irish defenders with the most appearances in the premier league history

John O'Shea has made the most career appearances by an Irish defender in the Premier League, with 445 appearances.

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1John O'Shea
J. O'Shea
445
370
33,068
13
13
34
1
2Richard Dunne
R. Dunne
431
419
36,794
11
5
76
8
3Stephen Carr
S. Carr
377
371
32,742
8
18
54
2
4Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
372
327
28,906
22
24
39
2
5Kenny Cunningham
K. Cunningham
335
334
29,618
0
16
30
2
6Denis Irwin
D. Irwin
328
316
27,889
18
25
25
1
7Gary Kelly
G. Kelly
325
316
28,397
2
31
36
2
8Jeff Kenna
J. Kenna
290
282
25,176
8
20
15
0
9Steve Staunton
S. Staunton
288
271
23,568
13
28
32
3
10Andy O'Brien
A. O'Brien
280
265
23,661
8
2
22
2
11Ian Harte
I. Harte
237
217
19,766
28
36
23
1
12Steve Finnan
S. Finnan
236
224
20,162
1
14
24
0
13Philip Babb
P. Babb
231
220
19,663
4
4
26
1
14Ciaran Clark
C. Clark
214
194
17,633
15
6
54
3
15Steven Reid
S. Reid
192
153
13,564
8
13
33
1
16Matt Doherty
M. Doherty
190
141
12,858
14
15
22
1
17Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
181
164
14,175
1
3
36
2
18Stephen Ward
S. Ward
171
158
13,938
6
5
18
1
19Paul McGrath
P. McGrath
166
160
14,299
6
3
13
0
20Gary Breen
G. Breen
165
150
13,496
3
6
24
2
21Nathan Collins
N. Collins
148
6.70
134
12,351
6
6
166
84
7
12
156
757
97
18
2
22Curtis Fleming
C. Fleming
146
141
12,551
2
6
21
0
23Terry Phelan
T. Phelan
143
138
12,140
1
6
19
1
24Stephen Kelly
S. Kelly
141
121
11,349
2
0
7
0
25Damien Delaney
D. Delaney
138
124
11,229
3
6
29
1
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35
23
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41
76
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35
22
8
5
40
74
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36
18
11
7
15
65
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36
17
8
11
12
59
5
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35
17
7
11
4
58
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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
35
23
7
5
41
76
2
Man City Man City
35
22
8
5
40
74
3
Man United Man United
36
18
11
7
15
65
4
Liverpool Liverpool
36
17
8
11
12
59
5
Aston Villa Aston Villa
35
17
7
11
4
58
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
36
13
16
7
4
55
7
Brighton Brighton
36
14
11
11
10
53
8
Brentford Brentford
36
14
9
13
3
51
9
Chelsea Chelsea
36
13
10
13
6
49
10
Everton Everton
35
13
9
13
0
48
11
Fulham Fulham
36
14
6
16
-6
48
12
Sunderland Sunderland
36
12
12
12
-9
48
13
Newcastle Newcastle
35
13
6
16
-2
45
14
Leeds Leeds
35
10
13
12
-5
43
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
34
11
10
13
-6
43
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
35
11
9
15
-2
42
17
Tottenham Tottenham
35
9
10
16
-9
37
18
West Ham West Ham
35
9
9
17
-19
36
19
Burnley Burnley
35
4
8
23
-36
20
20
Wolves Wolves
36
3
9
24
-41
18
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
34
29
1
4
58
88
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
34
24
5
5
39
77
3
Villarreal Villarreal
34
21
5
8
25
68
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
35
19
6
10
20
63
5
Real Betis Real Betis
35
13
15
7
11
54
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
35
13
11
11
5
50
7
Getafe Getafe
34
13
5
16
-8
44
8
