How Fast Dogs Can Run

The American Kennel Association (AKC) and its local clubs regularly conduct timed races for dogs. This competition is called the Fast CAT®, which stands for Coursing Ability Test. The Fast CAT is a timed 100-yard (91.4 meters) race where dogs run one at a time, chasing a lure.

We analyzed over 60 000 dog speed records from the AKC Fast Coursing Ability Test database.

Based on our analysis, the Greyhound is the fastest dog breed, and the Pekingnese is the slowest dog breed.

Furthermore, the average speed of a dog averaged across all dog breeds, is 23 mph (37 kmph).

See below our ranking of each dog breed based on its running speed.

Rank Dog Breed Average Speed
1st How Fast Greyhounds Can Run 33.1 mph (53.3 kmph)
2nd How Fast Whippets Can Run 30.5 mph (49.1 kmph)
3rd How Fast Borzois Can Run 28.4 mph (45.7 kmph)
4th How Fast Salukis Can Run 27.9 mph (45.0 kmph)
5th How Fast Thai Ridgebacks Can Run 27.8 mph (44.7 kmph)
6th How Fast Dogue de Bordeauxs Can Run 27.2 mph (43.8 kmph)
7th How Fast Australian Kelpies Can Run 27.1 mph (43.7 kmph)
8th How Fast Belgian Malinoiss Can Run 27.1 mph (43.6 kmph)
9th How Fast Dutch Shepherds Can Run 27.0 mph (43.5 kmph)
10th How Fast Sloughis Can Run 26.4 mph (42.5 kmph)
11th How Fast German Longhaired Pointers Can Run 26.4 mph (42.4 kmph)
12th How Fast Cirneco dell`Etnas Can Run 26.3 mph (42.3 kmph)
13th How Fast Pharaoh Hounds Can Run 26.3 mph (42.3 kmph)
14th How Fast Czechoslovakian Vlcaks Can Run 26.2 mph (42.2 kmph)
15th How Fast Bohemian Shepherds Can Run 26.2 mph (42.2 kmph)
16th How Fast Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs Can Run 26.1 mph (42.1 kmph)
17th How Fast Scottish Deerhounds Can Run 26.0 mph (41.9 kmph)
18th How Fast Ibizan Hounds Can Run 25.9 mph (41.7 kmph)
19th How Fast Mountain Curs Can Run 25.9 mph (41.7 kmph)
20th How Fast German Wirehaired Pointers Can Run 25.7 mph (41.4 kmph)
21st How Fast Dogo Argentinos Can Run 25.6 mph (41.1 kmph)
22nd How Fast Boxers Can Run 25.4 mph (40.9 kmph)
23rd How Fast Small Munsterlanders Can Run 25.4 mph (40.9 kmph)
24th How Fast Carolina Dogs Can Run 25.4 mph (40.9 kmph)
25th How Fast Azawakhs Can Run 25.4 mph (40.8 kmph)
26th How Fast German Shorthaired Pointers Can Run 25.3 mph (40.8 kmph)
27th How Fast Rhodesian Ridgebacks Can Run 25.3 mph (40.6 kmph)
28th How Fast Perro de Presa Canarios Can Run 25.2 mph (40.6 kmph)
29th How Fast Catahoula Leopard Dogs Can Run 25.2 mph (40.5 kmph)
30th How Fast Portuguese Podengos Can Run 25.1 mph (40.5 kmph)
31st How Fast Dalmatians Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
32nd How Fast Border Collies Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
33rd How Fast Chesapeake Bay Retrievers Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
34th How Fast Vizslas Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
35th How Fast Working Kelpies Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
36th How Fast Hokkaidos Can Run 25.1 mph (40.4 kmph)
37th How Fast Harriers Can Run 25.0 mph (40.2 kmph)
38th How Fast Canaan Dogs Can Run 25.0 mph (40.2 kmph)
39th How Fast Wirehaired Vizslas Can Run 24.8 mph (39.9 kmph)
40th How Fast Wirehaired Pointing Griffons Can Run 24.7 mph (39.8 kmph)
41st How Fast Transylvanian Hounds Can Run 24.7 mph (39.8 kmph)
42nd How Fast Weimaraners Can Run 24.7 mph (39.7 kmph)
43rd How Fast Belgian Laekenoiss Can Run 24.6 mph (39.6 kmph)
44th How Fast Bracco Italianos Can Run 24.6 mph (39.6 kmph)
