UEFA Highest Scoring Defenders in 1st Quarter of XXI Century
Sergio Ramos leads the ranking of best European scoring defenders in the 1st Quarter of XXI Century with 148 goals.
In total, 34 defenders from the UEFA countries have reached 50 top-level goals in this century after the end of 2025; 8 of them being active.
Period: from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2025.
| HIGHEST SCORING | XXI CENTURY | 2001-25 | |||||
| DEFENDERS | 1st QUARTER | UEFA | |||||
| Player | XXI | XX | Tot | Role | Country | Career | |
| 1 | Sergio Ramos | 148 | 148 | CB | Spain | 2004- | |
| 2 | James Tavernier | 125 | 125 | RB | England | 2016- | |
| 3 | Besnik Krasniqi | 88 | 88 | RB | Kosovo | 2009- | |
| 4 | Markus Jürgenson | 88 | 88 | RB | Estonia | 2003-2022 | |
| 5 | Colin Nixon | 85 | 5 | 90 | RB | Northern Ireland | 1995-2015 |
| 6 | Colin Coates | 81 | 81 | CB | Northern Ireland | 2002-2024 | |
| 7 | Darijo Srna | 79 | 79 | RB | Croatia | 1999-2019 | |
| 8 | Espen Ruud | 76 | 76 | RB | Norway | 2003-2024 | |
| 9 | Roland Juhász | 74 | 74 | CB | Hungary | 1997-2020 | |
| 10 | Branislav Ivanović | 73 | 73 | CB | Serbia | 2002-2021 | |
| 11 | John Terry | 73 | 1 | 74 | CB | England | 1998-2018 |
| 12 | George Horan | 73 | 73 | CB | England | 2000-2023 | |
| 13 | Johan Larsson | 71 | 71 | CB | Sweden | 2010-2024 | |
| 14 | Virgil van Dijk | 70 | 70 | CB | Netherlands | 2011- | |
| 15 | John Arne Riise | 67 | 7 | 74 | LB | Norway | 1996-2016 |
| 16 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 67 | 67 | LB | Serbia | 2004-2021 | |
| 17 | Daniel Van Buyten | 64 | 9 | 73 | CB | Belgium | 1998-2014 |
| 18 | Gert Kams | 64 | 64 | RB | Estonia | 2005-2019 | |
| 19 | Sergei Ignashevich | 63 | 2 | 65 | CB | Russia | 1999-2018 |
| 20 | Gerard Piqué | 61 | 61 | CB | Spain | 2004-2021 | |
| 21 | Märten Pajunurm | 60 | 60 | СB | Estonia | 2009- | |
| 22 | Jan Vertonghen | 59 | 59 | CB | Belgium | 2006-2025 | |
| 23 | Domagoj Vida | 57 | 57 | CB | Croatia | 2006- | |
| 24 | David Alaba | 55 | 55 | LB | Austria | 2011- | |
| 25 | Mikael Lustig | 55 | 55 | RB | Sweden | 2004-2022 | |
| 26 | Daniel Majstorović | 55 | 55 | CB | Sweden | 1996-2013 | |
| 27 | Dedi Ben Dayan | 55 | 18 | 73 | LB | Israel | 1997-2016 |
| 28 | Christoffer Andersson | 55 | 4 | 59 | RB | Sweden | 1998-2016 |
| 29 | Mato Neretljak | 54 | 4 | 58 | CB | Croatia | 1999-2014 |
| 30 | Roman Kratochvíl | 54 | 23 | 77 | CB | Slovakia | 1994-2009 |
| 31 | Vilmos Vanczák | 53 | 53 | CB | Hungary | 2002-2018 | |
| 32 | Mats Hummels | 52 | 52 | CB | Germany | 2007-2025 | |
| 33 | Billy Joe Burns | 52 | 52 | RB | Northern Ireland | 2008- | |
| 34 | Pepe | 50 | 50 | CB | Portugal | 2002-2024 |