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Fastest Combine 40s in the World (2026)

This list is the official electronic 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. Lower is faster. Hand times and pro-day times are not rows. Xavier Worthy leads at 4.21 seconds on 2 March 2024. NFL.com prints that official time after an unofficial flash of 4.22. His first attempt was 4.25. ABC News prints an official 4.21 seconds, according to the NFL. Wikipedia prints 4.21 for Worthy in 2024.

3 rankedA source on every row

3 combine 40s, ties share a rank.

  1. 1
    Xavier Worthy

    Official electronic 40 · 2024 Combine

    4.21s
    OfficialNFL.com (opens source in a new tab)
  2. 2
    John Ross

    Official electronic 40 · 2017 Combine

    4.22s
    OfficialNFL.com (opens source in a new tab)
  3. 3
    Chris Johnson

    Official electronic 40 · 2008 Combine

    4.24s
    OfficialNFL.com (opens source in a new tab)

John Ross is 4.22 seconds. NFL.com, ESPN and CBS Sports print the official 4.22 at the 2017 Combine. CBS dates it 4 March 2017. Unofficial times of 4.16 and 4.19 are not the rank. Chris Johnson is 4.24 seconds in 2008. Those same three pages print 4.24 and 2008. No calendar day is stored for him.

Kalon Barnes at 4.23 was not confirmed on two further pages, so he is absent. A 1999 electronic 4.24 for Rondel Menendez, also spelled Melendez, disagrees on the surname and lacks a third page, so it is not a row. Johnson is the only 4.24 here and is not labeled tied. Three times stay under the index gate.

The lineup · 3 on file

Meet the combine 40s

One card per entry, with its headline figure and where it ranks.

Ranked by race time

Fastest Combine 40s

  • Xavier Worthy

    Official electronic 40 · 2024 Combine

    Race time
    4.21sOfficial

    #1 of 3 · Fastest Combine 40s

  • John Ross

    Official electronic 40 · 2017 Combine

    Race time
    4.22sOfficial

    #2 of 3 · Fastest Combine 40s

  • Chris Johnson

    Official electronic 40 · 2008 Combine

    Race time
    4.24sOfficial

    #3 of 3 · Fastest Combine 40s

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