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The Top Ranked Soccer Defenders of the 2020s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rnk |
| 1 | Ruben Dias | 15 |
| 2 | Josko Gvardiol | 20 |
| 3 | Antonio Rudiger | 22 |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk | 24 |
| 5 | Theo Hernandez | 37 |
| 6 | Cesar Azpilicueta | 43 |
| 7 | Dani Carvajal | 44 |
| 8 | Joao Cancelo | 52 |
| 9 | Min-Jae Kim | 56 |
| 10 | Simon Kjaer | 60 |
| 11 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | 61 |
| 12 | William Saliba | 63 |
| 13 | Achraf Hakimi | 64 |
| 14 | Nicolas Otamendi | 65 |
| 15 | Achraf Dari | 98 |
| 16 | Andreas Christensen | 103 |
| 17 | Daley Blind | 114 |
| 18 | Denzel Dumfries | 116 |
| 19 | Jean-Charles Castelletto | 136 |
| 20 | Juan Pablo Vargas | 139 |
| 21 | Kalidou Koulibaly | 140 |
| 22 | Keysher Fuller | 143 |
| 23 | Manuel Akanji | 147 |
| 24 | Mohammed Salisu | 156 |
| 25 | Nahuel Molina | 159 |
| 26 | Pepe | 161 |
| 27 | Ramin Rezaeian | 163 |
| 28 | Raphael Guerreiro | 164 |
| 29 | Romain Saiss | 167 |
| 30 | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 168 |
| 31 | Strahinja Pavlovic | 174 |
| 32 | Young-Gwon Kim | 181 |
| 33 | Alex Grimaldo | 185 |
| 34 | Giorgio Chiellini | 192 |
| 35 | Leonardo Bonucci | 196 |
| 36 | Mats Hummels | 198 |
| 37 | Sergio Ramos | 202 |
| 38 | Aaron Long | 206 |
| 39 | Abdou Diallo | 214 |
| 40 | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 218 |
| 41 | Abdullah Madu | 220 |
| 42 | Abolfazl Jalali | 223 |
| 43 | Alejandro Balde | 233 |
| 44 | Alex Sandro | 234 |
| 45 | Alex Telles | 235 |
| 46 | Alexander Bah | 236 |
| 47 | Alexander Djiku | 237 |
| 48 | Ali Abdi | 242 |
| 49 | Ali Al-Bulaihi | 243 |
| 50 | Ali Maaloul | 248 |
| 51 | Alidu Seidu | 249 |
| 52 | Alistair Johnston | 252 |
| 53 | Angelo Preciado | 267 |
| 54 | Antonee Robinson | 274 |
| 55 | Antonio Silva | 275 |
| 56 | Armel Bella-Kotchap | 279 |
| 57 | Arthur Theate | 280 |
| 58 | Artur Jedrzejczyk | 281 |
| 59 | Axel Disasi | 285 |
| 60 | Aymeric Laporte | 289 |
| 61 | Aziz Behich | 291 |
| 62 | Baba Rahman | 293 |
| 63 | Badr Benoun | 294 |
| 64 | Bailey Wright | 295 |
| 65 | Bartosz Bereszynski | 296 |
| 66 | Bassam Al-Rawi | 297 |
| 67 | Ben Cabango | 299 |
| 68 | Ben Davies | 300 |
| 69 | Ben White | 301 |
| 70 | Benjamin Pavard | 302 |
| 71 | Bilel Ifa | 304 |
| 72 | Borna Barisic | 305 |
| 73 | Borna Sosa | 306 |
| 74 | Boualem Khoukhi | 307 |
| 75 | Bryan Oviedo | 313 |
| 76 | Cameron Carter-Vickers | 317 |
| 77 | Carlos Martinez | 320 |
| 78 | Cesar Montes | 323 |
| 79 | Cheikhou Kouyate | 326 |
| 80 | Chris Gunter | 327 |
| 81 | Chris Mepham | 328 |
| 82 | Christian Gunter | 332 |
| 83 | Christopher Wooh | 334 |
| 84 | Chul Hong | 335 |
| 85 | Collins Fai | 336 |
| 86 | Connor Roberts | 337 |
| 87 | Conor Coady | 338 |
| 88 | Cristian Romero | 341 |
| 89 | Dani Alves | 345 |
| 90 | Daniel Amartey | 347 |
