Distance Covered Per Game

An interesting article about distance covered per game in the EPL from 2006.

In 2005/06, the average EPL midfielder ran 11.49 kilometres per game. The average EPL centre-back covered 9.96 kilometres per game.

From the article, "the average distance covered by players in matches has changed little [between 2002 and 2006] but the amount done at top speed has almost doubled.

Read the full article at Soccer Statistics.

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