most goals by a defender all time

John Terry has tallied the most career goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 41 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1John Terry
J. Terry
41
492
473
41,969
12
75
6
2David Unsworth
D. Unsworth
38
364
329
29,495
18
63
4
3Leighton Baines
L. Baines
32
420
397
35,420
53
46
0
4Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
31
341
340
30,344
8
331
216
9
59
452
1,999
172
30
2
5Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
28
394
376
33,950
11
41
3
6Ian Harte
I. Harte
28
237
217
19,766
36
23
1
7Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
26
179
169
15,003
16
37
1
8Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
25
288
268
24,432
9
21
0
9William Gallas
W. Gallas
25
321
305
27,453
3
39
1
10Antonio Valencia
A. Valencia
24
325
281
25,519
46
56
3
11Julian Dicks
J. Dicks
24
134
134
11,930
7
22
1
12Dan Petrescu
D. Petrescu
23
215
186
15,951
33
28
0
13Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
22
255
245
21,418
2
37
5
14Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
22
213
200
17,745
14
21
0
15Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
22
374
327
28,915
24
39
2
16Branislav Ivanović
B. Ivanović
22
274
248
22,259
20
59
2
17Sami Hyypiä
S. Hyypiä
22
318
310
27,448
8
16
1
18Matt Elliott
M. Elliott
22
199
195
17,520
14
26
2
19Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
21
303
287
25,699
5
57
2
20John Arne Riise
J. Arne Riise
21
321
277
25,129
30
16
0
21Robert Huth
R. Huth
21
322
288
26,030
7
68
2
22Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
20
193
188
16,716
5
234
138
6
38
141
737
150
30
2
23Sol Campbell
S. Campbell
20
503
488
43,321
15
31
4
24Michael Keane
M. Keane
19
285
259
23,636
11
292
186
4
36
424
1,636
150
29
2
25Stuart Pearce
S. Pearce
19
202
202
16,986
7
37
2
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Man City Man City
2
2
0
0
4
6
2
Hull City Hull City
2
2
0
0
3
6
3
Chelsea Chelsea
2
2
0
0
2
6
4
Brentford Brentford
2
1
1
0
3
4
5
Newcastle Newcastle
2
1
1
0
2
4
6
Everton Everton
2
1
1
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2
4
7
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2
1
1
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1
4
8
Brighton Brighton
2
1
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1
3
3
9
Arsenal Arsenal
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0
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10
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2
1
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1
1
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11
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1
0
1
0
3
12
Ipswich Ipswich
2
1
0
1
-2
3
13
Liverpool Liverpool
2
0
2
0
0
2
14
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2
0
1
1
-1
1
15
Bournemouth Bournemouth
2
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1
1
-1
1
16
Fulham Fulham
2
0
0
2
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0
17
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1
0
0
1
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18
Coventry Coventry
2
0
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2
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19
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2
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20
Tottenham Tottenham
2
0
0
2
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0