Who is the fastest player in the NFL?

Everyone loves to cheer for our favorite players. Any team in any sport can perform at their best level only if they have high-quality players. As we all know, the National Football League is a very difficult sport and one can only become a top player in this league if one has the ability to connect with the game on a different level. When we think of such players in the National Football League, the name of Tyreek Hill is sure to come to mind as one of the greatest wide receivers in the modern-day game.

Fastest player in the NFL

Tyreek Hill is the fastest player in the entire National Football League. He is a professional American football player, who plays as a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League (NFL). He has attained the status of the fastest player in the NFL as he has consistently been in the top spot or in the top 3 in terms of fastest players each year.

He was born in Douglas, Georgia on the 1st of March 1994. Hill is 29 years old as of February 2024. He played college football for the Garden City Broncbusters football team at Garden City University. He then attended Oklahoma State University, where he played football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.

In his professional football career, Hill has played with the Kansas City Chiefs and has one Super Bowl with them. In 2022, the speedster was traded to the Dolphins and signed a contract extension deal of four years worth $120 million with them.

Tyreek Hill Salary

Tyreek Hill signed a 4-year deal worth a $120 million contract with the Miami Dolphins, including a $25.5 million signing bonus, $72.2 million guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $30 million.

How fast is Tyreek Hill?

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is among the fastest players in NFL history. The eight-time Pro Bowler has a 40-yard dash time of 4.29 seconds although this is unofficial since he was not invited to the NFL Combine. He is nicknamed “Cheetah” in reference to his speed. Hill also holds the record of the fastest-ever recorded top speed in an NFL game. He hit 23.24 mph during his rookie year, and there is no doubt that he is amongst the game’s most feared speedsters ever.

Top 10 fastest players in the 2023-24 NFL season

With new players entering the NFL every year, the list of the top 10 fastest players in the NFL is subject to change every now and then. Although the fastest players generally do not lose their places on the list very often, the newer crop always seems to be more athletically enhanced compared to their predecessors and in that sense, this list will not remain constant. Furthermore, players may get jostled up and down the order season-by-season depending on how much speed they attain in the games throughout that particular season. Having said that, let us take a look at the top ten fastest players in the 2023-24 NFL season.

Rank	Player	Team	Position	Speed (MPH)
1	DK Metcalf	Seattle Seahawks	Wide Receiver	22.23
2	Chase Brown	Cincinnati Bengals	Running Back	22.05
3	Tyreek Hill	Miami Dolphins	Wide Receiver	22.01
4	Devon Achane	Miami Dolphins	Running Back	21.93
5	Kavontae Turpin	Dallas Cowboys	Wide Receiver	21.91
6	Derrick Henry	Tennessee Titans	Running Back	21.68
7	Raheem Mostert	Miami Dolphins	Running Back	21.62
8	Kenneth Walker	Seattle Seahawks	Running Back	21.56
9	George Pickens	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wide Receiver	21.54
10	Ja'Marr Chase	Cincinnati Bengals	Wide Receiver	21.54

While it is interesting to note that the fastest time on the field in the 2023-24 NFL season was set by wide receiver DK Metcalf with a speed of 22.23 mph, Tyreek Hill had three times in the top ten. His best for the 2023-24 season was 22.01 mph, but he also had two more plays in which he reached top speeds of 21.68 mph and 21.66 mph which were good for the number six and seven spots on the list.