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The Tottenham star dominating movement statistics alongside Micky van de Ven in the Premier League

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Tottenham Hotspur have made a name for themselves as a relentless team that puts incredible pressure on their opponents.

Spurs have dominated most of their rivals this season and, with a little work, they could go on to become a nightmare to play against.

Now, BBC Sport have published an article alongside Opta which looks at a number of movement-related statistics and the top players at each Premier League club shape up against one another.

One of those is pretty obvious as far as Tottenham are concerned, but there are others that aren’t quite so clear cut.

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Fastest player in the Premier League

This is the obvious one. Spurs speedster Micky van de Ven is once again head and shoulders above the competition with a top speed of 37.1 km/h this season.

Second-placed Carlos Forbs, who is on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers from Ajax, is on 36.6km/h.

Tottenham loanee Timo Werner would be joint-fourth in the chart alongside Manchester City’s Erling Haaland at 35.7km/h, but the BBC/Opta stats only include one player from each Premier League club.

Most sprints for each club

Dejan Kulusevski is the Tottenham player with the most completed sprints this season, with a tally of 142.

This puts him fifth on the list. Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon is top with 187, followed by Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson (157), Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (154) and Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo (149).

Most distance covered for each club

Kulusevski once again dominates his Tottenham teammates on this metric, with 74 kilometres covered in the league this season, and he’s eighth in the club list.

Flynn Downes is top (82.4), followed by Bruno Guimaraes (77.8), Kai Havertz (77), Dwight McNeil (76.7), James Justin (76), Jack Hinshelwood (76), and Lewis Cook (75.1), who is just ahead of Kulusevski.

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Most distance walked for each club

Cristian Romero is the player who has clocked up the most distance while walking in games, sitting third in the list on 21.7 kilometres.

Only Erling Haaland (28.2) and Max Kilman of West Ham (27.5) are ahead of the Spurs defender.