highest scoring defender soccer all time active player

Francesco Acerbi has scored the most career goals by an active defender in Serie A, with 24 goals.

NAMEGRTGMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Francesco Acerbi
F. Acerbi
24
411
390
35,169
8
47
4
2Federico Dimarco
F. Dimarco
23
215
154
13,168
29
221
135
0
72
147
172
134
18
0
3Davide Zappacosta
D. Zappacosta
20
242
194
16,788
21
254
176
1
94
159
252
208
30
0
4Stefan de Vrij
S. de Vrij
20
299
271
23,940
7
336
231
3
40
473
1,064
194
29
1
5Giovanni Di Lorenzo
G. Di Lorenzo
19
259
258
23,135
28
469
297
1
35
224
399
285
42
0
6Denzel Dumfries
D. Dumfries
18
6.73
137
93
8,509
14
118
67
0
32
45
97
147
13
1
7Bremer
Bremer
18
174
171
15,045
5
272
173
0
25
342
752
232
33
2
8Gianluca Mancini
G. Mancini
18
257
243
21,188
7
338
198
2
30
372
640
400
80
3
9Cristiano Biraghi
C. Biraghi
15
337
299
26,539
34
58
1
10Alessio Romagnoli
A. Romagnoli
15
342
325
28,888
4
79
7
11Nikola Milenković
N. Milenković
14
216
202
18,124
2
323
192
1
19
235
737
318
45
4
12Matteo Darmian
M. Darmian
14
296
236
21,004
16
42
2
13Daniele Rugani
D. Rugani
12
175
146
13,439
3
186
121
1
12
180
697
164
20
0
14Amir Rrahmani
A. Rrahmani
11
185
179
15,976
5
196
128
2
25
121
686
172
21
0
15Armando Izzo
A. Izzo
11
285
260
22,772
5
487
329
6
25
607
968
415
71
5
16Nadir Zortea
N. Zortea
10
6.57
108
72
6,816
10
105
61
1
22
41
126
85
14
0
17Carlos Augusto
C. Augusto
9
6.82
110
68
6,817
11
137
79
0
24
52
188
74
7
0
18Nahuel Molina
N. Molina
9
64
49
4,469
7
67
42
0
12
38
70
48
8
1
19Babis Lykogiannis
B. Lykogiannis
9
166
118
10,511
11
158
98
0
33
167
342
144
29
2
20Stefan Posch
S. Posch
8
6.88
86
72
6,258
4
209
117
2
11
65
178
106
14
0
21Destiny Udogie
D. Udogie
8
74
60
5,362
7
144
88
1
14
63
59
78
10
0
22Matthijs de Ligt
M. de Ligt
8
87
80
7,341
2
103
60
0
11
92
270
101
13
1
23Hans Hateboer
H. Hateboer
8
189
150
13,671
15
193
133
0
41
116
182
183
37
0
24Edoardo Goldaniga
E. Goldaniga
8
183
160
14,420
3
199
134
2
9
330
648
245
59
4
25Federico Baschirotto
F. Baschirotto
7
6.70
122
122
10,944
1
105
70
2
10
86
712
105
13
1

More Sassuolo Stats

Team Rankings

GF

10

11th

GA

10

8th

GD

0

10th

FORM

WLDWW

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
9
Cremonese Cremonese
3
5
2
0
14
10
Atalanta Atalanta
2
7
1
5
13
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
4
1
4
0
13
12
Torino Torino
3
4
3
-6
13
13
Lazio Lazio
3
3
3
4
12

Serie A 2025-26 Leaders

Serie A 2025-26 Rankings

Serie A 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Napoli Napoli
7
1
2
8
22
2
Inter Inter
7
0
3
12
21
3
Milan Milan
6
3
1
8
21
4
Roma Roma
7
0
3
5
21
5
Bologna Bologna
5
3
2
8
18
6
Juventus Juventus
5
3
2
4
18

Serie A 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
8/22
LEC LEC
@
GEN GEN
0-0
Fri
8/22
NAP NAP
@
SAS SAS
2-0
Fri
8/22
BOL BOL
@
ROM ROM
0-1
Fri
8/22
CRE CRE
@
MIL MIL
2-1
Sat
8/23
FIO FIO
@
CAG CAG
1-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
GEN GEN
@
SAS SAS
12:30 PM
Mon
11/3
CAG CAG
@
LAZ LAZ
2:45 PM
Fri
11/7
CRE CRE
@
PIS PIS
2:45 PM
Sat
11/8
CAG CAG
@
COM COM
9:00 AM
Sat
11/8
HEL HEL
@
LEC LEC
9:00 AM