Fastest Land Animals in the World
About This Dataset
Fastest Land Animals in the World
The fastest land animals on Earth ranked by their maximum recorded running speed in km/h. The cheetah is the fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds up to 112 km/h in short sprints — though it can only sustain this speed for about 30 seconds.
Analysis
Cheetah heads the table on 112, ahead of Pronghorn Antelope (98) and Springbok (88) in Top Speed (km/h). 35 separates the highest figure (112) from the lowest (77) in Top Speed (km/h). First and second are separated by 14, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 88 to 77 Top Speed (km/h).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Cheetah leads in Top Speed (km/h) with 112.
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Average Top Speed (km/h): 87 · median: 80.
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Gap: Cheetah is 1.5× larger than Brown Hare.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Top Speed (km/h)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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