Redcafe's All-Time Top 20. Goalkeepers | Results

[harms]

Spoiler: Voting rules

Post your list of 20 best goalkeepers of all-time. I'll close the thread in a week, on 9th of July (unless we decide to extend the vote).

Note: all discussion goes to this thread - http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/

Note: you can post less than 20 names, but not more

The list should be posted in the required format:

1. L. Karius
2. M. Taibi

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20.

EDIT: After careful considerations, we're including another rule — only players that had played at least a season after the 1950 WC are eligible.

The final list:

1. Buffon
2. Yashin
3. Schmeichel
4. Kahn
5. Neuer
6. Banks
7. Zoff
8. Maier
9. van der Sar
10. Dasayev
11. Shilton
12. Casillas
13. Jennings
14. Beara
15. Cech
16. De Gea
17. Zenga
18. Grosics
19. Fillol
20. Mazurkiewicz
21. Preud'homme
22. Pfaff
23. Chilavert, Croy
25. Southall
26. Seaman
27. Gilmar
28. Schumacher
29. Carrizo
30. Trautmann, Oblak
32. van Beveren
33. Ter Stegen, Planicka
35. Peruzzi, Lehmann
37. Toldo, Pagliuca, Navas
40. Albertosi
41. Zubizarreta, Viktor, Dida
44. Alisson, Julio Cesar
46. Given, Lloris, Higuita

 

[Moby]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Peter Schmeichel
3. Manuel Neuer
4. Lev Yashin
5. Gordon Banks
6. Oliver Kahn
7. Dino Zoff
8. Rinat Dasayev
9. Sepp Maier
10. Peter Shilton
11. David De Gea
12. Pat Jennings
13. Walter Zenga
14. Edwin Van Der Sar
15. Iker Casillas
16. Petr Cech
17. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
18. Andoni Zubizarreta
19. Neville Southall
20. Jose Luis Chilavert

 

[Indnyc]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Gianluigi Buffon
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Oliver Kahn
5. Gordon Banks
6. Sepp Maier
7. Dino Zoff
8. Manuel Neuer
9. Edwin Van Der Sar
10. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
11. Pat Jennings
12. Vladimir Beara
13. Rinat Dasayev
14. Petr Cech
15. Peter Shilton
16. Iker Casillas
17. David De Gea
18. Neville Southall
19. Ubaldo Fillol
20. Gyula Grosics

 

[harms]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Dino Zoff
5. Oliver Kahn
6. Sepp Maier
7. Gordon Banks
8. Rinat Dasayev
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Pat Jennings
11. Edwin van der Sar
12. Peter Shilton
13. Vladimir Beara
14. Walter Zenga
15. Iker Casillas
16. Petr Cech
17. Jürgen Croy
18. Jean-Marie Pfaff
19. David De Gea
20. Michael Preud'Homme

 

[Šjor Bepo]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Sepp Maier
4. Dino Zoff
5. Edwin van der Sar
6. Peter Schmeichel
7. Oliver Kahn
8. Gordon Banks
9. Rinat Dasayev
10. Manuel Neuer
11. David De Gea
12. Vladimir Beara
13. Petr Cech
14. Gyula Grosics
15. Peter Shilton
16. Pat Jennings
17. Iker Casillas
18. Jose Luis Chilavert
19. Walter Zenga
20. Gilmar

 

[P-Nut]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Gianluigi Buffon
3. Dino Zoff
4. Peter Schmeichel
5. Edwin Van Der Sar
6. Oliver Kahn
7. Manuel Neuer
8. Sepp Maier
9. Gordon Banks
10. Iker Casillas
11. Petr Cech
12. David De Gea
13. Rinat Dasayev
14. Gyula Grosics
15. Peter Shilton
16. David Seaman
17. Pat Jennings
18. Walter Zenga
19. Unbaldo Fillol
20. Jose Luis Chilavert

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

1. L. Yashin
2. G. Buffon
3. D. Zoff
4. G. Banks
5. P. Schmeichel
6. M. Neuer
7. G. Groscis
8. O. Kahn
9. S. Maier
10. E. Van Der Sar
11. I. Casillas
12. P. Shilton
13. N. Southall
14. F. Planicka
15. A. Carrizo
16. Gilmar
17. J.L Chilavert
18. P. Jennings
    
19. L. Mazurkiewicz
20. W. Zenga

 

[Enigma_87]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Dino Zoff
5. Rinat Dasayev
6. Sepp Maier
7. Gordon Banks
8. Oliver Kahn
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Pat Jennings
11. Ubaldo Fillol
12. Walter Zenga
13. Edwin van der Sar
14. Jean-Marie Pfaff
15. David De Gea
16. Peter Shilton
17. Vladimir Beara
18. Petr Cech
    
