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

who is the highest scoring defender in premier league history

NAME	G	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
John Terry	41	492	473	41,969	12								75	6
David Unsworth	38	364	329	29,495	18								63	4
Leighton Baines	32	420	397	35,421	53								46	0
Gary Cahill	28	394	376	33,950	11								41	3
Ian Harte	28	237	217	19,766	36								23	1
Joleon Lescott	25	288	268	24,432	9								21	0
William Gallas	25	321	305	27,453	3								39	1
Luis Antonio Valencia	24	325	281	25,520	46								56	3
Julian Dicks	24	134	134	11,930	7								22	1
Dan Petrescu	23	215	186	15,951	33								28	0
Virgil van Dijk	22	264	263	23,415	7	268	180	7	51	371	1,451	136	20	2
Laurent Koscielny	22	255	245	21,417	2								37	5
Patrick van Aanholt	22	213	200	17,744	14								21	0
Séamus Coleman	22	364	323	28,685	24								38	2
Branislav Ivanović	22	274	248	22,256	20								59	2
Sami Hyypiä	22	318	310	27,448	8								16	1
Matt Elliott	22	199	195	17,520	14								26	2
Craig Dawson	21	288	277	24,730	5								55	2
John Arne Riise	21	321	277	25,129	30								16	0
Robert Huth	21	322	288	26,032	7								68	2
Sol Campbell	20	503	488	43,321	15								31	4
Stuart Pearce	20	202	202	17,698	7								38	2
Ugo Ehiogu	19	355	341	30,277	8								45	5
Nathan Aké	18	225	199	17,731	9								21	1
Vincent Kompany	18	265	253	22,267	8								60	3