Dante I'm not disputing that stats are relevant, I've already agreed that some some clearly are. The ones that give you some hint as to the player's skill level and effect on games (pass completion rate, tackles won, assists, goals scored, chance conversion rate etc.). I can see the point of all of them. I just don't see what this particular stat, distance covered, adds. Even i f you restate it as "hard work", there is no qualitative element to it.