19. Harald Schumacher
20. Michael Preud'Homme

 

[Joga Bonito]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Gianluigi Buffon
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Dino Zoff
5. Sepp Maier
6. Gordon Banks
7. Oliver Kahn
8. Manuel Neuer
9. Rinat Dasayev
10. Pat Jennings
11. Peter Shilton
12. Jean-Marie Pfaff
13. Harald Schumacher
14. Edwin van der sar
15. Michael Preud'Homme
16. Jose Luis Chilavert
17. Ubaldo Fillol
18. Iker Casillas
19. David de Gea
20. Ivo Viktor

 

[Gio]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Oliver Kahn
3. Gianluigi Buffon
4. Vladimir Beara
5. Gordon Banks
6. Manuel Neuer
7. Sepp Maier
8. Jürgen Croy
9. Peter Schmeichel
10. Dino Zoff
11. Rinat Dasayev
12. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
    
13. Petr Cech
14. Michel Preud'homme
    
15. Walter Zenga
    
16. Peter Shilton
    
17. Pat Jennings
18. Jean-Marie Pfaff
19. David De Gea
20. Ubaldo Fillol

 

[2mufc0]

1. Gigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Dino Zoff
4. Oliver Kahn
5. Sepp Maier
6. Gordon Banks
7. Edwin van Der Sar
8. Peter Schmeichel
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Rinat Dasayev
11. Jose Chilavert
12. Peter Shilton
13. Michel Preud'homme
    
14. JM Pfaff
15. Iker Casillas
16. Jurgen Croy
17. Pat Jennings
18. Ubaldo Fillol
19. Walter Zenga
20. Petr Cech

 

[MJJ]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Peter Schmeichel
3. Oliver Kahn
4. Lev Yashin
5. Dino Zoff
6. Manuel Neuer
7. Sepp Maier
8. Gordon Banks
9. Pat Jennings
10. Edwin van der Sar
11. Rinat Dasayev
12. Peter Shilton
13. Walter Zenga
14. Michael Preud'Homme
15. JM Pfaff
16. Petr Cech
17. Iker Casillas
18. Vladimir Beara
19. David Seaman
20. Ubaldo Fillol

 

[Fortitude]

1. Buffon
2. Yashin
3. Schmeichel
4. Kahn
5. Zoff
6. Shilton
7. Banks
8. Dasayev
9. Maier
10. Neuer
11. Preud'homme
12. Mazurkiewicz
13. Cech
14. Southall
15. Jennings
16. Croy
17. Beara
18. Van der Sar
19. De Gea
20. Zenga

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

1. Buffon
2. Neuer
3. Yashin
4. Schmeichel
5. Kahn
6. Banks
7. Zenga
8. Shilton
9. Maier
10. Cech
11. Zoff
12. Van Der Sar
13. Casillas
14. Jennings
15. Seaman
16. Southall
17. Chilavert
18. Dida
19. Julio Cesar
20. Higuita

 

[cubemine]

1. Neuer
2. Casillas
3. Van Der Sar
4. Banks
5. Kahn
6. Schmeichel
7. De Gea
8. Yashin*
9. Buffon
10. Zoff*
11. Shilton*
12. Cech
13. Oblak
14. Ter Stegen
15. Lehmann
16. Navas
17. Maier*
18. Chilavert*
19. Alisson
20. Lloris


21. John O'Shea

*= going off reputation rather than what I have seen

 

[Invictus]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Dino Zoff
4. Peter Schmeichel
5. Oliver Kahn
6. Sepp Maier
7. Manuel Neuer
8. Gordon Banks
9. Vladimir Beara
10. Rinat Dasayev
11. Edwin van der Sar
12. Jürgen Croy
13. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
14. Gyula Grosics
15. Michael Preud'homme
16. Petr Čech
17. Walter Zenga
    
18. Peter Shilton
19. Gianluca Pagliuca
20. Pat Jennings

 

[Michaelf7777777]

1. Manuel Neuer
2. Peter Schmeichel
3. Gianluigi Buffon
4. Oliver Kahn
5. Edwin van der Sar
6. Gordon Banks
7. Dino Zoff
8. Iker Casillas
9. Lev Yashin
10. Sepp Maier
11. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
12. Bert Trautmann
13. Vladimir Beara
14. Renat Dasayev
15. Jean-Marie Pfaff
16. Gyula Grocsis
17. David De Gea
18. Jurgen Croy
19. Pat Jennings
20. Jan Oblak

 

