In an interview with Spanish outlet Marca, former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who ran the 100m in a record 9.58 seconds, admitted Ronaldo would cross the finish line first if they were to have a race now. Bolt put it down to the fact that Ronaldo trains every single day.
So, when it comes to pure speed, Usain Bolt is undoubtedly faster than Kylian Mbappe. When it comes to speed on the football field, however, Mbappe is arguably faster than Bolt.
Tyson Gay actually ran faster than Usain Bolt
American Tyson Gay, who holds the second-fastest 100m time behind Bolt (tied with Jamaican Yohan Blake, 9.69 seconds), actually bettered Bolt's 9.72 time.
Arjen Robben is the fastest footballer of all time, according to various studies. He can reportedly run at speeds up to 37 km/h. Cristiano Ronaldo is second on the list, with a speed of 35 km/h.
Ronaldo does battle with 100 champion
The pro sprinter was first in the blocks, putting on an absolute clinic for the analysts and infrared beam timing gates by romping his way to a time of 3.31 seconds with brilliantly efficient technique.
Is Usain Bolt faster than Mbappe? Usain Bolt has been clocked at speeds of up to 29.6 MPH—6 MPH (25%.) faster than Kylian Mbappe. The two athletes are considered the best runners in their respective sports, and comparisons between them have been endless ever since they first came onto the scene.
Kylian Mbappe – 36.08 km/h
Furthermore, the Frenchman can cover a lot of ground with his blazing speed and stamina, which aids him to clock high speeds in the dying moments of matches.
Haaland has been running defences ragged in recent months and based on Premier League data gathered by Squawka his top speed registered at 36.22km/h.
According to data presented by Sports Lens, Sulemana ranked as the fastest player in the 2022 FIFA World Cup when playing for Ghana against Uruguay, with a speed of 35.7 kilometres per hour. This made him faster than France's Kylian Mbappe, who was actually ninth in the rankings on 35.3 kilometres per hour.
Bolt was crowned the fastest man in the world when he broke the 100m sprint record with a time of 9.58 seconds at the. During his time at Real Madrid, Ronaldo once ran 96 metres in 10 seconds while his official FIFA speed is 21mph. Bolt believes the 36-year-old would be too quick for him if they were to race.
Usain Bolt holds world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic sprints. Tyson Gay is considered the second fastest person with a 200-meter time of 19.58 seconds.
What's faster than a cheetah? —no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light.
Usain Bolt's 100m records
At the record-winning event, Usain Bolt's average ground speed was 37.58km/h, whilst reaching a top speed of 44.72km/h in the 60-80m stretch – numbers fitting for the world's fastest man.
Dhoni had once run 20 meters in just 2.7 seconds that too with his pads on. He outran Usain Bolt by 0.19 seconds.
Get out of town. To emphasise the absurdity of comparisons between average and top speeds, Mbappe would run a 100-metre time of 9.49 seconds if he could maintain that 23.6mph clocking. A potential world record by one of the biggest margins in history and he's never practised nor raced a single world-class sprinter?
What we do know is that the fastest official speed ever recorded belongs to Tyreek Hill. "Cheetah" reached 23.24 mph on a kickoff return against the Texans during his rookie season.
According to FIFA, Neymar Jr.'s fastest speed is 31 km/hr while that of Cristiano Ronaldo is only 31 km/hr.
The PSG player Mbappe is the fastest player having a speed of 36 km/hr while Salah is not far behind with a top speed of 35 km/hr.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows Harry Maguire will cover almost 10 kilometres across 90 minutes, performing at a 'high intensity' for about a third of it, with a highest speed of more than 35kmph.
He recorded a blistering top speed of 35.81kmh earlier in the campaign. Every aspect of Rashford's game has been taken to the next level.
PSG's Kylian Mbappe has been ranked as the fastest footballer in the world according to data from French newspaper Le Figaro. Clocking in at an impressive top speed of 36km/h, the French forward has come out ahead of well-known speedsters such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Leroy Sane.
Mbappe has been clocked at 36km/h this season in Ligue 1 which is equal to 10m/s, with Walker's max speed reputedly 35.4kph (9.83m/s).
– 95 pace. Real Madrid's promising youngster Vinicius Junior is next with a pace rating of 95.