Bryan Mbeumo, Anthony Elanga & Joe Rodon.
Bryan Mbeumo, Anthony Elanga still trail in Joe Rodon's wake
Manchester United’s Bryan Mbeumo is the Big Six’s only representative among the top five fastest players in the Premier League this season…
To gauge the quickest player, our friends at Gradient Sports record the average of each player’s top five observed maximum one-second speeds (km/h).
Here are the top 10 in the Premier League, with just under half being top-flight newbies…
10) Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) – 33km/h The Manchester City flier is also in the top 10 for number of sprints this season. City’s next highest representative is Erling Haaland down in 39th with 32.1km/h.
9) Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) – 33.1km/h
The Coventry full-back missed the Sky Blues’ first win of the season due to a hamstring injury. Last season, in the Championship, he maxed at 34.61km/h.
8) Igor Thiago (Brentford) – 33.25km/h
The Brentford bulldozer the fourth-highest sprint distance this season behind Adrien Truffert and numbers three and four on this list.
7) Victor Munoz (Liverpool) – 33.28km/h The winger is Liverpool’s fastest player this season ahead of Jeremie Frimpong in second and Milos Kerkez third.
6) Thierno Barry (Everton) – 33.32km/h The Everton forward enters the top 10 after maxing out at 34.86km/h in the draw at Hull.
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5) Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United) – 33.46km/h
Gradient have given the Toon flier the league’s second-highest Athleticism Score (A single metric measuring athleticism by incorporating stamina, explosiveness, and game context) behind only team-mate Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
4) Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United) – 33.57km/h
The United winger has made the third-highest number of sprints, which perhaps earns him an exemption from all the flak flying at United over their running stats.
3) Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) – 33.68km/h
The Ipswich full-back is built for speed and stamina, apparently, judging by the fact he’s ranked second in the Premier League for sprint distance covered behind Truffert.
2) Dayann Metalie (Sunderland) – 34.01km/h
The Sunderland new boy only made his debut against Manchester City just prior to the international break but that was enough time to clock the second-highest speed in the Premier League. Last term, in Ligue 1 for Toulouse, he reached a high of 36.17km/h.
1) Joe Rodon (Leeds United) – 34.82km/h
Running this fast evidently isn’t good for the hamstrings since Rodon’s went twang in Leeds’ second game of the season.