IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Goalkeeper winner.

Year	Confederation	Winner	Club(s)
2021	UEFA	Gianluigi Donnarumma[17]	Milan Paris Saint-Germain
	CONMEBOL	Emiliano Martínez[18]	Aston Villa
	CONCACAF	Guillermo Ochoa[19]	América
	CAF	Édouard Mendy[20]	Chelsea
	AFC	Mathew Ryan[21]	Real Sociedad
	OFC	Oliver Sail[22]	Wellington Phoenix

As of 24 February 2021[23]

Top 10 players

Rank	Player	Nation	Points
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	357
2	Iker Casillas	Spain	260
3	Petr Čech	Czech Republic	218
4	Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	201
5	Manuel Neuer	Germany	200
6	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	179
7	Oliver Kahn	Germany	162
8	José Luis Chilavert	Paraguay	146
9	Walter Zenga	Italy	132
10	Andoni Zubizarreta	Spain	132

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.[24][25]

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

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.[26]

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.

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.[27][28][29][30][31][32]

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

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.[33]

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

IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper
Sport	Association football
Awarded for	Best performing woman goalkeeper of the calendar year
Presented by	International Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award	2012
Editions	10
First winner	Hope Solo
Most wins	(4 awards each) Hope Solo Sarah Bouhaddi
Most recent	Christiane Endler
Website	www.iffhs.com

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Goalkeeper winner.

Year	Confederation	Winner	Club(s)
2021	UEFA	Sandra Paños[40]	Barcelona
	CONMEBOL	Christiane Endler[41]	Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
	CONCACAF	Stephanie Labbé[42]	FC Rosengård Paris Saint-Germain
	CAF	Chiamaka Nnadozie[43]	Paris FC
	AFC	Teagan Micah[44]	FC Rosengård
	OFC	Victoria Esson[45]	Avaldsnes