defenders with most goals last 10 seasons

From 2017-18 through 2026-27, Virgil van Dijk has the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 27 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
27
289
288
25,700
8
236
145
8
50
308
1,585
127
23
1
2Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
20
197
192
17,076
5
240
140
7
38
146
764
153
31
2
3Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
19
123
115
10,178
12
209
126
0
71
156
256
108
26
0
4Fabian Schär
F. Schär
18
213
193
17,401
7
270
152
3
54
325
891
211
47
2
5Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
18
303
299
26,695
6
300
178
6
51
336
1,243
174
58
5
6Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
18
252
233
20,546
64
415
269
5
111
299
371
123
31
0
7Michael Keane
M. Keane
17
229
208
18,935
9
244
147
3
26
323
1,219
132
24
2
8Matt Doherty
M. Doherty
14
189
141
12,814
15
272
155
2
33
175
367
147
22
1
9Kurt Zouma
K. Zouma
14
200
188
16,777
2
165
109
5
23
280
1,039
135
19
1
10Nathan Aké
N. Aké
14
212
183
16,279
7
246
144
5
29
170
841
108
17
0
11Ben Chilwell
B. Chilwell
13
167
141
12,751
18
224
137
1
25
150
361
132
22
1
12Harry Maguire
H. Maguire
13
264
238
21,279
10
287
182
4
44
344
1,104
218
59
3
13James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
13
326
326
29,184
12
553
338
10
37
435
1,981
318
71
0
14Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
12
7.34
88
83
7,411
5
139
89
0
22
90
241
55
8
0
15Cristian Romero
C. Romero
11
6.87
123
120
10,282
2
293
179
9
11
158
467
147
40
4
16Ryan Sessegnon
R. Sessegnon
11
119
79
6,952
11
146
92
1
25
62
168
111
7
0
17Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
11
280
250
22,495
57
375
230
3
38
200
436
141
23
2
18Benjamin Mee
B. Mee
11
210
204
18,166
4
262
132
4
20
259
1,071
117
32
1
19Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
11
178
166
14,865
3
170
104
3
26
190
789
162
37
2
20Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
11
115
110
9,670
6
175
101
1
33
162
213
50
12
0
21Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
10
6.96
172
170
15,231
8
225
130
3
26
170
761
102
29
1
22Trevoh Chalobah
T. Chalobah
10
6.91
117
99
8,762
2
148
102
4
8
119
480
72
13
1
23Reece James
R. James
10
160
117
10,734
21
224
156
3
55
120
174
123
20
3
24John Stones
J. Stones
10
153
126
11,135
2
105
65
1
13
96
329
43
6
1
25Pedro Porro
P. Porro
9
6.79
120
111
9,825
18
266
178
2
44
113
297
107
18
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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
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5
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3
0
6
9
5
Leeds Leeds
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2
3
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4
9
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9
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3
9
8
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2
2
1
2
8
9
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2
1
0
8
10
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2
1
2
-2
7
11
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5
2
0
3
-4
6
12
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5
1
2
2
0
5
13
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1
2
2
-1
5
14
Sunderland Sunderland
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1
1
3
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15
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18
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