Premier League 2016/17 Golden Glove Battle (22/5/17)

With Sunday being the final day of the Premier League season of 2016/17, the Golden Glove Winner is now known.

It was a tight battle this year with a number of players keeping their hopes alive of lifting the Golden Glove as we went into the final few weeks of the season, but Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois finally won out with 16 clean sheets for the season with Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris second with 15. Manchester United and Southampton stoppers David de Gea and Fraser Forster were joint in third place with 14 each for the campaign.

Arsenal’s Petr Cech completed the top five.

The battle ultimately went down to the final few matches and Chelsea’s one nil victory over West Bromwich Albion gave Courtois the extra clean sheet he needed over Lloris to receive the Golden Glove for the campaign.

Statistics from PremierLeague.com.

2004/05 – Petr Cech – Chelsea – 21 clean sheets
2005/06 – Pepe Reina – Liverpool – 20 clean sheets
2006/07 – Pepe Reina – Liverpool – 19 clean sheets
2007/08 – Pepe Reina – Liverpool – 18 clean sheets
2008/09 – Edwin van der Sar – Man Utd – 21 clean sheets
2009/10 – Petr Cech – Chelsea – 17 clean sheets
2010/11 – Joe Hart – Man City – 18 clean sheets
2011/12 – Joe Hart – Man City – 17 clean sheets
2012/13 – Joe Hart – Man City – 18 clean sheets
2013/14 – Cech/Szczesny – Chelsea/Arsenal – 16 clean sheets
2014/15 – Joe Hart – Man City – 14 clean sheets
2015/16 – Petr Cech – Arsenal – 16 clean sheets
2016/17 – Thibaut Courtois – Chelsea – 16 clean sheets