most career goals by active defenders any league

Virgil van Dijk has tallied the most career goals among active players by a defender in the Premier League, with 31 goals.

	NAME	G	Rating	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	31		345	344	30,704	8	334	219	9	59	459	2,023	175	31	2
2	Marcos Alonso M. Alonso	26		179	169	15,003	16								37	1
3	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	20		198	193	17,166	5	240	140	7	38	146	771	154	31	2
4	Michael Keane M. Keane	19		286	260	23,726	11	294	187	4	37	424	1,641	151	29	2
5	Fabian Schär F. Schär	18		213	193	17,401	7	270	152	3	54	325	891	211	47	2
6	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	18		304	299	26,726	6	300	178	6	51	337	1,247	174	58	5
7	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	18		259	235	20,711	64	419	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
8	Nathan Aké N. Aké	18		253	213	19,105	9								22	1
9	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	15		297	264	23,770	12	347	227	4	50	421	1,259	246	65	3
10	Ben Chilwell B. Chilwell	14		179	148	13,449	18	247	155	1	27	173	377	139	24	1
11	Matt Doherty M. Doherty	14		190	141	12,859	15								22	1
12	David Luiz D. Luiz	14		213	200	17,832	7								41	4
13	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	13		346	331	29,836	12	574	353	10	39	448	2,031	329	72	0
14	Joško Gvardiol J. Gvardiol	12	7.34	89	83	7,436	6	139	89	0	22	90	241	56	8	0
15	Ryan Sessegnon R. Sessegnon	12		120	80	7,042	11	146	92	1	25	63	172	111	7	0
16	Andy Robertson A. Robertson	12		337	298	26,756	61	479	303	6	43	295	561	170	35	2
17	Chris Smalling C. Smalling	12		219	186	17,118	2								20	1
18	Cristian Romero C. Romero	11	6.87	123	120	10,282	2	293	179	9	11	158	467	147	40	4
19	John Stones J. Stones	11		257	218	19,339	2								12	1
20	Ben Davies B. Davies	11		316	264	24,165	19								46	0
21	Marc Guéhi M. Guéhi	10	6.96	173	171	15,321	8	226	131	3	26	170	764	103	29	1
22	Trevoh Chalobah T. Chalobah	10	6.91	117	99	8,762	2	148	102	4	8	119	480	72	13	1
23	Reece James R. James	10		160	117	10,734	21	224	156	3	55	120	174	123	20	3
24	Aaron Cresswell A. Cresswell	10		312	288	25,660	29	306	186	1	46	334	749	130	38	1
25	Pedro Porro P. Porro	9	6.79	120	111	9,825	18	266	178	2	44	113	297	107	18	0

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