- Pascal Zuberbühler of Switzerland is the only goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup that did not allow any goals throughout an entire tournament (2006, four total matches).

- From the nations that won the World Cup trophy, Gianluigi Buffon of Italy in 2006 and Fabien Barthez of France in 1998 have allowed the least number of goals with just 2 each.

- Luis Guevara Mora from El Salvador holds the record for most goals allowed in a single World Cup match when his team lost by 10-0 from Hungary in 1982.

- Hong Duk-Yung of South Korea conceived a total of 16 goals in the 1954 World Cup finals, which is the record for most goals allowed throughout a single tournament. The goalkeeper managed to achieve this in just two games!

- The record for most consecutive minutes without goals belongs to Walter Zenga of Italy when in 1990 he kept a clean sheet for 517 minutes.

- Peter Shilton of England as well as French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez are sharing the record for most World Cup games without allowing any goals (10 matches).

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