most appearances by defenders in the premier league from ireland

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

	NAME	M	Rating	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	John O'Shea J. O'Shea	445		370	33,067	13	13								34	1
2	Richard Dunne R. Dunne	431		419	36,794	11	5								76	8
3	Stephen Carr S. Carr	377		371	32,742	8	18								54	2
4	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	374		327	28,915	22	24								39	2
5	Kenny Cunningham K. Cunningham	335		334	29,618	0	16								30	2
6	Denis Irwin D. Irwin	328		316	27,889	18	25								25	1
7	Gary Kelly G. Kelly	325		316	28,397	2	31								36	2
8	Jeff Kenna J. Kenna	290		282	25,176	8	20								15	0
9	Steve Staunton S. Staunton	288		271	23,568	13	28								32	3
10	Andy O'Brien A. O'Brien	280		265	23,661	8	2								22	2
11	Ian Harte I. Harte	237		217	19,766	28	36								23	1
12	Steve Finnan S. Finnan	236		224	20,162	1	14								24	0
13	Philip Babb P. Babb	231		220	19,663	4	4								26	1
14	Ciaran Clark C. Clark	214		194	17,632	15	6								54	3
15	Steven Reid S. Reid	192		153	13,564	8	13								33	1
16	Matt Doherty M. Doherty	190		141	12,859	14	15								22	1
17	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	181		164	14,175	1	3								36	2
18	Stephen Ward S. Ward	171		158	13,937	6	5								18	1
19	Paul McGrath P. McGrath	166		160	14,299	6	3								13	0
20	Gary Breen G. Breen	165		150	13,496	3	6								24	2
21	Nathan Collins N. Collins	153	6.72	139	12,727	6	6	171	88	7	16	160	791	100	20	2
22	Curtis Fleming C. Fleming	146		141	12,551	2	6								21	0
23	Terry Phelan T. Phelan	143		138	12,140	1	6								19	1
24	Stephen Kelly S. Kelly	141		121	11,349	2	0								7	0
25	Damien Delaney D. Delaney	138		124	11,234	3	6								29	1

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	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man City	3	3	0	0	5	9
2	Arsenal	3	3	0	0	5	9
3	Hull City	3	2	1	0	3	7
4	Chelsea	3	2	0	1	1	6
5	Brentford	3	1	2	0	3	5
6	Liverpool	3	1	2	0	2	5
7	Newcastle	3	1	2	0	2	5
8	Everton	3	1	2	0	2	5
9	Leeds	3	1	2	0	1	5
10	Brighton	3	1	1	1	3	4
11	Man United	3	1	1	1	1	4
12	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	0	4
13	Ipswich	3	1	0	2	-4	3
14	Crystal Palace	3	1	0	2	-4	3
15	Bournemouth	3	0	2	1	-1	2
16	Nottm Forest	3	0	2	1	-1	2
17	Aston Villa	3	0	1	2	-5	1
18	Tottenham	3	0	1	2	-5	1
19	Fulham	3	0	0	3	-3	0
20	Coventry	3	0	0	3	-5	0

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	4	4	0	0	15	12
2	Alavés	4	3	1	0	7	10
3	Real Madrid	4	3	0	1	7	9
4	Real Betis	4	3	0	1	0	9
5	Deportivo	4	2	2	0	3	8
6	Atlético Madrid	4	2	1	1	1	7
7	Sevilla	4	2	1	1	1	7
8	Osasuna	4	2	1	1	-1	7
9	Real Sociedad	5	2	1	2	-2	7
10	Athletic Club	4	2	0	2	1	6
11	Levante	4	1	2	1	0	5
12	Espanyol	4	1	1	2	1	4
13	Racing	4	1	1	2	-1	4
14	Rayo	4	1	1	2	-3	4
15	Getafe	4	1	1	2	-3	4
16	Celta Vigo	5	0	3	2	-3	3
17	Villarreal	4	0	2	2	-2	2
18	Málaga	4	0	2	2	-6	2
19	Elche	4	0	1	3	-7	1
20	Valencia	4	0	1	3	-8	1

