which premier league defender had the most clean sheets in 1997/1998

Gary Neville, Nigel Winterburn and Tony Adams were tied for keeping the most clean sheets by a defender in the Premier League in 1997-98, with 16 clean sheets.

	NAME	CS	SEASON	CLUB	M	START	MIN	G	A	YC	RC
1	Gary Neville G. Neville	16	1997-98	Man United	34	34	2,992	0	3	2	0
2	Nigel Winterburn N. Winterburn	16	1997-98	Arsenal	36	35	3,099	1	5	3	0
3	Tony Adams T. Adams	16	1997-98	Arsenal	26	26	2,340	3	1	6	0
4	Matt Elliott M. Elliott	15	1997-98	Leicester	37	37	3,330	7	3	7	0
5	Jeff Kenna J. Kenna	14	1997-98	Rovers	37	37	3,330	0	2	2	0
6	Gary Pallister G. Pallister	13	1997-98	Man United	33	33	2,736	0	0	5	1
7	Roland Nilsson R. Nilsson	13	1997-98	Coventry	32	32	2,880	0	0	3	0
8	Stéphane Henchoz S. Henchoz	13	1997-98	Rovers	36	36	3,051	0	0	6	0
9	Chris Perry C. Perry	12	1997-98	Wimbledon	35	35	3,150	1	2	7	0
10	David Burrows D. Burrows	12	1997-98	Coventry	33	33	2,970	0	2	7	0
11	Dean Blackwell D. Blackwell	12	1997-98	Wimbledon	35	35	3,068	0	0	4	0
12	Pontus Kåmark P. Kåmark	12	1997-98	Leicester	35	35	3,123	0	0	2	0
13	Chris Powell C. Powell	11	1997-98	Derby County	37	35	3,203	1	2	3	0
14	Colin Hendry C. Hendry	11	1997-98	Rovers	34	34	2,909	1	1	7	0
15	Gary Rowett G. Rowett	11	1997-98	Derby County	35	32	2,895	1	3	4	0
16	Henning Berg H. Berg	11	1997-98	Man United	27	23	2,232	1	0	3	0
17	Lee Dixon L. Dixon	11	1997-98	Arsenal	28	26	2,261	0	1	4	0
18	Frank Leboeuf F. Leboeuf	10	1997-98	Chelsea	32	32	2,791	5	4	7	1
19	Gary Breen G. Breen	10	1997-98	Coventry	30	30	2,647	1	1	2	1
20	Kenny Cunningham K. Cunningham	10	1997-98	Wimbledon	32	32	2,860	0	3	2	0
21	Richard Shaw R. Shaw	10	1997-98	Coventry	33	33	2,960	0	0	2	0
22	Spencer Prior S. Prior	10	1997-98	Leicester	30	28	2,480	0	1	2	0
23	Stephen Carr S. Carr	10	1997-98	Tottenham	38	37	3,277	0	0	3	0
24	Alan Wright A. Wright	9	1997-98	Aston Villa	37	35	3,156	0	4	1	0
25	Ben Thatcher B. Thatcher	9	1997-98	Wimbledon	26	23	1,999	0	0	2	2