It'll come as no surprise that the AFL's quickest players don't come too close to the athletes that compete at the Olympic Games, but just how big is the difference between both groups?
The AFL's fastest player on record is Geelong forward Gary Rohan, who was clocked at 37.8km/h in the Cats' season opener last year in a match against Collingwood.
That speed hasn't been remotely contested in 2024, with Adelaide gun Izak Rankine setting this season's high pace of 35.3km/h in Round 9, being one of only three players this year to run faster than 35km/h.
This year's Paris Games saw USA champion Noah Lyles take home gold in the Men's 100m sprint with a time of 9.79 seconds in what was one of the closest sprints ever seen, with 0.12 seconds separating Lyles and last place.
Lyles finished ahead of Jamaican Kishane Thompson by 0.005 of a second to take home the gold in what was a personal best performance, with the American reaching a top speed of 43.6 km/h.
The top speed recorded by previous Olympic 100m sprint gold medal winner Marcell Jacobs was recorded at 43.07km/h when the Italian caused an upset in the Men's final three years ago at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The victorious run saw Jacobs average a speed of 36.90km/h across the 100 metres. Jacobs ran a time of 9.80 seconds to clinch his nation's first athletics gold medal in Tokyo - falling 0.22 seconds off world record pace.
The all-time 100m sprint record remains held by Jamaican legend Usain Bolt, who finished in 9.58 seconds in 2009.
During that race, Bolt clocked a top speed of 44.7km/h, a difference of 6.9km/h more than Rohan's speed set last year.
Using Gary Rohan's highest speed as an average across 100 metres would only have the premiership Cat edge out Bolt's world record by 0.08 seconds, and that's not including a standing start.
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