Djed Spence rated the best Premier League defender of 2025 after Tottenham breakthrough
Statistics reveal that Tottenham Hotspur’s full-back Djed Spence has been the highest-rated defender in the Premier League so far in 2025.
In the last three months, Djed Spence’s career has taken a major turn. A player once considered an outcast has now become a mainstay in Tottenham’s backline.
On Sunday, the player put in a man-of-the-match display, as he helped his side secure their sixth League clean sheet and their first home win in the last three months.
His performance against the Red Devils has gained recognition, with the full-back making it into several pundits team of the week.
Djed Spence is the highest-rated Premier League defender in 2025
The hype surrounding Djed Spence is not just a Tottenham Hotspur thing, as statistics show that the full-back is the highest-rated defender in the League this year.
These stats come from WhoScored, who shared a tweet, “Djed Spence is the highest-rated defender in the Premier League since the beginning of 2025 (7.52).”
So far this season, the Tottenham Hotspur full-back has played eighteen games, twelve in the Premier League, four in the Carabao Cup and two in the FA Cup, and he has scored a goal and assisted two (TransferMarkt).
Gary Lineker believes Djed Spence could get an England call-up
As the player’s stock continues to rise, talks about a call-up to the England national team are now beginning to surface. Gary Lineker believes Djed Spence could be in line for an England call-up.
Lineker said: “Absolutely. I was really impressed with Djed Spence again. I think he was, I’m quite rightly, given man of the match by Gary Neville. He was up and down. He was good defensively. He was good on the ball.
“It’s funny, isn’t it, that about a year ago, well, not even that really, actually during the Euros itself, we were going, you know, the left-back problem for England.
“And then suddenly you get three emerge at once, you know, with [Myles] Lewis-Skelly, obviously Lewis Hall and Djed Spence, you know, three young players that suddenly look really strong in that position.
“And I would think one of them will be playing in Thomas Tuchel’s first game, which is only just, what, a month away now. So they’ll be fighting for that position.”
| Djed Spence’s Tottenham Stats (2024/25 Premier League) | |
| Games | 12 |
| Goals | 0 |
| Assists | 1 |
| Goal-creating actions | 3 |
| Minutes played | 770 |
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