Most distance walked in Premier League: Super Eagles RB Ola Aina is Nottingham Forest's top player

Ola Aina has been ranked as Nottingham Forest's top player for distance walked in the English Premier League.

According to The BBC, using data from Opta, no outfield Nottingham Forest player has walked further than the Chelsea academy product so far this season.

The versatile Super Eagles right-back has walked a total of 25 kilometers spread across seven games.

Aina has gone the distance in the last six games played by Nottingham Forest in the English top flight, and started their opening match of the season against Bournemouth.

Aina has earned rave reviews for his performances this season, especially in games against Liverpool and Chelsea. winning individual duels against Luis Díaz and Jadon Sancho respectively.

Nottingham Forest have been impressed with the performances of Aina and have opened talks with the defender over a new four-year contract.

He has a good disciplinary record with just one yellow card in 594 minutes of action. 

The stat leader for distance walked in the Premier League is none other than Manchester City's goal machine Erling Haaland, with a distance walked of 28.2 kilometers.

Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Gabriel (Arsenal), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United) and Cole Palmer (Chelsea) have walked the most distance for their respective clubs.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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