defensive midfielders with most goals in prem history

Tomáš Souček has scored the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 23 goals.

		NAME	G	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1		Tomáš Souček T. Souček	23	105	105	9,053	7	205	109	0	31	143	296	140	19	0
2		Rodri	11	53	53	4,554	7	112	66	1	22	50	75	70	12	1
3		Scott McTominay S. McTominay	11	81	81	6,880	3	180	98	0	37	90	164	137	16	0
4		Paul Pogba P. Pogba	11	53	53	4,559	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	95	11	0
5		Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	8	50	50	4,310	10	127	77	0	24	40	52	54	6	0
6		Enzo Fernández E. Fernández	7	46	46	3,976	8	94	39	0	21	33	37	59	10	0
7		Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	7	37	37	3,111	4	100	65	0	15	24	29	65	6	0
8		Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	7	53	53	4,559	5	93	49	0	10	62	46	85	14	0
9		Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	7	72	72	6,369	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
10		Ilkay Gündogan I. Gündogan	7	35	35	2,922	5	37	22	0	18	27	25	23	3	0
11		Casemiro	6	48	48	3,959	4	161	91	0	16	45	130	72	12	2
12		João Palhinha J. Palhinha	6	61	61	5,330	1	272	147	1	20	79	104	92	23	0
13		Pascal Groß P. Groß	6	40	40	3,557	9	62	41	0	16	20	26	34	8	0
14		Mateo Kovačić M. Kovačić	6	41	41	3,449	1	88	54	0	22	30	28	36	12	0
15		Declan Rice D. Rice	6	119	119	10,595	6	296	157	0	26	192	142	86	19	0
16		Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	6	108	108	9,434	10	203	133	0	27	113	170	146	31	3
17		Fred	5	70	70	5,762	6	183	95	0	28	95	59	110	15	0
18		Yaya Touré Y. Touré	5	16	16	1,362	0	34	22	0	3	13	29	19	2	0
19		Christian Nørgaard C. Nørgaard	4	16	16	1,290	1	37	25	0	9	21	32	21	2	0
20		Rúben Neves R. Neves	4	20	20	1,733	0	53	31	0	8	26	36	25	7	0
21		James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	4	32	32	2,761	9	45	25	0	13	36	38	23	6	1
22		Jorginho	4	20	20	1,643	2	42	26	0	1	41	12	28	8	0
23		Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	4	93	93	7,915	1	344	210	0	23	197	232	150	22	1
24		Mark Noble M. Noble	4	25	25	2,020	1	35	24	0	6	26	11	16	2	0
25		Victor Wanyama V. Wanyama	4	29	29	2,545	1	73	51	0	6	34	59	48	6	0

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4	Nottm Forest	18	6	9	14	60
5	Newcastle	18	5	10	18	59
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1	Barcelona	24	4	5	57	76
2	Real Madrid	22	6	5	35	72
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