 Nekuita mitambo 176, Buffon ndiye mutambi ane mikana yakawanda munhoroondo yechikwata chenyika cheItaly, mutambi wenhabvu wechinomwe ane mikana yakawanda yenguva dzese akabatana naHossam Hassan, uye wechitatu mutambi weEuropean wepasi rose akambotamba; Buffon zvakare ane rekodhi yekuonekwa kwakawanda kweItaly semutungamiriri mushure mekunge agara nhaka bhendi mu2010. Buffon akadanwa kumakwikwi mashanu eFIFA World Cup muna 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 uye 2014 mushure mekuita kutanga kwake muna 1997; aive asiri kushandiswa mu 1998 edition. Akanga ari muchengeti wepagedhi wekutanga wechikwata chakakunda mutambo wa2006, achipihwa Goridhe Gloves semuchengeti wepagedhi akanakisa mumakwikwi. Akamirirawo Italy mumakwikwi mana eEuropean, kumaOlympics a1996, uye pamakwikwi maviri eFIFA Confederations Cup, achikunda menduru yebronze muchikamu cha2013 chemutambo. Mushure mekuita kwake panguva ye2006 World Cup, kwaakachengeta rekodhi mashanu machira akachena, Buffon akahwina mubairo weYashin uye akasarudzwa kuChikwata cheMutambo, rukudzo rwaakawanawo kubva kuUEFA mushure mekusvika kumaquarter-fainari e2008 uye yekupedzisira ye2012 European Championship. Buffon akasiya nhabvu yepasi rose muna 2017, mushure mekunge Italy yakundikana kukwanisa kuenda ku2018 FIFA World Cup; kunyangwe akachinja danho iri rekutamba mumitambo yechikwata ichi gore rinotevera, akasimbisa zviri pamutemo kuenda kwake pamudyandigere muna Chivabvu 2018. 