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	309	308	27,465	8	310	203	8	54	434	1,750	155	26	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	371	326	28,903	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	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	18	168	165	14,602	2	207	124	4	31	127	589	130	25	2