most appearances by active defender in premier league

Kyle Walker has made the most career appearances by an active defender in the Premier League, with 425 appearances.

	NAME	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Kyle Walker K. Walker	425	403	35,864	8	37								62	1
2	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	372	327	28,913	22	24								39	2
3	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	349	328	29,376	10	35								34	2
4	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	318	303	27,314	10	9	528	326	8	34	420	1,841	310	67	0
5	Andrew Robertson A. Robertson	317	286	25,640	11	60	469	296	5	39	290	528	165	35	2
6	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	316	315	28,095	25	8	315	205	9	56	437	1,817	159	28	2
7	Ben Davies B. Davies	313	262	24,018	10	19								45	0
8	Aaron Cresswell A. Cresswell	312	288	25,635	10	29	306	186	1	46	334	749	130	38	1
9	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	281	278	24,806	16	6	277	164	6	49	317	1,146	161	51	5
10	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	277	270	24,075	14	5	374	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
11	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	276	243	21,910	15	11	322	208	4	45	400	1,131	228	60	2
12	Luke Shaw L. Shaw	273	253	21,737	3	18								64	1
13	Nathaniel Clyne N. Clyne	270	242	21,789	4	12								25	0
14	Michael Keane M. Keane	266	244	22,270	18	10	267	169	3	31	400	1,528	142	28	1
15	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	259	235	20,742	18	64	419	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
16	John Stones J. Stones	255	217	19,252	11	2								12	1
17	Nathan Aké N. Aké	242	208	18,637	18	9								21	1
18	Adam Smith A. Smith	241	211	18,499	5	13								53	1
19	Lucas Digne L. Digne	236	212	18,372	6	32	409	243	1	57	247	545	229	37	2
20	Dan Burn D. Burn	221	208	18,399	6	6								43	1
21	Aaron Wan-Bissaka A. Wan-Bissaka	219	211	18,984	4	18	585	384	4	23	400	576	157	27	1
22	Kieran Trippier K. Trippier	213	187	16,659	6	38	415	260	1	23	234	495	172	19	0
23	David Luiz D. Luiz	213	200	17,832	14	7								41	4
24	Ezri Konsa E. Konsa	211	207	18,285	8	2	209	114	3	19	153	680	96	24	3
25	Fabian Schär F. Schär	205	188	16,903	18	7	266	150	3	51	321	857	204	46	2