{"id":410170,"date":"2025-09-09T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410170\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:16:10","slug":"dan-james-among-premier-leagues-quickest-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410170\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan James among Premier League\u2019s quickest this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds United\u2019s Dan James has been named among the fastest players in the Premier League so far this season, with official tracking data highlighting the winger\u2019s blistering pace.<\/p>\n

The Wales international has clocked a top speed of 36.14 km\/h, placing him third in the division\u2019s speed charts for the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n

Only Wolves full-back Jackson Tchatchoua (37.30 km\/h) and Manchester United forward Bryan Mbeumo (36.36 km\/h) have recorded quicker sprints.<\/p>\n

Brighton\u2019s Yankuba Minteh (36.11 km\/h) and Newcastle\u2019s Anthony Elanga (36.00 km\/h) complete the top five.<\/p>\n

James\u2019 pace has long been a hallmark of his game, and his ability to stretch defences has been a key feature of Leeds\u2019 return to the Premier League under Daniel Farke.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old has featured in all three of Leeds\u2019 Premier League games this season and continues to be a constant outlet on the counter-attack, combining raw speed with relentless work rate.<\/p>\n

Top 10 fastest speeds this season:<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Name<\/b><\/p>\n

Club<\/b><\/p>\n

Against<\/b><\/p>\n

Speed<\/b><\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

1. Jackson Tchatchoua<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

WOL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

EVE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

37.30 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

2. Bryan Mbuemo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

MUN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

FUL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

36.36 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

3. Dan James<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

LEE<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

NEW<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

36.14 km\/h<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

4. Yankuba Minteh<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

BRI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

MCI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

36.11 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

5. Anthony Elanga<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

LIV<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

36.00 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

6. Jeremie Frimpong <\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

LIV<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

BOU<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

35.86 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

7. Ola Aina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

NFO<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

WHU<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

35.82<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

8. Brajan Gruda<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

BRI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

MCI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

35.82<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

9. Wilson Odobert<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

TOT<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

BOU<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

35.70<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

10. Anthony Elanga<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

LIV<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

35.75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s Dan James has been named among the fastest players in the Premier League so far this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-410170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115173824261079792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}