	Bundesliga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Augsburg	2	2	0	0	6	6
2	Freiburg	2	2	0	0	4	6
3	Dortmund	2	2	0	0	3	6
4	Elversberg	2	2	0	0	2	6
5	Mainz	2	1	1	0	5	4
6	Bayern	2	1	1	0	4	4
7	Leverkusen	2	1	0	1	3	3
8	Leipzig	2	1	0	1	1	3
9	Stuttgart	2	1	0	1	-1	3
10	Werder	2	1	0	1	-1	3
11	Köln	2	1	0	1	-2	3
12	Paderborn	2	0	1	1	-1	1
13	Frankfurt	2	0	1	1	-3	1
14	Schalke	2	0	1	1	-3	1
15	Union Berlin	2	0	1	1	-4	1
16	Hoffenheim	2	0	0	2	-2	0
17	M'gladbach	2	0	0	2	-4	0
18	Hamburg	2	0	0	2	-7	0

	Serie A	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Roma	3	3	0	0	9	9
2	Inter	3	3	0	0	5	9
3	Lazio	3	3	0	0	3	9
4	Como	3	2	1	0	4	7
5	Milan	3	2	1	0	3	7
6	Juventus	3	2	1	0	3	7
7	Frosinone	3	2	0	1	3	6
8	Atalanta	3	2	0	1	1	6
9	Cagliari	3	2	0	1	1	6
10	Udinese	3	1	1	1	0	4
11	Sassuolo	3	1	1	1	0	4
12	Napoli	3	1	0	2	0	3
13	Torino	3	1	0	2	-1	3
14	Lecce	3	1	0	2	-3	3
15	Bologna	3	0	1	2	-2	1
16	Parma	3	0	1	2	-3	1
17	Monza	3	0	1	2	-4	1
18	Venezia	3	0	0	3	-5	0
19	Genoa	3	0	0	3	-6	0
20	Fiorentina	3	0	0	3	-8	0

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Monaco	3	3	0	0	4	9
2	Lyon	3	2	1	0	4	7
3	Paris FC	3	2	1	0	4	7
4	Lille	3	2	1	0	3	7
5	Rennes	3	2	1	0	2	7
6	Strasbourg	3	2	0	1	1	6
7	Brest	3	1	2	0	1	5
8	Lorient	3	1	1	1	0	4
9	Troyes	3	1	1	1	-3	4
10	Marseille	3	1	0	2	1	3
11	Lens	3	1	0	2	1	3
12	Angers	3	1	0	2	-1	3
13	Le Mans	3	0	2	1	-1	2
14	PSG	3	0	2	1	-1	2
15	Nice	3	0	2	1	-3	2
16	Le Havre	3	0	1	2	-2	1
17	Toulouse	3	0	1	2	-3	1
18	Auxerre	3	0	0	3	-7	0

	Champions League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	PSG	1	1	0	0	5	3
2	Bayern	1	1	0	0	5	3
3	Barcelona	1	1	0	0	4	3
4	Man United	1	1	0	0	4	3
5	Como	1	1	0	0	3	3
6	Stuttgart	1	1	0	0	2	3
7	Sporting CP	1	1	0	0	2	3
8	Man City	1	1	0	0	2	3
9	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	1	3
10	Lens	1	1	0	0	1	3
11	Real Betis	1	1	0	0	1	3
12	Dortmund	1	1	0	0	1	3
13	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	1	3
14	Real Madrid	1	1	0	0	1	3
15	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	1	3
16	AEK	1	1	0	0	1	3
17	Roma	1	0	1	0	0	1
18	PSV	1	0	1	0	0	1
19	Shaktar	1	0	1	0	0	1
20	Fenerbahçe	1	0	1	0	0	1
21	Lille	1	0	0	1	-1	0
22	Villarreal	1	0	0	1	-1	0
23	Slavia Prague	1	0	0	1	-1	0
24	Club Brugge	1	0	0	1	-1	0
25	Atlético Madrid	1	0	0	1	-1	0
26	Inter	1	0	0	1	-1	0
27	Napoli	1	0	0	1	-1	0
28	LASK	1	0	0	1	-1	0
29	Galatasaray	1	0	0	1	-2	0
30	Viking	1	0	0	1	-2	0
31	Porto	1	0	0	1	-2	0
32	Leipzig	1	0	0	1	-3	0
33	Feyenoord	1	0	0	1	-4	0
34	Sabah	1	0	0	1	-4	0
35	Slovan Bratislava	1	0	0	1	-5	0
36	Bodø/Glimt	1	0	0	1	-5	0