on target and allowed 31 goals. Rangel has faced 44, allowed 10, and saved 77.3 percent. Volume is mostly a measure of the defense in front of the goal.
Navas is 39, a three-time Champions League winner, and Transfermarkt's value for him is €700,000. Rangel, 26, is listed at €8 million and has the best full-sample save rate in the league. The price and the current shots agree with each other more than the medal count does.
Navas's own past season at Pumas was a 77.2 percent save rate in 2025-26, with 10 clean sheets in 31 games. This Apertura is 63.6 percent, one clean sheet, and no save from four penalties.
Esteban Andrada is at 73.9 percent with two clean sheets, in only five games and 450 minutes at Monterrey. That rate belongs in the conversation and does not belong above a 12-game sample.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Carlos Acevedo
Stopped 75.8% of shots faced and piled up 50 raw saves while conceding just 4 goals during Santos Laguna's 5-game winning streak.
Source ↗ - 2Luis Malagón
Anchors the league leaders with a tournament-best 78.4% save rate and +4.8 PSxG prevented despite facing only 37 shots on target.
- 3Kevin Mier
Pairs Cruz Azul's stingy backline with an elite 74.5% save percentage and the highest valuation among all domestic keepers at €6.0M.
- 4Camilo Vargas
Keeps Atlas in 3rd place on 21 points almost single-handedly with a 73.2% save rate, masking an offense with only +1 goal differential.
- 5Tiago Volpi
Registers 41 saves and two penalty stops for 2nd-place Toluca while leading all Liga MX keepers in accurate progressive passes.
- 6Sebastián Jurado
Leads the entire league with 54 raw saves under the heaviest siege in Mexico, despite FC Juárez's dismal -23 goal difference.
Source ↗ - 7Nahuel Guzmán
Maintains a 70.8% save rate and 3 clean sheets over 1,080 minutes, holding together a struggling Tigres side that has slipped to 13th.
Source ↗ - 8Keylor Navas
A 3-time Champions League winner whose 63.6% save rate sits 10 percentage points below his 74% career baseline after conceding 20 goals in 12 games.
- 9Guillermo Allison
Recorded 44 saves across 11 games for 6th-place Querétaro before surrendering 5 goals against Santos in round 12.
- 10Fernando Tapia
Posted a 72.0% save percentage across 790 minutes, splitting playing time in Tigres and national youth setups with a +0.6 PSxG rate.
What Gemini noticed
Carlos Acevedo leads all starting Liga MX goalkeepers in post-shot expected goals prevented (+4.2) across his last 5 appearances, coinciding exactly with Santos Laguna's 5-game winning streak.
Keylor Navas's current 63.6% save percentage at Pumas represents the lowest single-season rate of his 16-year professional career, down more than 10 full percentage points from his historic 74.1% European and World Cup average.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Guillermo Allison
3.01 goals prevented, more than double the next keeper — the anti-reputation No. 1.
Source ↗ - 2Carlos Acevedo
75.8% and 49 saves in 12 games — the busiest high-volume starter.
Source ↗ - 3Raúl Rangel
77.3% and 0.91 GA90 with four clean sheets — the best rate among full-season starters.
Source ↗ - 4José Antonio Rodríguez
74.5%, 41 saves and four clean sheets, plus +1.29 goals prevented — the best non-Allison shot-stopper.
Source ↗ - 5Ricardo Gutiérrez
75.5%, 40 saves and +0.83 goals prevented — Puebla’s low-reputation anchor.
Source ↗ - 6Nahuel Guzmán
70.4% and four clean sheets on 54 shots on target — volume without the highlight reel.
Source ↗ - 7Carlos Moreno
70.4%, 38 saves on 54 shots on target — the least famous 12-game starter in the top group.
Source ↗ - 8Sebastián Jurado
52 saves and 83 shots on target — the busiest keeper, but a 62.7% save rate.
Source ↗ - 9Keylor Navas
Three Champions League titles, a 63.6% save rate and one clean sheet — reputation is doing the heavy lifting.
Source ↗ - 10Rodolfo Cota
+1.19 goals prevented in limited minutes — a top-five shot-stopper stuck behind Malagón.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
Allison’s +3.01 goals prevented is more than twice the next-best total (+1.29), even though his 74.5% save rate is only fifth — shot quality flips the order.
Acevedo has faced 66 shots on target and made 49 saves; Rangel has faced only 44 and made 34. Acevedo’s 75.8% is a high-volume number, Rangel’s 77.3% a lower-volume one.
Jurado has the busiest goal in the league: 83 shots on target and 52 saves, but a 62.7% save rate and 31 goals conceded. Raw saves reward exposure as much as skill.
Navas’ career save rate is about 74%, but this Apertura line is 63.6% with one clean sheet — a roughly 10-point drop that explains why the famous name and the current chart disagree.
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Carlos Acevedo (Santos)
75.8% save rate: the statistical anchor turning a mid-table team into a winning machine.
Source ↗ - 2Sebastián Jurado (Juárez)
The league's busiest man: elite shot-stopping volume masking a broken defense.
Source ↗ - 3Keylor Navas (Pumas)
Legendary reputation meets harsh reality: 63.6% save rate reveals a defense that concedes too many high-quality shots.
Source ↗ - 4Guillermo Allison (Querétaro)
Top of the 'goals prevented' metric (+3.01), keeping Querétaro afloat despite their recent offensive collapse.
Source ↗ - 5Raúl Rangel (Chivas)
Highly efficient: only 10 goals conceded and 5 clean sheets despite a lower raw save volume.
Source ↗ - 6Luis García (Toluca)
Benefits from a strong defense but executes flawlessly when tested, allowing only 10 goals.
Source ↗ - 7Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres)
Consistent veteran presence stabilizing a struggling Tigres side with 4 clean sheets.
Source ↗ - 8Antonio Rodríguez (Tijuana)
Providing high-volume shot-stopping (42 saves) for a mid-table team fighting for position.
Source ↗ - 9Óscar Jiménez (Atlante)
Keeping Atlante competitive in tight matches with 44 saves despite limited offensive support.
Source ↗ - 10Rodolfo Cota (América)
Low workload due to América's dominance, but nearly flawless when tested (30.49% effectiveness metric anomaly aside, he has 2 clean sheets).
Source ↗
What Qwen noticed
A high save total does not always equal the 'best' goalkeeper; Sebastián Jurado leads in raw saves, but this primarily highlights that FC Juárez's defense allows an overwhelming number of shots on target.
Carlos Acevedo's 75.8% save percentage is exceptionally high for Liga MX, proving that his individual excellence is a primary driver of Santos Laguna's sudden five-game winning streak.