Tottenham Hotspur’s Player of the Year Micky Vanderpugh has been named the fastest player in the Premier League this season.
The Premier League revealed the top performers in various stats for the 2023-24 season on its official social media accounts on Friday, asking, “Are you surprised by any of the Premier League stars who performed best in these nine metrics?”
At the end of the 2023-24 season, the Premier League revealed the players with the highest stats in nine categories: goals, assists, chances created, top speed, successful dribbles, successful passes, tackles, interceptions, and activity.
The speed category caught our eye, with Tottenham freshman Micky Vanderpenn coming in at number one, making him the fastest player this season.
According to the Premier League, Vander Penn’s top speed in the league this season was 37.4 km/h. Notably, the defender tops the list despite being a defender, making him faster than any other striker in the Premier League.
Van der Vaart, who joined Tottenham from Wolfsburg for €40 million last summer, took charge of the team’s defense immediately upon arrival, combining with Cristian Romero to lead Spurs’ early season surge.
With his quick feet and ability to fill in the gaps quickly, he was an integral part of manager Anzhi Postecoglou’s tactics of playing high up the defense. Before Vander Penne went down with a hamstring injury, Tottenham had won eight of their first 10 games of the season and briefly sat atop the Premier League table.
Spurs fans also recognized Vander Penn as a key player for the team this season, and he was named the club’s Official Spurs Supporters’ Player of the Year for the 2023-2024 season. Spurs captain and three-time Player of the Year (2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2021-2022) Son Heung-min had to give way to Vander Penne this season.
In addition to Vander Penn, there are two other Spurs players who ranked in the top 10 in all nine metrics. They are Spurs ace Son Heung-min, who has 17 goals 안전놀이터 and 10 assists this season, and freshman Brennan Johnson.
Son is tied for third on the team in assists with Johnson, who has 10 this season. His 10th assist in the final game against Sheffield United marked the third time in his career he has reached double figures in both goals and assists in the Premier League. Only six players in Premier League history have reached 10 goals and 10 assists in a single season three or more times, including Son Heung-min.
The Premier League’s top goalscorer this season was Elling Holland (Manchester City), who repeated his 27 goals from last season. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) was the 바카라사이트 추천 top assister with 13 assists, while the most creative player was Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) with 114 chances created.
Mohamed Khedous (West Ham United-124) was the top dribble-breaker, Rodri (Manchester City-3359) was the top passer, Joao Palinha (Fulham-152) was the top tackler, and Anthony Robinson (Fulham-80) was the top interceptor. And the player who traveled the most distance in the Premier League this season was Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United), who traveled a whopping 423 kilometers.