Table 1.
Average sprint and endurance capacity per position.
Forward
Attacking midfielder
Defending midfielder
Central defender
Full-back
Average 20-m sprint speed
24.59 ± 0.7
24.13 ± 0.6
24.25 ± 0.9
24.35 ± 0.4
24.44 ± 0.8
Normalized V·O
2max
253.1 ± 14.5
255.4 ± 8.1
261.3 ± 23.7
250.3 ± 5.0
270.7 ± 10.2
Speed parameters are expressed in km/h. Normalized V̇O
2max
is normalized to LBM
2/3
and is expressed as: mL/kg
LBM
2/3
/min.
