IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

Not to be confused with Best European Goalkeeper.

The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a football award given annually since 1987 to the most outstanding goalkeeper as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The votes, in 1996, were cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from 89 countries spanning six different continents.

Voting results

1987

Year	Player	Club
1987	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Bayern Munich
1988	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow
1989	Walter Zenga	Internazionale
1990	Walter Zenga	Internazionale
1991	Walter Zenga	Internazionale
1992	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United
1993	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United
1994	Michel Preud'homme	Mechelen
1995	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield
1996	Andreas Köpke	Marseille
1997	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield
1998	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield
1999	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
2000	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United
2001	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
2002	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
2003	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2004	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2005	Petr Čech	Chelsea
2006	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2007	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2008	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2009	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2010	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2011	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Bayern Munich	137
2	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow	43
3	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	30
4	Harald Schumacher	Schalke 04	29
5	Neville Southall	Everton	15
6	René Müller	Lokomotive Leipzig	14
7	Peter Shilton	Derby County	12
8	Badou Ezzaki	Mallorca	11
9	Roberto Fernández	Deportivo Cali	8
	Józef Młynarczyk	Porto	8

1988

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow	119
2	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	97
3	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	31
4	Packie Bonner	Celtic	17
5	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Bayern Munich	10
6	Eike Immel	Stuttgart	9
7	Michel Preud'homme	KV Mechelen	5
	Peter Shilton	Derby County	5
	Neville Southall	Everton	5
	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	5

1989

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	79
2	Michel Preud'homme	KV Mechelen	38
3	Rinat Dasayev	Sevilla	33
4	Peter Shilton	Derby County	31
5	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	23
6	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	14
7	Cláudio Taffarel	Internacional	10
8	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Lierse	9
9	Neville Southall	Everton	8
10	Harald Schumacher	Fenerbahçe	7

1990

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	72
2	Michel Preud'homme	KV Mechelen	35
3	Luis Gabelo Conejo	C.S. Cartaginés	34
4	Peter Shilton	Derby County	32
5	Cláudio Taffarel	Internacional	30
6	Sergio Goycochea	Los Millonarios	29
7	Bodo Illgner	Köln	16
8	Jan Stejskal	Sparta Prague	10
9	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	9
10	Packie Bonner	Celtic	5
	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	5

1991

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Walter Zenga	Inter Milan	51
2	Sergio Goycochea	Racing	37
3	Cláudio Taffarel	Parma	29
4	Neville Southall	Everton	25
5	David Seaman	Arsenal	23
6	Gianluca Pagliuca	Sampdoria	20
7	Bodo Illgner	Köln	18
8	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	17
9	Stevan Stojanović	Crvena Zvezda	16
10	Michel Preud'homme	Mechelen	13
	Peter Schmeichel	Brøndby	13

1992

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	118
2	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	28
3	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	24
4	Dmitri Kharine	CSKA	23
5	Bodo Illgner	Köln	20
6	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	16
7	Cláudio Taffarel	Parma	14
8	Sergio Goycochea	FC Olimpia	13
9	Michel Preud'homme	Mechelen	10
10	Alain Gouaméné	RAJA Casablanca	8

1993

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	84
2	Sergio Goycochea	River Plate	70
3	Jorge Campos	Pumas UNAM	23
4	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	19
5	Zetti	São Paulo	15
6	Bodo Illgner	Köln	11
7	Andy Goram	Glasgow Rangers	9
	Andreas Köpke	Nuremberg	9
	Walter Zenga	Internazionale	9
10	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint Germain	8
	Michel Preud'homme	Mechelen	8

1994

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Michel Preud'homme	Mechelen	103
2	Thomas Ravelli	Göteborg	73
3	Cláudio Taffarel	Reggiana	53
4	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	29
5	Sebastiano Rossi	Milan	18
6	Gianluca Pagliuca	Sampdoria	17
7	Erik Thorstvedt	Tottenham	13
8	Jorge Campos	Pumas UNAM	12
9	Borislav Mihaylov	Mulhouse	10
10	David Seaman	Arsenal	9

1995

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield	37
2	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	29
3	Thomas Ravelli	Göteborg	24
4	Michel Preud'homme	Benfica	23
5	David Seaman	Arsenal	21
6	Vítor Baía	Porto	19
	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax	19
8	Gianluca Pagliuca	Internazionale	16
9	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint-Germain	15
	Andoni Zubizarreta	Valencia	15

