Theo Walcott is Premiership's "Usain Bolt"

• limpper

  22 Aug 09, 18:46

  Campbell runs Arsenal ace Walcott close as Premiership's prime speedster

  Arsenal ace Theo Walcott is the Premiership's fastest player.

  Manchester United fan Usain Bolt hit a top speed of 24.04mph as he won two golds at the World Championships in Berlin.

  Arsenal's Walcott clocked 22.72mph and Sol Campbell took a shock second place in the Premier League race with a 22.50mph top speed.

  The top speeds have been calculated by Castrol using data captured over two seasons.

  Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres would be in a photo finish for third with their joint top speed of 22.27mph.

  Football's fliers hit incredible speeds and Walcott's bursts mean he would run 9.9secs for 100m - if he could sustain his top speed of 10.1m per second.

  Double Olympic champ Bolt ran 9.58secs to break the 100m world record in Berlin.

  Campbell's top speed could see him run 10.1secs for 100m - just a tenth of a second slower than Brit Dwain Chambers ran at the World Championships.

  THE FASTEST IN THE PREMIERSHIP

  WALCOTT 22.72 mph
  CAMPBELL 22.50 mph
  DROGBA 22.27 mph
  TORRES 22.27 mph
  ANELKA 22.05 mph
  FABREGAS 22.05 mph
  A COLE 22.05 mph
  CLICHY 21.82 mph
  ROONEY 21.82 mph
  GERRARD 21.60 mph
  ROBINHO 21.60 mph

• omgukilledkenny

  22 Aug 09, 18:50

  wtf sol campbell?!

• charlize

  22 Aug 09, 18:58

  These kinds of study have to be taken with a pinch of salt unless you tell me all of them ran the 100m track and took that timing.

   

  The caveat here like the news says, is if they could "sustain"  their top speed. 

   

  Usain Bolt is still the man.  

   

   

• omgukilledkenny

  22 Aug 09, 19:09

  I'm surprised Young, Agbonlahor and Lennon are not on the list...

  The table below was done up by Nike( measured by skysports and Opta) last season. Downside is their probably only showing those players they sponsor.

  

• Shao Wei

  22 Aug 09, 20:53

  bentley run so slow?

  toyota faster then bentley liao

• Y_Shun

  23 Aug 09, 01:51

  I always thought Lennon is fast too

• -Wanderer-

  23 Aug 09, 03:55

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALrpPtO9Ug

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  23 Aug 09, 08:47

  Lolx nice
  
  BTW i didnt knw Campbell is fast too   
  
  May i Vote off C.Ronaldo

• the Bear

  23 Aug 09, 08:59

  i think sol campbell can reach that speed.. but his acceleration isn't very good..

  for strikers, that initial acceleration is what gives them the space when the make a burst away from the defenders

• reyes

  23 Aug 09, 16:08

  run so fast but make sure dont left the ball behind la. i notice alot of times, walcott run faster than the ball and often left the ball behind. haha.

   

  usain bolt also say la, they will win the 4*100 race if they pass the baton properly and not left it behind.

• limpper

  23 Aug 09, 17:22

  Originally posted by reyes:

  run so fast but make sure dont left the ball behind la. i notice alot of times, walcott run faster than the ball and often left the ball behind. haha.

   

  usain bolt also say la, they will win the 4*100 race if they pass the baton properly and not left it behind.

  lol, it be be nice if we can see them in a relay game

• SomebodyInSG

  24 Aug 09, 21:25

  Walcott is good. Hope to see him play a full match soon.

• s0nic

  25 Aug 09, 08:57

  they can consider being sprinters if they get sacked

   

  but yea, wtf? Sol Campbell?

• SomebodyInSG

  26 Aug 09, 01:22

  Originally posted by s0nic:

  they can consider being sprinters if they get sacked

   

  but yea, wtf? Sol Campbell?

  Shows how well he has taken care of his body over the years.