All time top goalkeepers
Rank Name Votes % of lists
1 Gianluigi Buffon 298 56.4
2 Oliver Kahn 227 43.0
3 Lev Yashin 191 36.2
4 Manuel Neuer 166 31.4
5 Iker Casillas 151 28.6
6 Peter Schmeichel 141 26.7
7 Edwin van der Sar 84 15.9
8 Dino Zoff 56 10.6
9 Gordon Banks 38 7.2
9 Petr Čech 38 7.2
As is clearly apparent, this list shows a bias towards more recent players.
In order to account for that bias, here is a second list, with votes weighted1 based on how recently the player was active:
"Inflation adjusted" all time top goalkeepers
Rank Name Adjusted votes
1 Gianluigi Buffon 207
2 Lev Yashin 189
3 Oliver Kahn 158
4 Manuel Neuer 116
5 Peter Schmeichel 113
6 Iker Casillas 104
7 Edwin van der Sar 59
8 Dino Zoff 56
9 Gordon Banks 38
10 Petr Čech 27
All time top goalkeepers
Rank Name Votes % of lists
1 Gianluigi Buffon 298 56.4
2 Oliver Kahn 227 43.0
3 Lev Yashin 191 36.2
4 Manuel Neuer 166 31.4
5 Iker Casillas 151 28.6
6 Peter Schmeichel 141 26.7
7 Edwin van der Sar 84 15.9
8 Dino Zoff 56 10.6
9 Gordon Banks 38 7.2
9 Petr Čech 38 7.2
As is clearly apparent, this list shows a bias towards more recent players.
In order to account for that bias, here is a second list, with votes weighted1 based on how recently the player was active:
"Inflation adjusted" all time top goalkeepers
Rank Name Adjusted votes
1 Gianluigi Buffon 207
2 Lev Yashin 189
3 Oliver Kahn 158
4 Manuel Neuer 116
5 Peter Schmeichel 113
6 Iker Casillas 104
7 Edwin van der Sar 59
8 Dino Zoff 56
9 Gordon Banks 38
10 Petr Čech 27