Premier League goalkeepers ranked: David Raya sets the standard, Lammens climbs, Donnarumma falls

David Raya has started 2026/27 where he left off last season, while four new signings feature among the top 10 Premier League goalkeepers.

The Arsenal stopper was hugely influential in the Gunners’ Premier League coronation last term and he has been an important figure during the start of the defence of their title.

He tops the Gradient Sports Premier League goalkeeper rankings for 2026/27.

A quick explainer: Gradient’s dynamic player rankings combine two key indicators: Overall Grade and Impact Score. In this case, the Overall Grade indicates how well a player executes the skills most important for goalkeepers; Impact Score tells us how frequently the goalkeeper delivers the important outcomes.

With that in mind, here is the ranking of Premier League goalkeepers in 2026/27 with a minimum of three appearances…

1) David Raya (Arsenal)
Grade: 85.6 (2nd overall in Premier League)
Impact Score: 7.0 (2nd overall in Premier League)

Last season’s highest-ranking goalkeeper, primarily because of his Premier League-high Impact Score, continues in a similar vein. One of the few Gunners not culpable in the 3-0 defeat at Brighton.

2) Caoimhin Kelleher (Brentford)
Grade: 84.8 (4th)
Impact Score: 6.6 (7th)

Did Liverpool make a mistake in selling Kelleher? The Irishman’s grade is the second-highest among Premier League goalkeepers and considerably better than Alisson’s. Keep scrolling, Liverpool fans…

3) Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth)
Grade: 86.8 (1st)
Impact Score: 5.8 (20th)

The Bournemouth keeper has the Premier League’s highest shot-stopping grade – his reflex save to deny Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite is one of three ‘big-time saves’ in the league so far this season – but we assume his passing grade fell after he gave the ball straight to Kevin Schade for Brentford’s equaliser.

4) Senne Lammens (Manchester United)
Grade: 84.9 (3rd)
Impact Score: 6.0 (15th)

Lammens climbs despite the messy goal conceded at Fulham. The Belgian had come in for criticism, with the most clueless among United’s online fanbase suggesting it was time to give Karl Darlow a run. People are weird.

5) Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
Grade: 75.0 (5th)
Impact Score: 6.0 (17th)

Only five keepers have faced more shots on target than Henderson, despite the Palace captain ,missing the last two games. But among the eight he’s conceded, the England stopper has conceded five of what Gradient consider ‘saveable’ goals – also a Premier League high.

6) Jordan Pickford (Everton)
Grade: 67.4 (8th)
Impact Score: 6.7 (3rd)

Consecutive clean sheets have helped Pickford climb first into the top 10 and now on to the fringes of the top five.

7) Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa)
Grade: 73.1 (6th)
Impact Score: 6.4 (9th)

Villa fans have been impressed with their new recruit, who has risen into the top 10 thanks in part to his passing grade, which is the fourth highest among Premier League keepers.

8) Konstantinos Tzolakis (Hull City)
Grade: 54.0 (17th)
Impact Score: 7.1 (1st)

Tzolakis retains the second-best Impact Score having made crucial saves in each of Hull’s four matches in their unbeaten start, while even their first defeat featured a penalty save from the Greek goalie.

9) Lukas Hornicek (Newcastle United)
Grade: 70.6 (7th) Impact Score: 6.2 (14th)

Hornicek has been busy as he settles into the Premier League, facing the joint-highest number of shots on target, along with…

10) Emiliano Martinez (Chelsea)
Grade: 71.0 (9th)
Impact Score: 6.0 (18th)

Martinez has made more saves above expectation than any other goalkeeper having been as busy as anyone. Xabi Alonso really needs to sort that Chelsea defence.

11) Bart Verbruggen (Brighton)
Grade: 65.2 (11th) Impact Score: 6.8 (4th)

12) Antonin Kinsky (Tottenham Hotspur)
Grade: 66.3 (10th) Impact Score: 6.4 (10th)

13) Alisson (Liverpool)
Grade: 61.1 (12th) Impact Score: 6.7 (5th)

14) James Trafford (Leeds United)
Grade: 59.7  (14th) Impact Score: 6.7 (6th)

15) Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City)
Grade: 58.6 (15th) Impact Score: 6.4 (8th)

16) Carl Rushworth (Coventry City)
Grade: 50.0 (19th) Impact Score: 6.3 (11th)

17) Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest)
Grade: 60.7 (13th) Impact Score: 6.3 (12th)

18) Bernd Leno (Fulham)
Grade: 53.8 (18th) Impact Score: 6.2 (13th)

19) Robin Roefs (Sunderland)
Grade: 57.0 (16th) Impact Score: 6.0 (16th)

20) Kjell Scherpen (Ipswich Town)
Grade: 48.6 (20th) Impact Score: 5.9 (19th)