Volume
Total distance and running-band distance show the workload covered. Player per-90 values allow for different minutes. Non-sprint distance and the remainder outside running + sprinting are also available, using matching readings.
PREMIER LEAGUE · 2026/27 · RUNNING & PHYSICAL
How teams and players run
Compare distance, sprinting and sprint frequency. Physical output describes how a team plays; it does not tell us how well it plays.
Intensity
Sprint distance as a share of total distance, and sprints per kilometre. Average sprint distance = sprint metres ÷ sprint count.
Head-to-head contests
Distance points: draw within 1% of the match mean. Sprint points: within 3%. These are near-tie conventions, not football xPts.
Season XI and other players → · Compare both teams in one match →
Compare the league
Non-sprint distance →Non-sprint distance minus opponent →Non-sprint distance share →Remaining distance (outside run + sprint) →Remaining distance (outside run + sprint) minus opponent →Remaining distance (outside run + sprint) share →Distance covered →Running distance →Sprinting distance →Number of sprints →Distance covered minus opponent →Running distance minus opponent →Running-points table →Sprinting distance minus opponent →Sprinting-points table →Running-output index — experimental →Running-output points — experimental →Sprinting share of distance →Running-band share of distance →Average sprint distance →Sprints per kilometre covered →
Team running, game by game
Distance covered per game with paired readings. Distances convert the provider's metres to kilometres. Only games with readings for both teams count. Covered/played is shown; missing readings are not zero. More running is workload, not necessarily better football. Running/sprinting bands follow the provider; speed thresholds are not supplied. One value per match. Rolling percentages pool their matching numerator and denominator.
8/9 games recorded. Missing readings stay gaps. Six-game line; four-game line only for selections of four or five games.
Nottingham Forest
Brentford (A)31 Oct 2026 · 2026/27
L 0–2112.776-game avg 115.04
What speeds count as running and sprinting?
There is no universal set of bands. For reference, Second Spectrum’s published men’s definitions are low-speed running at 15–20 km/h, high-speed running at 20–25 km/h, and sprinting at 25 km/h or faster. Opta’s Premier League explainer describes a sprint as over 25 km/h.
Our PitchAPI fields do not document their cutoffs or whether “running” combines the two running bands. These are reference definitions, not verified thresholds for our figures. We therefore keep the provider’s labels and do not rename the remainder as walking or jogging.
Distance is shown in km; sprint count is a number of sprints; top speed is km/h. Average sprint distance is metres per sprint. Per-90 distance uses minutes from the same games with recorded readings.
Sources: Second Spectrum physical definitions · Opta’s Premier League explainer.
How the experimental combined score works
The running-output index gives 50% weight to non-sprint distance (total minus sprint distance), 25% to sprint distance and 25% to sprint count. Each uses its gap to the opponent, scaled against a frozen reference of 83 paired games. Zero means a balanced combined score.
Output points award 3 above +0.25, 1 from −0.25 to +0.25, and 0 below −0.25. The weighting and draw bands are exploratory. Alternative weights change the rankings. This is not a fitness rating and does not feed the result forecast.
Ball-in-play time, tactics, possession and match state affect running. The provider does not supply speed-band thresholds or a separate run count, so average run distance is unavailable. Player top speed is the highest recorded reading; it is never added together.
SAME SEASON · SAME MEASURE
Compare the players behind two teams
Compare output or each player’s share of their own team’s recorded total. Choose a single match to compare the players who appeared in that game.
Distance covered
% of recorded team total · Premier League 2026/27
Distance covered from recorded player matches, in kilometres. Per 90 uses matching recorded minutes. Running/sprinting speed thresholds follow the provider and are not supplied; missing readings are unknown.
Shares use all players’ recorded totals, including players hidden by these filters. A larger share means more concentrated output, not a better player.
Positions show each player’s most-used starting line, weighted by minutes. Wing-backs in a midfield line count as MID; bench roles fill gaps. This is a season role, not a registered position.
Nottingham Forest
9 games · through 31 Oct 2026 · 10 shown
Player / role / minutesShare
- James McAtee9.6%
- Neco Williams9.3%
- Murillo9.0%
- Morgan Gibbs-White8.6%
- Xaver Schlager8.1%
- Jair Cunha7.0%
- Dan Ndoye6.9%
- Liam Delap6.8%
- Daniel Muñoz6.5%
- Nikola Milenkovic5.0%
Brentford
9 games · through 31 Oct 2026 · 9 shown
Player / role / minutesShare
- Kristoffer Ajer9.1%*
- Igor Thiago9.0%*
- Vitaly Janelt8.7%*
- Keane Lewis-Potter8.3%*
- Michael Kayode7.7%*
- Kevin Schade7.5%*
- Mamadou Sangaré6.7%*
- Jaidon Anthony6.3%*
- Caoimhín Kelleher4.8%*
Same bar scale for both clubs. * Incomplete recorded sample; unknown values are —. Per 90 uses minutes from games with that statistic recorded.Minutes filter uses each club’s games × 90.
Updated 3 Nov 2026, 00:00. Exports put every selected player on one graphic, with one row per player. Vertical stacks the teams for larger text; horizontal places them side by side. Social starts at 4:5 and article at 16:9; long lists make the image taller to keep the rows readable.