[GodShaveTheQueen]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Peter Schmeichel
3. Gordon Banks
4. Sepp Maier
5. Gianluigi Buffon
6. Edwin Van Der Sar
6. Dino Zoff
7. Oliver Kahn
8. Vladimir Beara
9. Gyula Grocsis
10. Iker Casillas
11. Ubaldo Fillol
12. Peter Shilton
13. David De Gea
14. Manuel Neuer
15. Walter Zenga
16. Jose Chilavert
17. Rinat Dasayev
18. Pat Jennings
19. Ivo Viktor
20. Gilmar

 

[berbasloth4]

1. Schmeichel
2. Banks
3. Buffon
4. Yashin
5. Jennings
6. Maier
7. Shilton
8. De gea
9. Casillas
10. Kahn
11. Van der sar
12. Zoff
13. Gilmar
14. pfaff
15. Peruzzi
16. Cech
17. seaman
18. southall
19. Neuer
20. given

 

[Jim Beam]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Oliver Kahn
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Gianluigi Buffon
5. Gordon Banks
6. Manuel Neuer
7. Dino Zoff
8. Sepp Maier
9. Vladimir Beara
10. Rinat Dasayev
11. Iker Casillas
12. Edwin van der Sar
13. Gyula Grosics
14. Ubaldo Fillol
15. Neville Southall
16. Pat Jennings
17. Michel Preud'homme
18. David de Gea
19. Walter Zenga
20. Peter Shilton

 

[BIG DUNK]

1. Gigi Buffon
2. Lev Yashin
3. Dino Zoff
4. Peter Schmeichel
5. Oliver Kahn
6. Gordon Banks
7. Sepp Maier
8. Rinat Dasayev
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Iker Casillas
11. Peter Shilton
    
12. Edwin van der Sar
13. Pat Jennings
14. Walter Zenga
15. Ubaldo Fillol
16. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
17. Enrico Albertosi
18. Vladimir Beara
19. Michel Preud'homme
20. Petr Čech

 

[BlackShark_80]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Gianluigi Buffon
3. Dino Zoff
4. Gordon Banks
5. Peter Schmeichel
6. Sepp Maier
7. Oliver Kahn
8. Manuel Neuer
9. Rinat Dasayev
10. Vladimir Beara
11. Jürgen Croy
12. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
13. Jan Van Beveren
14. Ubaldo Fillol
15. Peter Shilton
16. Amadeo Carrizo
17. Edwin Van Der Sar
18. Michael Preud'homme
19. Jean-Marie Pfaff
20. Walter Zenga

 

[Synco]

1. Lev Yashin
2. Gianluigi Buffon
3. Dino Zoff
4. Oliver Kahn
5. Manuel Neuer
6. Peter Schmeichel
7. Gordon Banks
8. Gyula Grosics
9. Sepp Maier
10. Edwin van der Sar
11. Rinat Dasaev
12. Pat Jennings
13. Peter Shilton
14. Iker Casillas
15. Ubaldo Fillol
16. Petr Cech
17. Michel Preud'homme
18. Harald Schumacher
19. Jean-Marie Pfaff
20. -

 

[Physiocrat]

1. Peter Schmeichel
2. Lev Yashin
3. Gordon Banks
4. Gianluigi Buffon
5. Dino Zoff
6. Sepp Maier
7. Oliver Kahn
8. Jose Luis Chilavert
9. Peter Shilton
10. Rinat Dasaev
11. Ubaldo Fillol
12. Pat Jennings
13. Manuel Neuer
14. Petr Cech
15. Edwin van der Sar
16. Francesco Toldo
17. Walter Zenga
18. Gianluca Pagliuca
19. Michael Preud'homme
20. Iker Casillas

 

[harms]

46. Rene Higuita, Shay Given, Hugo Lloris. 1 point.

A World Cup winner, a mad trickster... and Shay Given. God knows how, but Shay Given had made the list of the best keepers of all-time. But we all know why we're here:




44. Alisson Becker, Júlio César. 2 points.

This one is for the Barcelona fans. There will be a surprising amount of Brazilian keepers on the list, considering the general consensus about their quality. If Alisson continues playing like this, he'll have a good chance of significantly improving his standing over the next decade.



41. Dida, Ivo Viktor, Andoni Zubizarreta. 3 points.

Both Zubizarreta and Dida were spoiled with success — they've won pretty much everything there was to win with Barcelona and AC Milan respectively. Ivo Viktor wasn't so lucky — he was born on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain and spent his whole career in Czechoslovakia. But when the time came, he was ready, and in 1976 he starred as his country's best player in the successful European Championship campaign. His outstanding contribution was recognised by the Western press — until this day Ivo Viktor remains one of the very few goalkeepers to get into top 3 of the Ballon d'Or vote.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Top work harms

 

[Indnyc]

Shay Given

Excellent stuff harms.. Great start

 

[berbasloth4]

only added given in for the craic being irish and needing a 20th keeper

 

[2mufc0]

Nice write up harms.

