most goals season by a centre back

Virgil van Dijk, Gary Cahill and Gareth McAuley are tied for tallying the most goals by a centre back in the Premier League in a season, with 6 goals.

NAMEGSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
6
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
2Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
6
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
36
36
3,234
0
52
39
0
4
45
166
33
5
0
3Gareth McAuley
G. McAuley
6
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
36
36
3,143
1
50
37
0
1
71
227
27
5
0
4Nikola Milenković
N. Milenković
5
2024-25
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.73
37
37
3,330
2
50
28
3
5
25
213
20
4
0
5Cristian Romero
C. Romero
5
2023-24
Tottenham Tottenham
7.14
33
33
2,790
0
67
41
3
4
43
116
31
7
1
6Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
5
2021-22
Arsenal Arsenal
7.13
35
35
3,063
0
50
31
0
4
14
117
23
8
1
7Kurt Zouma
K. Zouma
5
2020-21
Chelsea Chelsea
22
22
1,980
0
16
9
0
6
25
91
17
3
0
8Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
5
2020-21
Brighton Brighton
33
33
2,931
0
30
17
0
6
32
106
21
5
2
9Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
5
2019-20
Liverpool Liverpool
38
38
3,420
1
23
12
2
5
35
160
16
1
0
10Shane Duffy
S. Duffy
5
2018-19
Brighton Brighton
35
35
3,087
1
35
20
0
2
36
272
22
4
1
11Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
4
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.98
33
33
2,918
0
44
32
4
8
30
197
23
4
0
12Cristian Romero
C. Romero
4
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.67
22
22
1,837
1
56
27
4
2
31
103
31
11
2
13Micky van de Ven
M. van de Ven
4
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.80
34
34
2,996
1
37
20
3
3
21
131
28
9
1
14Fabian Schär
F. Schär
4
2024-25
Newcastle Newcastle
6.73
33
33
2,889
0
34
19
1
12
43
143
35
9
1
15Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
4
2023-24
Arsenal Arsenal
7.32
34
34
3,018
0
48
28
1
6
29
107
33
4
0
16Fabian Schär
F. Schär
4
2023-24
Newcastle Newcastle
6.67
35
35
3,026
1
42
25
1
12
33
143
36
4
0
17Marcos Senesi
M. Senesi
4
2023-24
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.67
26
26
2,161
5
51
32
2
0
33
115
36
12
0
18Jan Bednarek
J. Bednarek
4
2021-22
Southampton Southampton
6.74
30
30
2,584
0
31
15
0
4
73
143
30
10
0
19Aymeric Laporte
A. Laporte
4
2021-22
Man City Man City
7.61
33
33
2,828
0
32
15
2
6
19
67
14
5
1
20Conor Coady
C. Coady
4
2021-22
Wolves Wolves
6.84
38
38
3,361
0
31
14
1
4
29
152
20
4
0
21John Stones
J. Stones
4
2020-21
Man City Man City
22
22
1,933
0
21
12
0
4
17
52
7
0
1
22Fabian Schär
F. Schär
4
2018-19
Newcastle Newcastle
22
22
1,914
1
58
37
0
2
60
137
26
10
0
23Soul Bamba
S. Bamba
4
2018-19
Cardiff City Cardiff City
27
27
2,385
1
73
41
0
2
80
191
32
7
0
24Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
4
2018-19
Liverpool Liverpool
38
38
3,385
2
38
28
1
8
40
226
12
1
0
25Willy Boly
W. Boly
4
2018-19
Wolves Wolves
36
36
3,168
0
85
52
1
4
72
198
29
2
1
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11
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13
18
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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20