Top 10 Footballers with Most Premier League Own Goals

Which players are the Top 10 Footballers with Most Premier League Own Goals ? Have you thought who are those players who have scored more own goals in premier league history so far? well look no further as we have the answer to your question. In this list we rundown the top ten players who have scored goals into their own nets.

Top 10 Footballers with Most Premier League Own Goals

Recently we published the Top 10 Longest Serving Managers in English Football and Top 10 Chelsea Players With Most Goals of All Time which is well worth checking out if you haven’t done already . Bear in mind that not all of the players in our list are defenders, which is what makes this list the more interesting.

So let’s count down to the Top 10 Footballers with Most Premier League Own Goals.

10. Scott Dann – 5 Own Goals

Crystal Palace‘s centre-back Scott starts off our list of the Top 10 Footballers with Most Premier League Own Goals,Way back from his time at Walsall, English defender Scott Dann has had a total of 5 goals to his name so far in the domestic league. Dann also scored an own goal in a 2-0 win for Newcastle United against his then club Blackburn Rovers, sending Newcastle to the fifth position. devastating for all.

9. Martin Skrtel – 5 Own Goals

Holding a record of the player to have scored the most own goals in a single season, Martin Skrtel also gets in our list with a total of 5 own goals in the English Football already to his name making it to 9th on the Top 10 Players with Most Premier League Own Goals. On 1 December 2013 he scored the only goal for his then opponents Hull City at Kingston Stadium though his club Liverpool F.C won the game and more amazingly just after six days when he scored an own goal against Hull City, Skrtel again scored an own goal in a 4-1 win for Liverpool against Newcastle United.

The Slovak professional footballer’s last own goal so far was again against Newcastle in may 2014 when his current club Liverpool where he plays as a centre-back were playing home at Anfield in their 2-1 win.

8. Henning Berg – 5 Own Goals

The Norwegian 45 year old former professional footballer Henning played as a defender for English clubs, Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers before joining Rangers his last career club. Blackburn was his first English Club before joining Manchester United in 1997 where he made 66 appearances and later went back to his former club Blackburn. With 5 own goals he had to his name during his time in the English Football, Berg is seventh in the list though level with the last three players. Henning didn’t only make it to this list about the English league but also he was the first player to win the premier league with two different clubs.

7. Derek Mountfield – 6 Own Goals

Derek Mountfield is also a centre-back with many own goals to his name, with 6 own goals to his name he makes it to our list of the Top 10 Players with Most Premier League Own Goals. The former English defender played for several English clubs and its among them that he got to this shame-full list. His fame came after he played for top flight English clubs like Everton and Aston Villa .

6. Phil Jagielka – 6 Own Goals

One of his 6 Own goals was against Wigan Athletic though his current club Everton won the game 2-1. The 32 year old England International defender Phil Jagielka has so far played for two clubs in his career i.e Sheffield United and Everton where he plays at the moment. Phil at the moment is one of the top five players with most own goals in the premier league.

5. Rio Ferdinard – 6 Own Goals

Closing in on the top 5 of the Top 10 Players with Most Premier League Own Goals is One of the best defenders in the premier league era Rio Ferdinard also makes it the shame-ful list of players with many own goals so far. The 36 year old England Professional footballer played as a defender for several English clubs, started his career from West Ham United in 1996, joined Leeds United then joined Manchester United where he played the best football of his career and won several titles with the club. With in the 6 own goals he is best remembered when he scored into the back of his net in the 88th minute of the game between Manchester United and Portsmouth.

4. Wes Brown – 6 Own Goals

And former Manchester United player gets into our list, Wes Brown is also an opponent you would rely on to put a goal into his own net, the English professional defender as so far played for only two English clubs and scored six goals into his own club nets. Currently playing for Sunderland where he has already added to his own goals and its like we can still count.

3. Zat Knight – 7 Own Goals

The other player in the shame-full list is also an English footballer Zat Knight who started his football career at Fulham though he got a loan spell at Peterborough United during his time at Fulham before joining Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers where he made 168 appearances, his best for a single club so far. Seven own goals to his name set him second best player with most own goals in the premier league history.

The 35 year old defender recently played for Reading where he spent only two months making two appearances for the Championship side

2. Jamie Carragher – 7 Own Goals

Another Liverpool F.C former defender digs into our list and he is the second premier league player to have scored many own goals has he had eight own goals in all of his entire professional career that he spent at Anfield playing for only Liverpool F.C scoring seven [7] of the eight [8] own goals in his premier league games for Liverpool. Scoring all his first two own goals against Tottenham Hotspur and his last was against Blackburn Rovers. Jamie Carragher still holds a record of a player to have scored two own goals in one game that he did at Anfield against Manchester United in 1999.

1. Richard Dunne – 10 Own Goals

The top dog on the Top 10 Players with Most Premier League Own Goals is Richard Dunne. Richard Dunne is so far the player who has scored more goals for his opponents.Richard is an Irish and has played for four English clubs and as yet to play out side the English Football in his professional career. Dunne has played in the premier league for over 19 years scoring ten own goals.

His last own, tenth own goal was during his time at Queens Park Rangers when they played against Liverpool F.C in 2014 and this sent him three own goals above the second player and he is clear at the top of the list. Richard Dunne started his professional football career from Everton, joined Manchester City where he played most of his premier league games, he later joined Aston Villa and QPR.