David Raya brought up 100 Premier League appearances in Arsenal colours with a clean sheet in our 1-0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion at AMEX Stadium.
The Spanish stopper joined us in August 2023, going on to pick up back-to-back Golden Glove awards as a reliable figure between the sticks in N5.
To mark his century of PL caps in our colours, we've taken a dive into the details to see how David stacks up against fellow centurions!
Rising above the rest
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In turning out at Brighton, David became the 74th player to make 100 Premier League appearances for us, the seventh goalkeeper to achieve the feat.
David kicked things off as he meant to go on, keeping a clean sheet in a 1-0 win over Everton in September 2023.
In his first 100 appearances in the Premier League, David has kept 43 clean sheets, more than any other Arsenal goalkeeper in the same time frame.
Most clean sheets from first 100 appearances for Arsenal
**Player**
**Apps**
**Clean Sheets**
**David Raya**
100
**43**
Manuel Almunia
First 100
41
Jens Lehmann
First 100
41
David Seaman
First 100
41
Wojciech Szczesny
First 100
39
Petr Cech
First 100
38
Aaron Ramsdale
78
28
Bernd Leno
First 100
24
Alexander Manninger
39
18
Lukasz Fabianski
32
12
David Ospina
29
12
Winning from the back
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David has enjoyed being part of plenty of winning teams within his first 100 PL games as our stopper, producing a string of fine saves to ensure we secured the three points.
No Arsenal goalkeeper has won more games in their opening 100 matches than the former Brentford man, with the latest hard earned victory on the south coast against the Seagulls.
Games won in first 100 games as AFC goalkeeper
**Goalkeeper**
**Games Won First 100 Apps**
**Raya, David**
**63**
Lehmann, Jens
62
Almunia, Manuel
59
Szczesny, Wojciech
57
Cech, Petr
55
In fact, David ranks joint fifth in the overall list of goalkeepers in Premier League history in their first 100 games at a club.
PL games won in first 100 games for club (goalkeepers only)
**Team**
**Player**
**Games Won First 100 Apps**
Manchester City
Ederson
79
Chelsea
Petr Cech
74
Liverpool
Alisson Becker
71
Manchester United
Edwin van der Sar
69
Manchester United
Peter Schmeichel
63
**Arsenal**
**David Raya**
**63**
commanding keeper
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No goalkeeper has won more matches since David made his debut for us at Goodison Park.
Not only that, but David towers over the rest of his peers when it comes to shutting out opponents. No goalkeeper has kept more clean sheets or had a better minute/goal conceeded ratio than our number 1.
Stats since Raya made his AFC PL debut
Player
**Apps**
**Mins/Goal Conceded**
**Clean Sheets**
**David Raya**
**100**
**113**
**43**
Jordan Pickford
101
76
**35**
Dean Henderson
84
66
**25**
Alisson Becker
75
80
**24**
Emiliano Martínez
92
73
**21**
Robert Sánchez
71
75
**21**
Nick Pope
60
71
**19**
Bernd Leno
100
61
**18**
Matz Sels
76
65
**18**
Ederson
54
93
**18**
As well as helping us produce a host of clean sheets, David has shown off his ability to pluck dangerous crosses and corners out of the air.
In his first 100 appearances, David has made more catches than all but one goalkeeper, plucking 115 crosses out of the sky to help us reset.
Catches since David Raya's debut
Goalkeeper
Catches
Emiliano Martínez
128
David Raya
115
Robert Sánchez
91
Mark Flekken
80
José Sá
74
Guglielmo Vicario
73
Nick Pope
67
Jordan Pickford
62
Bernd Leno
56
André Onana
55
On top of that, David has made 179 saves in his 100 games, giving him a 69 shot percentage rate - which has helped him become a two-time Premier League Golden Glove winner.
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