IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
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 (IFFHS). The votes are cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from different continents.
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best performing man goalkeeper of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 1987 |
| Editions | 37 |
| First winner | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| Most wins | Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Manuel Neuer (5 awards each) |
| Most recent | Ederson (1st award) |
| Website | www |
The winner is announced at the end of the year. The winning goalkeeper is awarded a gold trophy at the World Football Gala. Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, Spain's Iker Casillas and Germany's Manuel Neuer have each won the award a record five times; Casillas won the award for five consecutive years between 2008 and 2012. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987, which was won by Belgium's Jean-Marie Pfaff. Bayern Munich is the team with the most wins, with a total of nine.