Who is England’s best goalkeeper?

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Last updated: 23 June 2025

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England’s Five best goalkeepers with 20 or more appearances by Percentage of Clean Sheets are:

Chris Wood is the goalkeeper with the highest percentage of clean sheets (CS%) with 26 clean sheets in 43 appearances – 60.5%. Chris Woods holds the 2nd best Goals Against Average of 0.58 letting in 25 goals.
Paul Robinson clean sheet percentage (CS%) is 58.5% with 24 clean sheets in 41 appearances. Paul Robinson holds the best Goals Against Average of 0.54 letting in 22 goals.
Joe Hart clean sheet percentage (CS%) is 57.3% with 43 clean sheets in 75 appearances.
David Seaman clean sheet percentage (CS%) is 53.3% with 40 clean sheets in 70 appearances
Peter Shilton is the goalkeeper with the highest number of clean sheets (CS) with 66 clean sheets in 125 appearances – CS% of 52.8%. Peter Shilton is the most capped England goalkeeper.

Go to our England Goalkeepers stats for more historical goalkeeper records: England Best Goalkeepers

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