defenders with most clearances last season

Virgil van Dijk made the most clearances by a defender in the Premier League in 2025-26, with 308 clearances.

NAMECLRSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
308
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
19
4
0
2Marcos Senesi
M. Senesi
281
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.78
37
37
3,288
0
5
61
34
4
4
50
35
8
0
3Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
281
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
34
4
1
4James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
268
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.82
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
32
8
0
5Joachim Andersen
J. Andersen
257
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
6.73
33
33
2,875
0
1
44
26
1
3
34
30
7
1
6Maxime Estève
M. Estève
238
2025-26
Burnley Burnley
6.62
34
34
2,932
0
0
45
27
0
1
37
13
1
0
7Nikola Milenković
N. Milenković
236
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.85
38
37
3,375
0
0
31
19
2
2
29
21
6
0
8Pascal Struijk
P. Struijk
230
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.81
34
33
2,936
0
1
39
22
0
8
32
27
5
0
9Omar Alderete
O. Alderete
225
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.78
33
32
2,798
1
1
32
18
0
7
36
34
6
0
10Nathan Collins
N. Collins
224
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.84
35
32
2,975
1
2
30
13
1
4
36
20
7
0
11Michael Keane
M. Keane
222
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.83
33
29
2,591
3
1
38
24
2
9
37
16
1
1
12Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
221
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.78
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
27
9
0
13Konstantinos Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
219
2025-26
West Ham West Ham
6.83
31
27
2,534
3
0
39
24
0
3
47
16
2
0
14Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
215
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.92
32
30
2,763
0
2
23
9
1
3
26
15
2
0
15Chris Richards
C. Richards
206
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.61
33
31
2,827
1
0
53
35
3
7
43
17
4
0
16Daniel Ballard
D. Ballard
203
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.81
29
24
2,149
2
0
33
17
0
5
20
29
4
1
17Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
201
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.94
35
33
2,965
4
0
46
34
4
8
30
24
4
0
18Trevoh Chalobah
T. Chalobah
200
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
6.96
34
31
2,783
3
0
33
22
2
3
37
20
3
1
19Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
195
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.15
32
30
2,751
3
4
37
20
2
10
22
21
4
0
20Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
194
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.91
36
36
3,090
1
0
54
31
2
3
28
33
7
0
21Joe Rodon
J. Rodon
193
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.82
35
33
2,951
2
0
37
19
0
4
30
17
3
0
22Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
183
2025-26
Total
7.07
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
49
25
6
0
23James Hill
J. Hill
173
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.72
29
22
2,106
0
3
39
20
1
2
37
17
5
0
24Dan Burn
D. Burn
170
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.49
29
25
2,199
1
2
41
26
0
3
20
36
11
1
25Jaka Bijol
J. Bijol
167
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.76
25
21
1,890
1
2
24
13
1
4
22
19
4
0
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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
5
5
0
0
8
15
2
Arsenal Arsenal
5
4
0
1
4
12
3
Brighton Brighton
5
3
1
1
11
10
4
Brentford Brentford
5
2
3
0
6
9
5
Leeds Leeds
5
2
3
0
4
9
6
Liverpool Liverpool
5
2
3
0
3
9
7
Everton Everton
5
2
3
0
3
9
8
Hull City Hull City
5
2
2
1
2
8
9
Newcastle Newcastle
5
2
2
1
0
8
10
Chelsea Chelsea
5
2
1
2
-2
7
11
Ipswich Ipswich
5
2
0
3
-4
6
12
Man United Man United
5
1
2
2
0
5
13
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
5
1
2
2
-1
5
14
Sunderland Sunderland
5
1
1
3
-4
4
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
1
1
3
-5
4
16
Aston Villa Aston Villa
5
1
1
3
-5
4
17
Bournemouth Bournemouth
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0
3
2
-2
3
18
Coventry Coventry
5
1
0
4
-9
3
19
Fulham Fulham
5
0
2
3
-3
2
20
Tottenham Tottenham
5
0
2
3
-6
2