M. Safonov

Safonov's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, M. Safonov was used in rotation for Paris Saint Germain in the Ligue 1: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 38th of 198 goalkeepers and inside the top 19%.

Per 90 minutes that is 2.2 saves per 90, 1.2 goals conceded per 90 and a 65% save rate — the rate profile behind Safonov's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against goalkeepers, Safonov sits in the top 13% for chance creation but only the top 89% for tackling volume.

Set against Safonov's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 883 minutes against 3240 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.23 to 6.83 since 2025/26. Our records cover 3 seasons of Safonov's career, 2024/25 to 2026/27, all of it at Paris Saint Germain. In that time he has played 90 matches across 6 competitions, 4,634 minutes in all.

His best season on our records was 2025/26, when he averaged 7.04 across 27 appearances. On our positional score Safonov rates 71 out of 100, 8th of 99 qualified players — inside the top 9%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is goals conceded.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.