L’Iffhs, l’Istituto Internazionale di Storia e Statistica del Calcio, ha stilato la classifica dei migliori portieri dal 1987 al 2011.
Al primo posto troviamo Gianluigi Buffon, in ottava posizione, a pari merito con Zubizarreta, troviamo Walter Zenga. Nella Top 30 si posizionano anche Gianluca Pagliuca (16esimo), Francesco Toldo (17esimo con Victor Valdes) e Angelo Peruzzi (30esimo). Nella top 100 è presente Pellizzoli!
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1. | Gianluigi Buffon | Italia | 226 |
| 2. | Iker Casillas | España | 213 |
| 3. | Edwin van der Sar | Nederland | 201 |
| 4. | Peter Schmeichel | Danmark | 179 |
| 5. | Oliver Kahn | Deutschland | 162 |
| 6. | Petr Čech | Česká Republika | 154 |
| 7. | José Luis Félix Chilavert | Paraguay | 146 |
| 8. | Walter Zenga | Italia | 132 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | España | 132 | |
| 10. | Claudio André Mergen Taffarel | Brasil | 130 |
| 11. | Michel Preud’homme | Belgique | 124 |
| 12. | Fabien Barthez | France | 115 |
| 13. | David Seaman | England | 114 |
| 14. | Nélson de Jesus e Silva »Dida« | Brasil | 109 |
| 15. | Vítor Manuel Martins Baía | Portugal | 94 |
| 16. | Gianluca Pagliuca | Italia | 90 |
| 17. | Francesco Toldo | Italia | 82 |
| Víctor Valdés | España | 82 | |
| 19. | Jens Lehmann | Deutschland | 81 |
| 20. | Júlio César Soãres Espíndola | Brasil | 76 |
| 21. | Bodo Illgner | Deutschland | 71 |
| Johannes Franciscus van Breukelen | Nederland | 71 | |
| 23. | Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri | Argentina | 68 |
| 24. | Sergio Javier Goycochea | Argentina | 66 |
| 25. | Andreas Köpke | Deutschland | 64 |
| 26. | Jorge Campos | México | 62 |
| Peter Shilton | England | 62 | |
| 28. | Thomas Ravelli | Sverige | 61 |
| 29. | Rinat Dasaev | Russia | 57 |
| 30. | Angelo Peruzzi | Italia | 56 |
| Neville Southall | Wales | 56 | |
| 32. | José Manuel Reina | España | 54 |
| 33. | Rogério Ceni | Brasil | 53 |
| 34. | José Santiago Cañizares | España | 51 |
| 35. | Jean-Marie Pfaff | Belgique | 49 |
| 36. | Jerzy Dudek | Polska | 48 |
| 37. | Igor Akinfeev | Russia | 47 |
| 38. | Óscar Eduardo Córdoba | Colombia | 38 |
| Bernard Lama | France | 38 | |
| 40. | Patrick Bonner | Ireland | 36 |
| Timothy Matthew Howard | USA | 36 | |
| Manuel Neuer | Deutschland | 36 | |
| 43. | Justo Wilmar Villar | Paraguay | 34 |
| 44. | Dmitry Kharin | Russia | 33 |
| 45. | Sebastiano Rossi | Italia | 32 |
| 46. | Fernando Néstor Muslera | Uruguay | 29 |
| 47. | Grégory Coupet | France | 28 |
| Harald Schumacher | Deutschland | 28 | |
| 49. | Rüstü Reçber | Türkiye | 27 |
| 50. | Luis Gabelo Conejo | Costa Rica | 26 |
| Maarten Stekelenburg | Nederland | 26 | |
| Armelino Donizetti Quagliato »Zetti« | Brasil | 26 | |
| 53. | José Francisco Cevallos | Ecuador | 25 |
| Hugo Lloris | France | 25 | |
| 55. | Christian Abbiati | Italia | 24 |
| Andonios Nikopolidis | Hellas | 24 | |
| Erik Thorstvedt | Norge | 24 | |
| 58. | René Adler | Deutschland | 23 |
| 59. | Bradlay Howard Friedel | USA | 21 |
| 60. | Carlos Roa | Argentina | 19 |
| Patricio Armando Toledo | Chile | 19 | |
| 62. | Séamus John James Given | Ireland | 17 |
| Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis | Brasil | 17 | |
| Francisco Guillermo Ochoa | México | 17 | |
| Andrés Palop | España | 17 | |
