Bundesliga
Bayern Munich's Canadian 'Roadrunner' Alphonso Davies and Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi have both previously held the distinction as the fastest player ever recorded in the Bundesliga, but who's the speedster to have pipped them?
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1) Jean-Mattéo Bahoya - 23.09 mph (37.16 km/h)
The all-time record was broken for a fourth time in 2024/25 as Eintracht Frankfurt speedster Bahoya became the first player in Bundesliga history to clock over 23 mph or 37 km/h. The 19-year-old France youth international set off the speed gun in the first half of Eintracht’s Matchday 26 fixture away at Bochum. To give you an idea of how fast Bahoya was, the average speed of Usain Bolt’s world-record 100 metre sprint at the 2009 World Championships was 23.35 mph (37.58 km/h).
2) Sirlord Conteh - 22.88 mph (36.82 km/h)
Matchday 13 of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season certainly brought with it entertainment to the Allianz Arena. Visitors Heidenheim may have been beaten 4-2 by hosts Bayern Munich, but Conteh once again managed the unthinkable. Having already broken the speed record on Matchday 2 of the season against Augsburg (before being dethroned by Gerrit Holtmann), he proceeded to break it again after coming on in the second half in Munich. His eye-watering sprint marked the third time the speed record had been broken this season.
Watch: Conteh reclaimed the speed record on Matchday 13
3) Gerrit Holtmann - 22.83 mph (36.74 km/h)
Matchday 9 of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season may have been one to forget for Bochum as they slipped to a jaw-dropping 7-2 defeat at Eintraht Frankfurt, but will nevertheless live long in the memory for midfielder Gerrit Holtmann. The 29-year-old clocked the fastest speed ever registered by a Bundesliga player at the time in the first half, meaning the record was broken for a second time in the same season as he squeezed past Conteh (for a few weeks).
Watch: Holtmann briefly took the speed record off Conteh
4) Karim Adeyemi - 22.77 mph (36.65 km/h)
Dortmund's German forward turned on the after-burners in his side's 5-1 win over Freiburg early in the second half of the 2022/23 season to set a new Bundesliga speed record at the time. He hit 22.77 mph and used his pace to good effect to plunder a goal in Dortmund's win.
5) Loïs Openda - 22.76 mph (36.64 km/h)
Three of the top four fastest speeds every recorded have been set in the 2024/25 campaign, with Leipzig forward Loïs Openda taking the spot just outside the top three. The Belgian stepped on the gas in Leipzig's 3-1 victory over Freiburg on Matchday 8, grabbing himself a goal and an assist in addition to clocking a ridiculous speed of 36.63 km/h.
6) Jeremiah St. Juste – 22.76 mph (36.63 km/h)
The appearance of a centre-back near the top of this list may be a shock, but former Mainz man St. Juste is quick - very quick. The Dutchman completes the podium with a fastest speed of 22.76 mph recorded in Mainz’s encounter with Union Berlin on Matchday 7 of 2021/22.
7) Sheraldo Becker – 22.72 mph (36.57 km/h)
Former Union Berlin man Becker - another Dutchman - still cracks the top 10 with his top speed of 22.72 mph, achieved late on in the 2022/23 season, when he completed 1,113 sprints. He improved on his previous best of 22.61 mph set midway through the first half of Die Eisernen’s home game against VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 26 of the 2021/22 campaign.
Watch: Some of the fastest players in Bundesliga history
=8) Nathan Ngoumou 22.69 mph (36.53 km/h)
Despite suffering a 2-0 defeat on Matchday 4 of the 2024/25 campaign to Frankfurt, Borussia Mönchengladbach speedster Ngoumou managed to make a nuisance of himself all game. A bright spark for Gladbach on a disappointing afternoon, the winger catapulted himself into this top 10 list, registering a speed of 36.53 km/h early on in the match.
=8) Alphonso Davies – 22.69 mph (36.53 km/h)
The 2019/20 season will be one that nobody at Bayern ever forgets, especially Davies. It was his breakthrough campaign at the club following his January 2019 arrival from the Vancouver Whitecaps, almost breaking through the sound barrier on Matchday 32 against Werder Bremen in the game where the Bavarians secured the Bundesliga title - the first of six trophies in 2020 - when he was recorded at a blistering 22.68 mph. And he would only get speedier, registering his quickest ever time in the 2021/22 season; a staggering 22.69 mph recorded on Matchday 27 in a 1-0 away win over Freiburg.
10) Moussa Diaby – 22.69 mph (36.52 km/h)
Diaby first broke the magic 36 km/h mark at the back end of the 2019/20 season and held the record for the fastest player in the 2022/23 campaign until surpassed by Adeyemi when caught at 22.69 mph (36.52 km/h) late in the second half of Bayer Leverkusen’s draw with Wolfsburg on Matchday 11.