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
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.
| 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 |
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David Raya: Eyes on the prize
Winning from the back
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.
| Goalkeeper | Games Won First 100 Apps |
|---|---|
| Raya, David | 63 |
| Lehmann, Jens | 62 |
| Almunia, Manuel | 59 |
| Szczesny, Wojciech | 57 |
| Cech, Peter | 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.
| 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 |
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commanding keeper
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.
| 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 Sanchez | 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.
| Goalkeeper | Catches |
| Emiliano Martínez | 128 |
| David Raya | 115 |
| Robert Sanchez | 91 |
| Mark Flekken | 80 |
| José Sá | 74 |
| William Vicar | 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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