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Top NFL Combine Testing Results

These are the top-10 results for each of the NFL Combine fitness tests, for combines since 1999 (not including 2021). Lists of the top-10 performers from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are also available, and the best result for each year 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 4.22 John Ross 2017 WR, Washington
2 4.23 Barnes, Kalon 2022 CB, Baylor
3 4.24 Chris Johnson 2008 RB, East Carolina
  4.24 Rondel Melendez 1999 WR, Eastern Kentucky
5 4.26 DJ Turner II 2023 CB, Michigan
  4.26 Woolen, Tariq 2022 CB, UTSA
  4.26 Dri Archer 2014 RB Kent State
8 4.27 Marquise Goodwin 2013 WR
  4.27 Henry Ruggs III 2020 WR, ALABAMA
10 4.28 Thornton, Tyquan 2022 WR, Baylor
  4.28 Jalen Myrick 2017 DB, Minnesota
  4.28 J.J. Nelson 2015 UAB WO
  4.28 DeMarcus Van Dyke 2011 DB, Miami
  4.28 Jacoby Ford 2010 WR, Clemson
  4.28 Jerome Mathis 2005 (WR), Hampton
  4.28 Champ Bailey 1999 (CB), Georgia

Top-10 Most 225-Pound Bench Press Reps

rank reps name year notes
1 51 Justin Ernest 1999 (DT), Eastern Kentucky
2 49 Stephen Paea 2011 DT, Oregon State
=3 45 Mitch Petrus 2010 G, Arkansas
=3 45 Mike Kudla 2006 (DE), Ohio State
=3 45 Leif Larsen 2000 (DT), Texas-El Paso
=6 44 Netane Muti 2020 OL from FRESNO ST.
=6 44 Dontari Poe 2012 Memphis
=6 44 Owens, Jeff 2010
=6 44 Brodrick Bunkley 2006 (DT), Florida State
10 43 Scott Young 2005 (OG), BYU

Top-10 Best Vertical Jump

Josh Imatorbhebhe leapt 46.5 at the 2021 college pro day combine

rank height (inches) name year notes
1 46 Gerald Sensabaugh 2005 (FS), North Carolina
2 45 ½ Derek Wake 2005 (OLB), Penn State
3 45 Conley, Chris 2015 WO
  45 Donald Washington 2009 CB, Ohio St
  45 Chris McKenzie 2005 (CB), Arizona State
  45 Chris Chambers 2001 (WR), Wisconsin
7 44 ½ Peoples-Jones, Donovan 2020 WO, Michigan
  44 ½ Jones, Byron 2015 DB
9 44 Jartavius Martin 2023 SAF, Illinois
  44 Juan Thornhill 2019 S, Virginia
  44 Obi Melifonwu 2017 DB, Connecticut
  44 A.J. Jefferson 2010

Top-10 Best Broad Jump Results

rank distance (ft/in) distance (inches) name year notes
1 12' 3" (3.73 m) 147 Byron Jones 2015 DB
2 11' 9" (3.58 m) 141 Obi Melifonwu 2017 DB, Connecticut
  11' 9" (3.58 m) 141 Emanuel Hall 2019 WO, Missouri
  11' 9" (3.58 m) 141 Juan Thornhill 2019 S, Virginia
5 11' 8" (3.56 m) 140 Miles Boykin 2019 WO, Notre Dame
6 11' 7" (3.53 m) 139 Peoples-Jones, Donovan 2020 WO, Michigan
  11' 7" (3.53 m) 139 Conley, Chris 2015 WO
  11' 7" (3.53 m) 139 Jamie Collins 2013 Southern Miss
9 11' 6" 138 Julius Brents 2023 CB, Kansas State
  11' 6" 138 Chinn, Jeremy 2020 S, Southern Illinois
  11' 6" 138 Reagor, Jalen 2020 WO, TCU
  11' 6" 138 Dupree, Bud 2015 LB

Top-10 Fastest 3-Cone Drill Times

rank time (seconds) name year notes
1 6.28 Jordan Thomas 2018 DB from Oklahoma
2 6.42 Jeff Maehl 2011 WR, Oregon
3 6.44 Buster Skrine 2011 DB, Tennessee-Chattanooga
=4 6.45 David Long 2019 DB, Michigan
=4 6.45 Scott Long 2010
=4 6.45 Sedrick Curry 2000 (CB), Texas A&M
7 6.46 D. Sanzenbacher 2011
8 6.47 Daniel Sorensen 2014 BYU
=9 6.48 McCollum, Zyon 2022 CB, Sam Houston State
=9 6.48 T. Toliver 2011
=9 6.48 Rogers Beckett 2000 (FS), Marshall

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 3.81 Brandin Cooks 2014 Oregon St.
6 3.82 Bobby McCain 2015 DB
  3.82 Dante' Hall 2000 (RB), Texas A&M
8 3.83 Jason Allen 2006 (FS), Tennessee
  3.83 Kevin Bentley 2002 (OLB), NorthWestern
  3.83 Terence Newman 2003 (CB), Kansas State

Top-10 Fastest 60-Yard Shuttle Times
(only data from 2006-2019)

rank time (seconds) name year notes
1 10.71 Shelton Gibson 2017 WR, West Virginia
2 10.72 Avonte Maddox 2018 DB from Pittsburgh
  10.72 Cooks, Brandin 2014 WR (Oregon State)
4 10.75 Jamell Fleming 2012
10.75 Buster Skrine 2011
6 10.80 Sorensen, Daniel 2014 S (BYU)
7 10.81 IGWEBUIKE, GODWIN 2018 S from Northwestern
8 10.84 Copeland, Damian 2014 WR (Louisville)
  10.84 Braxton Miller 2016
  10.84 Justin Simmons 2016


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