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.

IFFHS World's Best Man Goalkeeper
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man goalkeeper of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1987
Editions37
First winnerBelgium Jean-Marie Pfaff
Most winsItaly Gianluigi Buffon
Spain Iker Casillas
Germany Manuel Neuer
(5 awards each)
Most recentBrazil Ederson (1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was the first ever winner of the award, in 1987.

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.

Men's winners

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Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon holds the record for most wins (alongside Manuel Neuer and Iker Casillas).

Gianluigi Buffon has made the top three an unprecedented fourteen times. This includes five wins (joint record with Iker Casillas and Manuel Neuer), six runner-up (record) and three third-placed finishes.

List of winners

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Year Rank Player Club(s) Points
1987 1st   Jean-Marie Pfaff[1]   Bayern Munich 137
2nd   Rinat Dasayev   Spartak Moscow 43
3rd   Walter Zenga   Inter Milan 30
1988 1st   Rinat Dasayev[1]   Spartak Moscow 119
2nd   Hans van Breukelen   PSV Eindhoven 97
3rd   Walter Zenga   Inter Milan 31
1989 1st   Walter Zenga[1]   Inter Milan 79
2nd   Michel Preud'homme   KV Mechelen 38
3rd   Rinat Dasayev   Sevilla 33
1990 1st   Walter Zenga[1]   Inter Milan 72
2nd   Michel Preud'homme   KV Mechelen 35
3rd   Gabelo Conejo   Cartaginés 34
1991 1st   Walter Zenga[1]   Inter Milan 51
2nd   Sergio Goycochea   Racing Club 37
3rd   Cláudio Taffarel   Parma 29
1992 1st   Peter Schmeichel[1]   Manchester United 118
2nd   Andoni Zubizarreta   Barcelona 28
3rd   Hans van Breukelen   PSV Eindhoven 23
1993 1st   Peter Schmeichel[1]   Manchester United 84
2nd   Sergio Goycochea   Racing Club 70
3rd   Jorge Campos   UNAM 23
1994 1st   Michel Preud'homme[1]   KV Mechelen
  Benfica
103
2nd   Thomas Ravelli   IFK Göteborg 73
3rd   Cláudio Taffarel   Reggiana 53
1995 1st   José Luis Chilavert[1]   Vélez Sársfield 37
2nd   Peter Schmeichel   Manchester United 29
3rd   Thomas Ravelli   IFK Göteborg 24
1996 1st   Andreas Köpke[1]   Marseille 114
2nd   David Seaman   Arsenal 101
3rd   José Luis Chilavert   Vélez Sársfield 44
1997 1st   José Luis Chilavert[1]   Vélez Sársfield 61
2nd   Angelo Peruzzi   Juventus 57
3rd   Peter Schmeichel   Manchester United 53
1998 1st   José Luis Chilavert[1]   Vélez Sársfield 198
2nd   Fabien Barthez   Monaco 146
3rd   Edwin van der Sar   Ajax 75
1999 1st   Oliver Kahn[1]   Bayern Munich 116
2nd   Peter Schmeichel   Manchester United 95
3rd   José Luis Chilavert   Vélez Sársfield 93
2000 1st   Fabien Barthez[1]   Monaco
  Manchester United
195
2nd   Oliver Kahn   Bayern Munich 133
3rd   Francesco Toldo   Fiorentina 131
2001 1st   Oliver Kahn[1]   Bayern Munich 265
2nd   Oscar Córdoba   Boca Juniors 77
3rd   Gianluigi Buffon   Parma
  Juventus
69
2002 1st   Oliver Kahn[1]   Bayern Munich 316
2nd   Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 101
3rd   Rüştü Reçber   Fenerbahçe 99
2003 1st   Gianluigi Buffon[1]   Juventus 186
2nd   Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 112
3rd   Oliver Kahn   Bayern Munich 106
2004 1st   Gianluigi Buffon[1]   Juventus 185
2nd   Petr Čech   Rennes
  Chelsea
125
3rd   Dida   Milan 78
2005 1st   Petr Čech[1]   Chelsea 175
2nd   Dida   Milan 91
3rd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 78
2006 1st   Gianluigi Buffon[1]   Juventus 295
2nd   Jens Lehmann   Arsenal 140
3rd   Petr Čech   Chelsea 91
2007 1st   Gianluigi Buffon[1]   Juventus 209
2nd   Petr Čech   Chelsea 172
3rd   Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 124
2008 1st   Iker Casillas[2]   Real Madrid 249
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 170
3rd   Edwin van der Sar   Manchester United 143
2009 1st   Iker Casillas[3]   Real Madrid 230
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 150
3rd   Júlio César   Inter Milan 124
2010 1st   Iker Casillas[4]   Real Madrid 304
2nd   Júlio César   Inter Milan 124
3rd   Petr Čech   Chelsea 56
2011 1st   Iker Casillas[5]   Real Madrid 248
2nd   Manuel Neuer   Schalke 04
  Bayern Munich
130
3rd   Víctor Valdés   Barcelona 114
2012 1st   Iker Casillas[6]   Real Madrid 224
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 128
3rd   Petr Čech   Chelsea 92
2013 1st   Manuel Neuer[7]   Bayern Munich 211
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 78
3rd   Petr Čech   Chelsea 64
2014 1st   Manuel Neuer[8]   Bayern Munich 216
2nd   Thibaut Courtois   Atlético Madrid
  Chelsea
96
3rd   Keylor Navas   Levante
  Real Madrid
46
2015 1st   Manuel Neuer[9]   Bayern Munich 188
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 78
3rd   Claudio Bravo   Barcelona 45
2016 1st   Manuel Neuer[10]   Bayern Munich 156
2nd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 91
3rd   Rui Patrício   Sporting CP 50
2017 1st   Gianluigi Buffon[11]   Juventus 251
2nd   Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 103
3rd   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid 85
2018 1st   Thibaut Courtois[12]   Chelsea
  Real Madrid
181
2nd   Hugo Lloris   Tottenham Hotspur 109
3rd   Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus
  Paris Saint-Germain
59
2019 1st   Alisson[13]   Liverpool 386
2nd   Marc-André ter Stegen   Barcelona 104
3rd   Jan Oblak   Atlético Madrid 67
2020 1st   Manuel Neuer[14]   Bayern Munich 320
2nd   Jan Oblak   Atlético Madrid 40
3rd   Alisson   Liverpool 30
2021 1st   Gianluigi Donnarumma[15]   Milan
  Paris Saint-Germain
170
2nd   Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 75
3rd   Édouard Mendy   Chelsea 40
2022 1st   Thibaut Courtois[16]   Real Madrid 125
2nd   Emiliano Martínez   Aston Villa 110
3rd   Yassine Bounou   Sevilla 55
2023 1st   Ederson[17]   Manchester City 145
2nd   Emiliano Martínez   Aston Villa 76
3rd   Thibaut Courtois   Real Madrid 73