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
35
11
11
13
-1
44
9
Athletic Club Athletic Club
34
13
5
16
-10
44
10
Osasuna Osasuna
35
11
9
15
-3
42
11
Rayo Rayo
34
10
12
12
-6
42
12
Sevilla Sevilla
35
11
7
17
-13
40
13
Elche Elche
35
9
12
14
-8
39
14
Valencia Valencia
34
10
9
15
-13
39
15
Espanyol Espanyol
35
10
9
16
-15
39
16
Mallorca Mallorca
34
10
8
16
-9
38
17
Girona Girona
34
9
11
14
-15
38
18
Alavés Alavés
35
9
10
16
-13
37
19
Levante Levante
35
9
9
17
-16
36
20
Oviedo Oviedo
34
6
10
18
-28
28
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
33
27
5
1
82
86
2
Dortmund Dortmund
33
21
7
5
34
70
3
Leipzig Leipzig
33
20
5
8
22
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
33
18
7
8
22
61
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
33
18
7
8
17
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
33
17
7
9
21
58
7
Freiburg Freiburg
32
12
8
12
-8
44
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
33
11
10
12
-4
43
9
Augsburg Augsburg
33
12
7
14
-12
43
10
Mainz Mainz
32
9
10
13
-9
37
11
M'gladbach M'gladbach
33
8
11
14
-15
35
12
Hamburg Hamburg
32
8
10
14
-15
34
13
Union Berlin Union Berlin
32
8
9
15
-20
33
14
Köln Köln
32
7
11
14
-8
32
15
Werder Werder
33
8
8
17
-21
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
33
6
8
19
-26
26
17
St. Pauli St. Pauli
33
6
8
19
-29
26
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
32
5
8
19
-31
23
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
36
27
4
5
54
85
2
Napoli Napoli
35
21
7
7
19
70
3
Juventus Juventus
36
19
11
6
29
68
4
Milan Milan
35
19
10
6
19
67
5
Roma Roma
35
20
4
11
23
64
6
Como Como
35
17
11
7
31
62
7
Atalanta Atalanta
35
14
13
8
15
55
8
Lazio Lazio
36
13
12
11
2
51
9
Udinese Udinese
36
14
8
14
-1
50
10
Bologna Bologna
35
14
7
14
1
49
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
36
14
7
15
-2
49
12
Torino Torino
36
12
8
16
-18
44
13
Parma Parma
35
10
12
13
-17
42
14
Genoa Genoa
35
10
10
15
-8
40
15
Cagliari Cagliari
36
9
10
17
-15
37
16
Fiorentina Fiorentina
35
8
13
14
-11
37
17
Lecce Lecce
36
8
8
20
-24
32
18
Cremonese Cremonese
35
6
10
19
-26
28
19
Verona Verona
35
3
11
21
-33
20
20
Pisa Pisa
35
2
12
21
-38
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
31
22
4
5
43
70
2
Lens Lens
32
21
4
7
29
67
3
Lyon Lyon
32
18
6
8
18
60
4
Lille Lille
32
17
7
8
16
58
5
Rennes Rennes
32
16
8
8
10
56
6
Monaco Monaco
32
16
6
10
8
54
7
Marseille Marseille
32
16
5
11
15
53
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
31
13
7
11
9
46
9
Lorient Lorient
32
10
12
10
-5
42
10
Toulouse Toulouse
32
11
8
13
0
41
11
Paris FC Paris FC
32
10
11
11
-3
41
12
Brest Brest
31
10
8
13
-10
38
13
Angers Angers
32
9
7
16
-19
34
14
Le Havre Le Havre
32
6
14
12
-13
32
15
Nice Nice
32
7
10
15
-22
31
16
Auxerre Auxerre
32
6
10
16
-13
28
17
Nantes Nantes
33
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
32
3
7
22
-40
16
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
1

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
4/11
ALA ALA
@
RSO RSO
3-3
Sat
4/11
CRE CRE
@
CAG CAG
0-1
Sat
4/11
VER VER
@
TOR TOR
1-2
Sat
4/11
LEV LEV
@
DOR DOR
1-0
Sat
4/11
FRA FRA
@
WOL WOL
2-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/10
COM COM
@
VER VER
6:30 AM
Sun
5/10
VIL VIL
@
MAL MAL
8:00 AM
Sun
5/10
NEW NEW
@
FOR FOR
9:00 AM
Sun
5/10
AVL AVL
@
BUR BUR
9:00 AM
Sun
5/10
EVE EVE
@
CRY CRY
9:00 AM