diff --git a/src/datatrove/pipeline/filters/language_filter.py b/src/datatrove/pipeline/filters/language_filter.py
index b1573582..f43e5153 100644
--- a/src/datatrove/pipeline/filters/language_filter.py
+++ b/src/datatrove/pipeline/filters/language_filter.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def __init__(
         exclusion_writer: DiskWriter = None,
         backend: Literal["ft176", "glotlid"] = "ft176",
         label_only: bool = False,
+        keep_top_pairs_threshold: float = -1,
     ):
         """
         filters if the predicted language is not among given language or if the language score is below language
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ def __init__(
             language_threshold: language_threshold minimum score to accept a document
             exclusion_writer:
             label_only: if True, only the language label is added to the metadata and no documents are removed
+            keep_top_pairs_threshold: keep a list of all language pairs with at least this score. -1 to disable
         """
         super().__init__(exclusion_writer)
         self.language_threshold = language_threshold
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.backend = backend
         self.model = FT176LID(languages) if backend == "ft176" else GlotLID(languages)
         self.label_only = label_only
+        self.keep_top_pairs_threshold = keep_top_pairs_threshold
 
     def filter(self, doc: Document) -> bool:
         """Args:
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ def filter(self, doc: Document) -> bool:
             doc.metadata["language_script"] = script
         doc.metadata["language"] = lang
         doc.metadata["language_score"] = lang_score
+        if self.keep_top_pairs_threshold != -1:
+            for key, value in lang_pairs.items():
+                if value > self.keep_top_pairs_threshold:
+                    doc.metadata[f"top_language_{key}_score"] = value
         return (
             self.label_only
             or (self.languages and any(score > self.language_threshold for score in lang_pairs.values()))