PSG’s Achraf Hakimi Clocked as World’s 4th Fastest Soccer Player, Outpacing Mbappe

With a speed of 36.48 km per hour, Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi is the fourth fastest player in the world ahead of his teammate, 2018 World Cup champion Kylian Mbappe (36.08 km per hour) and behind Spanish international Adama Traoré, striker for Wolverhampton Wanderers (36.6 km/h), according to data from the Opta statistics network.

German Antonio Rudiger, current defender of Real Madrid and former player of Chelsea FC, tops this top 10 of the fastest players in the world with a speed of 36.7 km/h. Egyptian Mohamed Salah ranks second with a speed of 36.6 km/h.

With 36 km/h, Norwegian Erling Haaland, Manchester City striker, is in sixth place. Then come Sheraldo Becker of Union Berlin (35.97 km/h), Alphonso Davies, the German defender of Bayern Munich, (35.97 km/h) and French international Ousmane Dembélé, of Barcelona (35.9 km/h). Dutch international Micky van de Ven closes the podium.