most goals by defender since 2008

Since 2007-08, Virgil van Dijk has the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 31 goals.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
31
339
338
30,164
8
329
215
9
58
451
1,980
172
29
2
2Leighton Baines
L. Baines
29
348
327
29,202
53
35
0
3Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
27
367
351
31,629
11
35
3
4Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
26
179
169
15,005
16
37
1
5John Terry
J. Terry
26
278
272
23,895
6
46
5
6Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
23
250
232
21,116
8
19
0
7Antonio Valencia
A. Valencia
23
303
264
24,144
45
50
2
8Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
22
255
245
21,417
2
37
5
9Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
22
213
200
17,746
14
21
0
10Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
22
374
327
28,916
24
39
2
11Branislav Ivanović
B. Ivanović
22
274
248
22,256
20
59
2
12Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
21
303
287
25,699
5
57
2
13Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
20
192
187
16,626
5
234
138
6
38
140
735
148
29
2
14Robert Huth
R. Huth
20
268
257
23,157
6
55
1
15Michael Keane
M. Keane
19
285
259
23,633
11
292
186
4
36
424
1,636
150
29
2
16Fabian Schär
F. Schär
18
211
193
17,376
7
270
152
3
54
325
888
210
47
2
17Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
18
259
235
20,715
64
419
271
5
112
302
382
124
31
0
18Nathan Aké
N. Aké
18
253
213
19,104
9
22
1
19Vincent Kompany
V. Kompany
18
265
253
22,267
8
60
3
20Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
17
299
295
26,336
6
297
176
6
51
334
1,225
170
57
5
21Scott Dann
S. Dann
16
241
231
20,696
11
35
0
22Martin Å krtel
M. Å krtel
16
242
233
20,983
5
45
1
23Harry Maguire
H. Maguire
15
291
258
23,230
12
343
224
4
48
410
1,231
239
63
3
24Kurt Zouma
K. Zouma
15
247
219
19,586
3
220
147
5
26
328
1,237
152
19
1
25Gareth McAuley
G. McAuley
15
203
199
17,699
3
18
2
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