Fastest footballers - Top 10

[Ish]

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https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blog...astest-footballer-in-the-world-202540390.html

10. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 30.1 km/h

9. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) – 30.4 km/h

8. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) – 30.7 km/h

7. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) – 31.2 km/h

6. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 32.5 km/h

5. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) – 32.7 km/h

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 33.6 km/h

3. Aaron Lennon (Tottenham, on loan at Everton) – 33.8 km/h

2. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) – 34.7 km/h.

1. Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) – 35.1 km/h

On a serious note, is this fastest, whilst running with the ball or without? I'm assuming without, hence Rooney is surprisingly high on the list?

 

[Henrik Larsson]

Great list

 

[BobbyManc]

Bit convenient the 10 fastest all happen to be fairly big names.

 

[RonaldoVII]

Apparently Bellerin is super fast, fastest in Arsenal's team. They say his speed over 40 metres is quicker than Bolt's first 40 metres in his 100m sprint

 

[JR10]

Isn't Abumayang on that list. OP on fifa.

That list just shows how special Messi is.

 

[Ducklegs]

This is bullshit, we all know Phil "The Flash" Jageilka is the fastest player on the planet.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...test-player-Premier-League-no-not-joking.html

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Bit convenient the 10 fastest all happen to be fairly big names.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Tarrou]

It's odd how these lists are always so wrong

 

[birdy2121]

Skill/Speed/Power in that order = the most complete player. Hence for me CR7 is and has been for sometime the best player in the world.

 

[langster]

Apparently Bellerin is super fast, fastest in Arsenal's team. They say his speed over 40 metres is quicker than Bolt's first 40 metres in his 100m sprint

Yeah Johnny Vaughn was saying the same the other morning, he beats Theo in races in training, thus proving this list is arse. It looks like the same list from the last 4 or 5 seasons.

 

[Ish]

Isn't Abumayang on that list. OP on fifa.

That list just shows how special Messi is.

Not sure, I'd have wagered my mortgage on him being faster then Rooney at least Surprised Alba also didn't make it

 

[Invictus]

Lucas Moura needs to be somewhere in the Top 10 at the very least.

Sample :

 

[prarek]

Rooney faster than Young and Navas.

 

[Macern]

That list is bullshit.

I'm pretty sure Mathis Bolly or Hector Bellerin are the fastest player in Europe. Walcott and Aubameyang should be just behind.

 

[Amethyst]

I know that article was posted today but I'm pretty sure that exact list was put together over a year ago.

Edit: Yep, 9th October 2013 article with same list.

http://strettynews.com/infographic-antonio-valencia-the-fastest-player-in-the-world/

 

[JustFootballFan]

Not sure, I'd have wagered my mortgage on him being faster then Rooney at least

It´s the hair. Rooney is more aerodynamic.

 

[ThierryHenry]

Valencia is 10% faster than all but five players in the world. Ok.

 

[Joemo]

Skill/Speed/Power in that order = the most complete player. Hence for me CR7 is and has been for sometime the best player in the world.

That is just stupid beyond belief.

 

[RedDevilCanuck]

Stats don't tell the full story.

But it does show that Rooney isn't the fat and washed up loser that some on here claim.

He is the leanest and fittest he's been in his career.

 

[thelemon]

Skill/Speed/Power in that order = the most complete player. Hence for me CR7 is and has been for sometime the best player in the world.

Where does general footballing ability rank?

Clearly quite far down if you think that Ronaldo is better than Messi.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Skill/Speed/Power in that order = the most complete player. Hence for me CR7 is and has been for sometime the best player in the world.

I think that's right. It's why Spain were shite for so long playing with all of those slow, weak midgets like Iniesta, Silva and Xavi.

 

[prarek]

I think Jordi Alba would beat most of the players on that list on a foot race. One on one he seems faster than Ronaldo ffs.

 

[2 man midfield]

What, no Biabiany?

 

[Chesterlestreet]

I honestly thought it read daftest footballers – top 10.

Anyway, it's apparently based on performances across the “major leagues” (only England, Spain and Germany represented as far as I can see) during the last couple of months.

Bellerin clearly has an insane sprint on him, but I suppose he hasn't reached his top speed in an actual match during the last couple of months. Which is...yeah. In other words, the list is a bit random and a bit silly, really.

But it does prove that Rooney is faster than many give him credit for. I remember him ranking high on a similar list based on last year's WC performances too.

 

[LazyRed-Ninja]

Is Valencia faster then two seasons before ? Over the years he gained muscle mass and i believe he was faster before his injury, but added more explosivity to his pace.

 

[11101]

No surprises:


Who is that out on the left wing he is literally twice as fast as?

 

[BobbyManc]

To be fair to Rooney he can move for a big lad, once he gets going he'll eat up the ground on most defenders.

 

[Sphaero]

Isn't Abumayang on that list. OP on fifa.

That list just shows how special Messi is.

Aubameyang´s top speed last season (there is no data I found this season, but I doubt he got slower) was 35,1 km/h, which would tie him with Valencia on this highly "competent" list. With that he is actually not even the fastest player of the Bundesliga. Timo Werner (Stuttgart) with 35,3 km/h and André Hahn (back then at Augsburg, now Gladbach) with 35,4 km/h would top this list.

Bear in mind, that this is just about top speed and not accelaration. The "slowpoke" Mats Hummels for example has a top speed of nearly 33 km/h.

 

[Ish]

It´s the hair. Rooney is more aerodynamic.

ffs

 

[OutlawGER]

 

[fontaine]

 

[Gio]

The problem here is that the players aren't getting compared like-for-like. These are speeds sourced from match situations with all of the hundreds of variables that encompasses. They are actually quite slow compared to track speeds for instance (no surprise given the above). The only way to fairly compare them is to time them in proper sprints on the track or training ground. I remember in my youth either Shoot or Match magazine went around all the training grounds to find out Britain's fastest player (timing them over 100m), hardest shot (seeing who could whack the Mitre Delta the hardest), and longest throw-in (a brilliantly British thing to measure).

Apparently Bellerin is super fast, fastest in Arsenal's team. They say his speed over 40 metres is quicker than Bolt's first 40 metres in his 100m sprint

As quick as Bellerin is, that is bollocks. I know it was reported widely in the media at the time by dippy journalists. When footballers are timed on the training ground, they often benefit from hand-timing (typically 0.24s quicker) and usually no gun reaction (first movement through a set of electronic gates is a common one and saves oodles of time).

 

[OutlawGER]

Just the imagination of Rooney running faster (or as fast) than the likes of Aubameyang....

 

[Nickosaur]

What about that Jurgen Damm bloke for Pachua in Mexico?

 

[SoCross]

Di Maria's got quite the acceleration going on too

 

[amolbhatia50k]

These lists are always rubbish.

 

[ADJUDICATOR]

Is it too much to ask for players to just complete track times in training and then have the fastest ones publicised? This silliness has gone on far enough.

 

[prarek]

As quick as Bellerin is, that is bollocks. I know it was reported widely in the media at the time by dippy journalists. When footballers are timed on the training ground, they often benefit from hand-timing (typically 0.24s quicker) and usually no gun reaction (first movement through a set of electronic gates is a common one and saves oodles of time).

Its not due to hand timing. Arsenal measure the final 40 metres as opposed to Bolt's recorded first 40m. The journalists left that bit out. Bellerin may be fast over a distance but his first 40 is sure as hell isn't as fast as Bolts.

 

[rimaldo]

how fast was sterling clocked running whilst fleeing merseyside?

 

[Speak]

Wow. Rooney's a quick little player. He's shorter than Herrera, who's often described as a good little player.