Official | Scotsman Oliver Burke becomes the second fastest player in Bundesliga history with a clock of 22.99 mph

Scottish striker Oliver Burke of 1. FC Union Berlin has moved up to second place in the Bundesliga’s top ten fastest players of all time after clocking a speed of 37 km/h (22.99 mph) this weekend. Burke’s speed in Easter Sunday’s 1-1 draw against St. Pauli makes him the first player to be in the top ten in the current 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign.

As noted in a previous Get German football newsThe current Bundesliga season, despite seeing some impressive speed measurements from notoriously fast players like St. Pauli’s Ricky Jade Jones and RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande, has not featured any new entrants into the top ten. Last year, five players totally revolutionized the top ten list.

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Burke becomes the first footballer in the 2025/26 Bundesliga to modify the list.

Here is the current status of the list:

The ten fastest players in the Bundesliga

10. Nathan Ngoumou (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

36.53 km/h (22.69 mph) on September 21, 2024.

9. Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

-36.53 km/h (22.69 mph) on April 8, 2023.

8. Sheraldo Becker (Berlin Union)

36.57 km/h (22.72 mph) on May 13, 2023.

7. Jeremiah St. Juste (FSV Mainz 05)

36.63 km/h (22.76 mph) on October 3, 2021.

6. Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)

36.65 km/h (22.77 mph) on February 4, 2023.

5. Gerrit Holtmann (VfL Bochum)

36.74 km/h (22.83 mph) on November 2, 2024.

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4. Sirlord Conteh (FC Heidenheim)

36.83 km/h (22.88 mph) on December 7, 2024.

3. Lois Openda (RB Leipzig)

36.84 km/h (22.89 mph) on May 3, 2025.

2. Oliver Burke (Berlin Union)

37.0 km/h (22.99 mph) on April 5, 2026.

1. Jean-Matteo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt)

37.16 km/h (23.09 mph) on March 15, 2025.

GGFN | Peter Weiss