On-field workouts for the 2023 NFL Combine start today. Here is a look at the average 40-yard dash time by position over the last decade. Cornerbacks have clocked in at the fastest average time at 4.50 seconds, with wide receivers (4.51 seconds) and safeties (4.55 seconds) right behind them.

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This visualization was made by Keegan Abdoo of the NFL’s Next Gen Stats team using the ggplot and gganimate packages in R. The data source is the official measurements from the NFL combine, which we have tracked going back to 2003.