Who officially is the fastest sprinter in football?

[silvone]

Aaron Lennon is the fastest in my opinion.

 

[maXchelo]

fastest sprinter....with or without the ball? because for a forward it could be a major difference
for example c. ronaldo and messi... ronaldo can a reach a header form outside the box running very fast and messi with the ball in his feet can run very fast from the middle of the field...so is a very tricky question

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Footbal..._and_Rooney_in_fastest_footballer_study_.aspx

thats why google was invented lol...have fun everyone

 

[ffan999]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...tt-is-the-Premier-Leagues-fastest-player.html :sKIp_E:
Walcott is fastest at 22.72 mph, which equals 36.56 kph.

 

[cfdemarco]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...tt-is-the-Premier-Leagues-fastest-player.html :sKIp_E:
Walcott is fastest at 22.72 mph, which equals 36.56 kph.

Haha that article is ridiculous.

Speed on the football field does not necessarily translate to speed on the track, and it is absurd to speculate that Walcott could run a sub-10 second 100m just by calculating his MPH on the football pitch.

In comparison, there are many NFL players such as Chris Johnson, Devon Hester and Reggie Bush who are faster than Walcott who couldn't even run a 9.90 100m.

Also, Torres and Drogba are not the 3rd fastest guys in the league, Lennon is faster than either of them and when Ronaldo was in England he was faster than anyone.

 

[funkioi]

With ball.

fastest: Ronaldo, Walcott, Lennon, Navas
fast: Torres, Messi, lavezzi, Etoo, Henry etc.

 

[adedawson]

I heard Evra was the fastest in the United camp, faster than CR9. Not sure about it though. Anyway, should check on FM

There was that interview of Owen Hargreaves and they were asking him a load of questions. One was Who's the fastest united player. He smiled and said something like actually I won the speed test.

Of course that was before the big op so god knows how he will be now.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Haha that article is ridiculous.

Speed on the football field does not necessarily translate to speed on the track, and it is absurd to speculate that Walcott could run a sub-10 second 100m just by calculating his MPH on the football pitch.

In comparison, there are many NFL players such as Chris Johnson, Devon Hester and Reggie Bush who are faster than Walcott who couldn't even run a 9.90 100m.

Also, Torres and Drogba are not the 3rd fastest guys in the league, Lennon is faster than either of them and when Ronaldo was in England he was faster than anyone.

It's also stupid because it assumes he could run his top speed for all 100m and doesn't take into account that he would have to accelerate from a standstill.

 

[cfdemarco]

It's also stupid because it assumes he could run his top speed for all 100m and doesn't take into account that he would have to accelerate from a standstill.

Yep.

They obviously have no appreciation for exactly how fast someone who runs a sub-10 second 100 is. It is just absurdly, ridiculously fast.

Making that kind of time is more than just being fast also, there is also the matter of having a good reaction time to the gun at the start. A footballer's reaction time is not going to be as good as a sprinter's, this already puts the sprinter at a huge disadvantage literally two tenths of a second into the race.

Moral of story...you take Theo, and put him on the track next to a sprinter that has recorded a 9.90 at an official meet, and have them run...not only would Theo not win, he would probably be clearly beaten by the 50-60 meter mark. Think, when does a footballer have to go on a 100 meter sprint in a game? Yes you make runs, but in most cases they are not going to be more than 30-40 meters at a time. Theo would blow his wad in the first half of the race and he'd have nothing left down the home stretch, as he surely does not train to maintain that kind of speed for that long, as there is no need for it in football.

 

[Sevillista]

when Ronaldo was in England he was faster than anyone.

... and now that he's not in England he's not?

 

[Jaboldinho]

I've often thought about this on floorball (the sport I play, big here in Scandinavia). People talk about who's fast, and they immediately start talking about their records on 100m. A better way to test it would be something like 10 meters, 180 degrees turn and then 20 meters. Much closer to the speed you need during a match.

 

[adedawson]

Yep.

They obviously have no appreciation for exactly how fast someone who runs a sub-10 second 100 is. It is just absurdly, ridiculously fast.

Making that kind of time is more than just being fast also, there is also the matter of having a good reaction time to the gun at the start. A footballer's reaction time is not going to be as good as a sprinter's, this already puts the sprinter at a huge disadvantage literally two tenths of a second into the race.

Moral of story...you take Theo, and put him on the track next to a sprinter that has recorded a 9.90 at an official meet, and have them run...not only would Theo not win, he would probably be clearly beaten by the 50-60 meter mark. Think, when does a footballer have to go on a 100 meter sprint in a game? Yes you make runs, but in most cases they are not going to be more than 30-40 meters at a time. Theo would blow his wad in the first half of the race and he'd have nothing left down the home stretch, as he surely does not train to maintain that kind of speed for that long, as there is no need for it in football.

Everyone is missing a crucial point of there findings. However misinterpreting they are to actual facts, every player was measured in the same way. So each time is relative and a "fair" judgement of what position each player would swing in.

This is demonstrated by the Der Spiegel publication linked previous which did there test fairer with average speeds results. Again Theo came top of current prem players. Its all relative to which ever rules were set however stupid they may be resulting in a good guide.

 

[cfdemarco]

Everyone is missing a crucial point of there findings. However misinterpreting they are to actual facts, every player was measured in the same way. So each time is relative and a "fair" judgement of what position each player would swing in.

This is demonstrated by the Der Spiegel publication linked previous which did there test fairer with average speeds results. Again Theo came top of current prem players. Its all relative to which ever rules were set however stupid they may be resulting in a good guide.

That's fine, as long as you are just using it to compare two footballers. The problem is they are trying to compare a footballer to a track athlete using the same standard (sub-10 second 100) but measured by different means (the track athlete running a legit race, vs. the footballer's time being GUESSED) which is just completely useless.

This is just like when an NFL player at the combines runs a sub-4.3 second 40 and everyone compares him to an elite track athlete. The problem is that, other than to compare one NFL player to another, the 40 times they run at the combines are effectively useless, because of the timing method- the clock doesn't start until a player's movement is registered. In comparison, in track, the clock begins as soon as the gun is sounded...this difference negates the important factor of reaction time, ie the NFL player doesn't have to react to the gun, whereas the track athlete does...the result is that the NFL player's time looks anywhere from one and a half to two tenths of a second faster, as we know that the human body is not capable of reacting faster than that. So moral of story, the NFL player's time looks better due to the discrepancy of timing method.

 

[adedawson]

That's fine, as long as you are just using it to compare two footballers. The problem is they are trying to compare a footballer to a track athlete using the same standard (sub-10 second 100) but measured by different means (the track athlete running a legit race, vs. the footballer's time being GUESSED) which is just completely useless.

Yeah so long as your using the same rules for everyone included it gives a good estimate guide for the top speeds.

Would be stupid to think otherwise else we would have some new Olympic athletes for team GB

In fairness though they did mention sustainable speeds in the Sun article. There just trying to sell newspapers, he was in the country at the time.