1996

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Andreas Köpke	Marseille	114
2	David Seaman	Arsenal	101
3	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield	44
4	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	37
5	Vítor Baía	Barcelona	33
6	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint-Germain	28
7	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax	21
8	Petr Kouba	Deportivo de La Coruña	12
	Andoni Zubizarreta	Valencia	12
10	Jorge Campos	Los Angeles Galaxy	11

1997

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield	61
2	Angelo Peruzzi	Juventus	57
3	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	53
4	Andreas Köpke	Marseille	37
5	David Seaman	Arsenal	31
6	Stefan Klos	Borussia Dortmund	28
7	Vítor Baía	Barcelona	24
8	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	20
9	Cláudio Taffarel	Atlético Mineiro	18
10	Gianluca Pagliuca	Internazionale Milano	14

1998

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	José Luis Chilavert	Vélez Sársfield	198
2	Fabien Barthez	AS Monaco	146
3	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax	75
4	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	59
5	Gianluca Pagliuca	Internazionale	50
6	David Seaman	Arsenal	36
7	Cláudio Taffarel	Atlético Mineiro	23
8	Dražen Ladić	Dinamo Zagreb	22
9	Angelo Peruzzi	Juventus	20
10	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	15

1999

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	116
2	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	95
3	Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	93
4	Edwin van der Sar	Juventus	90
5	Gianluigi Buffon	Parma	46
6	Fabien Barthez	AS Monaco	45
	David Seaman	Arsenal	45
8	Dida	Corinthians	29
9	Vítor Baía	Porto	23
10	Carlos Roa	Mallorca	16

2000

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	195
2	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	133
3	Francesco Toldo	Fiorentina	131
4	José Luis Chilavert	Strasbourg	88
5	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	47
6	Edwin van der Sar	Juventus	40
7	Cláudio Taffarel	Galatasaray	31
8	Óscar Córdoba	Boca Juniors	30
9	Vítor Baía	Porto	17
10	Gianluigi Buffon	Parma	16
	Peter Schmeichel	Sporting CP	16

2001

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	265
2	Óscar Córdoba	Boca Juniors	77
3	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	69
4	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	51
5	Jerzy Dudek	Liverpool	42
6	José Luis Chilavert	Strasbourg	36
7	Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	35
8	Francesco Toldo	Internazionale	29
9	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	22
10	Ruslan Nigmatullin	Lokomotiv Moscow	16

2002

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	316
2	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	101
3	Rüştü Reçber	Fenerbahçe	99
4	Marcos	Palmeiras	88
5	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	74
6	Brad Friedel	Blackburn Rovers	33
7	Francesco Toldo	Internazionale	27
8	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	18
9	Jerzy Dudek	Liverpool	16
10	Jens Lehmann	Borussia Dortmund	11

2003

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	186
2	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	112
3	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	106
4	Dida	Milan	99
5	Francesco Toldo	Internazionale	36
6	Roberto Abbondanzieri	Boca Juniors	35
	Timo Hildebrand	Stuttgart	35
8	Tim Howard	Manchester United	26
9	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	23
10	Petr Čech	Rennes	18

2004

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	185
2	Petr Čech	Chelsea	125
3	Dida	Milan	78
4	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	75
5	Antonios Nikopolidis	Olympiacos	64
6	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	63
7	Roberto Abbondanzieri	Boca Juniors	31
8	Juan Carlos	Once Caldas	29
	Vítor Baía	Porto	29
10	Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	23

2005

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Petr Čech	Chelsea	175
2	Dida	Milan	91
3	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	78
4	Grégory Coupet	Lyon	43
5	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	42
6	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	41
7	Jerzy Dudek	Liverpool	34
8	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	32
9	Rogério Ceni	São Paulo	31
10	Roberto Abbondanzieri	Boca Juniors	26

2006

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	295
2	Jens Lehmann	Arsenal	140
3	Petr Čech	Chelsea	91
4	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	47
5	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	45
6	Oswaldo Sanchez	Guadalajara	39
7	Ricardo	Sporting CP	38
8	Dida	Milan	34
9	Roberto Abbondanzieri	Boca Juniors	19
10	Fabien Barthez	Nantes	18

