Champions League’s fastest players revealed

The CIES Football Observatory has unveiled information connected the fastest players successful this season’s Champions League.

The survey revealed the apical contenders based connected their maximum velocity crossed 5 positional categories.

Leading the battalion is Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon, who has clocked an awesome velocity of 37.92 km/h, making him the fastest subordinate successful the tournament.

In the centre-back category, Manchester City’s Abdukodir Khusanov stands retired with a apical velocity of 35.8 km/h, intimately followed by Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven.

Among full-backs, PSG’s Achraf Hakimi leads astatine 36.4 km/h, alongside Nuno Mendes.

For cardinal midfielders, Tottenham’s Archie Gray records a velocity of 34.8 km/h, portion Gordon besides ranks astatine the apical for wide midfielders/wingers.

Kylian Mbappé is not acold behind, dominating the centre-forward class with a apical velocity of 35.7 km/h.

The study added that among each the players analyzed, 3 centre forwards—Kylian Mbappé (43.5%), Victor Osimhen (41.9%), and Luis Suárez (40.1%)—spent the highest percent of their clip moving astatine speeds beneath 7 km/h.

Champions League’s fastest players revealed