| MATIP | Joel, German-born Cameroonian central defender for Liverpool (5) |
| AGGER | Daniel, Danish former central defender for Liverpool FC (5) |
| TRENT | ____ Alexander-Arnold, English defender for Liverpool FC born in 1998 (5) |
| BRYAN | Cameroonian-French footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United, _ Mbeumo (5) |
| TONYADAMS | Ex-central defender for Arsenal FC who won 66 caps for England (4,5) |
| YEATS | Ron, Scottish central defender who captained Liverpool in the 1960s (5) |
| GOUGH | Richard ___, Scottish former central defender, born in 1962, who captained Rangers (5) |
| ONANA | Andre, Cameroonian goalkeeper who joined Manchester United FC in 2023 (5) |
| LOTTE | Footballer who is a defender for Arsenal WFC and the English national team, _ Wubben-Moy (5) |
| SAMUELQUINA | Central defender for Benfica in the 1980s and 1990s who won five caps for Portugal |
| ADAMS | Tony, former Arsenal central defender who won 66 caps for England between 1987 and 2000 (5) |
| DISTIN | Sylvain, French ex-central defender for Manchester City and Everton (6) |
| TYRONE | ___ Mings, central defender for Aston Villa and England (6) |
| CAHILL | Gary, English central defender for Crystal Palace and formerly Chelsea (6) |
| MCQUEEN | Gordon, late Scottish central defender for Leeds and Manchester United FCs (7) |
| BLIND | Daley, Dutch ex-Manchester United central defender (5) |
| ALVIN | ..... Martin, former West Ham United and England central defender (5) |
| HOWEY | Steve ..... , England central defender (5) |
| MINGS | Tyrone, central defender who joined Aston Villa FC in 2019 (5) |
| SCHAR | Fabian, Swiss central defender who joined Newcastle United FC in 2018 (5) |
