most goals on a single match since 2000 by a defender

Since 1999-00, 7 players are tied for scoring the most goals by a defender in a match in Europe's top five leagues, with 3 goals. The first three are Naldo on December 9, 2006, César Rodrigues on April 4, 2004 and Marcelo Bordon on March 28, 2004.

	NAME	G	DATE	CLUB		OPP	RTG	MIN	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	BLK-CRS	INT	CLR	REC	ERR-SH	ERR-G	PKC	OG	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Naldo	3	12/9/2006	Werder	@	Frankfurt		90												0		0	0
2	César Rodrigues C. Rodrigues	3	4/4/2004	Lazio	vs	Siena		90												0		0	0
3	Marcelo Bordon M. Bordon	3	3/28/2004	Stuttgart	vs	Werder		90												0		0	0
4	Matthieu Chalmé M. Chalmé	3	3/13/2004	Lille	@	Ajaccio		90												0		0	0
5	Fernando Hierro F. Hierro	3	3/24/2002	Real Madrid	vs	Real Zaragoza		80												0		0	0
6	Christophe Delmotte C. Delmotte	3	1/5/2002	Lyon	@	Guingamp		90												0		0	0
7	Zoltan Sebescen Z. Sebescen	3	3/3/2000	Wolfsburg	vs	Hamburg		90												0		0	0
8	Micky van de Ven M. van de Ven	2	10/26/2025	Tottenham	@	Everton	8.7	90	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Achraf Hakimi A. Hakimi	2	10/25/2025	PSG	@	Brest	8.9	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
10	Danilho Doekhi D. Doekhi	2	10/17/2025	Union Berlin	vs	M'gladbach	7.9	90	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Robin Koch R. Koch	2	9/27/2025	Frankfurt	@	M'gladbach	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	Jurrien Timber J. Timber	2	8/23/2025	Arsenal	vs	Leeds	8.7	64	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Achraf Hakimi A. Hakimi	2	2/23/2025	PSG	@	Lyon	8.2	90	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
14	Jubal	2	2/22/2025	Auxerre	vs	Marseille	7.7	90	4	3	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Yankuba Minteh Y. Minteh	2	2/14/2025	Brighton	vs	Chelsea	8.8	89	5	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
16	Lukas Kübler L. Kübler	2	12/13/2024	Freiburg	vs	Wolfsburg	8.2	63	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
17	Gabriele Zappa G. Zappa	2	11/9/2024	Cagliari	vs	Milan	8.4	90	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	James Justin J. Justin	2	9/28/2024	Leicester	@	Arsenal	7.4	90	1	1	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Lukas Kübler L. Kübler	2	8/24/2024	Freiburg	vs	Stuttgart	9.0	82	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Riccardo Calafiori R. Calafiori	2	5/20/2024	Bologna	vs	Juventus	8.9	75	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	Joško Gvardiol J. Gvardiol	2	5/11/2024	Man City	@	Fulham	8.8	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bafodé Diakité B. Diakité	2	5/6/2024	Lille	vs	Lyon	7.8	90	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Ben White B. White	2	4/23/2024	Arsenal	vs	Chelsea	9.0	90	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Yuri Berchiche Y. Berchiche	2	2/2/2024	Athletic Club	vs	Mallorca	8.9	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	Fabian Schär F. Schär	2	1/30/2024	Newcastle	@	Aston Villa	7.9	90	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0