THE KING OF CLEAN SHEETS

• Mar 28, 2024
• History Statistics

IFFHS ranking for keepers with most ICC clean sheets

For the first time, we publish the historical ranking for the goalkeepers with the most clean sheets in major international club competitions.
Pepe Reina (picture) has finished the current European campaign after his Villarreal was eliminated from the Europa League. This season he increased his world record to 79 clean sheets.
It's hard to say whether Pepe Reina will be able to round that number to 80, given his age (he turns 42 this year), the club's uncertain prospects for next season, and gradual decrease of his playing time.
But there is no doubt that his record will stand for quite some time. To verify this, just look at the table. Current players are highlighted in bold and red.
In addition to the total number of clean sheets, a breakdown by tournament geography is also given (Europe, South America, Africa, World).

	INTERNATIONAL	MOST
	CLUB COMPETITIONS	CLEAN	SHEETS
	Player	Nation	Years	E	SA	Af	World	CS
1	Pepe Reina	Spain	2000-	78			1	79
2	Rogério Ceni	Brazil	1993-2015		72		1	73
3	Dida	Brazil	1994-2014	40	28		4	72
4	Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	1992-2011	69			2	71
5	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	1996-2020	69				69
6	Iker Casillas	Spain	1999-2019	62			3	65
7	Moez Ben Chérifia	Tunisia	2010-			60		60
8	Petr Čech	Czech Rep.	2000-2019	59				59
9	Manuel Neuer	Germany	2007-	59				59
10	Víctor Valdes	Spain	2002-2014	52			3	55
11	Franco Armani	Argentina	2013-		54			54
12	Ray Clemence	England	1969-1985	53				53
13	Weverton	Brazil	2014-		51		2	53
14	Fábio	Brazil	2001-		52		1	53
15	Santiago Cañizares	Spain	1994-2007	51				51
16	Éver Almeida	Paraguay	1973-1990		48		2	50
17	Mariano Andújar	Argentina	2005-	7	43			50