Liverpool’s Suarez in 3rd and Chelsea star 9th – The Statistically most improved Premier League players in 2013/14

5. Jordan Henderson, Liverpool – + 0.43

Just edging ahead is a midfielder who is greatly benefiting from the faith put in him by his manager Brendan Rodgers.

Henderson was considered to be an expensive flop by many just 12 months ago after a £20m transfer from Sunderland in 2011, but now the 23-year-old is a stalwart in the national XI.