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. The votes
Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was the first ever winner of the award, in 1987.
Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon holds the record for most wins (alongside Manuel Neuer and Iker Casillas).
At the end of the 20th Century, Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin was named World's Goalkeeper of the Century by IFFHS.
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.
Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepe
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
…Chelsea 92 2013 1st Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 211 2nd Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 78 3rd Petr Čech Chelsea 64 2014 1st Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 216 2nd Thibaut Courtois Atlético Madrid Chelsea 96 3rd Keylor Navas Levante Real Madrid 46 2015 1st Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 188 2nd Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 78 3rd Claudio…
Courtois with Belgium in 2018
Courtois with Genk during the 2010–11 season
Courtois playing for Atlético Madrid in 2013
Courtois playing for Chelsea in 2014