Chelsea fullback Reece James’s breakthrough season has been extremely impressive, considering he hadn’t played a minute of top-flight football before this campaign.

His loan spell at Wigan Athletic had certainly built up expectations, but he had the extra challenge of recovering from an ankle injury which delayed his introduction into the first team.

When he did finally make his debut against Grimsby in the Carabao Cup, he made an instant impact with a goal and he hasn’t looked back since then.

Press the next page as we look at four statistics from James’s season so far which make for impressive reading.