The Irish international is currently in 6th place, but he should be in the top three by the end of the new season if he stays clear of injury.
1 Jimmy Lawrence 496
2 Frank Hudspeth 472
3 Frank Clark 457
4 Bill McCracken 432
5 Alf McMichael 431
6 Shay Given 417
And now, just as he has recovered the jersey, comes awkward word from Jussi Jaaskelainen's agent that the Bolton keeper would fancy joining his former manager Sam Allardyce on Tyneside.
Shay Given: "I am sure there are a lot of goalkeepers' agents who would like their player to come to Newcastle.
"But Jaaskelainen's contract is up in the summer and with knowing Sam Allardyce from Bolton, people will put two and two together.
"I don't know what the manager's thinking. I go out and play for Newcastle as best I can and I hope I've proved I'm decent at what I do."
Jimmy Lawrence (died November 1934) played for Newcastle United between 1904 and 1921.
Lawrence's first club was Partick Athletic, from where he moved to Glasgow Perthshire. Although still connected to Glasgow Perthshire, he sporadically played for Edinburgh side Hibernian when their regular custodian Harry Rennie was unavailable.
He played with Newcastle for eighteen years after joining the Tyneside club in 1904. He also represented the Scottish national team on one occasion, a 1-1 draw with England at Goodison Park in Liverpool.
Lawrence showed an aptitude for administration when Chairman of The Players' Union in his later days at Newcastle and after his playing retirement Lawrence moved into management.
His first appointment was with then Second Division side South Shields (1922-1923) before joining Preston North End. He stayed with the Lilywhites until 1925, when he relocated to Germany to manage a team in Karlsruhe.
Lawrence later returned to Scotland and in 1933 was elected chairman of Stranraer. He died while in office a year later.