most goals by a defender in soccer in a season in the last 20 seasons

Since 2006-07, Stuart Dallas and Joleon Lescott are tied for scoring the most goals by a defender in the Premier League in a season, with 8 goals.

NAMEGSEASONCLUBRTGMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Stuart Dallas
S. Dallas
8
2020-21
Leeds Leeds
38
38
3,411
2
75
47
0
13
46
46
41
7
0
2Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
8
2007-08
Everton Everton
38
37
3,375
1
3
0
3Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
7
2017-18
Chelsea Chelsea
33
33
2,860
2
51
33
0
19
47
60
26
6
0
4Martin Škrtel
M. Škrtel
7
2013-14
Liverpool Liverpool
36
36
3,222
1
6
0
5Graham Alexander
G. Alexander
7
2009-10
Burnley Burnley
33
33
2,747
1
3
0
6Thomas Vermaelen
T. Vermaelen
7
2009-10
Arsenal Arsenal
33
33
2,798
1
3
1
7Gareth McAuley
G. McAuley
6
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
36
36
3,143
1
50
37
0
1
71
227
27
5
0
8Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
6
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
37
36
3,296
0
53
40
0
4
46
167
34
5
0
9Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
6
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
31
30
2,694
3
56
38
0
10
44
76
25
2
0
10Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
6
2015-16
Sunderland Sunderland
33
33
2,970
3
85
68
2
7
63
102
16
2
0
11Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
6
2013-14
Everton Everton
36
36
3,229
2
3
0
12John Terry
J. Terry
6
2011-12
Chelsea Chelsea
31
31
2,790
1
8
0
13Thomas Vermaelen
T. Vermaelen
6
2011-12
Arsenal Arsenal
29
28
2,478
1
7
0
14Brede Hangeland
B. Hangeland
6
2010-11
Fulham Fulham
37
37
3,330
1
5
0
15Robert Huth
R. Huth
6
2010-11
Stoke City Stoke City
35
35
3,111
2
7
0
16Martin Laursen
M. Laursen
6
2007-08
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
38
3,369
2
1
0
17Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
5
2024-25
Man City Man City
7.35
37
36
3,280
0
57
38
0
10
42
133
16
2
0
18Nikola Milenković
N. Milenković
5
2024-25
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.83
37
37
3,330
2
50
28
3
5
25
213
20
4
0
19Cristian Romero
C. Romero
5
2023-24
Tottenham Tottenham
7.16
33
33
2,791
0
67
41
3
4
43
116
31
7
1
20Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
5
2021-22
Arsenal Arsenal
7.17
35
35
3,066
0
50
31
0
4
14
117
23
8
1
21Reece James
R. James
5
2021-22
Chelsea Chelsea
7.31
26
22
1,864
9
32
24
0
13
15
18
20
4
1
22Kurt Zouma
K. Zouma
5
2020-21
Chelsea Chelsea
24
22
2,027
0
16
9
0
6
25
92
17
3
0
23Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
5
2020-21
Brighton Brighton
33
33
2,931
0
30
17
0
6
32
106
21
5
2
24Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
5
2019-20
Liverpool Liverpool
38
38
3,420
1
23
12
2
5
35
160
16
1
0
25Shane Duffy
S. Duffy
5
2018-19
Brighton Brighton
35
35
3,087
1
35
20
0
2
36
272
22
4
1

More Leeds Stats

Team Rankings

GF

9

14th

GA

17

16th

GD

-8

17th

FORM

LWLLD

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
14
Fulham Fulham
3
2
5
-2
11
15
Everton Everton
3
2
4
-3
11
16
Leeds Leeds
3
2
5
-8
11
17
Burnley Burnley
3
1
6
-7
10
18
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
1
3
6
-12
6
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
LEE LEE
@
NFO NFO
9:00 AM
Sun
11/23
AVL AVL
@
LEE LEE
9:00 AM
Sat
11/29
LEE LEE
@
MCI MCI
10:00 AM
Wed
12/3
CHE CHE
@
LEE LEE
3:15 PM
Sat
12/6
LIV LIV
@
LEE LEE
12:30 PM
Last Game
BHA Brighton

W4 D3 L3

3

Final

0

LEE Leeds

W3 D2 L5

Sat 1 Nov 2025

PL 2025-26 Leaders

PL 2025-26 Rankings

PL 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
1
1
15
25
2
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
3
1
5
18
3
Liverpool Liverpool
6
0
4
4
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
5
2
3
9
17
5
Chelsea Chelsea
5
2
3
7
17
6
Sunderland Sunderland
5
2
2
4
17

PL 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
8/14
BOU BOU
@
LIV LIV
2-4
Fri
8/15
NEW NEW
@
AVL AVL
0-0
Fri
8/15
WHU WHU
@
SUN SUN
0-3
Fri
8/15
BUR BUR
@
TOT TOT
0-3
Fri
8/15
FUL FUL
@
BHA BHA
1-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
NEW NEW
@
WHU WHU
9:00 AM
Sun
11/2
BOU BOU
@
MCI MCI
11:30 AM
Mon
11/3
EVE EVE
@
SUN SUN
3:00 PM
Sat
11/8
MUN MUN
@
TOT TOT
7:30 AM
Sat
11/8
FUL FUL
@
EVE EVE
10:00 AM