most goals by a defender since 2001

Since 2000-01, John Terry has the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 41 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1John Terry
J. Terry
41
486
471
41,660
12
75
6
2Leighton Baines
L. Baines
32
420
397
35,419
53
46
0
3Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
31
349
348
31,064
8
337
220
10
60
463
2,059
178
32
2
4Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
28
394
376
33,949
11
41
3
5Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
26
179
169
15,002
16
37
1
6Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
25
288
268
24,432
9
21
0
7William Gallas
W. Gallas
25
321
305
27,453
3
39
1
8Antonio Valencia
A. Valencia
24
325
281
25,519
46
56
3
9Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
22
255
245
21,418
2
37
5
10Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
22
213
200
17,742
14
21
0
11Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
22
374
327
28,917
24
39
2
12Branislav Ivanović
B. Ivanović
22
274
248
22,259
20
59
2
13Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
21
7.16
202
197
17,526
5
247
143
8
39
149
801
156
31
2
14Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
21
303
287
25,699
5
57
2
15John Arne Riise
J. Arne Riise
21
321
277
25,129
30
16
0
16Robert Huth
R. Huth
21
322
288
26,030
7
68
2
17Sami Hyypiä
S. Hyypiä
20
280
272
24,073
6
14
1
18Michael Keane
M. Keane
19
288
260
23,737
11
294
187
4
37
424
1,642
151
29
2
19David Unsworth
D. Unsworth
19
151
125
11,344
10
27
1
20Fabian Schär
F. Schär
18
216
195
17,587
7
271
152
3
55
327
915
215
50
2
21Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
18
308
303
27,085
6
304
180
6
51
345
1,264
175
59
5
22Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
18
259
235
20,713
64
419
271
5
112
302
382
124
31
0
23Nathan Aké
N. Aké
18
253
213
19,103
9
22
1
24Vincent Kompany
V. Kompany
18
265
253
22,267
8
60
3
25Phil Jagielka
P. Jagielka
18
376
349
31,464
10
26
3
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Arsenal Arsenal
10
9
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1
10
27
2
Brighton Brighton
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7
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2
19
22
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Man City Man City
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7
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8
21
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Leeds Leeds
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5
2
2
14
10
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3
4
3
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11
Tottenham Tottenham
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3
3
4
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12
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4
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11
14
Ipswich Ipswich
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5
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Fulham Fulham
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4
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18
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