Friday, July 9, 2010

World Cup 2010 Speed and Distance Stats

Slowest Field Player Top Speed (minimum of 90 minutes)

12.03mph - 19.36km/h - Carlos Vela (Mexico)
12.35mph - 19.87km/h - Mario Bolatti (Argentina)
12.60mph - 20.28km/h - Vangelis Moras (Greece)
12.83mph - 20.65km/h - Ján Kozák (Slovakia)
12.83mph - 20.65km/h - Víctor Bernárdez (Honduras)
12.86mph - 20.69km/h - Neven Subotic (Serbia)
12.89mph - 20.75km/h - Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
12.92mph - 20.79km/h - Michael Beauchamp (Australia)
12.94mph - 20.83km/h - Aurélien Chedjou (Cameroon)
12.96mph - 20.86km/h - Ismael Fuentes (Chile)

Least Distance Covered by a Field Player with 90 minutes

5.00mi - 8.04km - Víctor Bernárdez (Honduras)
5.33mi - 8.58km - Vangelis Moras (Greece)
5.41mi - 8.71km - Andre Ooijer (Netherlands)
5.46mi - 8.78km - Ismael Fuentes (Chile)
5.50mi - 8.85km - Julio César Cáceres (Paraguay)
5.58mi - 8.98km - Mauricio Sabillón (Honduras)
5.67mi - 9.13km - Miguel (Portugal)
5.92mi - 9.53km - Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
6.06mi - 9.76km - Arthur Boka (Cote d'Ivoire)
6.09mi - 9.80km - Sebastien Squillaci (France)


Fastest Top Speed

19.98mph - 32.15km/h - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
19.62mph - 31.57km/h - Avraam Papadopoulos (Greece)
19.57mph - 31.50km/h - Lukas Podolski (Germany)
19.57mph - 31.50km/h - Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece)
19.32mph - 31.10km/h - Victor Obinna (Nigeria)
19.22mph - 30.93km/h - Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
19.11mph - 30.75km/h - Felipe Melo (Brazil)
18.83mph - 30.31km/h - Landon Donovan (USA)
18.80mph - 30.26km/h - Dimitrios Salpingidis (Greece)
18.72mph - 30.13km/h - Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
18.72mph - 30.13km/h - Eric Choupo Moting (Cameroon)
18.72mph - 30.13km/h - Robbie Findley (USA)
18.72mph - 30.13km/h - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)


Matches with Most Distance Covered

179.30mi - 288.55km - USA v Ghana
166.28mi - 267.60km - Paraguay v Japan
165.85mi - 266.91km - Uruguay v Ghana
148.25mi - 238.58km - Australia v Serbia
146.05mi - 235.04km - South Africa v Mexico

Matches with Least Distance Covered

113.46mi - 182.59km - Greece v Nigeria
116.37mi - 187.28km - Honduras v Chile
117.28mi - 188.75km - Argentina v Nigeria
119.20mi - 191.84km - Serbia v Ghana
120.19mi - 193.42km - Brazil v Cote d'Ivoire


Matches with Highest Top Speed

19.98mph - 32.15km/h - Mexico v Uruguay
19.62mph - 31.57km/h - Greece v Nigeria
19.57mph - 31.50km/h - Germany v England
19.32mph - 31.10km/h - Argentina v Nigeria
19.11mph - 30.75km/h - Brazil v Cote d'Ivoire


Matches with Lowest Top Speed
14.81mph - 23.84km/h - South Africa v Uruguay
16.07mph - 25.87km/h - North Korea v Cote d'Ivoire
16.07mph - 25.87km/h - Algeria v Slovenia
16.12mph - 25.94km/h - Cameroon v Netherlands
16.13mph - 25.96km/h - Chile v Spain

2 comments:

  1. kind of ironic to see Vela listed as the slowest player (within that criteria), given that just a few months ago, he was only bested by Theo Walcott in the speed department at Arsenal:

    http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2009/12/23/1705737/arsenal-forward-theo-walcott-surpasses-thierry-henrys-sprint

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  2. I couldn't believe Vela topped the list either, I kept double checking to make sure I hadn't misread the stat.

    For comparison, Mexico's GK Oscar Perez had a higher top speed than Vela (19.95km/h).

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