IFFHS WORLD'S HIGHEST SCORING DEFENDER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020

• Jan 23, 2021
• IFFHS News

Picture: Sergio Ramos,the best scoring defender of the Decade !

The World’s Highest Scoring Defender of Decade 2011-20: Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos is the highest scoring defenders of the Decade 2011-2020 in the world football. The Real Madrid’s star has scored 71 goals for club and 18 for Spanish national team during this period. 
With total amount of 89 goals, he has confidently won the contest. The runner-up Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar) has 78 goals on his tally.
All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Brazilian state championships Paulista and Carioca have status equal to national leagues (according to IFFHS decision).
In the table below, 62 players who scored 33 and more goals over the decade. Only the players which held essential majority of their games as defenders are taken in consideration. 
The column “Role” means the main position of the player over the decade (CB = centre back, RB = right back, LB = left back).  

The Top 3 : Chipolina, Soto and the winner Ramos

IFFHS WORLD RANKING HIGHEST SCORING DEFENDER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020

	Player	Role	Country	Goals				Total
				NL	NC	ICC	NT
1	Sergio Ramos	CB	Spain	49	6	16	18	89
2	Joseph Chipolina	LB	Gibraltar	70	2	4	2	78
3	Keylor Soto	CB	Costa Rica	72	1			73
4	Ali Maâloul	LB	Tunisia	46	3	19	1	69
5	Markus Jürgenson	RB	Estonia	48	18			66
6	Abderrahmane Hachoud	RB	Algeria	48	7	7		62
7	Andrés Túñez	CB	Venezuela	36	17	3		56
8	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	RB	Algeria	43	3	8		54
9	Ramin Rezaeian	RB	Iran	46	2	2	2	52
10	Aleksandar Kolarov	LB	Serbia	28	7	5	11	51
11	James Tavernier	RB	England	37	6	8		51
12	Nicolás Sánchez	CB	Argentina	38	6	7		51
13	Matías Rodríguez	RB	Argentina	37	9	5		51
14	Mahmoud Alaa	CB	Egypt	42	4	4		50
15	Jalal Daoudi	CB	Morocco	46	2	2		50
16	David Alaba	LB	Austria	23	6	5	14	48
17	Branislav Ivanović	CB	Serbia	27	4	8	9	48
18	Francisco Calvo	CB	Costa Rica	40		2	6	48
19	Murod Kholmukhamedov	RB	Uzbekistan	40	5	1	1	47
20	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	30	6	6	4	46
21	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	CB	Japan	30	14	2		46
22	Mohamed Nahiri	LB	Morocco	28		16	1	45
23	Kendall Waston	CB	Costa Rica	38			7	45
24	Johan Larsson	CB	Sweden	36	4	5		45
25	Colin Coates	CB	Northern Ireland	35	4	5		44
26	Léo Matos	RB	Brazil	29	11	3		43
27	Gerard Piqué	CB	Spain	24	6	11	1	42
28	Espen Ruud	RB	Norway	37	2	2	1	42
29	Jordi Rubio	RB	Andorra	42				42
30	Amine Nabli	RB	Tunisia	36	6			42
31	Antons Jemeļins	CB	Latvia	35	4	2		41
32	Brian Gartland	CB	Ireland	35	3	2		40
33	Jersson Vásquez	LB	Peru	40				40
34	Thomas Meunier	RB	Belgium	22	4	6	7	39
35	Loïc Négo	RB	Hungary	29	3	6	1	39
36	Jameson Scott	CB	Costa Rica	35	4			39
37	Tony Kane	RB	Northern Ireland	31	8			39
38	Raphaël Guerreiro	LB	Portugal	29		7	2	38
39	Roland Juhász	CB	Hungary	30	4	3	1	38
40	Dani Alves	RB	Brazil	16	7	11	3	37
41	Elsinho	RB	Brazil	25	9	3		37
42	Ricardo Rodríguez	LB	Switzerland	18	3	7	8	36
43	Domagoj Vida	CB	Croatia	27	2	3	4	36
44	Juninho	CB	Brazil	28	7	1		36
45	Marcelo	LB	Brazil	18	3	9	5	35
46	Mohammed Aziz	LB	Morocco	22		12	1	35
47	Gary Cahill	CB	England	18	7	5	5	35
48	Mahmoud Fathallah	CB	Egypt	30	1	3	1	35
49	Leighton Baines	LB	England	25	7	2	1	35
50	Bruno Valdez	CB	Paraguay	29	4	1	1	35
51	Semir Kerla	CB	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	3	2		35
52	Dilmurod Karimov	CB	Uzbekistan	35				35
53	Jan Vertonghen	CB	Belgium	17	5	4	8	34
54	Mats Hummels	CB	Germany	18	6	5	5	34
55	Leonardo Bonucci	CB	Italy	23	3	3	5	34
56	Bogdan Mitrea	CB	Romania	32		1	1	34
57	Victor Cardozo	CB	Brazil	31	3			34
58	Beto	CB	Brazil	25	9			34
59	Diego Godín	CB	Uruguay	19	3	6	5	33
60	Domenico Criscito	LB	Italy	26	3	4		33
61	Manuel Corrales	LB	Peru	30	1	2		33
62	Rodrigo Cuba	RB	Peru	30	3			33
	Abbreviatures:
	NL – National League
	NC – National Cups
	ICC – International Club Competitions
	NT – National Team

Full names of Brazilian players:
Beto = Roberto Fronza                
Elsinho = Elson Ferreira de Souza       
Juninho =Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior      
Marcelo = Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior