centre backs with the most goals in premier league history

Virgil van Dijk has scored the most career goals by a centre back in the Premier League, with 28 goals.

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  • Data note: Detailed starting positions: player game data complete from 2016-17
NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
28
314
314
28,000
8
278
176
9
56
367
1,764
150
30
2
2Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
21
7.18
197
197
17,390
5
246
142
8
39
148
790
153
31
2
3Michael Keane
M. Keane
19
244
244
21,741
9
266
168
3
35
381
1,454
141
25
2
4Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
18
303
303
26,959
6
304
180
6
51
344
1,253
175
59
5
5Fabian Schär
F. Schär
17
194
194
16,981
7
262
146
2
51
302
885
199
45
1
6Kurt Zouma
K. Zouma
14
188
188
16,450
3
161
106
5
23
276
1,020
127
18
1
7Harry Maguire
H. Maguire
14
266
266
23,308
11
333
214
5
46
406
1,226
238
64
3
8James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
13
335
335
29,994
12
568
348
10
38
449
2,032
325
73
0
9Nathan Aké
N. Aké
13
169
169
14,628
8
224
137
4
22
156
845
94
16
0
10Benjamin Mee
B. Mee
12
238
238
21,164
4
308
163
6
22
330
1,366
140
37
1
11Cristian Romero
C. Romero
11
7.18
120
120
10,218
2
289
175
9
11
157
467
146
40
4
12Trevoh Chalobah
T. Chalobah
10
7.18
87
87
7,487
2
118
77
4
8
100
420
65
11
1
13Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
9
7.10
171
171
15,212
8
219
125
3
26
168
762
103
30
1
14Jan Bednarek
J. Bednarek
9
177
177
15,262
3
230
137
3
14
401
998
162
39
1
15Antonio Rüdiger
A. Rüdiger
9
130
130
11,534
1
171
106
0
30
112
394
124
23
0
16Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
9
157
157
13,830
3
150
90
3
25
175
749
147
35
2
17James Tomkins
J. Tomkins
9
110
110
9,580
2
145
86
3
7
163
704
69
27
1
18Jonny Evans
J. Evans
9
186
186
16,167
7
213
133
0
7
304
892
168
37
1
19Joël Matip
J. Matip
9
135
135
11,913
5
214
147
1
21
203
589
90
18
0
20Ethan Pinnock
E. Pinnock
8
7.02
123
123
10,833
1
180
111
3
9
155
860
28
6
0
21Thiago Silva
T. Silva
8
7.23
105
105
9,136
3
109
69
1
19
125
459
46
13
1
22Issa Diop
I. Diop
8
159
159
14,158
2
215
123
2
6
214
775
117
25
1
23Jamaal Lascelles
J. Lascelles
8
144
144
12,465
1
123
68
5
11
138
852
107
29
0
24David Luiz
D. Luiz
8
126
126
11,053
3
134
88
2
34
167
543
113
18
3
25Angelo Ogbonna
A. Ogbonna
8
161
161
14,296
1
173
107
1
12
218
754
99
18
0
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Arsenal Arsenal
10
9
0
1
10
27
2
Brighton Brighton
10
7
1
2
19
22
3
Man City Man City
10
7
0
3
8
21
4
Liverpool Liverpool
10
5
3
2
4
18
5
Chelsea Chelsea
10
5
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4
3
16
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Everton Everton
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4
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2
16
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3
2
15
8
Brentford Brentford
10
3
5
2
5
14
9
Leeds Leeds
10
3
5
2
2
14
10
Aston Villa Aston Villa
10
3
4
3
-3
13
11
Tottenham Tottenham
10
3
3
4
-1
12
12
Newcastle Newcastle
10
3
3
4
-3
12
13
Hull City Hull City
10
2
5
3
0
11
14
Ipswich Ipswich
10
3
2
5
-5
11
15
Fulham Fulham
10
2
4
4
-2
10
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
10
2
3
5
-4
9
17
Coventry Coventry
10
3
0
7
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9
18
Man United Man United
10
1
5
4
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8
19
Sunderland Sunderland
10
2
2
6
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8
20
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
10
2
1
7
-14
7
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1
Barcelona Barcelona
12
11
0
1
35
33
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
12
10
0
2
21
30
3
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
12
9
1
2
13
28
4
Real Betis Real Betis
12
8
2
2
5
26
5
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
12
7
1
4
1
22
6
Sevilla Sevilla
12
5
3
4
-2
18
7
Athletic Club Athletic Club
11
4
4
3
4
16
8
Villarreal Villarreal
12
4
3
5
2
15
9
Deportivo Deportivo
12
3
6
3
1
15
10
Racing Racing
12
4
2
6
