Bournemouth literally hit the ground running in their first ever season in the Premier League as the Cherries' running statistics were the division's best.

Eddie Howe's industrious side ran 117 kilometres per game during the 38-game campaign, while third-placed Tottenham ran them close by running 115.7 km per game.

Liverpool, whose players have been made to press under German tactician Jurgen Klopp, and West Brom make up the top four - according to statistics provided by EA Sports.

Bournemouth midfielder Dan Gosling (right, pictured with Marcus Rashford) had the best stats in the league

Gosling's Cherries team-mate Andrew Surman (right) ran the most miles during course of season

PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB-BY-CLUB STATS DURING 2015-16 CAMPAIGN Team Season distance (km) Average distance per game (km) Bournemouth 4447.2 117.0 Tottenham Hotspur 4397.9 115.7 Liverpool 4286.3 112.8 West Bromwich Albion 4275.9 112.5 Manchester United 4224.3 111.2 Newcastle United 4200.7 110.5 Southampton 4185.9 110.2 Leicester City 4185.1 110.1 Arsenal 4182.7 110.1 West Ham United 4179.3 110.0 Crystal Palace 4176.0 109.9 Sunderland 4172.4 109.8 Watford 4160.3 109.5 Swansea City 4137.5 108.9 Norwich City 4128.2 108.6 Everton 4125.9 108.6 Chelsea 4105.9 108.1 Stoke City 4078.0 107.3 Manchester City 4075.2 107.2 Aston Villa 4024.2 105.9

PREMIER LEAGUE'S MARATHON MEN - 25 GAMES OR MORE ONLY Player Club Distance per 90 mins (km) Dan Gosling Bournemouth 11.98207606 James Milner Liverpool 11.88441589 Dele Alli Tottenham Hotspur 11.81045816 Adam Lallana Liverpool 11.60776603 James McClean West Bromwich Albion 11.50069067 Christian Eriksen Tottenham Hotspur 11.47538463 Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur 11.42948117 Jack Cork Swansea City 11.40034564 James Ward-Prowse Southampton 11.26083443 Cesc Fabregas Chelsea 11.18355948

It may come as no real surprise that relegated Aston Villa, who were lethargic throughout the season and deservedly finished rock bottom, had the worst running statistics in the league.

Villa's players ran just 105.9 km per game - leaving them miles behind their rivals in the running department.

Manchester City, who pipped rivals United to fourth spot during the final round of Premier League fixtures, were in the bottom three along with Stoke and the aforementioned Villa when it came to kilometres per game.

Andrew Surman, who played every single minute of Bournemouth's league campaign, ran the most miles during the Premier League season.

The 29-year-old central midfielder ran 460.04km, which is the same distance between London and Paris.

Surman, however, was trumped by his team-mate Dan Gosling to the Premier League marathon man award as the latter covered the most amount of ground per 90 minutes.

England trio James Milner, Dele Alli and Adam Lallana closely following Gosling, while James McClean, Christian Eriksen, Erk Lamela, Jack Cork, James Ward-Prowse and Cesc Fabregas make up the top 10.

Howe will be hoping his players do not run out of gas during the summer and will be hoping to cherry pick more marathon men during the transfer window.

WHO IS YOUR SIDE'S MARATHON MAN - DISTANCE PER 90 MINS (25 PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES OR MORE)? Leicester - Shinji Okazaki (10.97738984 km) Arsenal - Aaron Ramsey (11.17815526 km) Tottenham - Dele Alli (11.81045816 km) Manchester City - Kelechi Iheanacho (10.69947778 km) Manchester United - Morgan Schneiderlin (11.02527266 km) Southampton - James Ward-Prowse (11.26083443 km) West Ham - Mark Noble (10.91748636 km) Liverpool - James Milner (11.88441589 km) Stoke - Bojan (10.7928232 km) Chelsea - Cesc Fabregas (11.18355948 km) Everton - Gareth Barry (10.99432853 km) Swansea - Jack Cork (11.40034564 km) Watford - Almen Abdi (10.78675824 km) West Brom - James McClean (11.50069067 km) Crystal Palace - Mile Jedinak (10.63022947 km) Bournemouth - Dan Gosling (11.98207606 km) Sunderland - Lee Cattermole (10.70410396 km) Newcastle - Jack Colback (10.81605308 km) Norwich - Gary O'Neil (10.92825156 km) Aston Villa - Ashley Westwood (10.66664896 km) Stats supplied by EA Sports Advertisement

James Milner (left) and Dele Alli (right) were among the top four when it came to running stats per game