Keepers with the most clean sheets since 2000 - where does Manuel Neuer rank?

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This Friday legendary goalkeeper Manuel Neuer celebrates his 40th birthday. The German has won it all; a World Cup winner in 2014 and a Champions League winner twice with Bayern Munich. While strikers often steal the headlines and midfielders dictate the tempo, it's sometimes the goalkeepers who quietly rack up the numbers that define elite consistency. From Premier League legends to LaLiga icons and Bundesliga brick walls, Transfermarkt has crunched the numbers to reveal the goalkeepers with the most clean sheets in Europe’s top-five leagues since 2000. These are the men who’ve made a habit of keeping the opposition out.

Goalkeepers with most clean sheets in top-5 leagues since 2000

Leading the way is legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. The former Juventus player managed 263 clean sheets in 560 games in the top-five leagues for Juve, Parma and PSG. In second place is Spaniard Pepe Reina who clocked up 255 clean sheets in 665 matches for Barcelona, Villarreal, Liverpool, Napoli, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Lazio and Como - something of a journeyman. In third position is Manuel Neuer with 245 clean sheets in 542 games - the German could still add to that figure and climb the list with Bayern Munich next season.

Former Chelsea and Arsenal keeper Petr Cech is fourth with 231 clean sheets in 513 matches, whilst ex-Slovenian keeper Samir Handanovič takes fifth with 204 clean sheets in 566 games. In sixth is Hugo Lloris with 204 clean sheets in 579 matches. He is followed in seventh by Thibaut Courtois with 200 clean sheets in 465 games - the second player on the list still playing in the top-five leagues. In eighth place is Atlético Madrid keeper Jan Oblak with 185 clean sheets in just 395 matches. Steve Mandanda is ninth with 184 clean sheets, followed by fellow Frenchman Mickaël Landreau in 10th with 183 clean sheets.