Top of the list
1. David Raya tops this ranking because reliability matters as much as raw clean-sheet count. Arsenal’s keeper has 17 clean sheets, the best total in this list, across 3150 minutes, and has still returned 147 points despite offering no attacking upside. That tells you everything about the floor. At £6.1m and with 35.3% selection, Raya is the safest way into Arsenal’s defensive consistency. His form of 4.5 is steady rather than explosive, but if your priority is bankable shutout potential, he is the benchmark.
2. Gabriel is arguably the standout FPL defender overall, even if he sits second for clean-sheet consistency. Arsenal have delivered 16 clean sheets in his minutes, and Gabriel adds the extra layer that separates elite FPL defenders from merely solid ones: 3 goals, 5 assists, 27 bonus. That combination has produced 191 points, comfortably the best total in this pool, from only 2525 minutes. At £7.2m he is expensive, but the output justifies it. If you want an Arsenal defender who can punish non-owners even when the clean sheet goes, Gabriel is the premium choice.
3. O’Reilly is the most interesting challenger to the Arsenal trio. The Manchester City defender has 13 clean sheets, but what pushes him into the top bracket is his attacking return profile: 5 goals and 4 assists for 153 points at only £5.2m. His form of 7.0 is also the best among the top seven, which suggests he is not just living off earlier returns. At 19.4% selection, he is popular without being over-owned, and he looks like one of the best combinations of clean-sheet reliability and upside in the game.
Strong contenders
4. J. Timber has matched O’Reilly on 13 clean sheets and has excellent all-round output, 3 goals, 6 assists, and 149 points for £6.0m. The concern is obvious, his current form is 0.0, so this is more about season-long body of work than immediate momentum.
5. William Saliba is the purest clean-sheet play among the Arsenal defenders. He has 13 clean sheets in 2434 minutes, but only 1 goal and 0 assists. That leaves him on 124 points at £6.2m, useful, but less exciting than Gabriel or Timber for similar money.
6. Donnarumma is the goalkeeper route into Manchester City’s defence, with 13 clean sheets in 2790 minutes. At £5.6m and just 9.3% selection, he is a lower-owned alternative to Raya. The issue is ceiling, only 3 bonus and 120 points, so you are buying security more than upside.
7. Guéhi is a superb value candidate if you trust the club data here. Listed at Manchester City, he has 12 clean sheets, 3 goals, 5 assists, and 162 points for only £5.1m. That total is better than several players above him, and his form of 6.8 is elite. On numbers alone, he is one of the strongest picks in the entire ranking.
Watch list
- 8. Mitchell, 12 clean sheets, 2938 minutes, and only £5.0m, a dependable budget starter with limited upside.
- 9. Rúben, 12 clean sheets in only 2049 minutes, strong when available, but form 0.0 dents confidence.
- 10. Calafiori, 12 clean sheets from just 1536 minutes, excellent per-minute value, but rotation and minutes are the problem.
- 11. Tarkowski, 11 clean sheets and 3060 minutes, the classic set-and-forget defender, durable, honest, and unspectacular.
- 12. Lacroix, 11 clean sheets, 148 points, and form 5.0, a very live differential in the mid-price bracket.
Verdict
Overall winner: Gabriel. Raya has the most clean sheets, but Gabriel’s 16 clean sheets, 3 goals, 5 assists, 27 bonus, and 191 points make him the best complete FPL asset in this group.
Best-value pick: O’Reilly. At £5.2m with 13 clean sheets, 5 goals, and 153 points, he delivers premium-level impact at a mid-price cost.
Sleeper pick: Lacroix. He will not dominate transfer markets, but 148 points for £5.2m with 11 clean sheets and form 5.0 is the profile of an under-discussed enabler who can keep ticking over.