top 10 defenders with the most goals in the premier league since 2000 till now

Between January 1, 2000 and December 5, 2025, John Terry has scored the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 41 goals.

	NAME	G	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	John Terry J. Terry	41	489	473	41,874	12								75	6
2	Leighton Baines L. Baines	32	406	383	34,206	53								46	0
3	Gary Cahill G. Cahill	28	394	376	33,950	11								41	3
4	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	25	315	314	28,005	8	315	205	9	56	437	1,800	159	27	2
5	Joleon Lescott J. Lescott	25	288	268	24,432	9								21	0
6	William Gallas W. Gallas	25	321	305	27,453	3								39	1
7	Laurent Koscielny L. Koscielny	22	255	245	21,417	2								37	5
8	Patrick van Aanholt P. van Aanholt	22	204	191	17,053	14								20	0
9	Branislav Ivanović B. Ivanović	22	274	248	22,256	20								59	2
10	Antonio Valencia A. Valencia	22	318	274	24,890	46								54	3
11	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	21	303	287	25,699	5								57	2
12	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	21	356	311	27,576	22								39	2
13	Robert Huth R. Huth	21	322	288	26,032	7								68	2
14	John Arne Riise J. Arne Riise	21	321	277	25,129	30								16	0
15	David Unsworth D. Unsworth	21	166	139	12,543	10								29	1
16	Sami Hyypiä S. Hyypiä	20	298	290	25,648	7								15	1
17	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	18	171	168	14,872	3	209	124	4	31	129	607	131	26	2
18	Fabian Schär F. Schär	18	203	186	16,723	7	262	148	3	51	318	852	196	45	2
19	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	18	255	231	20,452	64	416	271	5	112	297	378	123	31	0
20	Michael Keane M. Keane	18	265	243	22,180	10	266	168	3	31	399	1,515	142	28	1
21	Vincent Kompany V. Kompany	18	265	253	22,267	8								60	3
22	Phil Jagielka P. Jagielka	18	376	349	31,457	10								26	3
23	Nathan Aké N. Aké	17	238	205	18,346	9								21	1
24	Ian Harte I. Harte	17	153	140	12,731	22								11	1
25	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	16	280	277	24,716	6	275	162	6	48	315	1,144	160	50	5