top 10 defenders with the most goals in the premier league since 2002

Since 2001-02, John Terry has the most goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 40 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	40		464	452	39,896	12								72	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		Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	18		171	168	14,872	3	209	124	4	31	129	607	131	26	2
17		Fabian Schär F. Schär	18		205	188	16,903	7	266	150	3	51	321	857	204	46	2
18		Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	18		259	235	20,742	64	419	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
19		Michael Keane M. Keane	18		266	244	22,270	10	267	169	3	31	400	1,528	142	28	1
20		Nathan Aké N. Aké	18		242	208	18,637	9								21	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		Sami Hyypiä S. Hyypiä	17		245	237	20,923	5								14	1
24		Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	16		280	277	24,716	6	275	162	6	48	315	1,144	160	50	5
25		Scott Dann S. Dann	16		241	231	20,696	11								35	0

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1	Arsenal	10	3	2	19	33
2	Man City	10	1	4	19	31
3	Aston Villa	9	3	3	7	30
4	Chelsea	7	4	4	10	25
5	Everton	7	3	5	1	24
6	Crystal Palace	6	5	3	7	23

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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
6	Dortmund	3	1	1	6	10

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1	Barcelona	12	1	2	25	37
2	Real Madrid	11	3	1	19	36
3	Villarreal	11	2	2	18	35
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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1	Bayern	12	1	0	40	37
2	Leipzig	8	2	2	9	26
3	Dortmund	7	4	1	10	25
4	Leverkusen	7	2	4	9	23
5	Hoffenheim	7	2	3	8	23
6	Stuttgart	7	1	5	-1	22

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3	Marseille	9	2	4	20	29
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Sat 12/6	RCS	@	TFC	1:00 PM
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