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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/practicalist on 2024-08-19 12:48:56+00:00.
Here is a look at the top 20 NFL Nextgen speed readings from each of the past 6 seasons, 2018 – 2023. I used the data to create a NFL Fastest Players 100 Yard Dash race which you can read about in the full article:
For r/nfl, here is all the data without any analysis. This should allow you to fill out the other 6 lanes after Tyreek Hill & Noah Lyles.
Fastest Plays 2018 -2023
The 120 plays broke down as follows:
- 48 Rushing Plays
- 44 Receptions
- 12 Interceptions
- 8 Kickoff returns
- 8 Punt returns
NFL Fastest Plays 2018 -2023 by play type
Fastest NFL Players 2018 - 2023
Here is the full list of 120 plays. The following columns are used in the chart:
- Rank - Overall Speed Rank 2018 – 2023
- Year
- Year Rank - Rank in the year recorded
- Week
- Player
- Team
- Position
- Speed (MPH)
- Play Type
- TD/Penalty = This value can be TD, Penalty, or none
- Yards = Length of the play
- Time to Cover Distance
- 100 yard speed time – The 100 yard time of the player IF they ran at the max speed the entire 100 yards.
- Yards in front of next = How far in front of the next player in the list the player would be in the 100 yard max speed race.
- Cumulative Yards in front = This is how far in front of the 118th players each player was in the 100 yard max speed race.
Play Speed & Distance
The chart below has speed on the horizontal axis and length of the play on the vertical axis. And it just happens to look a lot like a spint track with a bunch of lanes. The size of the bubble is relative to the player’s MPH.
NFL Fastest Players Speed & Play Distance
Max Speed 100 Yard Dash
The chart below shows the results of a 100 yard races IF all players ran their MAX speed for the entire race.
NFL Fastest Players Max Speed Race
NFL Fastest Players List 2018 - 2023
NFL Fastest Teams
The chart below breaks out the 120 plays based on Team/Player. The chart includes the following columns:
- Team
- Player
- Count of Speed = The amount of plays each team or player recorded
- Unique Players = How many different players each team had on the list
- Max Speed = The highest max speed recorded by the player among all their listed plays if they have more than one.
