defenders with the most goals in premier league 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, David Unsworth tallied the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 25 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1David Unsworth
D. Unsworth
25
184
157
14,106
12
31
1
2Ian Harte
I. Harte
22
156
144
13,037
22
12
1
3Sami Hyypiä
S. Hyypiä
22
318
310
27,448
8
16
1
4John Arne Riise
J. Arne Riise
21
234
196
17,972
24
8
0
5William Gallas
W. Gallas
21
234
222
19,923
3
29
1
6John Terry
J. Terry
17
270
259
22,998
7
42
3
7Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
14
112
108
9,886
4
10
0
8Franck Queudrue
F. Queudrue
12
195
187
16,274
19
39
6
9Sol Campbell
S. Campbell
12
280
278
24,731
9
20
3
10Hermann Hreiðarsson
H. Hreiðarsson
11
285
276
24,542
15
37
2
11Ashley Cole
A. Cole
10
240
232
20,648
15
42
2
12Kolo Touré
K. Touré
9
225
203
18,179
8
22
0
13John O'Shea
J. O'Shea
9
221
158
14,616
8
12
0
14David Weir
D. Weir
9
221
212
18,941
8
25
4
15Steve Howey
S. Howey
9
85
82
7,046
1
11
0
16Nemanja Vidić
N. Vidić
8
102
99
8,658
2
21
2
17Martin Laursen
M. Laursen
8
84
82
7,255
5
5
0
18Radhi Jaïdi
R. Jaïdi
8
61
53
4,684
3
7
0
19Carlos Bocanegra
C. Bocanegra
8
116
105
9,470
0
22
1
20Talal El Karkouri
T. El Karkouri
8
86
76
6,831
2
16
1
21Olof Mellberg
O. Mellberg
8
232
231
20,585
4
33
1
22Andy O'Brien
A. O'Brien
8
272
258
23,105
2
22
2
23Chris Riggott
C. Riggott
8
167
157
13,912
4
25
1
24Gareth Southgate
G. Southgate
8
222
222
19,702
8
16
1
25Gerry Taggart
G. Taggart
8
65
63
5,386
4
16
2

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14th

GA

17

6th

GD

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9th

FORM

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2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
9
3
3
7
30
4
Chelsea Chelsea
7
4
4
10
25
5
Everton Everton
7
3
5
1
24
6
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6
5
3
7
23
7
Sunderland Sunderland
6
5
4
1
23
Schedule
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Sat
12/13
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CHE CHE
10:00 AM
Sat
12/20
ARS ARS
@
EVE EVE
3:00 PM
Sat
12/27
EVE EVE
@
BUR BUR
10:00 AM
Tue
12/30
EVE EVE
@
NFO NFO
2:30 PM
Sun
1/4
BRE BRE
@
EVE EVE
10:00 AM
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Final

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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

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TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
2
19
33
2
Man City Man City
10
1
4
19
31
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
9
3
3
7
30
4
Chelsea Chelsea
7
4
4
10
25
5
Everton Everton
7
3
5
1
24
6
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6
5
3
7
23
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
5
0
0
13
15
2
PSG PSG
4
0
1
11
12
3
Bayern Bayern
4
0
1
9
12
4
Inter Inter
4
0
1
9
12
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
0
1
7
12
6
Dortmund Dortmund
3
1
1
6
10
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
13
1
2
27
40
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
11
3
1
19
36
3
Villarreal Villarreal
11
2
2
18
35
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
9
4
3
13
31
5
Real Betis Real Betis
6
6
3
6
24
6
Espanyol Espanyol
7
3
4
2
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
12
1
0
40
37
2
Leipzig Leipzig
9
2
2
15
29
3
Dortmund Dortmund
7
4
1
10
25
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
4
9
23
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
2
3
8
23
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
5
-1
22
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
10
0
4
19
30
2
Milan Milan
8
4
1
10
28
3
Napoli Napoli
9
1
3
9
28
4
Roma Roma
9
0
4
8
27
5
Bologna Bologna
7
3
3
11
24
6
Como Como
6
6
2
8
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Lens Lens
11
1
3
13
34
2
PSG PSG
10
3
2
20
33
3
Marseille Marseille
9
2
4
20
29
4
Lille Lille
9
2
4
12
29
5
Lyon Lyon
7
3
4
6
24
6
Rennes Rennes
6
6
3
1
24

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/1
INT INT
@
HEL HEL
2-1
Sat
11/1
CEL CEL
@
LEV LEV
2-1
Sat
11/1
LEC LEC
@
FIO FIO
1-0
Sat
11/1
PIS PIS
@
TOR TOR
2-2
Sat
11/1
HSV HSV
@
KOE KOE
1-4

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
LEC LEC
@
CRE CRE
6:30 AM
Sun
12/7
GIR GIR
@
ELC ELC
8:00 AM
Sun
12/7
WHU WHU
@
BHA BHA
9:00 AM
Sun
12/7
ANG ANG
@
NIC NIC
9:00 AM
Sun
12/7
ROM ROM
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CAG CAG
9:00 AM