 

[harms]

40. Enrico Albertosi. 4 points.

In a long line of Italian goalkeepers Albertosi certainly wasn’t the best, but he still managed to earn 34 caps — a significant amount, considering that for a long time he competed for a starting place with Dino Zoff himself. With Albertosi in goal, Italy reached the 1970 World Cup final, and the keeper was praised for his performance against West Germany in the legendary semi-final (also known as the «Game of the Century»). At the club level, he also enjoyed some success — Albertosi had won a few trophies with Fiorentina (that earned him a place in the club’s Hall of Fame), an unimaginable Serie A title with Cagliari in 1970 and another league title with AC Milan.

 

[harms]

37. Francesco Toldo, Gianluca Pagliuca, Keylor Navas. 5 points.

Francesco Toldo

Toldo is another Italian keeper whose career took a huge hit because of the insane competition around. Yet, at 2000 the stars aligned for him, he was voted Serie A keeper of the Year for his form with Fiorentina and, more importantly, became a starter for Italy for the 2000 Euros ahead of Buffon (unlucky injury), Peruzzi and Pagliuca. And he did not disappoint — his fantastic performance earned him a place in the Team of the Tournament and even a Ballon d’Or nomination. Sadly, it all ended there — when Buffon came back, he returned as an undisputed number 1. Toldo spent the best part of his career at Fiorentina, earning a legendary status there, but most of his honours came from his time at Inter — already as a substitute goalkeeper.

Gianluca Pagliuca

Gianluca Pagliuca is clearly one of Serie A’s all-time greats. Only four players managed to overcome him since he beat Dino Zoff’s record of most league’s appearances — Maldini, Buffon, Totti and Zanetti. And yet, for all his club career, somehow he hadn’t won that much, never playing for the dominant sides of the era. Which makes his only Serie A title even sweeter — it was the first league win for Sampdoria as well. The game against Inter at San Siro was the crucial point of the season — Pagliuca saved the penalty by Matthäus and kept a clean sheet. Overall he saved 24 penalties in Serie A — the league record.

Keylor Navas

If not for the infamous fax machine, Keylor Navas would’ve most probably been a United’s keeper now. He is rarely mentioned alongside the likes of Neuer, De Gea or Oblak, but you can not deny his role in Madrid’s unprecedented European success. His performances for Costa Rica were equally impressive, although often overlooked — he had earned 3 MotM awards in 5 games of 2014 World Cup, where his country unexpectedly went to the quarter-finals, and proved his class in the next tournament, even though Costa Rica failed to qualify for the play-offs.

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

Woah, Van Der Sar is quite overrated in here, Cech and Casillas were comfortably better than him imo.

Not going to name keepers before my time, only the top 5 are in a particular order really.

1.Schmeichel
2.Neuer
3.Buffon
4.Kahn
5.Casillas
6.Chilavert
7.Cech
8.De Gea
9.Toldo
10.Van Der Sar

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Woah, Van Der Sar is quite overrated in here, Cech and Casillas were comfortably better than him imo.

Sorry, even when we had him, I'd have never traded him for either of who you mention. They are both top keepers, but VDS was inspirational to our defense. Gave it a sense of solidity and wholesomeness.

In which characteristics would you rate them 2 better than VDS?

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@harms I thought we were doing only Top 20.

But still love a longer list. Once done, move the intermediate posts to get a consecutive list.

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

Sorry, even when we had him, I'd have never traded him for either of who you mention. They are both top keepers, but VDS was inspirational to our defense. Gave it a sense of solidity and wholesomeness.

In which characteristics would you rate them 2 better than VDS?

I always felt that VDS had a knack for letting easy goals in at times, especially low shots, his reactions were slow at times, but he was definitely a top keeper, don’t get me wrong.
I just think that Cech was an absolute monster and unbeatable at times at his peak, was really consistent too, and Casillas had a long career where he was a legend for both club and country, an unbelievable shot stopper as wel.

 

[Enigma_87]

Top stuff @harms ! Keep up the good work!

 

[harms]

@harms I thought we were doing only Top 20.

But still love a longer list. Once done, move the intermediate posts to get a consecutive list.

I think it's interesting to see the bottom as well — we can leave only 20 names in the final list.

 

[2mufc0]

I think it's interesting to see the bottom as well — we can leave only 20 names in the final list.

Nothing wrong with sticking the top 50 at the end of the thread, the op can be limited to 20.

 

[freeurmind]

Great write ups.

 

[Invictus]

Top stuff @harms, keep 'em coming!