top 10 defenders with the most clean sheets all time

Paolo Maldini has kept the most career clean sheets by a defender in Europe's top five leagues, with 256 clean sheets in Serie A.

	NAME	CS	M	START	MIN	G	A	YC	RC
1	Paolo Maldini P. Maldini	256	647	640	56,495	29		71	4
2	Tarcisio Burgnich T. Burgnich	217	493	493	44,218	6		0	2
3	John Terry J. Terry	214	492	473	41,969	41	12	75	6
4	Giacinto Facchetti G. Facchetti	214	475	475	42,717	59		0	1
5	Pietro Vierchowod P. Vierchowod	209	562	557	49,531	38		72	8
6	Sylvain Pierre Kastendeuch S. Pierre Kastendeuch	208	577	566	50,497	28		23	0
7	Franco Baresi F. Baresi	208	470	470	41,716	12		52	4
8	Javier Zanetti J. Zanetti	203	615	589	53,018	12	6	37	1
9	Jamie Carragher J. Carragher	195	508	484	43,267	3	15	70	2
10	Lilian Thuram L. Thuram	190	503	489	43,638	10		56	2
11	Rio Ferdinand R. Ferdinand	189	504	492	43,890	11	8	36	1
12	Fabio Cannavaro F. Cannavaro	189	515	511	44,908	14		117	9
13	Manuel Amoros M. Amoros	186	461	447	40,090	41		64	3
14	Giuseppe Bergomi G. Bergomi	185	519	510	45,012	23		53	9
15	Gaetano Scirea G. Scirea	184	397	393	35,032	25		1	0
16	Manuel Sanchis M. Sanchis	183	523	489	43,470	33		90	5
17	Marcel Desailly M. Desailly	182	504	497	44,149	17		80	4
18	Sergio Ramos S. Ramos	181	581	569	50,287	81	7	199	23
19	Albiol	179	578	546	49,270	14	7	137	3
20	Diego Godín D. Godín	173	430	415	37,076	23	5	113	7
21	Dani Alves D. Alves	173	503	454	40,853	30	31	147	11
22	Laurent Blanc L. Blanc	172	489	481	42,951	95		32	5
23	Sergio Cervato S. Cervato	172	466	466	41,940	45		0	0
24	Patrice Evra P. Evra	171	466	446	38,745	13	26	72	4
25	Cristóbal Parralo C. Parralo	171	517	505	45,130	14		84	4