Since 1987 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) chooses the World's Best Goalkeeper; the election is for the calendar year. IFFHS has also elected the Goalkeeper of the Century for every continent and worldwide.
YEAR WINNER COUNTRY CLUB 1987 Jean-Marie PFAFF Belgium Bayern München (Ger) 1988 Rinat DASAEV Soviet Union Spartak Moskva (USSR) 1989 Walter ZENGA Italy Inter Milan (Ita) 1990 Walter ZENGA Italy Inter Milan (Ita) 1991 Walter ZENGA Italy Inter Milan (Ita) 1992 Peter SCHMEICHEL Denmark Manchester United (Eng) 1993 Peter SCHMEICHEL Denmark Manchester United (Eng) 1994 Michel PREUD'HOMME Belgium K.V. Mechelen (Bel) / Benfica (Por) 1995 José Luis CHILAVERT Paraguay Vélez Sarsfield (Arg) 1996 Andreas KÖPKE Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger) / Marseille (Fra) 1997 José Luis CHILAVERT Paraguay Vélez Sarsfield (Arg) 1998 José Luis CHILAVERT Paraguay Vélez Sarsfield (Arg) 1999 Oliver KAHN Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2000 Fabien BARTHEZ France AS Monaco (Fra) / Manchester United (Eng) 2001 Oliver KAHN Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2002 Oliver KAHN Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2003 Gianluigi BUFFON Italy Juventus (Ita) 2004 Gianluigi BUFFON Italy Juventus (Ita) 2005 Petr CECH Czech Republic Chelsea (Eng) 2006 Gianluigi BUFFON Italy Juventus (Ita) 2007 Gianluigi BUFFON Italy Juventus (Ita) 2008 Iker CASILLAS Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 2009 Iker CASILLAS Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 2010 Iker CASILLAS Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 2011 Iker CASILLAS Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 2012 Iker CASILLAS Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 2013 Manuel NEUER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2014 Manuel NEUER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2015 Manuel NEUER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2016 Manuel NEUER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2017 Gianluigi BUFFON Italy Juventus (Ita) 2018 Thibaut COURTOIS Belgium Chelsea (Eng) / Real Madrid (Spa) 2019 ALISSON Ramses Becker Brazil Liverpool (Eng) 2020 Manuel NEUER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 2021 Gianluigi DONNARUMMA Italy AC Milan (Ita) / Paris St. Germain (Fra) 2022 Thibaut COURTOIS Belgium Real Madrid (Spa)
5 Casillas, Buffon, Neuer 3 Zenga, Chilavert, Kahn 2 Schmeichel, Courtois 1 Pfaff, Dasaev, Preud'homme, Köpke, Barthez, Cech, Alisson, Donnarumma
1 2 3 4 5
Gianluigi Buffon 5 6 3 2 2
Manuel Neuer 5 3 3
Iker Casillas 5 2 1 2 1
Oliver Kahn 3 1 1 1
José Luis Chilavert 3 2 1
Walter Zenga 3 2
Peter Schmeichel 2 2 1 3
Thibaut Courtois 2 1 2 1
Petr Cech 1 2 4 1 2
Michel Preud'homme 1 2 1
Rinat Dasaev 1 1 1
Fabien Barthez 1 1 1
Alisson Ramses Becker 1 1
Andreas Köpke 1 1
Jean-Marie Pfaff 1 1
Gianluigi Donnarumma 1
Sergio Goycochea 2
Jan Oblak 1 1 1 2
"Dida" 1 1 1
Hans van Breukelen 1 1
Thomas Ravelli 1 1
Júlio César 1 1
Andoni Zubizarreta 1 1 1
Emiliano Martinez 1 1
David Seaman 1 3
Marc André Ter Stegen 1 2
Hugo Lloris 1 2
Oscar Córdoba 1
Angelo Peruzzi 1
Jens Lehmann 1
Edwin van der Sar 2 3 1
Keylor Navas 2 1
Claudio Taffarel 2 1
Claudio Bravo 1 1 1
Francesco Toldo 1 1
Víctor Valdés 1 1
Jorge Campos 1
Luis Conejo 1
Rüstü Reçber 1
"Rui Patricio" 1
Edouard Mendy 1
Yassine Bounou 1
Peter Shilton 2
David De Gea 1 2
Neville Southall 1 1
Patrick Bonner 1
Grégory Coupet 1
Dimitri Kharin 1
Marcos Silveira Reis 1
Harald Schumacher 1
Dominik Livakovic 1
Igor Akinfeev 1
"Vítor Baía" 1
Rogério Ceni 1
Jerzy Dudek 1
Joe Hart 1
Bodo Illgner 1
Antonios Nikopolidis 1
Gianluca Pagliuca 1
Sebastiano Rossi 1
Maarten Stekelenburg 1
"Zetti" 1
Source: [IFF 99]
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