The modern game has introduced many changes to the way in which football clubs set about winning matches, including the evolution of tactics and formations, state of the art facilities and equipment as well as sport science to ensure that conditioning is as effective as possible.
With the margins between the elite sides in world football so fine, pure speed can often tilt the balance, which is why it is desired so much by scouting networks around the world, often being attributed to the bulk of certain players’ valuation, especially when breaking into first teams.
Here are 50 of the fastest players in world football. I have aimed to put together a list that best provides a combination of both sprinting ability, acceleration and speed with the ball.
Let me know if I have missed somebody that you think should be on the list and join the debate in the comments section below.
50. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Étienne)
49. Scott Sinclair (Manchester City)
48. Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
47. Loic Remy (Marseille)
46. Junior Hoilett (QPR)
45. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
44. Javier Hernandez (Manchester United)
43. Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
42. Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich)
41. Mark Gonzalez (CSKA)
40. Neymar (Santos)
39. Maicon Marques Bitencourt (Lokomotiv Moscow)
38. Ahmed Musa (CSKA)
37. Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona)
36. Victor Obinna (Lokomotiv Moscow)
35. Obafemi Martins (Levante)
34. Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen)
33. Jefferson Farfan (Schalke)
32. Ola John (Benfica)
31. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
30. Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
29. Jonathan Pitroipa (Stade Rennais)
28. Nathan Dyer (Swansea)
27. Cristian Tello (Barcelona)
26. Michel Bastos (Lyon)
25. Max Gradel (Saint Etienne)
24. Christian “Chucho” Benitez (America)
23. Luton Shelton (Karabükspor)
22. Waris Majeed Abdul (Hacken)
21. Jose Maria Callejon (Real Madrid)
20. Edgar Alvarez (Dinamo București)
19. Jimmy Kebe (Reading)
18. Dominic Oduro (Chicago Fire)
17. Gareth Bale (Spurs)
16. Mohammed Tchité (Club Brugge)
15. Kyle Walker (Spurs)
14. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
13. Eliseu Pereira dos Santos (Malaga)
12. Luciano Narsingh (PSV)
11. Seydou Doumbia (CSKA)
10. Ignazio Abate (Milan)
9. Aaron Lennon (Spurs)
8. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
7. Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo)
6. Victor Ibarbo (Cagliari)
5. Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan)
4. Marvell Wynne (Colorado Rapids)
3. Joffre Guerron (Beijing Guoan)
2. Jonathan Biabiany (Parma)
1. Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
The question on many an Arsenal fans’ mind is: where would Theo Walcott be without his pace?
So what do you think? Who is missing? or who should be No 1? Messi, Ronaldo or ?? Comment plss!
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Info 9ja where is Mata,Hazard,Oscar,agueoro,balotelli,schweinstieger n y is theo walcot as d fastest? I think messi shuld av been there
Emma are you fuckin kidding me wat u wrote shows that u only play video game and you don’t watch actually football matches AS balotelli really…………..
This Emma guy doesn’t watch football.
where is Mata,Hazard,Oscar,agueoro,balotelli,schweinstieger n y is theo walcot as d fastest? I think messi shuld av been there
Where is Karim Benzema, Antonio Valencia, Tevez, Di Maria? Focus on speed with quality & you only find those in top teams. If a player is good he will surely take a leap to the top sides, they will come knocking.
Y bellemi is nt dia
Where is eden hazard of chelsea, raheem sterling of liverpool, ashley cole & young & antonio valencia of man u
where is oxlade chamberlain? chelsea fans shd also ask4 mikel john obi. av sn a list lik dat, c.ronaldo ws no. 8, walcot no. 1 n martins oba no. 35.
Where’s lennon
The list contained bt nt well positioned
Cristianooooooooooooo ronaldo
He have to get the balon 20133333333333333333333333333333
Gareth bale(totenham),marco Reus(dortmund),pato(millan)
Where is robinho?
Where valencia and nani.and ronaldo position should be immediately after walcott
No doubt walcott is the best, forget about the Jealous ones.
kul list bt where is frank ribery
Thats a gr8 list.
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i agree wid this list buT May b hazard,reus,mata sh0uld also be in the above list…
theo walcott is slower than messi but ronaldo is faster than messi so cr7 should be 1st
ryan giggs fast to when he was young..i think giggs fast like messi..becoz his speed in 20 years, help united to win many title..did u see it?only giggs have fullspeed before CR come to united..bekham just control the ball shooter, but united use giggs by speed..u see at 40years old, he still damm fast than other younger player..
many epl team scared united when giggs play at leftwing..he can crush defender for assist or own gol..becoz that he ferguson take him at the 17 years old in senior team and be a real legend now..he must be at this list..RYAN GIGGS all the way..
I think Ashley Cole, Ramires, Valencia, Gael Clichy and Phil Jones should make that list. I totally agree that Theo Walcott is the fastest.
Emenike,di maria,aguero,lucas,hazard,robinho,dani alves,etc haba,n y d hell is theo no1!!!have u seen hw Cr7,bale,alba move with d ball at deir feet,sure theo is fast buh nt faster dan dese ones at least!!
Where’s Oxlade???
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were is mertesacker on this list he must be in the top ten
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Where are the likes of sergio aguero,mario balotelli,gael clichy
Where are the likes of sergio aguero,mario balotelli,gael clichy,micah richards
THIS IZ BULLSHIT….TOP 5 ARE
1:Cristiano Ronaldo
2:Theo Walcot
3:Ajern Robben
4:Wayne Rooney
5:Robin Van~persi
Dude 1st Antonio Valencia 2nd Gareth Bale 3rd Aaron Lenon 4th Cristiano Ronaldo 5th Theo Walcott 6th Lionel Messi 7th Wayne Rooney 8th Franck Ribery 9th Arjen Robben 10th Robin V.Persie
And this is present otherwise 2nd or 3rd Ryan Giggs
I did not aubamoyang of burrusia dotmund is one of the fastest players in the world
I don’t understand why aubamoyang ex/ Milan , now is Dortmund is one of the fastest players on planet earth
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