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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Martial has joined Jamie Vardy as the fastest players in the Premier League.
According to EA Sports' Player Performance Index, Martial was clocked with a top speed of 22mph during Manchester United's 3-3 draw with Newcastle United last week.
Vardy had set his record back in August, when he helped Leicester City beat West Ham United.
Fellow Leicester team-mate Jeffrey Schlupp, who is currently out with a hamstring injury, is third with a slightly slower speed of 21.9mph.
Spurs right-back Kyle Walker, Liverpool forward Divock Origi and Newcastle left-back Paul Dummett are tied for fourth position with top speeds of 21.8mph.
Last season it was club and international captain Wayne Rooney who recorded the quickest speed at Manchester United.
Rooney beat the likes of Chris Smalling, Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia to a speed of 21.74mph in the 3-1 win at Aston Villa in April.
Martial and Vardy's top speeds haven't helped them in front of goal of late, however.
The Manchester United youngster has just one in his last six and four in 22 since he burst onto the scene in September.
Vardy set a Premier League record for goals in consecutive games when he scored in 11 matches between August and November - but the 29-year-old is currently on a seven-game dry spell.
None of the player's come close to the world record set by a human. Usain Bolt, of course, holds that record clocking a top speed of 27.78mph on the track.
The EA Sports PPI is the Premier League's official rating index, that measures a player's contribution to his team using six key indices.
The intention is to 'remove any opinion bias and only work with proven statistical measurements' which become more accurate as the season progresses.
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