most goals by a defender player 2000s

From 1999-00 through 2008-09, David Unsworth had the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 25 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1David Unsworth
D. Unsworth
25
184
157
14,106
12
31
1
2Ian Harte
I. Harte
22
156
144
13,037
22
12
1
3Sami Hyypiä
S. Hyypiä
22
318
310
27,448
8
16
1
4John Arne Riise
J. Arne Riise
21
234
196
17,972
24
8
0
5William Gallas
W. Gallas
21
234
222
19,923
3
29
1
6John Terry
J. Terry
17
270
259
22,998
7
42
3
7Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
14
112
108
9,886
4
10
0
8Franck Queudrue
F. Queudrue
12
195
187
16,274
19
39
6
9Sol Campbell
S. Campbell
12
280
278
24,731
9
20
3
10Hermann Hreiðarsson
H. Hreiðarsson
11
285
276
24,542
15
37
2
11Ashley Cole
A. Cole
10
240
232
20,648
15
42
2
12Kolo Touré
K. Touré
9
225
203
18,179
8
22
0
13John O'Shea
J. O'Shea
9
221
158
14,616
8
12
0
14David Weir
D. Weir
9
221
212
18,941
8
25
4
15Steve Howey
S. Howey
9
85
82
7,046
1
11
0
16Nemanja Vidić
N. Vidić
8
102
99
8,658
2
21
2
17Martin Laursen
M. Laursen
8
84
82
7,255
5
5
0
18Radhi Jaïdi
R. Jaïdi
8
61
53
4,684
3
7
0
19Carlos Bocanegra
C. Bocanegra
8
116
105
9,470
0
22
1
20Talal El Karkouri
T. El Karkouri
8
86
76
6,831
2
16
1
21Olof Mellberg
O. Mellberg
8
232
231
20,585
4
33
1
22Andy O'Brien
A. O'Brien
8
272
258
23,105
2
22
2
23Chris Riggott
C. Riggott
8
167
157
13,912
4
25
1
24Gareth Southgate
G. Southgate
8
222
222
19,702
8
16
1
25Gerry Taggart
G. Taggart
8
65
63
5,386
4
16
2
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