most career goals by active defenders any league

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

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
31
344
343
30,614
8
334
219
9
59
458
2,021
173
30
2
2Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
26
179
169
15,003
16
37
1
3Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
20
197
192
17,076
5
240
140
7
38
146
764
153
31
2
4Michael Keane
M. Keane
19
285
259
23,636
11
292
186
4
36
424
1,636
150
29
2
5Fabian Schär
F. Schär
18
213
193
17,401
7
270
152
3
54
325
891
211
47
2
6Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
18
303
299
26,695
6
300
178
6
51
336
1,243
174
58
5
7Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
18
259
235
20,711
64
419
271
5
112
302
382
124
31
0
8Nathan Aké
N. Aké
18
253
213
19,105
9
22
1
9Harry Maguire
H. Maguire
15
296
263
23,680
12
346
226
4
49
416
1,256
246
65
3
10Ben Chilwell
B. Chilwell
14
179
148
13,449
18
247
155
1
27
173
377
139
24
1
11Matt Doherty
M. Doherty
14
190
141
12,859
15
22
1
12David Luiz
D. Luiz
14
213
200
17,832
7
41
4
13James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
13
345
330
29,746
12
572
352
10
39
446
2,018
328
72
0
14Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
12
7.34
88
83
7,411
5
139
89
0
22
90
241
55
8
0
15Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
12
337
298
26,756
61
479
303
6
43
295
561
170
35
2
16Cristian Romero
C. Romero
11
6.87
123
120
10,282
2
293
179
9
11
158
467
147
40
4
17Ryan Sessegnon
R. Sessegnon
11
119
79
6,952
11
146
92
1
25
62
168
111
7
0
18John Stones
J. Stones
11
257
218
19,339
2
12
1
19Ben Davies
B. Davies
11
316
264
24,165
19
46
0
20Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
10
6.96
172
170
15,231
8
225
130
3
26
170
761
102
29
1
21Trevoh Chalobah
T. Chalobah
10
6.91
117
99
8,762
2
148
102
4
8
119
480
72
13
1
22Reece James
R. James
10
160
117
10,734
21
224
156
3
55
120
174
123
20
3
23Aaron Cresswell
A. Cresswell
10
312
288
25,660
29
306
186
1
46
334
749
130
38
1
24Pedro Porro
P. Porro
9
6.79
120
111
9,825
18
266
178
2
44
113
297
107
18
0
25Rayan Aït-Nouri
R. Aït-Nouri
9
152
123
10,722
13
314
194
0
31
97
194
117
25
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