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The Fastest Forty Yard Dash Times In NFL Combine History

The Fastest Forty Yard Dash Times In NFL Combine History

The NFL Combine began electronic timing of forty yard dash times in 1999.  This means that any time after 1998 can be considered “official” as the time was gathered through electronic means removing any possible human error.  Times gathered before 1999 can be considered “unofficial” in that the humans are unable to consistently gather completely accurate times.

Reported NFL Combine times also vary by scout.  The reason for this is that the athlete runs several trials of the 40 yard dash, and there are several different methods of condensing a series of 40 yard dash times down to one officially reported 40 yard dash time.

Best NFL Combine Forty Yard Dash Times

  1. 4.21 – Trindon Holliday (2010)
  2. 4.22 – Jacoby Ford (2010)
  3. 4.24 – Chris Johnson (2008)
  4. 4.24 – Rondel Menendez (1999)
  5. 4.25 – Demarcus Van Dyke (2011)
  6. 4.25 – Darius Heyward-Bay (2009)
  7. 4.26 – Jerome Mathis (2005)
  8. 4.27 – C.J. Spiller (2010)
  9. 4.27 – Stanford Routt (2005)
  10. 4.28 – Mike Wallace (2009)
  11. 4.28 – Champ Bailey (1999)
  12. 4.29 – Johnny Knox (2009)
  13. 4.29 – Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (2008)
  14. 4.29 – Fabian Washington (2005)
  15. 4.29 – Jay Hinton (1999)

The best hand-recorded times cannot be trusted, and many can see why as some of the times are far lower than any reported time from the electronic timing era.  This likely means that human error helped make the following fast times even faster.

Other NFL Forty Yard Dash Times of Note (Unofficial – may not be at Combine)

  1. 4.12 – Bo Jackson (1986)
  2. 4.42 – Alexander Wright (1990) (Updated)
  3. 4.15 – Darrell Green (1983)
  4. 4.18 – Joey Galloway (1995)
  5. 4.29 – Deion Sanders (1989) (Updated)
  6. 4.42 – Don Beebe ( 1989) (Updated)
  7. 4.38 – Randy Moss (1998) (Updated)
  8. 4.28 – Michael Vick (2001)

 

2011 NFL Scouting Combine Data is Available

2011 NFL Scouting Combine Data is Available

For those of you that have requested the most up to date combine data in a sortable format, the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine Data is now available including QB Wonderlic scores.

Please use the NFL Combine Data menu button above or click here to access the data.

As always, please report any errors or omissions to nflcombineresults@gmail.com.

As of this blog posting, all NFL Combine Data to date should be entered.  Some data such as Wonderlic scores are incomplete due to secrecy, so if you have additional data please contact nflcombineresults@gmail.com and we will update accordingly.

 

 

2010 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2010 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2010 NFL Scouting Combine Data is now available.  2010 Wonderlic Test Scores for several positions including QB have also been added.

The data can be accessed by using the “NFL Combine Data” menu item above, or by clicking here: 2010 NFL Combine Results.

As always, please report any errors or omissions to nflcombineresults@gmail.com.

 

2009 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2009 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2009 NFL Scouting Combine Data is now available.  2009 Quarterback Wonderlic Test Scores have also been added to the data set, in addition to Wonderlic scores for other positions.

Please access the data by using the “NFL Combine Data” menu item above, or by clicking here: 2009 NFL Combine Results.

Please report any errors or omissions to nflcombineresults@gmail.com.

2004 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2004 NFL Scouting Combine Data Now Available

2004 NFL Scouting Combine Data is now clean and has been added to the database. To access the data, please use the NFL Combine Data menu button above or click here.  The data is sortable and can be filtered be year, position, and college.

2004 Quarterback Wonderlic scores have also been included.

As always, please report any errors or omissions to nflcombineresults@gmail.com.