James Tavernier, an English right-back from Glasgow Rangers, dominates the ranking for highest scoring defenders in the world football in the 3rd decade of XXI century (2021-2030) after its first three years (2021, 2022, 2023).
Idman.biz reports that with astonishing 26 goals notched over the past year, Tavernier has already amassed 54 in this decade, 15 more than any other prolific defenders.
The ranking published here provides a breakdown of goals both by tournaments (to the left of the total amount) and by years (to the right).
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CENTURY |
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Player |
Role |
Country |
DL |
DC |
ICC |
NT |
Goals |
Pen. |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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1 |
James Tavernier |
RB |
England |
36 |
6 |
12 |
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54 |
32 |
6 |
22 |
26 |
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2 |
Benjamin Mata |
CB |
Cook Islands |
30 |
8 |
1 |
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39 |
29 |
11 |
7 |
21 |
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3 |
Besnik Krasniqi |
RB |
Kosovo |
37 |
2 |
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39 |
29 |
15 |
15 |
9 |
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4 |
Ali Maâloul |
LB |
Tunisia |
20 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
30 |
22 |
11 |
6 |
13 |
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5 |
Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson |
RB |
Iceland |
17 |
7 |
6 |
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30 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
15 |
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6 |
Carlos Ramírez |
CB |
Colombia |
24 |
3 |
1 |
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28 |
19 |
4 |
13 |
11 |
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7 |
Kendall Waston |
CB |
Costa Rica |
21 |
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3 |
3 |
27 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
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8 |
Ramin Rezaeian |
RB |
Iran |
15 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
25 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
14 |
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9 |
Alexander Scholz |
CB |
Denmark |
18 |
2 |
5 |
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25 |
22 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
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10 |
David Hancko |
CB |
Slovakia |
14 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
24 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
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11 |
Gustavo Gómez |
CB |
Paraguay |
13 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
22 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
6 |
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12 |
Victor Cardozo |
CB |
Brazil |
19 |
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3 |
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22 |
15 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
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13 |
Achraf Hakimi |
RB |
Morocco |
15 |
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1 |
5 |
21 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
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14 |
Aleix Cisteró |
LB |
Spain |
17 |
2 |
1 |
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20 |
10 |
6 |
14 |
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15 |
Vincent Atingah |
CB |
Ghana |
20 |
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20 |
15 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
All top-level goals are taken into account:
DL = domestic leagues (only national and regional top tier),
DC = relevant domestic cups
ICC = international club competitions,
NT = national team.
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