Ranking Chelsea’s 22 Premier League keepers from worst to best

Recent seasons aside, Chelsea have rarely had to worry about who they’ve had between the posts in the Premier League era, thanks to a series of reliable No.1s since the turn of the century.

They had a shakey couple of years during Maurizio Sarri and Frank Lampard’s reigns, while things are looking a lot more secure between the sticks now. But what about all their other keepers in the Premier League era?

A total 22 have represented the club in the league since 1992. Here’s how we’ve ranked them.

The Australian had established himself as a steady presence between the sticks in his time at Aston Villa during the 90s and enjoyed some success on his return to Manchester United, winning the Premier League title in 2001-02.

But by the time he arrived in west London, he appeared incapable of replicating his best performances and only made seven appearances for the Blues. Oh, and his time there ended in infamy as he was sacked and banned for nine months after failing a drugs test.

One of the Irish legends of Italia 90, Payton’s career would later nosedive after moving from Bournemouth from Everton in 1991 – although he was getting to the veteran stage of his career at that point.

He never made a single league appearance for the Toffees and was loaned away to four clubs, including Chelsea in 1993, where his solitary second-half appearance came in a 2-0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.

A trailblazer for the Chelsea loan army, having spent the vast majority of his six-year stint at Chelsea sent away on a glamorous tour of England – Crewe, Grimsby, Millwall…

He’d later go on to represent the Republic of Ireland, but his time at Chelsea amounted to a single Premier League appearance – a 3-2 defeat to West Ham.

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