These are the top 10 results for each of the NFL Combine fitness tests, for combines from 1999 up to and including 2013. Lists of the top 10 performers from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 are also available, and the best for each year and best ever is listed on the Best Combine Results table. For a description of each of these tests, see the page about the NFL Combine.
The NFL do not keep official records for combine results, so these are unofficial, and are not all verified. These lists are based on results only starting from 1999. The data was initially based on a results table from 1999 up to 2007 as was published on NFLDraftScout.com, and has since been updated each year. There are results from prior to 1999 that would also make these lists, but as not we do not have complete datasets from this period they have not been included.
Top 10 Fastest 40 Yard Times
Bo Jackson reportedly has a hand-timed 4.12 second 40 yard dash time performed in 1986. Also hand timed, Deion Sanders recorded a 4.19 sec in 1989, though another source has it that he was 'officially' recorded as 4.28 secs on this day.
rank
time (seconds)
name
year
notes
=1
4.24
Johnson, Chris
2008
RB, East Carolina
=1
4.24
Rondel Melendez
1999
(WR), Eastern Kentucky
=1
4.24
Marquise Goodwin
2013
=3
4.28
DeMarcus Van Dyke
2011
DB, Miami
=3
4.28
Ford, Jacoby
2010
WR, Clemson
=3
4.28
Jerome Mathis
2005
(WR), Hampton
=3
4.28
Champ Bailey
1999
(CB), Georgia
=7
4.29
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
2008
CB, Tennessee State
=7
4.29
Stanford Routt
2005
(CB), Houston
=7
4.29
Jay Hinton
1999
(RB), Morgan State
=7
4.29
Fabian Washington
2005
(CB), Nebraska
Top 10 Fastest 10 Yard Times
The 10 Yard Time is a split time from the 40 yard sprint test. Data only from 1999 to 2009.
rank
time (seconds)
name
year
notes
=1
1.40
Peerman, Cedric
2009
RB, Virginia
=1
1.40
Johnson, Chris
2008
RB, East Carolina
=1
1.40
King, Justin
2008
CB, Penn State
4
1.41
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
2008
CB, Tennessee State
=5
1.43
Wallace, Mike
2009
=5
1.43
Aundrae Allison
2007
(WR), East Carolina
=5
1.43
Eric Weddle
2007
(SS), Utah
=5
1.43
Marcus McCauley
2007
(CB), Fresno State
=5
1.43
Branch, Tyvon
2008
=5
1.43
Franklin, Will
2008
=5
1.43
Wilhite, Jonathan
2008
=5
1.43
McKelvin, Leodis
2008
=5
1.43
Molden, Antwaun
2008
=5
1.43
Demps, Quintin
2008
=5
1.43
Walker, Marcus
2008
=5
1.43
Zenon, Jonathan
2008
=5
1.43
Morgan, DaJuan
2008
Top 10 Most 225 Pound Bench Press Reps
A reader has alerted me to Brendan Stai from Nebraska, who apparently did 42 reps of 225 lbs in the bench press test which would put him in the top 10 on that list.
rank
reps
name
year
notes
1
51
Justin Ernest
1999
(DT), Eastern Kentucky
2
49
Stephen Paea
2011
DT, Oregon State
=3
45
Petrus, Mitch
2010
G, Arkansas
=3
45
Mike Kudla
2006
(DE), Ohio State
=3
45
Leif Larsen
2000
(DT), Texas-El Paso
=6
44
Dontari Poe
2012
Memphis
=6
44
Owens, Jeff
2010
=6
44
Brodrick Bunkley
2006
(DT), Florida State
9
43
Scott Young
2005
(OG), BYU
=10
42
Tank Tyler
2007
(DT), North Carolina State
=10
42
Isaac Sopoaga
2004
(DT), Hawaii
Top 10 Best Vertical Jump
rank
height (inches)
name
year
notes
1
46
Gerald Sensabaugh
2005
(FS), North Carolina
2
45 1/2
Derek Wake
2005
(OLB), Penn State
=3
45
Donald Washington
2009
CB, Ohio St
=3
45
Chris McKenzie
2005
(CB), Arizona State
=3
45
Chris Chambers
2001
(WR), Wisconsin
6
44
A.J. Jefferson
2010
=7
43 1/2
Kashif Moore
2012
Connecticut
=7
43 1/2
Dorin Dickerson
2010
=7
43 1/2
Dustin Fox
2005
(FS), Ohio State
=7
43 1/2
Kevin Kasper
2001
(WR), Iowa
=7
43 1/2
Jay Hinton
1999
(RB), Morgan State
=7
43 1/2
Jerry Azumah
1999
(RB), New Hampshire
Top 10 Best Broad Jump Results
rank
distance (ft/in)
distance (inches)
name
year
notes
1
11' 7 (3.53 m)
139
Jamie Collins
2013
Southern Miss
2
11' 5"
137
Scott Starks
2005
Wisconsin
11' 5"
137
Justin Fargas
2003
USC
4
11' 4"
136
Justin Hunter
2013
Tennessee
11' 4"
136
Terence Newman
Kansas State
11' 4"
136
Jerome Simpson
2008
Coastal Carolina
11' 4"
136
Chris McKenzie
Arizona State
8
11' 3"
135
Boss Bailey
Georgia
11' 3"
135
Donald Washington
2009
Ohio State
11' 3"
135
J. Jones
2011
Top 10 Fastest 3-Cone Drill Times
rank
time (seconds)
name
year
notes
1
6.42
Jeff Maehl
2011
WR, Oregon
2
6.44
Buster Skrine
2011
DB, Tennessee-Chattanooga
=3
6.45
Scott Long
2010
=3
6.45
Sedrick Curry
2000
(CB), Texas A&M
5
6.46
D. Sanzenbacher
2011
=6
6.48
T. Toliver
2011
=6
6.48
Rogers Beckett
2000
(FS), Marshall
8
6.49
Carlos Rogers
2005
(CB), Auburn
=9
6.50
Chris Rainey
2012
Florida
=9
6.50
C. Brown
2011
=9
6.50
C. Shorts
2011
=9
6.50
Leon Hall
2007
(CB), Michigan
Top 10 Fastest 20-Yard Shuttle Times
rank
time (seconds)
name
year
notes
1
3.73
Kevin Kasper
2001
(WR), Iowa
2
3.76
Deion Branch
2002
(WR), Louisville
3
3.78
Dunta Robinson
2004
(CB), South Carolina
4
3.79
*Champ Bailey
1999
(CB), Georgia
=5
3.82
Dante' Hall
2000
(RB), Texas A&M
=5
3.83
Jason Allen
2006
(FS), Tennessee
=5
3.83
Kevin Bentley
2002
(OLB), NorthWestern
=5
3.83
Terence Newman
2003
(CB), Kansas State
=9
3.84
Justin Beriault
2005
(FS), Ball State
=9
3.84
Carlos Rogers
2005
(CB), Auburn
=9
3.84
Troy Walters
2000
(WR), Stanford
=9
3.84
B. W. Webb
2013
(CB) Willian & mary
Top 10 Fastest 60-Yard Shuttle Times (only data from 2006+)
These are the top 10 results for each of the NFL Combine fitness tests, for combines from 1999 up to and including 2013. Lists of the top 10 performers from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 are also available, and the best for each year and best ever is listed on the Best Combine Results table. For a description of each of these tests, see the page about the NFL Combine.