most goals from a defender in a single match

43 players are tied for having the most goals by a defender in a Premier League match, with 2 goals. The first three are Virgil van Dijk on May 15, on November 30, 2019 and on February 27, 2019, Mats Wieffer on April 11 and Konstantinos Mavropanos on April 10.

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NAMEGDATECLUBOPPRatingMINTKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKBLK-CRSINTCLRRECERR-SHERR-GPKCOGFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
2
5/15/2026
Liverpool Liverpool
@
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8.4
90
0
0
0
0
0
3
7
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2Mats Wieffer
M. Wieffer
2
4/11/2026
Brighton Brighton
@
Burnley Burnley
9.7
90
6
4
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3Konstantinos Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
2
4/10/2026
West Ham West Ham
vs
Wolves Wolves
9.8
90
2
0
0
0
0
1
9
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
2
12/3/2025
Brighton Brighton
vs
Aston Villa Aston Villa
7.7
90
2
2
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
5Cristian Romero
C. Romero
2
12/2/2025
Tottenham Tottenham
@
Newcastle Newcastle
9.0
90
3
3
1
0
1
2
5
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
6Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
2
11/29/2025
Newcastle Newcastle
@
Everton Everton
9.5
90
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
7Micky van de Ven
M. van de Ven
2
10/26/2025
Tottenham Tottenham
@
Everton Everton
9.5
90
0
0
0
0
0
3
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8Jurriën Timber
J. Timber
2
8/23/2025
Arsenal Arsenal
vs
Leeds Leeds
9.8
63
4
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Yankuba Minteh
Y. Minteh
2
2/14/2025
Brighton Brighton
vs
Chelsea Chelsea
9.8
88
5
4
0
0
0
1
1
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
10James Justin
J. Justin
2
9/28/2024
Leicester Leicester
@
Arsenal Arsenal
8.6
90
1
1
0
1
0
2
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
2
5/11/2024
Man City Man City
@
Fulham Fulham
8.7
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12Ben White
B. White
2
4/23/2024
Arsenal Arsenal
vs
Chelsea Chelsea
9.8
90
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
13Fabian Schär
F. Schär
2
1/30/2024
Newcastle Newcastle
@
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8.9
90
0
0
0
1
0
1
8
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
14Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
2
1/20/2024
Arsenal Arsenal
vs
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
9.4
80
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
15Ezri Konsa
E. Konsa
2
12/5/2021
Aston Villa Aston Villa
vs
Leicester Leicester
8.7
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16John Stones
J. Stones
2
1/17/2021
Man City Man City
vs
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
9.6
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Antonio Rüdiger
A. Rüdiger
2
2/1/2020
Chelsea Chelsea
@
Leicester Leicester
9.0
90
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
11
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
18Yerry Mina
Y. Mina
2
2/1/2020
Everton Everton
@
Watford Watford
8.9
90
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
5
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
19Florian Lejeune
F. Lejeune
2
1/21/2020
Newcastle Newcastle
@
Everton Everton
8.6
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
2
11/30/2019
Liverpool Liverpool
vs
Brighton Brighton
9.6
90
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
2
2/27/2019
Liverpool Liverpool
vs
Watford Watford
90
1
1
0
0
0
2
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22Fabian Schär
F. Schär
2
1/19/2019
Newcastle Newcastle
vs
Cardiff City Cardiff City
90
2
2
0
0
0
1
5
4
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
23Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
2
3/18/2017
West Brom West Brom
vs
Arsenal Arsenal
90
1
1
0
0
0
1
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24James Milner
J. Milner
2
9/24/2016
Liverpool Liverpool
vs
Hull City Hull City
90
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
25Lamine Koné
L. Koné
2
5/11/2016
Sunderland Sunderland
vs
Everton Everton
90
3
2
0
0
0
3
11
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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