Who is the fastest MLB player in 2026?

Henry Bolte is the fastest MLB player in 2026, with a top Statcast sprint speed of 30.5 ft/s. Sprint speed measures a player's peak running speed in feet per second on competitive runs, so the sprint-speed leader is MLB's fastest player. See the full 2026 ranking below.

Statcast · 579 qualified hittersWindow: Full 2026 season to dateLast updated Aug 26, 2026

Fastest Sprint Speed in MLB 2026

Henry Bolte leads MLB in sprint speed in 2026 at 30.5 ft/s. The top three are Henry Bolte, Cam Cauley, Jorge Mateo, based on Statcast data refreshed nightly from Baseball Savant.

Sprint speed is Statcast's measurement of a player's feet-per-second on their fastest competitive runs of the season, typically drawn from the 2nd-gear portion of a sprint (peak speed, not acceleration). League average is around 27.0 ft/sec; elite burners clear 30. Because it's a physical-peak measurement, sprint speed is remarkably stable year-over-year until age-related decline sets in around 30.

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Sprint Speed — top 100 qualified MLB players ranked by Sprint Speed, with team, position, and overall Legends Deck rating.
#	Sprint Speed	Player	Team	Position	Rating
1	30.5 ft/s	Henry Bolte	Athletics	RF	76
2	30.5 ft/s	Cam Cauley	Round Rock Express	SS	52
3	30.3 ft/s	Jorge Mateo	Rays	SS	61
4	30.2 ft/s	Eli White	Red Sox	RF	59
5	30.1 ft/s	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	SS	93
6	30.1 ft/s	Tommy Troy	Diamondbacks	LF	71
7	30.0 ft/s	Jose Siri	Angels	CF	60
8	29.9 ft/s	Jake McCarthy	Rockies	CF	82
9	29.9 ft/s	Garrett Mitchell	Brewers	CF	82
10	29.9 ft/s	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	SS	75
11	29.9 ft/s	Esteury Ruiz	Marlins	LF	71
12	29.8 ft/s	Trea Turner	Phillies	SS	72
13	29.8 ft/s	Luisangel Acuña	White Sox	2B	51
14	29.7 ft/s	Corbin Carroll	Diamondbacks	RF	87
15	29.7 ft/s	Byron Buxton	Twins	CF	86
16	29.7 ft/s	Justin Crawford	Phillies	CF	65
17	29.7 ft/s	Myles Straw	Blue Jays	CF	62
18	29.7 ft/s	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	SS	57
19	29.7 ft/s	Victor Scott II	Memphis Redbirds	CF	51
20	29.7 ft/s	Michael Helman	Rangers	CF	51
21	29.7 ft/s	Jonah Cox	Giants	CF	51
22	29.6 ft/s	Blake Dunn	Reds	LF	67
23	29.6 ft/s	Derek Hill	Phillies	CF	62
24	29.6 ft/s	Jase Bowen	Padres	CF	49
25	29.6 ft/s	Bryce Teodosio	Salt Lake Bees	CF	46
26	29.5 ft/s	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Cubs	CF	91
27	29.5 ft/s	A.J. Ewing	Mets	LF	75
28	29.5 ft/s	Nate Eaton	Worcester Red Sox	3B	68
29	29.5 ft/s	Jake Mangum	Pirates	LF	67
30	29.5 ft/s	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	SS	67
31	29.5 ft/s	Chandler Simpson	Rays	LF	66
32	29.5 ft/s	George Lombard Jr.	Yankees	SS	64
33	29.5 ft/s	Billy Cook	Pirates	OF	46
34	29.4 ft/s	David Hamilton	Brewers	2B	59
35	29.3 ft/s	Daylen Lile	Nationals	RF	75
36	29.3 ft/s	Cam Smith	Astros	RF	68
37	29.3 ft/s	Tyler Tolbert	Royals	2B	67
38	29.3 ft/s	Jonny DeLuca	Rays	CF	63
39	29.3 ft/s	Kameron Misner	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	CF	48
40	29.2 ft/s	Jordan Walker	Cardinals	RF	83
41	29.2 ft/s	Jeremy Peña	Astros	SS	81
42	29.2 ft/s	Samad Taylor	El Paso Chihuahuas	DH	79
43	29.2 ft/s	Jacob Young	Nationals	CF	72
44	29.2 ft/s	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	SS	70
