After 22 years, the wait is finally over. Arsenal are champions of England once again. Manchester City's 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Tuesday evening handed Mikel Arteta's side an unassailable lead at the top of the Premier League, with one match still to play. It is the club's 14th top-flight title in their history, their fourth in the Premier League era, and their first since that extraordinary Invincibles campaign of 2003-04.

The defining number for the Invincibles was zero — zero defeats, all season long. This Arsenal side has not gone unbeaten, but they have built something every bit as formidable in its own way. Here is a look at the statistics that best capture how Arteta's team got the job done.

Set-piece supremacy

If there is one area where this Arsenal side has truly separated themselves from the rest, it is dead-ball situations. They have scored 28 of their 68 league goals from set pieces this season — three more than any other club in the division. Most strikingly, 18 of those have come directly from corners, a new Premier League record, surpassing Oldham Athletic's 16 from the 1992-93 season.

Critics have long argued that Arsenal's reliance on set-piece goals makes their football predictable. That criticism holds some weight, but elite sides have always understood marginal gains. Arsenal have simply become the best in the business at converting them.

Raya's golden campaign

David Raya has been a colossus between the sticks. The Spaniard kept his 19th clean sheet of the season against Burnley on Monday night, drawing level with David Seaman's Arsenal records from 1993-94 and 1998-99. Should he keep another shutout on the final day against Crystal Palace, Raya will hold the outright club record for a single Premier League campaign.

He has also claimed the Golden Glove award for a third consecutive season — only the fourth goalkeeper ever to win it three years running, alongside Pepe Reina, Joe Hart and Ederson. One more Golden Glove would see him equal the all-time record of four, jointly held by Hart and Petr Cech.

A defence built like a fortress

The real foundation of this title has been defensive solidity. Arsenal have conceded just 26 league goals — at least six fewer than any other side in the top flight. It is the second-fewest they have let in across any Premier League campaign, bettered only by the 17 they conceded in 1998-99.

The underlying numbers reinforce just how impressive this rearguard has been. Arsenal have allowed chances worth only 0.74 expected goals per game, which ranks as the fourth-best figure recorded in a Premier League season since Opta began tracking advanced expected-goals data in 2012-13. They have also conceded just 8.2 shots per game and 2.4 shots on target per game — the best figures across Europe's top five leagues this season.

Since their 2-1 defeat at Manchester City roughly a month ago, Arsenal have won four matches in a row without conceding a single goal, timing their run-in to near-perfection.

Saliba and Gabriel: the partnership that won the title

At the heart of that defensive record stands the centre-back partnership of William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães. The pair have started together in 26 league games this season, with Arsenal winning 17 of them. That win total is joint-highest in the division, level with Liverpool's Ibrahima Konaté and Virgil van Dijk — despite the Anfield pair playing together far more frequently across 35 matches.

Among all centre-back pairings to start together more than five times this season, Saliba and Gabriel have comfortably the best clean-sheet rate, keeping 15 shutouts in their 26 appearances together — one approximately every 1.7 games. It is a partnership that has quietly become one of the finest in European football.

Arteta has assembled a title-winning machine built on discipline, organisation and an extraordinary eye for the smallest of margins. The noises out of the Emirates this week have been those of a club whose long wait is over — and the numbers confirm it was thoroughly deserved.

Frequently asked

When did Arsenal last win the Premier League before 2026?
Arsenal's last Premier League title before this season was in 2003-04, the famous Invincibles campaign when they went the entire league season unbeaten.
How many Premier League titles have Arsenal won in total?
This is Arsenal's fourth Premier League title and their 14th top-flight English league championship overall.
Who is Arsenal's goalkeeper and has he won the Golden Glove?
David Raya is Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper. He has won the Golden Glove for a third consecutive season in 2025-26, with 19 clean sheets to his name heading into the final day.