| 91 | Daniel Wass | 351 |
| 92 | Danilo Pereira | 353 |
| 93 | Danilo Silva | 354 |
| 94 | David Raum | 358 |
| 95 | Dayot Upamecano | 362 |
| 96 | DeAndre Yedlin | 363 |
| 97 | Dejan Lovren | 364 |
| 98 | Denis Odoi | 365 |
| 99 | Derek Cornelius | 367 |
| 100 | Diego Godin | 368 |
| 101 | Diego Palacios | 369 |
| 102 | Diogo Dalot | 370 |
| 103 | Domagoj Vida | 373 |
| 104 | Dylan Bronn | 377 |
| 105 | Eder Militao | 380 |
| 106 | Edimilson Fernandes | 382 |
| 107 | Edson Alvarez | 385 |
| 108 | Ehsan Hajsafi | 387 |
| 109 | Enzo Ebosse | 391 |
| 110 | Eray Comert | 392 |
| 111 | Eric Dier | 393 |
| 112 | Eric Garcia | 394 |
| 113 | Ethan Ampadu | 396 |
| 114 | Fabian Schär | 402 |
| 115 | Felix Torres | 405 |
| 116 | Filip Mladenovic | 410 |
| 117 | Fode Ballo-Toure | 412 |
| 118 | Formose Mendy (2001) | 413 |
| 119 | Fran Karacic | 414 |
| 120 | Francisco Calvo | 415 |
| 121 | Gerardo Arteaga | 426 |
| 122 | German Pezzella | 427 |
| 123 | Gideon Mensah | 431 |
| 124 | Gleison Bremer | 433 |
| 125 | Gonzalo Montiel | 434 |
| 126 | Guillermo Varela | 439 |
| 127 | Harry Maguire | 444 |
| 128 | Harry Souttar | 445 |
| 129 | Hassan Al-Tambakti | 448 |
| 130 | Hector Moreno | 451 |
| 131 | Hiroki Ito | 453 |
| 132 | Hiroki Sakai | 454 |
| 133 | Homam Ahmed | 456 |
| 134 | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 457 |
| 135 | Hugo Guillamon | 458 |
| 136 | Ibrahima Konate | 461 |
| 137 | Ismaeel Mohammad | 468 |
| 138 | Ismail Jakobs | 470 |
| 139 | Jackson Porozo | 476 |
| 140 | Jakub Kiwior | 479 |
| 141 | Jan Bednarek | 483 |
| 142 | Jan Vertonghen | 484 |
| 143 | Jawad El Yamiq | 487 |
| 144 | Jens Stryger | 489 |
| 145 | Jeremie Frimpong | 490 |
| 146 | Jerome Ngom Mbekeli | 493 |
| 147 | Jesus Gallardo | 496 |
| 148 | Jin-Su Kim | 498 |
| 149 | Joachim Andersen | 499 |
| 150 | Joakim Maehle | 500 |
| 151 | Joe Rodon | 505 |
| 152 | Joe Scally | 506 |
| 153 | Joel King | 508 |
| 154 | Joel Waterman | 509 |
| 155 | Johan Vasquez | 510 |
| 156 | John Stones | 512 |
| 157 | Jong-Gyu Yoon | 518 |
| 158 | Jordi Alba | 523 |
| 159 | Jorge Sanchez (1997) | 524 |
| 160 | Jose Luis Rodriguez | 526 |
| 161 | Jose Maria Gimenez | 527 |
| 162 | Joseph Aidoo | 529 |
| 163 | Josip Juranovic | 531 |
| 164 | Josip Stanisic | 532 |
| 165 | Josip Sutalo | 533 |
| 166 | Juan Foyth | 534 |
| 167 | Jules Kounde | 535 |
| 168 | Jurrien Timber | 540 |
| 169 | Kamal Miller | 543 |
| 170 | Kamil Glik | 546 |
| 171 | Kendall Waston | 559 |
| 172 | Kevin Alvarez | 561 |
| 173 | Kieran Trippier | 566 |
| 174 | Ko Itakura | 568 |
| 175 | Kye Rowles | 575 |
| 176 | Kyle Walker | 576 |
| 177 | Kyung-Won Kwon | 577 |
| 178 | Leander Dendoncker | 579 |
| 179 | Lisandro Martinez | 586 |
| 180 | Lucas Hernandez | 590 |
| 181 | Lukas Klostermann | 595 |
| 182 | Luke Shaw | 597 |
| 183 | Majid Hosseini | 599 |
| 184 | Marquinhos | 615 |
| 185 | Martin Caceres | 618 |
