Mendy, Alisson, Courtois, De Gea: The world's best goalkeepers ranked from worst to best

Edouard Mendy is on top of the world right now.

Having just recently won The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award for 2021, the Chelsea shot-stopper has lifted even more silverware by helping to inspire Senegal to their maiden Africa Cup of Nations title.

In the penalty shootout that ultimately decided the final against Egypt, Mendy made the save from Mohanad Lasheen that teed up Sadio Mane to score the title-winning spot-kick.

Marry that to Mendy’s recent triumph in the Champions League as well as simply being one of the best shot-stoppers in the business and it’s hard to look past the 29-year-old when it comes to goalkeepers in the men’s game.

However, when we zoom out a little and look at the other top stoppers in world football right now, can we honestly say that Mendy is the man to beat?

Well, here at GIVEMESPORT, that’s the exact question that we looked to answer by using our trusty medium of Tiermaker to rank who we consider to be the best 22 goalkeepers in the world at the moment.

Our selections for the pool of contenders were based on performances across the last few seasons in order to mitigate recency bias, but current form will nevertheless be a key metric when it comes to the rankings within.

Both in the original selections and subsequent order, bear in mind that it’s ultimately a subjective exercise – other opinions are available – and we’d love to hear where you agree and disagree with our picks.

Plus, it’s important to note that when the cohort we’re ranking is ‘the best goalkeepers in the world’ that we’re still saying the shot-stoppers at the bottom are absolutely phenomenal at what they do.

However, enough with the disclaimers and housekeeping because there’s plenty of ranking, rating and debating to get into –