The EFL Golden Glove, formerly Football League Golden Glove, is an annual association football award, given to the goalkeeper who has kept the most clean sheets in each of the three EFL divisions. Originally, clean sheets in the league (Championship, League One and League Two), EFL Cup, EFL Trophy and FA Cup all counted towards the Golden Glove but, since 2018, only non-playoff league fixtures qualify.

The award was first given after the 2006–07 season, with sponsorship from Puma. Macron, the official kits and ball supplier of the Football League, later sponsored the award. In the 2010–11 season no Golden Glove award was given. The 2011–12 season saw the introduction of a monthly award in addition to an annual award under new sponsors Precision Training. In 2018, the EFL and sponsors Sky Bet announced the return of the award.[1]

Winners

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Seasonal awards

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Season Division Player Club Clean
Sheets
Games Games per
clean Sheet
Source
Puma Golden Glove
2006–07 Championship   Matt Murray Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 47 2.76 [2]
League One   Joe Murphy Scunthorpe United 24 52 2.17
League Two   Steve Phillips Bristol Rovers 28 56 2
2007–08 Championship   Dean Kiely West Bromwich Albion 18 53 2.94 [3]
League One   Paul Smith Nottingham Forest 25 52 2.08
League Two   Willy Guéret Milton Keynes Dons 23 52 2.26
2008–09 Championship   Radek Černý /  Paddy Kenny Queens Park Rangers / Sheffield United 19 47 2.47 [4]
League One   Danny Coyne Tranmere Rovers 20 47 2.35
League Two   Ben Hamer Brentford 20 49 2.45
Macron Golden Glove
2009–10 Championship   Dorus de Vries Swansea City 25 48 1.92 [5]
League One   Fraser Forster Norwich City 22 46 2.09
League Two   Kasper Schmeichel Notts County 24 48 2
Precision Goalkeeping Golden Glove
2011–12 Championship   Adam Federici Reading 20 47 2.35 [6]
League One   Chris Day Stevenage 18 49 2.72
League Two   Wes Foderingham Swindon Town 23 40 1.74
Sky Bet Golden Glove
2017–18 Championship   John Ruddy Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 45 1.88 [7][8][9][10]
League One   Christian Walton Wigan Athletic 19 31 1.63
League Two   Aaron Chapman Accrington Stanley 18 45 2.5
2018–19 Championship   Dean Henderson Sheffield United 21 46 2.19 [11][12][13][14]
League One   James Shea /   Adam Davies Luton Town 19 41/42 2.16/2.21
League Two   Scott Davies Tranmere Rovers 19 46 2.42
2019–20 Championship   Bartosz Bialkowski /   David Raya Millwall / Brentford 16 45/46 2.81/2.87 [15]
League One   Christy Pym Peterborough United 15 35 2.3
League Two   Alex Palmer Plymouth Argyle 14 37 2.64
2020–21 Championship   Freddie Woodman Swansea City 20 45 2.25 [16][17][18]
League One   Chris Maxwell Blackpool 21 43 2.05
League Two   Vaclav Hladký Salford City 21 46 2.19
2021–22 Championship   Mark Travers AFC Bournemouth 20 45 2.25 [19][20]
League One   David Stockdale /   Michael Cooper Wycombe Wanderers / Plymouth Argyle 18 46 2.56
League Two   Liam Roberts Northampton Town 21 46 2.19
2022–23 Championship   Ben Wilson Coventry City 20 43 2.15 [21]
League One   Christian Walton Ipswich Town 23 46 2
League Two   Lawrence Vigouroux Leyton Orient 24 44 1.83
2023–24 Championship   Illan Meslier /   Alex Palmer Leeds United / West Bromwich Albion 18 44/46 2.45/2.56 [22][23][24]
League One   Joe Wildsmith Derby County 20 40 2
League Two   Ben Hinchliffe Stockport County 17 46 2.71

201112 monthly awards

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In addition to the annual award, the 201112 season saw the introduction of a monthly award, given to the best performing goalkeeper in the Football League across all three divisions. The monthly award was also known as the "Precision Goalkeeping Golden Glove Award". The monthly goalkeeping awards were scrapped after one season.

Winners

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Month[25] Player Club
October   Boaz Myhill Birmingham City
November   Chris Day Stevenage
December   Ryan Clarke Oxford United
January   Ben Hamer Charlton Athletic
February   Adam Federici Reading
March   Kelvin Davis Southampton
April   Wes Foderingham Swindon Town

References

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