Statistics

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Winners (1987–present)[18]
Player Wins Years
  Gianluigi Buffon 5 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
  Manuel Neuer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
  Iker Casillas 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  Walter Zenga 3 1989, 1990, 1991
  José Luis Chilavert 1995, 1997, 1998
  Oliver Kahn 1999, 2001, 2002
  Peter Schmeichel 2 1992, 1993
  Thibaut Courtois 2018, 2022
  Jean-Marie Pfaff 1 1987
  Rinat Dasayev 1988
  Michel Preud'homme 1994
  Andreas Köpke 1996
  Fabien Barthez 2000
  Petr Čech 2005
  Alisson 2019
  Gianluigi Donnarumma 2021
  Ederson 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Players
  Bayern Munich 9 3
  Real Madrid 7 2
  Juventus 5 1
  Manchester United 3 2
  Inter Milan 3 1
  Vélez Sársfield 3 1
  Chelsea 2 2
  Benfica 1 1
  KV Mechelen 1 1
  Liverpool 1 1
  Marseille 1 1
  Milan 1 1
  Monaco 1 1
  Paris Saint-Germain 1 1
  Spartak Moscow 1 1
  Manchester City 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
  Germany 9 3
  Italy 9 3
  Spain 5 1
  Belgium 4 3
  Paraguay 3 1
  Brazil 2 2
  Denmark 2 1
  Czech Republic 1 1
  France 1 1
  Soviet Union 1 1

Continental winners

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Bold indicates the World's Best Man Goalkeeper winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA   Gianluigi Donnarumma[19]   Milan
  Paris Saint-Germain
CONMEBOL   Emiliano Martínez[20]   Aston Villa
CONCACAF   Guillermo Ochoa[21]   América
CAF   Édouard Mendy[22]   Chelsea
AFC   Mathew Ryan[23]   Real Sociedad
OFC   Oliver Sail[24]   Wellington Phoenix

All-time World's Best Goalkeeper ranking (since 1987)

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As of 30 March 2023[25]
Top 10 players
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Gianluigi Buffon   Italy 357
2 Iker Casillas   Spain 260
3 Manuel Neuer   Germany 219
4 Petr Čech   Czech Republic 218
5 Edwin van der Sar   Netherlands 201
6 Peter Schmeichel   Denmark 179
7 Oliver Kahn   Germany 162
8 Thibaut Courtois   Belgium 150
9 José Luis Chilavert   Paraguay 146
10 Walter Zenga   Italy 132

The World's Best Man Goalkeeper of the Century (1901–2000)

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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.[26][27]

Top 10 players
Rank Player Nation Period Points
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 Man Goalkeeper of the Decade (2001–2010)

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In 2011, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was named World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century's first 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.[28]

Top 10 players
Rank Player Nation Points
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
 
Iker Casillas ranked second in both rankings.

