IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a football award given annually since 1987 to the best goalkeeper of the year as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The votes are cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from different continents.

Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was the first ever winner of the award, in 1987.

List of winners
Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas holds the record for most award victories (alongside Gianluigi Buffon and Sessil Flipamo), having won the prize five consecutive times between 2008 and 2012.

The winner is announced at the end of the year. The winning goalkeeper is awarded a gold trophy at the World Football Gala. Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, Spain's Iker Casillas and Germany's Manuel Neuer have each won the award a record five times; Casillas won the award for five consecutive years between 2008 and 2012. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987, which was won by Belgium's Jean-Marie Pfaff.[1] Bayern Munich is the team with the most wins, with a total of nine.

Year Winning player Winning player's club(s) Runner-up player Runner-up player's club(s) Source
1987 Jean-Marie Pfaff Bayern Munich Rinat Dasayev Spartak Moscow [1]
1988 Rinat Dasayev Spartak Moscow Hans van Breukelen PSV Eindhoven [1]
1989 Walter Zenga Internazionale Michel Preud'homme KV Mechelen [1]
1990 Walter Zenga (2) Internazionale Michel Preud'homme KV Mechelen [1]
1991 Walter Zenga (3) Internazionale Sergio Goycochea Racing Club [1]
1992 Peter Schmeichel Manchester United Andoni Zubizarreta Barcelona [1]
1993 Peter Schmeichel (2) Manchester United Sergio Goycochea Racing Club [1]
1994 Michel Preud'homme KV Mechelen
Benfica		 Thomas Ravelli IFK Göteborg [1]
1995 José Luis Chilavert Vélez Sársfield Peter Schmeichel Manchester United [1]
1996 Andreas Köpke Marseille David Seaman Arsenal [1]
1997 José Luis Chilavert (2) Vélez Sársfield Angelo Peruzzi Juventus [1]
1998 José Luis Chilavert (3) Vélez Sársfield Fabien Barthez Monaco [1]
1999 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich Peter Schmeichel Manchester United [1]
2000 Fabien Barthez Monaco
Manchester United		 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich [1]
2001 Oliver Kahn (2) Bayern Munich Oscar Córdoba Boca Juniors [1]
2002 Oliver Kahn (3) Bayern Munich Iker Casillas Real Madrid [1]
2003 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Iker Casillas Real Madrid [1]
2004 Gianluigi Buffon (2) Juventus Petr Čech Rennes
Chelsea		 [1]
2005 Petr Čech Chelsea Dida Milan [1]
2006 Gianluigi Buffon (3) Juventus Jens Lehmann Arsenal [1]
2007 Gianluigi Buffon (4) Juventus Petr Čech Chelsea [1]
2008 Iker Casillas Real Madrid Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [2]
2009 Iker Casillas (2) Real Madrid Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [3]
2010 Iker Casillas (3) Real Madrid Júlio César Internazionale [4]
2011 Iker Casillas (4) Real Madrid Manuel Neuer Schalke 04
Bayern Munich		 [5]
2012 Iker Casillas (5) Real Madrid Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [6]
2013 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [7]
2014 Manuel Neuer (2) Bayern Munich Iker Casillas Real Madrid [8]
2015 Manuel Neuer (3) Bayern Munich Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [9]
2016 Manuel Neuer (4) Bayern Munich Gianluigi Buffon Juventus [10]
2017 Gianluigi Buffon (5) Juventus Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich [11]
2018 Thibaut Courtois Chelsea
Real Madrid		 Hugo Lloris Tottenham Hotspur [12]
2019 Alisson Liverpool Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona [13]
2020 Manuel Neuer (5) Bayern Munich Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid [14]

Goalkeeper of the Century
At the end of the 20th Century, Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin was named World's Goalkeeper of the Century by IFFHS.

At the end of the 20th century, the IFFHS also voted on the World's Goalkeeper of the Century, won by the Soviet Union's Lev Yashin running ahead of Gordon Banks and Dino Zoff.[15][16]

Rank Player Nation Period Votes
1 Lev Yashin Soviet Union 1950–1970 1002
2 Gordon Banks England 1963–1972 717
3 Dino Zoff Italy 1968–1983 661
4 Sepp Maier West Germany 1966–1979 456
5 Ricardo Zamora Spain 1920–1936 443
6 José Luis Chilavert Paraguay 1989–2003 373
7 Peter Schmeichel Denmark 1987–2001 291
8 Peter Shilton England 1970–1990 196
9 František Plánička Czechoslovakia 1926–1938 194
10 Amadeo Carrizo Argentina 1954–1964 192

The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century's first decade
In 2011, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was named World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century's 1st decade by IFFHS; in 2012, he was named World's Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years. He also holds the record for most IFFHS Goalkeeper of the Year Award victories, alongside Iker Casillas and Manuel Neuer, with five.

In 2011, the IFFHS also voted on The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century's first decade, taking into consideration goalkeepers' performances during the first decade of the 21st century, between 2001 and 2011; the award was won by the Italy's Gianluigi Buffon running ahead of Iker Casillas and Petr Čech.[17]

Rank Player Nation Votes
1 Gianluigi Buffon Italy 199
2 Iker Casillas Spain 197
3 Petr Čech Czech Republic 154
4 Edwin van der Sar Netherlands 116
5 Oliver Kahn Germany 99
6 Dida Brazil 90
7 Víctor Valdés Spain 82
8 Júlio César Brazil 76
9 Jens Lehmann Germany 72
10 Roberto Abbondanzieri Argentina 68

The World's Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years: 1987–2012

In 2012, the IFFHS also voted on The World's Best Goalkeeper of the past 25 years, taking into consideration goalkeepers' performances between 1987 – the year of the award's inception – and 2012; the award was won by the Italy's Gianluigi Buffon running ahead of Iker Casillas and Edwin van der Sar.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Rank Player Nation Votes
1 Gianluigi Buffon Italy 226
2 Iker Casillas Spain 213
3 Edwin van der Sar Netherlands 201
4 Peter Schmeichel Denmark 179
5 Oliver Kahn Germany 162
6 Petr Čech Czech Republic 154
7 José Luis Chilavert Paraguay 146
8 Walter Zenga Italy 132
9 Andoni Zubizarreta Spain 132
10 Claudio Taffarel Brazil 130

The World's Best Goalkeeper of the Decade 2011–2020
In 2021, German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was named The World's Best Goalkeeper of the decade 2011-2020 by IFFHS. He also holds the record for most IFFHS Goalkeeper of the Year Award victories, alongside Iker Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon, with five.

In 2021, the IFFHS voted on The World's Best Goalkeeper of the Decade 2011–2020, taking into consideration goalkeepers' performances during 2011–2020; the award was won by Manuel Neuer running ahead of Giangluigi Buffon and Thibaut Courtois.[24]

Rank Player Nation Votes
1 Manuel Neuer  Germany 183
2 Gianluigi Buffon  Italy 148
3 Thibaut Courtois  Belgium 130
4 Hugo Lloris  France 96
5 Keylor Navas  Costa Rica 93
6 Jan Oblak  Slovenia 85
7 Petr Čech  Czech Republic 80
8 Marc-André ter Stegen  Germany 78
9 David de Gea  Spain 75
10 Iker Casillas  Spain 67

See also

References
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