Scottish striker Oliver Burke of 1. FC Union Berlin has moved up to second place on the all-time Bundesliga top-ten fastest player chart after being clocked at 37 km/h (22.99 mph) this weekend. Burke’s clocked speed in the Easter Sunday 1-1 draw with St. Pauli makes him the first player to crack the top-ten in the current 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign.
As noted in a previous Get German Football News piece, the current Bundesliga season – despite seeing some impressive speed measurements by notoriously fast players such as St. Pauli’s Ricky Jade Jones and RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande – hasn’t featured any new top ten entrants. Last year, five players totally shook up the top-ten list.
Burke becomes the first 2025/26 Bundesliga footballer to alter the list.
Here’s the current state of the list:
The top ten fastest-ever Bundesliga players
10. Nathan Ngoumou (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
36.53 km/hr (22.69 mph) on September 21st, 2024.
9. Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
-36.53 km/hr (22.69 mph) on April 8th, 2023.
8. Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin)
36.57 km/hr (22.72 mph) on May 13th, 2023.
7. Jeremiah St. Juste (FSV Mainz 05)
36.63 km/hr (22.76 mph) on October 3rd, 2021.
6. Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
36.65 km/hr (22.77 mph) on February 4th, 2023.
5. Gerrit Holtmann (VfL Bochum)
36.74 km/hr (22.83 mph) on November 2nd, 2024.
4. Sirlord Conteh (FC Heidenheim)
36.83 km/hr (22.88 mph) on December 7th, 2024.
3. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig)
36.84 km/hr (22.89 mph) on May 3rd, 2025.
2. Oliver Burke (Union Berlin)
37.0 km/hr (22.99 mph) on April 5th, 2026.
1. Jean-Matteo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt)
37.16 km/hr (23.09 mph) on March 15th, 2025.
