- Neuer, Buffon and Ter Stegen have been the best distributors of the ball among goalkeepers in Europe's top 5 leagues this season
- Neuer, Buffon and Ter Stegen have a passing accuracy of 88.33%, 81.7% and 74.21% respectively and a throwing accuracy of 97.58% (161 accurate throws), 100% (177 accurate throws) and 92.69% (241 accurate throws) respectively
- These three custodians are among the best in the world and Barcelona's interest in Ter Stegen is indicative of the rising value of goalkeepers with considerable ball-playing and distribution skills in addition to the shot-stopping skills of the more traditional goalkeeper
- Neuer (2nd) and Buffon (3rd) are also among the top 5 shot stoppers in Europe this season with 4.27 and 4.26 saves per goal respectively (See BSports charts below)
- Neuer (1st) and Buffon (5th) are also among the top 5 in the "least goals allowed" category with 15 and 19 goals allowed respectively
- Ter Stegen, who's been linked by various media outlets to Barcelona will have the opportunity to improve his all-round ability and status in the game if he makes the move to Spain this summer (assuming the Catalan Club is allowed to deal in the transfer market following FIFA's suspension of their transfer ban pending appeal)
Goalkeeper charts from BSports (Updated through 4/22/2014):
