Barcelona Brazilian broke record against Sporting

It has never been a secret that Neymar is one of Barcelona's most important players in attack, yet it has now been proven that he is in fact the club's quickest player.

In the current 2016/17 season, the former Santos forward has clocked the quickest individual speed of any Blaugrana player with his 34.83 km/h against Sporting Gijon.

None of his teammates have even come close to this record with Jeremy Mathieu officially the second fastest player within the squad.

There is certainly more to the Brazilian's game than sheer pace but it is an element that makes him such a handful for defenders.

He can be so explosive and unpredictable at the same time that in a one-on-one situation it is almost impossible to stop him.

It is interesting to recall the historic 6-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain and just look at how Neymar created Sergi Roberto's winning goal.

He was brave enough to utilise a short free-kick and then turn back on himself with a piece of skill that opened up the space to find Roberto inside the penalty area.

This showed his speed of thought within a moment of extreme pressure which when blended with his unique physical skills truly puts him in a category of his own.

His slowest speed of the season has actually been clocked at 30.24 km/h with an average of 32.69 km/h.

Data was collected on the rest of Los Cules' first-team and it will come as little surprise that Ivan Rakitic was in fact the slowest player.

His quickest speed this season has actually been 30.66 km/h although this is consistent with his midfield partners Andres Iniesta, Rafinha and Arda Turan.

What is a surprise is how Sergio Busquets has stood out as the quickest of the club's midfielders with the La Masia graduate reaching 33.64 km/h at his quickest moment of the campaign.

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi fall within a forgettable ranking in terms of quickness with the duo 11th and 13th quickest respectively.