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ALWAYS SERGIO RAMOS

Mar 31, 2025
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The World’s Highest Scoring Defenders of XXI Century after 2024

Sergio Ramos is going on to be on top of the XXI century’s highest scoring defenders’ ranking after 2024.
The Spaniard extended his tally to 140 goals for clubs and country.
There are currently 78 defenders in the world that scored 50+ top level goals within the century.
The active players are highlighted.

	HIGHEST SCORING					DEFENDERS
	XXI CENTURY					2001-2024

	Player	XXI	XX	Tot	Role	Country	Career	DL	DC	ICC	NT

1	Sergio Ramos	140		140	CB	Spain	2004-	81	13	23	23
2	James Tavernier	116		116	RB	England	2016-	82	14	20
3	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	104		104	CB	Japan	2001-2019	75	18	3	8
4	Abderrahmane Hachoud	101		101	RB	Algeria	2007-	78	14	9
5	Ali Maâloul	99		99	LB	Tunisia	2009-	66	6	24	3
6	Keilor Soto	93		93	CB	Costa Rica	2002-2021	92	1
7	Boualem Khoukhi	89		89	CB	Qatar	2009-	50	8	10	21
8	Kendall Waston	89		89	CB	Costa Rica	2008-	69		10	10
9	Ramin Rezaeian	88		88	RB	Iran	2009-	70	5	7	6
10	Markus Jürgenson	88		88	RB	Estonia	2003-2022	66	22
11	Colin Coates	81		81	CB	N. Ireland	2002-2024	56	20	5
12	Darijo Srna	79		79	RB	Croatia	1999-2019	37	10	10	22
13	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	78		78	RB	Algeria	2004-2022	66	3	9
14	Besnik Krasniqi	77		77	RB	Kosovo	2009-	73	3	1
15	Espen Ruud	76		76	RB	Norway	2003-	68	4	3	1
16	Dani Alves	75		75	RB	Brazil	2001-2023	40	11	16	8
17	Juninho	75		75	CB	Brazil	2002-2018	62	11	2
18	Roland Juhász	74		74	CB	Hungary	1997-2020	55	5	8	6
19	Branislav Ivanović	73		73	CB	Serbia	2002-2021	40	5	15	13
20	John Terry	73	1	74	CB	England	1998-2018	42	12	13	6
21	Naldo	73		73	CB	Brazil	2004-2020	54	6	13
22	Johan Larsson	69		69	CB	Sweden	2010-	53	9	7
23	Ânderson Lima	68	26	94	RB	Brazil	1990-2009	48	9	11
24	George Horan	68		68	CB	England	2000-2023	56	10	2
25	John Arne Riise	67	7	74	LB	Norway	1996-2016	35	10	7	15
26	Aleksandar Kolarov	67		67	LB	Serbia	2004-2021	39	11	6	11
27	Francisco Calvo	66		66	CB	Costa Rica	2011-	49		3	14
28	Léo Moura	66	4	70	RB	Brazil	1999-2020	52	7	7
29	Fábio Santos	66		66	LB	Brazil	2003-2023	61	1	4
30	Matías Rodríguez	65		65	RB	Argentina	2006-2022	48	9	8
31	Daniel Van Buyten	64	9	73	CB	Belgium	1998-2014	40	6	8	10
32	Luisão	64		64	CB	Brazil	1999-2018	34	14	13	3
33	Gert Kams	64		64	RB	Estonia	2005-2019	51	9	1	3
34	Sergei Ignashevich	63	2	65	CB	Russia	1999-2018	39	6	10	8
35	Virgil van Dijk	63		63	CB	Netherlands	2011-	39	8	7	9
36	Gerard Piqué	61		61	CB	Spain	2004-2021	31	9	16	5
37	Diego Lugano	61		61	CB	Uruguay	1999-2017	42	4	6	9
38	Roberto Carlos	61	64	125	LB	Brazil	1991-2015	41	6	8	6
39	Reinaldo	61		61	LB	Brazil	2011-	49	2	10
40	Andrés Túñez	61		61	CB	Venezuela	2010-2023	40	17	4
41	Victor Cardozo	61		61	CB	Brazil	2011-	54	4	3
42	Juan	60	11	71	CB	Brazil	1996-2019	31	7	15	7
43	Mohamed Nahiri	59		59	LB	Morocco	2011-	33	1	21	4
44	Jan Vertonghen	59		59	CB	Belgium	2006-	36	6	7	10
45	Mahmoud Fathallah	59		59	CB	Egypt	2001-2019	51	2	4	2
46	Benjamin Mata	59		59	CB	Cook Islands	2019-	41	14	4
47	Gabriel	59		59	RB	Brazil	2001-2016	50	7	2
48	Alex	58		58	CB	Brazil	2002-2016	42	2	14
49	Mahmoud Alaa	58		58	CB	Egypt	2011-	47	7	4
50	Marcelo	57		57	LB	Brazil	2005-2024	33	7	11	6
51	Thiago Silva	57		57	CB	Brazil	2004-	34	9	7	7
52	Maxi Pereira	57		57	RB	Uruguay	2002-2023	43	3	8	3
53	Réver	57		57	CB	Brazil	2004-2023	44	3	9	1
54	Abdelkarim Hassan	56		56	CB	Qatar	2010-	30	6	5	15
55	Domagoj Vida	56		56	CB	Croatia	2006-	44	3	5	4
56	Antônio Carlos	56		56	CB	Brazil	2003-2020	46	6	4
57	Issoufou Dayo	55		55	CB	Burkina Faso	2011-	26	6	14	9
58	David Alaba	55		55	LB	Austria	2011-	27	6	7	15
59	Mikael Lustig	55		55	RB	Sweden	2004-2022	34	9	6	6
60	Daniel Majstorović	55		55	CB	Sweden	1996-2013	42	7	4	2
61	Dedi Ben Dayan	55	18	73	LB	Israel	1997-2016	46	4	4	1
62	Christoffer Andersson	55	4	59	RB	Sweden	1998-2016	45	6	4
63	Ahmed Fathi	54		54	RB	Egypt	2001-2024	29	7	15	3
64	Mato Neretljak	54	4	58	CB	Croatia	1999-2014	43	6	4	1
65	Roman Kratochvíl	54	23	77	CB	Slovakia	1994-2009	51	1	2
66	Nicolás Sánchez	53		53	CB	Argentina	2003-2021	40	6	7
67	Vilmos Vanczák	53		53	CB	Hungary	2002-2018	39	8	2	4
68	Märten Pajunurm	53		53	СB	Estonia	2009-	51	2
69	Gustavo Gómez	52		52	CB	Paraguay	2011-	27	6	15	4
70	Diego Godín	52		52	CB	Uruguay	2003-2023	31	4	9	8
71	Yuji Nakazawa	52	8	60	CB	Japan	1999-2018	31	6		15
72	Mats Hummels	52		52	CB	Germany	2007-	33	6	8	5
73	Héctor Altamirano	52	3	55	RB	Mexico	1997-2012	43	2	3	4
74	Chicão	52		52	CB	Brazil	2000-2015	43	7	2
75	Billy Joe Burns	51		51	RB	N. Ireland	2008-	36	12	3
76	Murod Kholmukhamedov	51		51	RB	Uzbekistan	2016-2022	44	5	1	1
77	Pepe	50		50	CB	Portugal	2002-2024	34	1	7	8
78	Leonardo Silva	50		50	CB	Brazil	1999-2019	45	1	4

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, 2024.
Tie-breakers: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (DL).

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