45	29.2 ft/s	Dylan Crews	Nationals	RF	66
46	29.2 ft/s	Brandon Lockridge	Nashville Sounds	LF	55
47	29.1 ft/s	Spencer Jones	Yankees	CF	81
48	29.1 ft/s	Tyrone Taylor	Cubs	CF	75
49	29.1 ft/s	Lane Thomas	Braves	CF	74
50	29.1 ft/s	Luis Robert Jr.	Mets	CF	71
51	29.1 ft/s	Ben Malgeri	Tigers	CF	70
52	29.1 ft/s	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	SS	69
53	29.1 ft/s	John Rave	Royals	RF	66
54	29.1 ft/s	Brett Bateman	Blue Jays	CF	58
55	29.1 ft/s	Noelvi Marte	Louisville Bats	3B	48
56	29.0 ft/s	Jackson Merrill	Padres	CF	79
57	29.0 ft/s	Ceddanne Rafaela	Red Sox	CF	76
58	29.0 ft/s	Dylan Beavers	Orioles	RF	72
59	29.0 ft/s	Matt Shaw	Iowa Cubs	3B	66
60	29.0 ft/s	Brewer Hicklen	Braves	CF	65
61	29.0 ft/s	Jarren Duran	Red Sox	LF	64
62	29.0 ft/s	Ryan Waldschmidt	Diamondbacks	CF	64
63	29.0 ft/s	Brenton Doyle	White Sox	CF	57
64	29.0 ft/s	Tsung-Che Cheng	Worcester Red Sox	SS	57
65	28.9 ft/s	Fernando Tatis Jr.	Padres	RF	89
66	28.9 ft/s	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	SS	75
67	28.9 ft/s	Joey Wiemer	Charlotte Knights	LF	75
68	28.9 ft/s	Wade Meckler	Angels	LF	72
69	28.9 ft/s	Leody Taveras	Orioles	CF	61
70	28.9 ft/s	Christian Koss	Giants	2B	49
71	28.8 ft/s	Jackson Chourio	Brewers	CF	85
72	28.8 ft/s	Cole Carrigg	Rockies	CF	82
73	28.8 ft/s	Luke Keaschall	Twins	2B	79
74	28.8 ft/s	Nick Gonzales	Pirates	2B	78
75	28.8 ft/s	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	SS	67
76	28.8 ft/s	Will Benson	Louisville Bats	LF	61
77	28.8 ft/s	Charles McAdoo	Blue Jays	2B	59
78	28.8 ft/s	Evan Carter	Rangers	CF	58
79	28.8 ft/s	Hyeseong Kim	Oklahoma City Comets	2B	55
80	28.8 ft/s	Grant McCray	Giants	CF	49
81	28.7 ft/s	Julio Rodríguez	Mariners	CF	82
82	28.7 ft/s	Zack Gelof	Athletics	2B	69
83	28.7 ft/s	Jackson Holliday	Orioles	2B	68
84	28.7 ft/s	Ronny Simon	Indianapolis Indians	DH	68
85	28.7 ft/s	Edmundo Sosa	Phillies	2B	65
86	28.7 ft/s	Sal Frelick	Nashville Sounds	RF	58
87	28.7 ft/s	Dustin Harris	Padres	LF	57
88	28.7 ft/s	Blake Perkins	Columbus Clippers	CF	55
89	28.6 ft/s	Mike Trout	Angels	RF	89
90	28.6 ft/s	Brice Turang	Brewers	2B	84
91	28.6 ft/s	Carson Benge	Mets	OF	82
92	28.6 ft/s	Heriberto Hernández	Marlins	LF	80
93	28.6 ft/s	Tristan Peters	White Sox	LF	72
94	28.6 ft/s	Javier Sanoja	Marlins	2B	68
95	28.6 ft/s	Luke Raley	Mariners	RF	66
96	28.6 ft/s	Matt McLain	Reds	2B	66
97	28.6 ft/s	Jasson Domínguez	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	LF	65
98	28.6 ft/s	Max Clark	Tigers	CF	65
99	28.6 ft/s	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	C	58
100	28.6 ft/s	Edwin Arroyo	Louisville Bats	SS	58

Why sprint speed matters

Sprint speed is the best single proxy for range in the outfield, stolen-base ceiling, and infield-hit rate. Players topping this leaderboard are almost always premium defensive center fielders, shortstops, or base-stealing threats — the athletes who change games without swinging the bat.

Data source: MLB Statcast via Baseball Savant, refreshed nightly into the Legends Deck card database. Minimum sample-size filters are applied so small-sample outliers don't distort the top of the ranking.

New to the metric? What is sprint speed? → Read the definition, formula, and a worked example.

See the mainstream rankings: Fastest MLB Players 2026 →

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