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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
...

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
 
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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
 
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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
 
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  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
 
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
 
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  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
 
  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
 
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  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
 
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
 
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  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
 
  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
 
  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
 
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
 
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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
 
  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
 
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
 
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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
 
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
 
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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
 
  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
 
  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
 
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  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. -
 
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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
 
Write ups on the featured keepers
46. Rene Higuita, Shay Given, Hugo Lloris. 1 point.

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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.

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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.

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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.
 
Nice write up harms.
 
40. Enrico Albertosi. 4 points.

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

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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.
 
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
 
Sir Scott McToMinay said:
Woah, Van Der Sar is quite overrated in here, Cech and Casillas were comfortably better than him imo.
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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 said:
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?
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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.
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
@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.
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I think it's interesting to see the bottom as well — we can leave only 20 names in the final list.
 
harms said:
I think it's interesting to see the bottom as well — we can leave only 20 names in the final list.
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Nothing wrong with sticking the top 50 at the end of the thread, the op can be limited to 20.
 
Top stuff @harms, keep 'em coming! :)
 
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