All-time Serie A defenders tier list
The greatest defenders in Serie A history, by their honours. Rank all-time Serie A defenders from S to F.
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Fabio CannavaroDF · JUV
Jürgen KohlerDF · JUV
Leonardo BonucciDF · JUV
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Simon KjærDF · MIL
Franco BaresiDF · MIL
Alessandro NestaDF · MIL
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Raúl AlbiolDF · NAP
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Roberto AyalaDF · NAP
Kamil GlikDF · TOR
Daniel PassarellaDF · FIO
Giuseppe BergomiDF · INT
Gaetano ScireaDF · JUV
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Marco MaterazziDF · INT
Claudio GentileDF · JUV
Dario ŠimićDF · MIL
Cristian RomeroDF · GEN
Andreas BrehmeDF · INT
Fulvio CollovatiDF · MIL
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Pietro VierchowodDF · COMO
THThomas Helveg
DF · MIL
Umberto CaligarisDF · JUV
Pietro RavaDF · JUV
Virginio RosettaDF · JUV
Siniša MihajlovićDF · INT
CZCristian Zaccardo
DF · PAR
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Alfredo FoniDF · JUV
Eraldo MonzeglioDF · BOL
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Luigi AllemandiDF · JUV
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DaniloDF · JUV
Kakha KaladzeDF · MIL
Walter SamuelDF · INT
Christian PanucciDF · MIL
JuanDF · ROMA
Šime VrsaljkoDF · SAS
Roque JúniorDF · MIL
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Iván CórdobaDF · INT
Giovanni Di LorenzoDF · NAP
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Merih DemiralDF · JUV
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Radja NainggolanMF/DF · CAG
Nikola MilenkovićDF · FIO
Tarcisio BurgnichDF · NAP
Karl-Heinz SchnellingerDF · MIL
Carlos GamarraDF · INT
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Leonardo SpinazzolaMF/DF · JUV
Nahuel MolinaDF · UDI
Ciro FerraraDF · JUV
Paolo MonteroDF · JUV
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Federico DimarcoDF · INT
Christian MaggioMF/DF · NAP
Diego WalterMF/DF · MIL
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Cesare MaldiniDF · MIL
Martin LaursenDF · MIL
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Arthur TheateDF · BOL
Roberto RosatoDF · MIL
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Riccardo CalafioriDF · ROMA
RFRiccardo Ferri
DF · INT
Gilberto MartínezDF · LEC
Sandro SalvadoreDF · JUV
Mauro BellugiDF · INT
Jhon LucumíDF · BOL
Davide ZappacostaDF · ATA
MIMark Iuliano
DF · JUV
Zdeněk GrygeraDF · JUV
Ruud KrolDF · NAP
PKPer Krøldrup
DF · FIO
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Antônio Carlos ZagoDF · ROMA
Cyril DomoraudDF · MIL
ACAndré Cruz
DF · MIL
Mario VarglienDF · JUV
Marek KoźmińskiDF · UDI
Nicola LegrottaglieDF · JUV
Giuseppe FavalliDF · MIL
Aristide GuarneriDF · INT
Matteo FerrariDF · PAR
JHJosé Oscar Herrera
DF · CAG
Leo ØstigårdDF · GEN
ASAbdelilah Saber
DF · NAP
Emil KrafthDF · BOL
BrancoDF · GEN
LALuigi Apolloni
DF · PAR
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Daniel AlvesDF · JUV
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Alessandro BuongiornoDF · NAP
Anthony ŠerićDF · PAR
Federico GattiMF/DF · JUV
Bartosz SalamonDF · CAG
ZMZé Maria
DF · PAR
Enzo BearzotDF · TOR
Alessandro GamberiniDF · FIO
Olof MellbergDF · JUV
Ümit DavalaDF · INT
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Roberto MussiDF · TOR
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Gabriel PalettaDF · MIL
Stefan SavićDF · FIO
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Vitorino AntunesDF · LEC
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Luciano SpinosiDF · JUV
LLLuis Diego López
DF · CAG
GSGonzalo Sorondo
DF · INT
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Mats HummelsDF · ROMA
Koni De WinterDF · JUV
Kewullay ContehDF · ATA
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