WORLD'S HIGHEST SCORING DEFENDER OF XXI CENTURY

• Mar 8, 2024
• History Statistics

Picture : Abderrahmane Hachoud is ranked 5 in the World ranking !

World’s Highest Scoring Defender of XXI Century after 2023

After the series of posts on continental rankings for XXI century’s highest scoring defenders as it stands after 2023, now we publish the global ranking for this category.
Sergio Ramos, still active in Sevilla, is its sovereign leader with 137 goals. 
There are currently 73 defenders in the world that scored 50+ top level goals within the century. 
The players marked in bold are currently active.

	HIGHEST        SCORING		DEFENDERS
	IN XXI CENTURY		WORLD    2001-2023
	Player	Role	Country	NL	NC	ICC	NT	Total	Total	Total
								XXI	XX	Career
1	Sergio Ramos	CB	Spain	79	12	23	23	137		137
2	James Tavernier	RB	England	73	12	20		105		105
3	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	CB	Japan	75	18	3	8	104		104
4	Ali Maâloul	LB	Tunisia	66	6	24	3	99		99
5	Abderrahmane Hachoud	RB	Algeria	72	13	9		94		94
6	Keilor Soto	CB	Costa Rica	92	1			93		93
7	Boualem Khoukhi	CB	Qatar	49	8	10	21	88		88
8	Markus Jürgenson	RB	Estonia	66	19			85		85
9	Kendall Waston	CB	Costa Rica	63		10	10	83		83
10	Colin Coates	CB	Northern Ireland	56	20	5		81		81
11	Darijo Srna	RB	Croatia	37	10	10	22	79		79
12	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	RB	Algeria	66	3	9		78		78
13	Ramin Rezaeian	RB	Iran	62	4	5	6	77		77
14	Espen Ruud	RB	Norway	68	4	3	1	76		76
15	Dani Alves	RB	Brazil	40	11	16	8	75		75
16	Juninho	CB	Brazil	62	11	2		75		75
17	Roland Juhász	CB	Hungary	55	5	8	6	74		74
18	Branislav Ivanović	CB	Serbia	40	5	15	13	73		73
19	John Terry	CB	England	42	12	13	6	73	1	74
20	Naldo	CB	Brazil	54	6	13		73		73
21	Ânderson Lima	RB	Brazil	48	9	11		68	26	94
22	George Horan	CB	England	56	10	2		68		68
23	Besnik Krasniqi	RB	Kosovo	66	2			68		68
24	John Arne Riise	LB	Norway	35	10	7	15	67	7	74
25	Aleksandar Kolarov	LB	Serbia	39	11	6	11	67		67
26	Léo Moura	RB	Brazil	52	7	7		66		66
27	Fábio Santos	LB	Brazil	61	1	4		66		66
28	Matías Rodríguez	RB	Argentina	48	9	8		65		65
29	Johan Larsson	CB	Sweden	52	7	6		65		65
30	Daniel Van Buyten	CB	Belgium	40	6	8	10	64	9	73
31	Luisão	CB	Brazil	34	14	13	3	64		64
32	Gert Kams	RB	Estonia	51	9	1	3	64		64
33	Sergei Ignashevich	CB	Russia	39	6	10	8	63	2	65
34	Gerard Piqué	CB	Spain	31	9	16	5	61		61
35	Francisco Calvo	CB	Costa Rica	46		4	11	61		61
36	Diego Lugano	CB	Uruguay	42	4	6	9	61		61
37	Roberto Carlos	LB	Brazil	41	6	8	6	61	64	125
38	Andrés Túñez	CB	Venezuela	40	17	4		61		61
39	Juan	CB	Brazil	31	7	15	7	60	11	71
40	Mohamed Nahiri	LB	Morocco	33	1	21	4	59		59
41	Mahmoud Fathallah	CB	Egypt	51	2	4	2	59		59
42	Victor Cardozo	CB	Brazil	53	3	3		59		59
43	Gabriel	RB	Brazil	50	7	2		59		59
44	Alex	CB	Brazil	42	2	14		58		58
45	Mahmoud Alaa	CB	Egypt	47	7	4		58		58
46	Jan Vertonghen	CB	Belgium	34	6	7	10	57		57
47	Maxi Pereira	RB	Uruguay	43	3	8	3	57		57
48	Réver	CB	Brazil	44	3	9	1	57		57
49	Abdelkarim Hassan	CB	Qatar	30	6	5	15	56		56
50	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	37	6	6	7	56		56
51	Antônio Carlos	CB	Brazil	46	6	4		56		56
52	David Alaba	LB	Austria	27	6	7	15	55		55
53	Mikael Lustig	RB	Sweden	34	9	6	6	55		55
54	Reinaldo	LB	Brazil	45	2	8		55		55
55	Daniel Majstorović	CB	Sweden	42	7	4	2	55		55
56	Dedi Ben Dayan	LB	Israel	46	4	4	1	55	18	73
57	Christoffer Andersson	RB	Sweden	45	6	4		55	4	59
58	Ahmed Fathi	RB	Egypt	29	7	15	3	54		54
59	Marcelo	LB	Brazil	32	7	9	6	54		54
60	Mato Neretljak	CB	Croatia	43	6	4	1	54	4	58
61	Roman Kratochvíl	CB	Slovakia	51	1	2		54	23	77
62	Thiago Silva	CB	Brazil	32	8	6	7	53		53
63	Nicolás Sánchez	CB	Argentina	40	6	7		53		53
64	Vilmos Vanczák	CB	Hungary	39	8	2	4	53		53
65	Diego Godín	CB	Uruguay	31	4	9	8	52		52
66	Yuji Nakazawa	CB	Japan	31	6		15	52	8	60
67	Domagoj Vida	CB	Croatia	40	3	5	4	52		52
68	Héctor Altamirano	RB	Mexico	43	2	3	4	52	3	55
69	Chicão	CB	Brazil	43	7	2		52		52
70	Billy Joe Burns	RB	Northern Ireland	36	12	3		51		51
71	Murod Kholmukhamedov	RB	Uzbekistan	44	5	1	1	51		51
72	Pepe	CB	Portugal	34	1	7	8	50		50
73	Leonardo Silva	CB	Brazil	45	1	4		50		50

DL – domestic leagues (national and regional top tier)
DC – relevant domestic cups
ICC – international club competitions
NT – national team

Period: from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2023.
Tie-breakers: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (DL).