who is the highest scoring defender in premier league history

John Terry has tallied the most career goals by a defender in the Premier League, with 41 goals.

NAME G M START MIN A TKL TKL-W TKL-LM SH-BLK INT CLR FOUL YC RC
1 John Terry
J. Terry
41
492
473
41,969
12
75
6
2 David Unsworth
D. Unsworth
38
364
329
29,495
18
63
4
3 Leighton Baines
L. Baines
32
420
397
35,421
53
46
0
4 Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
28
394
376
33,950
11
41
3
5 Ian Harte
I. Harte
28
237
217
19,766
36
23
1
6 Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
26
179
169
15,009
16
37
1
7 Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
25
301
300
26,745
8
306
200
8
54
425
1,672
153
25
2
8 Joleon Lescott
J. Lescott
25
288
268
24,432
9
21
0
9 William Gallas
W. Gallas
25
321
305
27,453
3
39
1
10 Antonio Valencia
A. Valencia
24
325
281
25,520
46
56
3
11 Julian Dicks
J. Dicks
24
134
134
11,930
7
22
1
12 Dan Petrescu
D. Petrescu
23
215
186
15,951
33
28
0
13 Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
22
255
245
21,417
2
37
5
14 Patrick van Aanholt
P. van Aanholt
22
213
200
17,744
14
21
0
15 Séamus Coleman
S. Coleman
22
369
326
28,901
24
39
2
16 Branislav Ivanović
B. Ivanović
22
274
248
22,256
20
59
2
17 Sami Hyypiä
S. Hyypiä
22
318
310
27,448
8
16
1
18 Matt Elliott
M. Elliott
22
199
195
17,520
14
26
2
19 Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
21
303
287
25,699
5
57
2
20 John Arne Riise
J. Arne Riise
21
321
277
25,129
30
16
0
21 Robert Huth
R. Huth
21
322
288
26,032
7
68
2
22 Sol Campbell
S. Campbell
20
503
488
43,321
15
31
4
23 Stuart Pearce
S. Pearce
19
202
202
16,986
7
37
2
24 Ugo Ehiogu
U. Ehiogu
19
355
341
30,277
8
45
5
25 Fabian Schär
F. Schär
18
195
182
16,296
7
256
143
3
50
309
814
195
46
2
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