Ranking
0 official, 0 reported and 13 not yet verified. Unverified times come from public reports we haven't matched to a source yet — treat them as indicative.
| # | Runner | Time | Pace /km | Race | Year | Status & source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇪🇸 Luis Enrique Football - Spanish soccer player | 2:58:08 | 4:13 | Florence Marathon | 2007 | Unverified |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 Aaron Ramsey Wales international footballer | 3:00:30 | 4:17 | London Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 James Milner Former England midfielder and six-time Premier League winner — ran an impressive 3:09:04 at the 2026 New York City Marathon | 3:09:04 | 4:29 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 Danny Mills Football - English former professional footballer | 3:12:18 | 4:33 | London Marathon | 2023 | Unverified |
| 5 | 🇳🇱 Arjen Robben Football - Dutch soccer player | 3:13:40 | 4:35 | Rotterdam Marathon | 2022 | Unverified |
| 6 | 🇧🇷 Kaká Football - Brazilian soccer star | 3:38:06 | 5:10 | Berlin Marathon | 2022 | Unverified |
| 7 | 🇬🇧 Gary Rowett Football manager | 3:41:36 | 5:15 | London Marathon | 2024 | Unverified |
| 8 | 🇺🇸 Abby Wambach U.S. soccer legend | 3:44:00 | 5:19 | New York City Marathon | 2015 | Unverified |
| 9 | 🇨🇿 Pavel Nedved Football - Czech former professional footballer (soccer) who played as a midfielder. | 3:49:51 | 5:27 | Prague Marathon | 2012 | Unverified |
| 10 | 🇿🇦 Quinton Fortune Football - soccer coach and former player | 4:06:29 | 5:50 | London Marathon | 2017 | Unverified |
| 11 | 🇳🇱 Edwin van der Sar Football - Dutch soccer Goalkeeper | 4:19:16 | 6:09 | New York City Marathon | 2011 | Unverified |
| 12 | 🇬🇧 John Terry Former Chelsea Football Club and England captain | 5:00:43 | 7:08 | London Marathon | 2025 | Unverified |
| 13 | 🇬🇧 Tony Adams Football - former Arsenal and England defender | 6:21:17 | 9:02 | London Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
What the times show
Footballers have a big aerobic base, but 90-minute match fitness is very different from running 42.2 km — times on this list range widely.
The middle time on this list is 3:41:36, a pace of 5:15 per km.
How this list works
“Celebrity” here means someone famous mainly for something other than running — acting, music, sport, politics or media. Professional distance runners are listed separately and never mixed into celebrity rankings.
Each runner appears once, with their best recorded time. Rankings and counts update automatically as the database changes. Read our methodology for what Official, Reported and Unverified mean.