Arsenal have had some seriously quick footballers over the years.
Even in the current Arsenal squad, the Gunners have some rapid players.
Indeed, according to the stats, Ben White is the fastest player at Arsenal right now.
| The 10 fastest players at Arsenal | Top speed (km/h) |
| Ben White | 36.36 |
| Bukayo Saka | 36.32 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | 36.03 |
| William Saliba | 35.56 |
| Raheem Sterling | 35.43 |
| Jakub Kiwior | 35.31 |
| Martin Odegaard | 34.92 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | 34.56 |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | 34.2 |
| Declan Rice | 33.94 |
However, Gabriel Martinelli is also a rapid player, while Kieran Tierney is Arsenal’s fastest player according to some.
Speaking to the FA Cup’s TikTok page, Adam Wharton has been tasked with building his so-called ‘perfect’ footballer made up of a number of attributes.
Interestingly, Wharton picked a former Arsenal player for his pace, claiming that Theo Walcott is the fastest player he has seen.
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Adam Wharton picks Theo Walcott’s pace when building perfect player
Wharton picked out Walcott as the fastest player he’d seen when building a dream footballer made up of a number of attributes.
Walcott was an electric winger who was absolutely rapid during his time at Arsenal, scoring over 100 goals for the Gunners before a £20m move to Everton.
Wharton also made a few claims about a number of other stars of the past and present day.
| Adam Wharton’s perfect player | |
| Speed | Theo Walcott |
| Strength | Adebayo Akinfenwa |
| Passing | Kevin De Bruyne |
| Dribbling | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Finishing | Harry Kane |
| Left foot | Gareth Bale |
| Right foot | Alex |
| Mind | Rodri |
How fast was Theo Walcott?
Wharton says that Walcott was the fastest player he ever saw, but how fast was Walcott?
Well, Jack Wilshere said Walcott was the fastest player he ever played with at Arsenal – above the likes of Hector Bellerin and Alexis Sanchez.
Walcott himself hasn’t been modest about how fast he is, Walcott reckons he was faster than Kylian Mbappe currently is.
So, how fast was the England winger. Via TNT Sports, Walcott once claimed that he could run 100m in 10.3 seconds, which, back in the 1950s, would have been an Olympic Gold medal winning time.
Walcott is one of the fastest players to have ever laced up a pair of boots, and, in another world, the winger perhaps could have had a career in athletics rather than football.
Wharton was right to pick Walcott out as the quickest player he’s ever seen, because there aren’t many in the game who could move as fast as the England star.
