top defensive midfielders with goals in premier league history

Tomáš Souček has tallied the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 23 goals.

		NAME	G	Rating	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1		Tomáš Souček T. Souček	23		111	111	9,536	7	215	115	0	32	151	331	148	20	2
2		Rodri	12		66	66	5,617	10	132	77	1	28	63	97	78	15	1
3		Scott McTominay S. McTominay	12		86	86	7,330	3	188	103	0	41	97	170	146	17	0
4		Enzo Fernández E. Fernández	11	7.14	59	59	5,126	9	108	48	0	27	39	44	73	12	0
5		Paul Pogba P. Pogba	11		54	54	4,598	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	97	11	0
6		Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	9		57	57	4,868	10	141	88	0	24	47	58	62	6	0
7		Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	8	7.44	49	49	3,974	6	119	76	0	21	30	42	73	7	0
8		João Palhinha J. Palhinha	7	6.61	68	68	5,919	2	303	168	1	21	88	117	98	26	0
9		Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	7		58	58	4,865	5	99	52	0	13	65	50	92	17	0
10		Mateo Kovačić M. Kovačić	7		47	47	3,919	2	106	64	0	28	35	32	38	12	1
11		Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	7		72	72	6,369	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
12		Ilkay Gündogan I. Gündogan	7		37	37	3,102	6	38	23	0	18	28	26	23	3	0
13		Casemiro	6	6.66	48	48	3,959	4	161	91	0	16	45	130	72	12	2
14		Pascal Groß P. Groß	6		41	41	3,647	9	65	43	0	16	21	26	34	8	0
15		Declan Rice D. Rice	6		127	127	11,315	8	317	168	0	30	202	167	91	20	0
16		Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	6		118	118	10,334	13	214	141	0	28	123	192	161	35	3
17		Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	5	7.48	90	90	7,849	7	254	154	1	25	126	90	144	27	1
18		Fred	5		76	76	6,275	6	194	101	0	29	105	63	119	16	0
19		Yaya Touré Y. Touré	5		16	16	1,362	0	34	22	0	3	13	29	19	2	0
20		Christian Nørgaard C. Nørgaard	4	6.87	21	21	1,740	3	44	30	0	9	27	39	28	5	0
21		Rúben Neves R. Neves	4		20	20	1,733	0	53	31	0	8	26	36	25	7	0
22		James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	4		35	35	3,016	9	46	26	0	14	38	41	26	6	1
23		Jorginho	4		21	21	1,733	2	44	27	0	1	42	12	28	8	0
24		Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	4		100	100	8,543	3	366	226	0	24	216	252	158	24	1
25		Mark Noble M. Noble	4		25	25	2,020	1	35	24	0	6	26	11	16	2	0

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4	Chelsea	7	3	4	10	24
5	Crystal Palace	6	5	3	7	23
6	Sunderland	6	5	3	4	23

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1	Arsenal	5	0	0	13	15
2	PSG	4	0	1	11	12
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4	Inter	4	0	1	9	12
5	Real Madrid	4	0	1	7	12
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Fri 10/31	SVW	@	M05	1-1
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Sat 12/6	FCB	@	VFB	9:30 AM