-13
14
11
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
12
2
7
3
0
13
12
Alavés Alavés
12
3
4
5
-2
13
13
Espanyol Espanyol
12
3
3
6
-1
12
14
Rayo Rayo
11
3
3
5
-6
12
15
Getafe Getafe
12
3
3
6
-10
12
16
Osasuna Osasuna
12
3
3
6
-11
12
17
Levante Levante
12
2
5
5
-5
11
18
Elche Elche
12
2
4
6
-6
10
19
Valencia Valencia
12
2
3
7
-12
9
20
Málaga Málaga
12
0
5
7
-14
5
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
9
6
3
0
20
21
2
Dortmund Dortmund
9
6
3
0
9
21
3
Freiburg Freiburg
9
6
1
2
10
19
4
Leipzig Leipzig
9
6
0
3
14
18
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
9
5
1
3
3
16
6
Werder Werder
9
4
3
2
2
15
7
Elversberg Elversberg
9
4
1
4
-1
13
8
Stuttgart Stuttgart
9
4
0
5
0
12
9
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
9
4
0
5
-1
12
10
Frankfurt Frankfurt
9
3
3
3
-5
12
11
Hamburg Hamburg
9
4
0
5
-10
12
12
Mainz Mainz
9
3
1
5
-1
10
13
Paderborn Paderborn
9
2
4
3
-3
10
14
Augsburg Augsburg
9
2
3
4
0
9
15
Köln Köln
9
2
3
4
-4
9
16
Union Berlin Union Berlin
9
1
4
4
-14
7
17
Schalke Schalke
9
1
3
5
-6
6
18
M'gladbach M'gladbach
9
1
1
7
-13
4
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1
Lazio Lazio
11
9
2
0
16
29
2
Inter Inter
11
9
1
1
15
28
3
Roma Roma
11
8
3
0
21
27
4
Milan Milan
11
7
3
1
10
24
5
Como Como
11
7
2
2
8
23
6
Frosinone Frosinone
11
6
2
3
9
20
7
Juventus Juventus
11
5
3
3
3
18
8
Bologna Bologna
11
5
2
4
2
17
9
Cagliari Cagliari
11
5
1
5
-5
16
10
Napoli Napoli
11
4
3
4
4
15
11
Torino Torino
11
4
2
5
-2
14
12
Atalanta Atalanta
11
4
2
5
-3
14
13
Genoa Genoa
11
4
1
6
-5
13
14
Lecce Lecce
11
3
1
7
-10
10
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
11
2
3
6
-8
9
16
Parma Parma
11
2
2
7
-8
8
17
Sassuolo Sassuolo
11
2
2
7
-13
8
18
Monza Monza
11
2
1
8
-8
7
19
Venezia Venezia
11
2
0
9
-13
6
20
Udinese Udinese
11
1
2
8
-13
5
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1
PSG PSG
10
7
2
1
12
23
2
Lille Lille
10
6
3
1
7
21
3
Paris FC Paris FC
10
6
2
2
7
20
4
Marseille Marseille
10
6
0
4
8
18
5
Lyon Lyon
10
5
2
3
6
17
6
Nice Nice
10
5
2
3
3
17
7
Monaco Monaco
10
4
4
2
2
16
8
Rennes Rennes
10
5
1
4
0
16
9
Brest Brest
10
4
3
3
6
15
10
Lorient Lorient
10
4
3
3
1
15
11
Lens Lens
10
4
1
5
2
13
12
Toulouse Toulouse
10
3
4
3
1
13
13
Strasbourg Strasbourg
10
3
1
6
-4
10
14
Auxerre Auxerre
10
3
1
6
-11
10
15
Le Mans Le Mans
10
1
5
4
-7
8
16
Angers Angers
10
2
2
6
-10
8
17
Troyes Troyes
10
2
2
6
-10
8
18
Le Havre Le Havre
10
0
2
8
-13
2
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1
PSG PSG
4
4
0
0
15
12
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
4
0
0
6
12
3
Arsenal Arsenal
4
3
1
0
5
10
4
Como Como
4
3
0
1
13
9
5
Barcelona Barcelona
4
3
0
1
8
9
6
Aston Villa Aston Villa
4
3
0
1
6
9
7
Man City Man City
4
3
0
1
5
9
8
Liverpool Liverpool
4
3
0
1
4
9
9
Club Brugge Club Brugge
4
3
0
1
4
9
10
Sporting CP Sporting CP
4
3
0
1
4
9
11
Real Betis Real Betis
4
3
0
1
2
9
12
Dortmund Dortmund
4
3
0
1
2
9
13
Bayern Bayern
4
2
2
0
7
8
14
Stuttgart Stuttgart
4
2
1
1
3
7
15
Inter Inter
4
2
0
2
2
6
16
LASK LASK
4
2
0
2
1
6
17
Man United Man United
4
2
0
2
0
6
18
Galatasaray Galatasaray
4
2
0
2
-1
6
19
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
4
1
2
1
-5
5
20
Roma Roma
4
1
1
2
2
4
21
Shaktar Shaktar
4
1
1
2
0
4
22
Viking Viking
4
1
1
2
-1
4
23
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
4
1
1
2
-1
4
24
PSV PSV
4
1
1
2
-1
4
25
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
4
1
1
2
-5
4
26
Porto Porto
4
1
0
3
-1
3
27
Napoli Napoli
4
1
0
3
-5
3
28
Villarreal Villarreal
4
1
0
3
-6
3
29
AEK AEK
4
1
0
3
-6
3
30
Leipzig Leipzig
4
1
0
3
-6
3
31
Sabah Sabah
4
1
0
3
-6
3
32
Feyenoord Feyenoord
4
1
0
3
-7
3
33
Lens Lens
4
1
0
3
-12
3
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
4
0
1
3
-4
1
35
Lille Lille
4
0
1
3
-6
1
36
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
4
0
0
4
-16
0

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/16
LEV LEV
@
DEP DEP
1-1
Sat
10/17
CHE CHE
@
EVE EVE
2-0
Sat
10/17
ATM ATM
@
ESP ESP
1-0
Sat
10/17
NAP NAP
@
VEN VEN
0-1
Sat
10/17
STU STU
@
HAM HAM
0-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM