Sign up to FREE email alerts from hinckleytimes - weekly Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Running man Jamie Vardy has topped a table of the fastest footballers in the top flight this season.

The Leicester City and England hitman was clocked at 35.44km/hr against West Ham, according to the club's website and data from TRACAB .

Vardy's 34.97km/hr burst against Bournemouth sees him placed fifth in the top 10 too.

And teammates Jeff Schlupp (2nd, 35.26km/hr), Marc Albrighton (3rd, 35km/hr) and Wes Morgan (8th, 34.76km/hr) all feature too due to their efforts in the Bournemouth clash.

Stoke's Mame Biram Diouf places fourth with a 34.97km/hr sprint against Norwich as well as 10th. Carl Jenkinson, on loan at West Ham from Arsenal, has 6th and 7th places, while Southampton defender Cedric Souares is 9th overall.

A Leicester City spokesman said: "Jamie Vardy is fast. This we know.

"But thanks to TRACAB, we now know that he is indeed the fastest player in the Barclays Premier League.

"In fact, Leicester City boast the three fastest players in the entire division so far in 2015/16, with Jeffrey Schlupp edging out team-mate Marc Albrighton in a photo finish for second place.

"Pace has been a key weapon of Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City so far this season, and the data clearly backs that up."