2007

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	209
2	Petr Čech	Chelsea	172
3	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	124
4	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	62
5	Rogério Ceni	São Paulo	37
6	José Manuel Reina	Liverpool	36
	Dida	Milan	36
8	Andrés Palop	Sevilla	29
9	Júlio César	Internazionale	24
10	Jens Lehmann	Arsenal	20

2008

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	249
2	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	170
3	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	168
4	Petr Čech	Chelsea	108
5	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	23
6	José Francisco Cevallos	LDU Quito	21
7	Júlio César	Internazionale	18
8	José Manuel Reina	Liverpool	15
9	Jens Lehmann	Stuttgart	13
10	Guillermo Ochoa	Club America	12

2009

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	230
2	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	150
3	Júlio César	Internazionale	124
4	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	87
5	Petr Čech	Chelsea	75
6	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	53
7	José Manuel Reina	Liverpool	19
8	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	17
9	Tim Howard	Everton	7
10	Rene Adler	Bayer Leverkusen	6

2010

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	305
2	Júlio César	Internazionale	124
3	Petr Cech	Chelsea	57
4	Manuel Neuer	Schalke 04	53
5	Maarten Stekelenburg	Ajax	48
6	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	38
7	Fernando Muslera	Lazio	37
8	Edwin Van der Sar	Manchester United	37
9	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	30
10	Tim Howard	Everton	15

2011

Rank	Player	Club	Votes
1	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	248
2	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	130
3	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	114
4	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	63
5	Petr Cech	Chelsea	41
6	Fernando Muslera	Galatasaray	34
7	Joe Hart	Manchester City	26
8	Júlio César	Internazionale	23
9	Justo Villar	Estudiantes de La Plata	17
10	Edwin Van der Sar	Manchester United	16

Goalkeeper of the century

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.

Rank	Player	Clubs (period)	Nations represented (period)	Votes
1	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow (1949–1971)	USSR (1954–1967)	1802
2	Gordon Banks	Chesterfield (1955–1959)	England (1963–1972)	717
		Leicester City (1959–1966)
		Stoke City (1966–1972)
		Cleveland Stokers (1967)
		Saint Patrick's Athletic (1977)
		Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1978)
3	Dino Zoff	Udinese (1961–1963)	Italy (1968–1983)	661
		Mantova (1963–1967)
		Napoli (1967–1972)
		Juventus (1972–1983)
4	Sepp Maier	Bayern Munich (1965–1980)	West Germany (1966–1979)	456
5	Ricardo Zamora	Espanyol (1916–1919)	Spain (1920–1936)	443
		Barcelona (1919–1922)
		Espanyol (1922–1930)
		Real Madrid (1930–1936)
		Nice (1936–1938)
6	José Luis Chilavert	Sportivo Luqueño (1982–1983)	Paraguay (1989–2003)	373
		Club Guaraní (1984)
		San Lorenzo (1984–1988)
		Real Zaragoza (1988–1991)
		Vélez Sársfield (1991–2000)
		Strasbourg (2000–2002)
		Peñarol (2002–2003)
		Vélez Sársfield (2003–2004)
7	Peter Schmeichel	Gladsaxe-Hero (1981–1983)	Denmark (1987–2001)	291
		Hvidovre (1984–1986)
		Brøndby (1987–1991)
		Manchester United (1991–1999)
		Sporting CP (1999–2001)
		Aston Villa (2001–2002)
		Manchester City (2002–2003)
8	Peter Shilton	Leicester City (1966–1974)	England (1970–1990)	196
		Stoke City (1974–1977)
		Nottingham Forest (1977–1982)
		Southampton (1982–1987)
		Derby County (1987–1992)
		Plymouth Argyle (1992–1995)
		Wimbledon (1995)
		Bolton Wanderers (1995)
		Coventry City (1995–1996)
		West Ham United (1996)
		Leyton Orient (1996–1997)
9	František Plánička	Slavia Prague (1923–1939)	Czechoslovakia (1926–1938)	194
10	Amadeo Carrizo	River Plate (1945–1968)	Argentina (1954–1964)	192
		Alianza Lima (1969)
		Millonarios (1970–1971)

External links

• International Federation of Football History & Statistics
• 2009 results at Real Madrid website