All-time Premier League defenders grid

The greatest defenders in Premier League history, by their honours. Make a all-time Premier League defenders grid with your own label on every square.

100 to choose from · drag into a square, or tap a tile then a square
Tony Adams
DF · ARS
Gerard Piqué
DF · MAN
Per Mertesacker
DF · ARS
Virgil van Dijk
DF · LIV
Olof Mellberg
DF · AVL
Geremi
MF/DF · CHE
Bobby Moore
DF · FUL
Chris Gunter
DF · NFO
Cristian Romero
DF · TOT
Carlos Bocanegra
DF · FUL
Aaron Hughes
DF · FUL
Roland Nilsson
DF · COV
Daley Blind
MF/DF · MAN
Kevin Kilbane
DF · SUN
George Cohen
DF · FUL
Antonio Rüdiger
DF · CHE
Ray Wilson
DF · EVE
Victor Lindelöf
DF · MAN
Norman Hunter
DF · LEE
William Gallas
DF · CHE
Daniel Agger
DF · LIV
Jamie Carragher
DF · LIV
Paulo Ferreira
DF · CHE
Glen Johnson
DF · LIV
Philippe Senderos
DF · ARS
Ulises Cruz
DF · AVL
Nathan Aké
DF · CHE
Johan Djourou
DF · ARS
Phil Jones
DF · MAN
Takehiro Tomiyasu
DF · ARS
Tony Popovic
DF · CRY
Phil Neville
DF · MAN
William Saliba
DF · ARS
Juan Foyth
DF · TOT
Stuart Pearce
DF · NFO
Aron Gunnarsson
MF/DF · COV
Wes Brown
DF · MAN
Igors Stepanovs
DF · ARS
Alf Ramsey
DF · TOT
Neco Williams
DF · LIV
Stefan Schwarz
DF · SUN
Emlyn Hughes
DF · LIV
Lee Young-​pyo
DF · TOT
Ethan Ampadu
MF/DF · CHE
Stéphane Henchoz
DF · LIV
Dedryck Boyata
DF · MNC
Fabian Delph
MF/DF · LEE
Kenneth Omeruo
DF · CHE
Ronny Johnsen
DF · MAN
Henning Berg
DF · MAN
Tim Ream
DF · FUL
Gabriel Magalhães
DF · ARS
Manuel Akanji
DF · MNC
Chris Coleman
DF · FUL
Ronnie Whelan
MF/DF · LIV
Emil Krafth
DF · NEW
Gary Caldwell
DF · NEW
Viv Anderson
DF · NFO
Martin Laursen
DF · AVL
Joey Jones
DF · CHE
NDNikos Dabizas
DF · NEW
FZFan Zhiyi
DF · CRY
Mark Lawrenson
DF · LIV
Philippe Albert
DF · NEW
Pat Rice
DF · ARS
Juliano Belletti
DF · CHE
Des Walker
DF · NFO
Stephen Carr
DF · TOT
David Weir
DF · EVE
Hermann Hreiðarsson
DF · IPS
Graeme Le Saux
DF · CHE
KMKevin Moran
DF · MAN
Phil Thompson
DF · LIV
Ian Goodison
DF · HUL
MDMal Donaghy
DF · MAN
Tal Ben Haim
DF · CHE
Sotiris Kyrgiakos
DF · LIV
Jimmy Nicholl
DF · MAN
Paddy McNair
MF/DF · MAN
Vitaliy Mykolenko
DF · EVE
RGRichard Gough
DF · EVE
Joe Kinnear
DF · TOT
Sergio Reguilón
DF · TOT
Noureddine Naybet
DF · TOT
Emerson Palmieri
DF · CHE
Paul Stalteri
DF · TOT
Jonathan Woodgate
DF · LEE
Leo Østigård
DF · BHA
SVStanislav Varga
DF · SUN
Alpay Özalan
DF · AVL
Axel Disasi
DF · CHE
Justin Hoyte
DF · ARS
SNSammy Nelson
DF · ARS
CNChris Nicholl
DF · AVL
Jérôme Boateng
DF · MNC
Colin Calderwood
DF · NFO
Phil Babb
DF · LIV
RMRui Marques
DF · LEE
Brian Labone
DF · EVE
Denis Odoi
DF · FUL

Top all-time Premier League defenders — November 2026

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The greatest defenders in Premier League history, by their honours.

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