which center backs have the most goals of all time in soccer

Virgil van Dijk has the most career goals by a centre back in the Premier League, with 22 goals.

	NAME	G	RTG	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	22		275	275	24,492	8	253	160	8	50	338	1,471	128	24	2
2	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	18		167	167	14,713	3	207	123	4	31	128	600	129	26	2
3	Fabian Schär F. Schär	17		185	185	16,205	7	252	141	2	48	295	819	187	42	1
4	Michael Keane M. Keane	17		223	223	19,863	8	235	148	2	27	354	1,304	130	24	1
5	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	16		274	274	24,356	6	274	162	6	48	312	1,128	160	50	5
6	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	14		188	188	16,456	3	161	106	5	23	276	1,020	127	18	1
7	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	14		240	240	21,085	10	302	193	4	41	379	1,083	218	57	2
8	Nathan Aké N. Aké	13		167	167	14,466	8	220	135	3	22	153	835	93	15	0
9	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	12		238	238	21,173	4	308	163	6	22	330	1,366	140	37	1
10	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	10		297	297	26,578	8	516	316	8	33	405	1,779	295	64	0
11	Trevoh Chalobah T. Chalobah	9	6.96	66	66	5,607	2	98	64	2	7	74	289	53	10	1
12	Jan Bednarek J. Bednarek	9		177	177	15,272	3	230	137	3	14	401	998	162	39	1
13	Antonio Rüdiger A. Rüdiger	9		130	130	11,535	1	171	106	0	30	112	394	124	23	0
14	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	9		157	157	13,836	3	150	90	3	25	175	749	147	35	2
15	James Tomkins J. Tomkins	9		110	110	9,587	2	145	86	3	7	163	704	69	27	1
16	Jonny Evans J. Evans	9		186	186	16,189	7	213	133	0	7	304	892	168	37	1
17	Joël Matip J. Matip	9		135	135	11,920	5	214	147	1	21	203	589	90	18	0
18	Ethan Pinnock E. Pinnock	8	6.56	113	113	9,957	1	171	103	2	9	141	769	26	5	0
19	Thiago Silva T. Silva	8		105	105	9,145	3	109	69	1	19	125	459	46	13	1
20	Jamaal Lascelles J. Lascelles	8		144	144	12,474	1	123	68	5	11	138	852	107	29	0
21	David Luiz D. Luiz	8		126	126	11,057	3	134	88	2	34	167	543	113	18	3
22	Angelo Ogbonna A. Ogbonna	8		161	161	14,272	1	173	107	1	12	218	754	99	18	0
23	Cristian Romero C. Romero	7	6.87	105	105	9,019	2	248	154	6	9	137	391	123	32	2
24	Marc Guéhi M. Guéhi	7	6.96	138	138	12,337	5	193	106	3	20	127	602	79	23	1
25	Ghanem Saïss G. Saïss	7		90	90	7,923	1	145	101	0	6	163	404	106	24	1