All-time Premier League defenders bracket

The greatest defenders in Premier League history, by their honours. Fill out a all-time Premier League defenders bracket.

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1

Tony Adams1983–2002

2

Gerard Piqué2004–2008

3

Per Mertesacker2011–2018

4

Virgil van Dijk2018–

5

Olof Mellberg2001–2008

6

Geremi2003–2009

7

Bobby Moore1974–1977

8

Chris Gunter2008–2012

9

Cristian Romero2021–2026

10

Carlos Bocanegra2003–2008

11

Aaron Hughes1997–2015

12

Roland Nilsson1997–2002

13

Daley Blind2014–2018

14

Kevin Kilbane1999–2012

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George Cohen1956–1969

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Antonio Rüdiger2017–2022

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Ray Wilson1964–1969

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Victor Lindelöf2017–2025

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Norman Hunter1962–1976

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William Gallas2001–2013

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Daniel Agger2006–2014

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Jamie Carragher1996–2013

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Paulo Ferreira2004–2013

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Glen Johnson2003–2015

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Philippe Senderos2003–2016

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Ulises Cruz2002–2006

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Nathan Aké2012–2026

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Johan Djourou2003–2014

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Phil Jones2011–2023

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Takehiro Tomiyasu2021–2025

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Tony Popovic2001–2006

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Phil Neville1995–2013

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William Saliba2019–

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Juan Foyth2017–2021

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Stuart Pearce1983–2002

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Aron Gunnarsson2008–2011

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Wes Brown1996–2016

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Igors Stepanovs2000–2004

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Alf Ramsey1949–1955

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Neco Williams2019–2022

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Stefan Schwarz1994–2003

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Emlyn Hughes1967–1983

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Lee Young-pyo2005–2008

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Ethan Ampadu2017–2023

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Stéphane Henchoz1999–2005

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Dedryck Boyata2009–2015

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Fabian Delph2006–2022

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Kenneth Omeruo2012–2019

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Ronny Johnsen1996–2005

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Henning Berg1997–2000

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Tim Ream2015–2024

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Gabriel Magalhães2020–

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Manuel Akanji2022–2026

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Chris Coleman1986–2002

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Ronnie Whelan1979–1994

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Emil Krafth2019–2026

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Gary Caldwell2001–2004

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Viv Anderson1974–1991

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Martin Laursen2004–2009

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Joey Jones1975–1985

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ND

Nikos Dabizas1998–2004

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FZ

Fan Zhiyi1998–2001

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Mark Lawrenson1977–1988

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Philippe Albert1994–1999

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Pat Rice1967–1980

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Juliano Belletti2007–2010

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Des Walker1984–2004

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Stephen Carr1993–2008

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David Weir1999–2007

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Hermann Hreiðarsson1997–2012

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Graeme Le Saux1989–2003

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KM

Kevin Moran1978–1988

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Phil Thompson1971–1984

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Ian Goodison1999–2002

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MD

Mal Donaghy1988–1994

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Tal Ben Haim2007–2009

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Sotiris Kyrgiakos2009–2013

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Jimmy Nicholl1974–1983

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Paddy McNair2014–

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Vitaliy Mykolenko2022–

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RG

Richard Gough1986–2001

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Joe Kinnear1965–1976

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Sergio Reguilón2020–2025

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Noureddine Naybet2004–2006

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Emerson Palmieri2018–2022

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Paul Stalteri2005–2008

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Jonathan Woodgate1998–2011

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Leo Østigård2018–2022

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SV

Stanislav Varga2000–2008

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Alpay Özalan2000–2003

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Axel Disasi2023–2025

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Justin Hoyte2002–2008

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SN

Sammy Nelson1966–1983

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CN

Chris Nicholl1972–1977

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Jérôme Boateng2010–2011

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Colin Calderwood1993–2001

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Phil Babb1992–2004

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RM

Rui Marques2005–2010

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Brian Labone1958–1971

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Denis Odoi2016–2022

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About this bracket

A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

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

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Premier League defenders for November 2026.

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