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

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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.[29][30][31][32][33][34]

Rank Player Nation Points
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 Man Goalkeeper of the Decade (2011–2020)

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In 2021, German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was named The World's Best Goalkeeper of the Decade of the 2010s 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.[35]

Top 10 players
Rank Player Nation Points
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

Women's winners

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IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman goalkeeper of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2012
Editions12
First winner  Hope Solo
Most wins  Sarah Bouhaddi
  Hope Solo
(4 awards each)
Most recent  Mary Earps (1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
 
American goalkeeper Hope Solo won the award four times in a row (once ex æquo with Almuth Schult).
 
French goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi holds the record for most wins (alongside Hope Solo).

List of winners

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Year Rank Player Club(s) Points
2012 1st   Hope Solo   Seattle Sounders 110
2nd   Nadine Angerer   Eintracht Frankfurt 80
3rd   Hedvig Lindahl   Kristianstads 35
2013 1st   Hope Solo   Seattle Reign 110
2nd   Nadine Angerer   Brisbane Roar
  Eintracht Frankfurt
106
3rd   Stina Lykke Borg   FCR Duisburg 42
2014 1st   Hope Solo
  Almuth Schult
  Seattle Reign
  VfL Wolfsburg
110
2nd
3rd   Nadine Angerer   Brisbane Roar
  Portland Thorns
45
2015 1st   Hope Solo   Seattle Reign 148
2nd   Nadine Angerer   Portland Thorns 66
3rd   Ayumi Kaihori   INAC Kobe Leonessa 36
2016 1st   Sarah Bouhaddi   Lyon 111
2nd   Almuth Schult   VfL Wolfsburg 82
3rd   Hope Solo   Seattle Reign 77
2017 1st   Sarah Bouhaddi[36]   Lyon 190
2nd   Sari van Veenendaal   Arsenal 112
3rd   Katarzyna Kiedrzynek   Paris Saint-Germain 42
2018 1st   Sarah Bouhaddi[37]   Lyon 185
2nd   Almuth Schult   VfL Wolfsburg 121
3rd   Ashlyn Harris   Orlando Pride 48
2019 1st   Sari van Veenendaal[38]   Arsenal
  Atlético Madrid
185
2nd   Sarah Bouhaddi   Lyon 92
3rd   Alyssa Naeher   Chicago Red Stars 82
2020 1st   Sarah Bouhaddi[39]   Lyon 220
2nd   Christiane Endler   Paris Saint-Germain 55
3rd   Ann Katrin Berger   Chelsea 25
2021 1st   Christiane Endler[40]   Paris Saint-Germain
  Lyon
110
2nd   Sandra Paños   Barcelona 100
3rd   Stephanie Labbé   FC Rosengård
  Paris Saint-Germain
45
2022 1st   Christiane Endler[41]   Lyon 105
2nd   Mary Earps   Manchester United 50
3rd   Merle Frohms   VfL Wolfsburg 25
2023 1st   Mary Earps[42]   Manchester United 164
2nd   Sandra Paños   Barcelona 78
3rd   Zećira Mušović   Chelsea 49

Statistics

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Winners (2012–present)[43]
Player Wins Years
  Hope Solo 4 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  Sarah Bouhaddi 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
  Christiane Endler 2 2021, 2022
  Almuth Schult 1 2014
  Sari van Veenendaal 2019
  Mary Earps 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Players
  Lyon 6 2
  OL Reign 4 1
  VfL Wolfsburg 1 1
  Arsenal 1 1
  Atlético Madrid 1 1
  Paris Saint-Germain 1 1
  Manchester United 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
  France 4 1
  United States 4 1
  Chile 2 1
  Germany 1 1
  Netherlands 1 1
  England 1 1

Continental winners

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Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Goalkeeper winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA   Sandra Paños[44]   Barcelona
CONMEBOL   Christiane Endler[45]   Paris Saint-Germain
  Lyon
CONCACAF   Stephanie Labbé[46]   FC Rosengård
  Paris Saint-Germain
CAF   Chiamaka Nnadozie[47]   Paris FC
AFC   Teagan Micah[48]   FC Rosengård
OFC   Victoria Esson[49]   Avaldsnes

The World's Best Woman Goalkeeper of the Decade (2011–2020)

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German goalkeeper Almuth Schult was named The World's Best Woman Goalkeeper of the Decade of the 2010s by IFFHS. As part of the German national team, she won the gold medals of the 2013 UEFA Championship and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Top 10 players[50]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Almuth Schult   Germany 132
2 Sarah Bouhaddi   France 115
3 Hope Solo   United States 98
4 Hedvig Lindahl   Sweden 95
5 Nadine Angerer   Germany 75
6 Karen Bardsley   England 75
7 Sari van Veenendaal   Netherlands 69
8 Christiane Endler   Chile 63
9 Sandra Paños   Spain 56
10 Alyssa Naeher   United States 51

See also

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