| 66. | Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira | Portugal | 16 |
| 67. | Heurelho da Silva Gomes | Brasil | 15 |
| Timo Hildebrand | Deutschland | 15 | |
| Eike Immel | Deutschland | 15 | |
| Stefan Klos | Deutschland | 15 | |
| Boris Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 15 | |
| René Müller | DDR | 15 | |
| 73. | Héctor Fabián Carini | Uruguay | 14 |
| Andrew Goram | Scotland | 14 | |
| Charles Joseph John Hart | England | 14 | |
| Dražan Ladić | Croatia | 14 | |
| 77. | Juan Carlos Henao | Colombia | 13 |
| Petr Kouba | Česká Republika | 13 | |
| Woon-Jae Lee | Republic of Korea | 13 | |
| Jan Stejskal | Česká Republika | 13 | |
| Badou Zaki | Maroc | 13 | |
| 82. | Roberto Óscar Bonano | Argentina | 12 |
| Roberto Fernández | Paraguay | 12 | |
| József Młynarczyk | Polska | 12 | |
| Oswaldo Sánchez | México | 12 | |
| Mark Schwarzer | Australia | 12 | |
| Stevan Stojanović | Jugoslavija | 12 | |
| 88. | Mohamed Abullaziz Al-Deayea | Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| Stanislav Cherchesov | Russia | 11 | |
| Alain Gouaméné | Côte d’Ivoire | 11 | |
| Magnus Hedman | Sverige | 11 | |
| Gábor Király | Magyarország | 11 | |
| Luca Marchegiani | Italia | 11 | |
| Ruslan Nigmatullin | Russia | 11 | |
| 95. | Fernando Harry Álvez | Uruguay | 10 |
| Carlo Cudicini | Italia | 10 | |
| Doniéber Alexander Marangon »Doni« | Brasil | 10 | |
| Vincent Enyeama | Nigeria | 10 | |
| Samir Handanovič | Slovenija | 10 | |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sverige | 10 | |
| Ivan Pellizzoli | Italia | 10 | |
| Nery Alberto Pumpido | Argentina | 10 | |
| Óscar Pérez Rojas | México | 10 | |
| Jacques Songo’o | Cameroun | 10 | |
| Bogdan Stelea | România | 10 | |
| Christopher Woods | England | 10 | |
| 107. | Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho | Portugal | 9 |
| Carlos Roberto Gallo | Brasil | 9 | |
| Kasey Keller | USA | 9 | |
| Richard Paul Franck Kingson | Ghana | 9 | |
| Farid Camilo Mondragón | Colombia | 9 | |
| 112. | Joël Bats | France | 8 |
| Eduard Franciskus de Goeij | Nederland | 8 | |
| José René Higuíta | Colombia | 8 | |
| Ricardo Javier Tavarelli | Paraguay | 8 | |
| Pascal Zuberbühler | Schweiz | 8 | |
| 117. | Mohamed Saqr Ahmed | Qatar | 7 |
| Jhonny Cristián Herrera | Chile | 7 | |
| Nigel Martyn | England | 7 | |
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | Russia | 7 | |
| Oliver Reck | Deutschland | 7 | |
| 222. | Hélton da Silva Arruda | Brasil | 6 |
| Agustín Julio | Colombia | 6 | |
| Vyacheslav Malafeev | Russia | 6 | |
| Tony Mario Sylva | Sénégal | 6 | |
| 126. | Artur Boruc | Polska | 5 |
| Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya | Colombia / Argentina | 5 | |
| Diego Sebastián Saja | Argentina | 5 | |
| Sander Westerveld | Nederland | 5 | |
| 130. | Manuel Almunia | España | 4 |
| Luca Bucci | Italia | 4 | |
| José María Buljubasich | Argentina | 4 | |
| Germán Adrian Burgos | Argentina | 4 | |
| David De Gea | España | 4 | |
| Bruno Martini | France | 4 | |
| 136. | Mark Bosnich | Australia | 3 |
| Uwe Gospodarek | Deutschland | 3 | |
| José Adolfo Ríos | México | 3 | |
| Thomas Sørensen | Danmark | 3 | |
| 140. | Anthony Meola | USA | 2 |
| Stefano Tacconi | Italia | 2 | |
| Grégory Wimbée | France | 2 | |
| 143. | Carlos Idriss Kameni | Cameroun | 1 |
