# Where Would Liverpool Be Without Alisson?
Liverpool’s Alisson Becker is a goalkeeper like no other. His value to the team is priceless and the stats back it up. Jurgen Klopp himself said “This is actually for ‘100 lifesaving saves this season’. Ali said, ‘it might have been more’. Maybe he is right.”
Goalkeeping analyst John Harrison has ranked Alisson as the Premier League goalkeeper worth the most goals to his side over 2022/23, with an overall goalkeeper value (OGV) ranking of +15.5. This analysis pits each Premier League goalkeeper against one another with the total value of all actions vs. the average league goalkeeper using a GK xG model. It evaluates every shot, cross and through ball faced plus distribution attempts and calculates the probability of a goal occurring for and against a goalkeeper’s team.
Alisson topped the Premier League charts, followed by Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez (+15.2), Fulham’s Bernd Leno (+14.6) and David Raya of Brentford (+11.2). Southampton’s Gavin Bazunu (-10.1) had the most negative contribution to his side, while David de Gea (+1.9) and Ederson (+1.5) were both considered as the Premier League average.
## Alisson’s Lifesaving Saves
Too often Liverpool needed their Brazilian to save them from precarious positions and he stood up to a challenge that would have others faltering. Alisson has made countless lifesaving saves throughout his time at Liverpool, and it is no wonder he topped the Premier League charts.
Alisson has been an integral part of Liverpool’s success over the past few years and it