The Premier League has released figures showing the fastest players in the first three matches of the 2025/26 Premier League season, with £71 million Manchester United signing Bryan Mbeumo second on the list.
Newcastle winger Anthony Elanga makes the top 10 twice following his £55m arrival from Nottingham Forest, both coming in the Magpies’ 3-2 home defeat to Liverpool on August 25.
Brighton & Hove Albion account for two players thanks to the fleet-footedness of Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh and Germany prospect Brajan Gruda.
Read on for the full list, which is led by Wolves newcomer Jackson Tchatchoua, as well as the top 10 speeds in Premier League history, the quickest by club and the speediest according to FC 26.
Adding pace to the pack! ⚡️
Welcome, Jackson Tchatchoua! 🇨🇲✍️ pic.twitter.com/c4SEZI2tzT
— Wolves (@Wolves) August 19, 2025
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A £10.8m signing from Serie A side Hellas Verona in August, Cameroon international Tchatchoua is the winner because of the speed the right-back set in Wolves’ 3-2 home defeat to Everton on August 30.
Indomitable Lions forward Mbuemo is almost 1 km/h behind with the speed the 26-year-old reached in United’s 1-1 draw at Fulham on August 24.
Minteh is third, clocked during Brighton’s 2-1 comeback home win over Manchester City on August 31, in which Gruda scored the second-half winner.
Wales wing wizard Dan James’s pace could not inspire any goals in Leeds vs Newcastle on August 30, while Netherlands wideman Jeremie Frimpong makes the list for his Premier League debut in Liverpool’s 4-2 home win over Bournemouth in the opening match of the season.
Ola Aina and Wilson Odobert were both on the losing side despite their dazzling speed, the full-back’s Forest team losing 3-0 at home to West Ham on August 31 and the winger’s Spurs suffering a surprise 1-0 home loss to Bournemouth a day earlier.
- Jackson Tchatchoua (Wolves vs Everton) 37.30 km/h
- Bryan Mbuemo (Man United vs Fulham) 36.36 km/h
- Dan James (Leeds United vs Newcastle) 36.14 km/h
- Yankuba Minteh (Brighton vs Man City) 36.11 km/h
- Anthony Elanga (Newcastle vs Liverpool) 36 km/h
- Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool vs Bournemouth) 35.86 km/h
- Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest vs West Ham) 35.82 km/h
- Brajan Gruda (Brighton vs Man City) 35.82 km/h
- Anthony Elanga (Newcastle vs Liverpool) 35.75 km/h
- Wilson Odobert (Tottenham vs Bournemouth) 35.7 km/h
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Tchatchoua has instantly shot to third on the all-time list, on which Spurs defender Micky van de Ven holds the record for a run against Brentford in January 2024, as well as the fourth and fifth-highest speeds ever record.
Kyle Walker, who joined Burnley for a fee of up to £5m from City in July, is second, having been timed at 37.31 km/h for the Cityzens against Everton in May 2023.
- Micky van de Ven (Tottenham) 37.38 km/h
- Kyle Walker (Man City) 37.31 km/h
- Jackson Tchatchoua (Wolves) 37.30 km/h
- Micky van de Ven (Tottenham) 37.23 km/h
- Micky van de Ven (Tottenham) 37.12 km/h
- Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) 36.93 km/h
- Anthony Elanga (Forest) 36.91 km/h
- Pedro Neto (Wolves) 36.86 km/h
- Jakub Moder (Brighton) 36.84 km/h
- Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) 36.76 km/h
Micky doesn’t do normal assists btw… 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/Y52XxR4EaM
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 1, 2024
Fastest Premier League players this season by club
Here are the fastest players for each of the clubs not accounted for on this season’s list, with City defender Abdukodir Khusanov fractionally missing out on a place in the top 10.
Everton hold the lowest top speed so far, winger Iliman Ndiaye narrowly eclipsing 33 km/h in their 1-0 defeat at Leeds on August 18.
- Abdukodir Khusanov (Man City vs Brighton) 35.68 km/h
- Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal vs Man United) 35.28 km/h
- Jean-Clair Todibo (West Ham vs Chelsea) 35.10 km/h
- Pedro Neto (Chelsea vs Crystal Palace) 35.09 km/h
- Sasa Lukic (Fulham vs Man United) 34.82 km/h
- Kevin Schade (Brentford vs Forest) 34.82 km/h
- Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland vs Brentford) 34.52 km/h
- Lyle Foster (Burnley vs Man United) 34.30 km/h
- Evanilson (Bournemouth vs Tottenham) 34.12 km/h
- Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace vs Chelsea) 34.07 km/h
- Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa vs Newcastle) 33.48 km/h
- Iliman Ndiaye (Everton vs Leeds) 33.01 km/h
FC 26 fastest players: Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr
With a 97 pace rating, Real Madrid and France forward Kylian Mbappe is the fastest player on EA Sports’ FC 26 game.
Club teammate and Brazil winger Vinicius Junior is second on 95, matched by PSG and Portugal midfielder Nuno Mendes.
The identity of the fastest Premier League player on their list is a surprising one: new City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is ninth among men’s players, his 90 pace matched by new £64m Arsenal forward Viktor Gyokeres.
Last season’s Premier League top scorer, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, is the next-fastest on 89, followed by City forward Erling Haaland, Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya and Reds number one Alisson, all on 86.
Players who are level on pace are ordered by their overall rating.
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City) 90
- Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal) 90
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 89
- Erling Haaland (Man City) 86
- Alisson (Liverpool) 86
- David Raya (Arsenal) 86
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 84
- Alexander Isak (Liverpool) 84
- Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) 80
- Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle) 79
