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Three Tottenham stars highlighted among Premier League’s most creative defenders in passing metric ft. Pedro Porro

Pedro Porro and two other Tottenham stars rank among the top Premier League defenders for final third passes completed since last season.

By Shehryar Edibam · To The Lane And Back

Published: Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 11:16 PM

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Three Tottenham defenders rank among the Premier League's top five for final third passes completed since last season.
Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk leads the metric with 647 passes, followed by Tottenham's Marcos Senesi with 632 passes.
Tottenham full-back Pedro Porro ranks third with 622 completed passes into the final third.

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Three Tottenham Hotspur defenders—Marcos Senesi, Pedro Porro, and Jan Paul van Hecke—rank among the Premier League's top five creative defenders for passes completed into the final third since the start of last season. According to data published by TottenhamMuse, Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk tops the metric with 647 passes, closely followed by Senesi in second with 632 passes and Porro ranking third with 622 passes.

Manchester City defender Marc Guéhi and Tottenham's Van Hecke round out the top five, each recording 593 passes into the attacking zone. The article highlights Porro's tactical role under manager Roberto De Zerbi, noting that operating as an inverted full-back who tucks into midfield positions makes his passing distribution a key pillar in Tottenham's attacking build-up play.

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