which defender has the most tackles ever

César Azpilicueta has the most career tackles by a defender in the Premier League, with 703 tackles.

	NAME	TKL	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	703	293	278	24,853	10	31	477	2	33	444	757	275	29	2
2	Aaron Wan-Bissaka A. Wan-Bissaka	609	234	224	20,148	4	20	400	4	23	420	622	170	29	1
3	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	563	342	327	29,476	13	11	344	10	39	438	2,004	328	72	0
4	Joel Ward J. Ward	541	270	257	23,039	5	5	397	1	25	387	971	277	48	0
5	Tyrick Mitchell T. Mitchell	538	209	202	17,622	4	15	317	2	18	188	490	129	22	1
6	Andy Robertson A. Robertson	477	334	296	26,546	12	60	301	6	43	294	558	169	35	2
7	Kyle Walker K. Walker	476	329	307	27,402	4	28	328	3	53	374	614	248	49	1
8	Erik Pieters E. Pieters	475	189	171	15,403	0	11	341	1	14	320	563	283	32	0
9	Nathaniel Clyne N. Clyne	434	219	194	17,423	3	6	286	2	31	249	363	94	21	0
10	Kieran Trippier K. Trippier	431	225	197	17,532	6	39	268	1	23	238	526	181	21	0
11	Lucas Digne L. Digne	430	253	221	19,231	6	35	260	1	60	254	578	235	38	2
12	Adam Smith A. Smith	428	257	221	19,339	5	15	298	1	23	260	484	243	57	1
13	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	419	259	235	20,711	18	64	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
14	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	417	257	228	20,027	12	15	304	3	31	240	548	147	24	1
15	Patrick van Aanholt P. van Aanholt	379	208	197	17,443	22	14	257	3	53	350	463	102	21	0
16	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	374	277	270	24,069	14	5	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
17	Matthew Lowton M. Lowton	364	171	159	14,401	2	9	233	0	10	260	594	129	29	1
18	Luke Shaw L. Shaw	363	238	221	18,874	4	17	233	1	32	195	510	281	65	1
19	Ben Davies B. Davies	361	245	199	18,242	8	16	227	3	35	227	669	212	37	0
20	Dan Burn D. Burn	360	227	213	18,768	7	6	215	1	28	221	990	229	49	1
21	Nélson Semedo N. Semedo	357	165	158	13,716	1	8	217	0	29	145	369	207	35	2
22	Pablo Zabaleta P. Zabaleta	350	135	118	10,712	2	8	236	0	14	227	389	116	28	1
23	Nathan Aké N. Aké	347	249	212	19,002	18	9	214	5	34	258	997	141	22	1
24	Cédric	345	167	146	12,888	3	13	243	1	27	178	369	104	22	0
25	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	344	293	260	23,410	15	12	224	4	48	413	1,237	241	63	3

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1	Man City	2	2	0	0	4	6
2	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	6
3	Hull City	2	2	0	0	3	6
4	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	2	6
5	Brentford	2	1	1	0	3	4
6	Newcastle	2	1	1	0	2	4
7	Everton	2	1	1	0	2	4
8	Leeds	2	1	1	0	1	4
9	Brighton	2	1	0	1	3	3
10	Man United	2	1	0	1	1	3
11	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	0	3
12	Ipswich	2	1	0	1	-2	3
13	Liverpool	2	0	2	0	0	2
14	Nottm Forest	2	0	1	1	-1	1
15	Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	-1	1
16	Fulham	2	0	0	2	-2	0
17	Coventry	2	0	0	2	-4	0
18	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	-5	0
19	Aston Villa	2	0	0	2	-5	0
20	Tottenham	2	0	0	2	-5	0