| 186 | Martin Erlic | 619 |
| 187 | Mateusz Wieteska | 622 |
| 188 | Mathias Olivera | 625 |
| 189 | Matias Vina | 627 |
| 190 | Matthias Ginter | 630 |
| 191 | Matthijs de Ligt | 631 |
| 192 | Matty Cash | 632 |
| 193 | Maya Yoshida | 634 |
| 194 | Miki Yamane | 640 |
| 195 | Milad Mohammadi | 642 |
| 196 | Milos Degenek | 644 |
| 197 | Milos Veljkovic | 645 |
| 198 | Mohamed Drager | 648 |
| 199 | Mohammed Al-Breik | 650 |
| 200 | Mohammed Waad | 653 |
| 201 | Montassar Talbi | 655 |
| 202 | Moon-Hwan Kim | 656 |
| 203 | Morteza Pouraliganji | 657 |
| 204 | Moussa N'Diaye | 661 |
| 205 | Moustapha Name | 662 |
| 206 | Musab Kheder | 663 |
| 207 | Nathan Ake | 669 |
| 208 | Nathaniel Atkinson | 670 |
| 209 | Nayef Aguerd | 673 |
| 210 | Neco Williams | 674 |
| 211 | Nestor Araujo | 678 |
| 212 | Nico Elvedi | 680 |
| 213 | Nico Schlotterbeck | 681 |
| 214 | Nicolas Nkoulou | 685 |
| 215 | Nicolas Tagliafico | 686 |
| 216 | Niklas Sule | 687 |
| 217 | Nikola Milenkovic | 688 |
| 218 | Nouhou Tolo | 692 |
| 219 | Noussair Mazraoui | 693 |
| 220 | Nuno Mendes | 694 |
| 221 | Olivier Mbaizo | 696 |
| 222 | Oscar Duarte | 699 |
| 223 | Pape Abou Cisse | 703 |
| 224 | Pau Torres | 709 |
| 225 | Pervis Estupinan | 713 |
| 226 | Piero Hincapie | 715 |
| 227 | Raphael Varane | 720 |
| 228 | Rasmus Kristensen | 722 |
| 229 | Renato Steffen | 725 |
| 230 | Ricardo Rodriguez | 726 |
| 231 | Richie Laryea | 727 |
| 232 | Robert Arboleda | 731 |
| 233 | Robert Gumny | 732 |
| 234 | Ronald Araujo | 742 |
| 235 | Ronald Matarrita | 743 |
| 236 | Ro-Ro Carvalho | 744 |
| 237 | Sadegh Moharrami | 750 |
| 238 | Sam Adekugbe | 755 |
| 239 | Saud Abdulhamid | 763 |
| 240 | Sebastian Coates | 766 |
| 241 | Sergino Dest | 772 |
| 242 | Shaq Moore | 774 |
| 243 | Shogo Taniguchi | 775 |
| 244 | Shojae Khalilzadeh | 776 |
| 245 | Silvan Widmer | 779 |
| 246 | Srdan Babic | 785 |
| 247 | Stefan de Vrij | 786 |
| 248 | Stefan Mitrovic | 787 |
| 249 | Steven Vitoria | 792 |
| 250 | Strahinja Erakovic | 793 |
| 251 | Sultan Al-Ghannam | 794 |
| 252 | Tae-Hwan Kim | 796 |
| 253 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 800 |
| 254 | Tarek Salman | 802 |
| 255 | Tariq Lamptey | 803 |
| 256 | Thiago Silva | 806 |
| 257 | Thilo Kehrer | 807 |
| 258 | Thomas Deng | 809 |
| 259 | Tim Ream | 814 |
| 260 | Toby Alderweireld | 816 |
| 261 | Tom Lockyer | 817 |
| 262 | Tyrell Malacia | 819 |
| 263 | Victor Nelsson | 825 |
| 264 | Wajdi Kechrida | 827 |
| 265 | Walker Zimmerman | 829 |
| 266 | William Pacho | 835 |
| 267 | Wout Faes | 838 |
| 268 | Xavier Arreaga | 840 |
| 269 | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 841 |
| 270 | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 844 |
| 271 | Yassine Meriah | 845 |
| 272 | Youssouf Sabaly | 851 |
| 273 | Yu-Min Cho | 855 |
| 274 | Yuto Nagatomo | 858 |
| 275 | Zeno Debast | 859 |
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