Sportsmail can reveal the fastest player in the Barclays Premier League, and the name may surprise a few of you.

Alexis Sanchez, maybe? Eden Hazard? Raheem Sterling, perhaps?

No, the fastest player in the top flight so far in 2014-15 is Phil Jagielka. And here is the data that proves it.

Phil Jagielka (right) has recorded the fastest sprint of any player in the Premier League this season

Jagielka chases down Burnley winger Michael Kightly during Everton's 3-1 win on Saturday

SPRINT KINGS 1 Phil Jagielka (Everton) - 35.99km/h 2 Ritchie de Laet (Leicester City) - 35.94 km/h 3 Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace) - 35.91 km/h 4 Steven Nzonzi (Stoke City) - 35.82 km/h 5 Connor Wickham (Sunderland) - 35.80 km/h 6 Mohamed Diame (Hull City) - 35.68 km/h 7 Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) - 35.54 km/h 8 Nathan Dyer (Swansea) - 35.53 km/h 9 Craig Gardner (West Brom) - 35.49 km/h 10 Joey O'Brien (West Ham) - 35.46 km/h Advertisement

EA Sports, who work officially with the Premier League, meticulously record every minute of every single Premier League game. They track every player for every second they are on the pitch, and their research shows that no-one has run faster than Jagielka this season.

The Everton defender hit a top speed of 35.99kmh against Leicester on the opening day of the season in August.

He just pips a man he played against on that day, Ritchie De Laet, another defender, to first place.

There are in fact four defenders on the list, with Aston Villa's Alan Hutton and West Ham's Joey O'Brien also featuring.

Surprisingly, Swansea's Nathan Dyer is the only winger in the top 10. But players run faster without the ball than with it, so that perhaps explains why defensive players dominate the list.

Jagielka wheels away in celebration after his last-minute equaliser in the Merseyside derby

Leicester right back Ritchie De Laet (left) has recorded the second-fastest sprint so far this season

Nathan Dyer is the only forward in the top 10 and will come up against Jagielka on Saturday

Jagielka turned 32 in August, shortly after returning from World Cup duty with England.

But it seems he can still keep up with the best of them in the Premier League.

And he will need all his running power when he faces Dyer and Swansea at Goodison Park on Saturday.

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