David Raya has won the Premier League Golden Glove race, as the Arsenal star and Brentford loanee will finish the 2023-24 season with the most clean sheets in the division.
Raya is just the 11th man to win the award in its 20 seasons.
Elijah Adebayo’s goal against Everton’s Jordan Pickford on Friday assured that the Toffees keeper would not keep a clean sheet, keeping Pickford from the possibility of topping Raya, and the Arsenal backstop finished the job on Saturday with a clean sheet of Bournemouth (with a little help from VAR).
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The 28-year-old Spaniard ironically shutout Everton on his Arsenal debut, then maintained zeroes on the Gunners’ side of the board 14 others times (with two matches left on the docket)
Raya then blanked Sheffield United, Brighton, Bournemouth, and Manchester City twice each, also stopping Crystal Palace, West Ham United, Burnley, Luton Town, Wolves, and Chelsea from scoring a goal.
Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsdale had two more clean sheets with the Gunners in six appearances, one against Raya’s parent club and another at Crystal Palace in Week 2.
List of Premier League Golden Glove winners
Year, goalkeeper, club, # of clean sheets
2004-05: Petr Cech, Chelsea (24)
2005-06: Pepe Reina, Liverpool (20)
2006-07: Pepe Reina, Liverpool (19)
2007-08: Pepe Reina, Liverpool (18)
2008-09: Edwin van der Sar, Manchester United (21)
2009-10: Petr Cech, Chelsea (17)
2010-11: Joe Hart, Manchester City (18)
2011-12: Joe Hart, Manchester City (17)
2012-13: Joe Hart, Manchester City (18)
2013-14: Petr Cech, Chelsea, and Wojciech Szczesny, Arsenal (16)
2014-15: Joe Hart, Manchester City (14)
2015-16: Petr Cech, Chelsea (16)
2016-17: Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea (16)
2017-18: David de Gea, Manchester United (18)
2018-19: Alisson Becker, Liverpool (21)
2019-20: Ederson, Manchester City (16)
2020-21: Ederson, Manchester City (19)
2021-22: Ederson, Manchester City, and Alisson Becker, Liverpool (20)
2022-23: David de Gea, Manchester United (17)
2023-24: David Raya, Arsenal