top 10 defenders with the most goals in the premier league since 2001

Since 2000-01, John Terry has the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 41 goals.

		NAME	G	Rating	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1		John Terry J. Terry	41		486	471	41,660	12								75	6
2		Leighton Baines L. Baines	32		420	397	35,421	53								46	0
3		Gary Cahill G. Cahill	28		394	376	33,950	11								41	3
4		Marcos Alonso M. Alonso	26		179	169	15,009	16								37	1
5		Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	25		315	314	28,005	8	315	205	9	56	437	1,800	159	27	2
6		Joleon Lescott J. Lescott	25		288	268	24,432	9								21	0
7		William Gallas W. Gallas	25		321	305	27,453	3								39	1
8		Antonio Valencia A. Valencia	24		325	281	25,520	46								56	3
9		Laurent Koscielny L. Koscielny	22		255	245	21,417	2								37	5
10		Patrick van Aanholt P. van Aanholt	22		213	200	17,744	14								21	0
11		Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	22		372	327	28,913	24								39	2
12		Branislav Ivanović B. Ivanović	22		274	248	22,256	20								59	2
13		Craig Dawson C. Dawson	21		303	287	25,699	5								57	2
14		John Arne Riise J. Arne Riise	21		321	277	25,129	30								16	0
15		Robert Huth R. Huth	21		322	288	26,032	7								68	2
16		Sami Hyypiä S. Hyypiä	20		280	272	24,073	6								14	1
17		David Unsworth D. Unsworth	19		151	125	11,344	10								27	1
18		Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	18		171	168	14,872	3	209	124	4	31	129	607	131	26	2
19		Fabian Schär F. Schär	18		204	187	16,813	7	263	148	3	51	321	855	201	46	2
20		Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	18		259	235	20,742	64	419	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
21		Michael Keane M. Keane	18		265	243	22,180	10	266	168	3	31	399	1,515	142	28	1
22		Nathan Aké N. Aké	18		241	208	18,616	9								21	1
23		Vincent Kompany V. Kompany	18		265	253	22,267	8								60	3
24		Phil Jagielka P. Jagielka	18		376	349	31,457	10								26	3
25		Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	16		280	277	24,716	6	275	162	6	48	315	1,144	160	50	5

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4	Chelsea	7	3	4	10	24
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1	Arsenal	5	0	0	13	15
2	PSG	4	0	1	11	12
3	Bayern	4	0	1	9	12
4	Inter	4	0	1	9	12
5	Real Madrid	4	0	1	7	12
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2	Real Madrid	11	3	1	19	36
3	Villarreal	10	2	2	16	32
4	Atlético Madrid	9	4	2	14	31
5	Real Betis	6	6	2	8	24
6	Espanyol	7	3	4	2	24

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2	Leipzig	8	2	2	9	26
3	Dortmund	7	4	1	10	25
4	Leverkusen	7	2	3	11	23
5	Hoffenheim	7	2	3	8	23
6	Stuttgart	7	1	4	4	22

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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Fri 12/5	OM	@	LIL	3:00 PM
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