45th How Fast Afghan Hounds Can Run 24.6 mph (39.6 kmph)
46th How Fast Korean Jindo Dogs Can Run 24.6 mph (39.6 kmph)
47th How Fast Belgian Tervurens Can Run 24.5 mph (39.4 kmph)
48th How Fast Pumis Can Run 24.4 mph (39.3 kmph)
49th How Fast Xoloitzcuintlis Can Run 24.4 mph (39.3 kmph)
50th How Fast German Shepherd Dogs Can Run 24.4 mph (39.3 kmph)
51st How Fast American Bulldogs Can Run 24.4 mph (39.2 kmph)
52nd How Fast Italian Greyhounds Can Run 24.4 mph (39.2 kmph)
53rd How Fast Beaucerons Can Run 24.4 mph (39.2 kmph)
54th How Fast Brittanys Can Run 24.4 mph (39.2 kmph)
55th How Fast Flat-Coated Retrievers Can Run 24.3 mph (39.2 kmph)
56th How Fast Porcelaines Can Run 24.3 mph (39.2 kmph)
57th How Fast Belgian Sheepdogs Can Run 24.3 mph (39.2 kmph)
58th How Fast Pointers Can Run 24.3 mph (39.1 kmph)
59th How Fast Appenzeller Sennenhundes Can Run 24.2 mph (39.0 kmph)
60th How Fast Peruvian Inca Orchids Can Run 24.2 mph (39.0 kmph)
61st How Fast Hovawarts Can Run 24.2 mph (38.9 kmph)
62nd How Fast Australian Shepherds Can Run 24.2 mph (38.9 kmph)
63rd How Fast Mudis Can Run 24.1 mph (38.9 kmph)
64th How Fast American Staffordshire Terriers Can Run 24.1 mph (38.8 kmph)
65th How Fast Entlebucher Mountain Dogs Can Run 24.1 mph (38.8 kmph)
66th How Fast Giant Schnauzers Can Run 24.1 mph (38.8 kmph)
67th How Fast German Pinschers Can Run 24.1 mph (38.7 kmph)
68th How Fast Labrador Retrievers Can Run 24.1 mph (38.7 kmph)
69th How Fast Doberman Pinschers Can Run 24.0 mph (38.7 kmph)
70th How Fast Plotts Can Run 24.0 mph (38.7 kmph)
71st How Fast Australian Cattle Dogs Can Run 24.0 mph (38.7 kmph)
72nd How Fast Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers Can Run 24.0 mph (38.7 kmph)
73rd How Fast Shikokus Can Run 23.9 mph (38.5 kmph)
74th How Fast Rat Terriers Can Run 23.8 mph (38.3 kmph)
75th How Fast Berger Picards Can Run 23.8 mph (38.3 kmph)
76th How Fast Irish Terriers Can Run 23.8 mph (38.3 kmph)
77th How Fast Basenjis Can Run 23.8 mph (38.3 kmph)
78th How Fast Siberian Huskys Can Run 23.7 mph (38.2 kmph)
79th How Fast American English Coonhounds Can Run 23.7 mph (38.2 kmph)
80th How Fast Curly-Coated Retrievers Can Run 23.6 mph (37.9 kmph)
81st How Fast Golden Retrievers Can Run 23.6 mph (37.9 kmph)
82nd How Fast English Setters Can Run 23.6 mph (37.9 kmph)
83rd How Fast Japanese Terriers Can Run 23.5 mph (37.8 kmph)
84th How Fast Pyrenean Shepherds Can Run 23.4 mph (37.7 kmph)
85th How Fast Spanish Water Dogs Can Run 23.3 mph (37.5 kmph)
86th How Fast Nederlandse Kooikerhondjes Can Run 23.3 mph (37.5 kmph)
87th How Fast American Hairless Terriers Can Run 23.3 mph (37.5 kmph)
88th How Fast American Water Spaniels Can Run 23.3 mph (37.5 kmph)
89th How Fast Kerry Blue Terriers Can Run 23.2 mph (37.4 kmph)
90th How Fast Icelandic Sheepdogs Can Run 23.2 mph (37.4 kmph)
91st How Fast Miniature American Shepherds Can Run 23.2 mph (37.4 kmph)
92nd How Fast Irish Red and White Setters Can Run 23.2 mph (37.4 kmph)
93rd How Fast Kishu Kens Can Run 23.2 mph (37.3 kmph)
94th How Fast Irish Setters Can Run 23.1 mph (37.3 kmph)
95th How Fast Airedale Terriers Can Run 23.1 mph (37.1 kmph)
96th How Fast Redbone Coonhounds Can Run 23.0 mph (37.0 kmph)
97th How Fast Rottweilers Can Run 22.9 mph (36.9 kmph)
98th How Fast Great Danes Can Run 22.9 mph (36.9 kmph)
99th How Fast Yakutian Laikas Can Run 22.9 mph (36.9 kmph)
100th How Fast Kai Kens Can Run 22.9 mph (36.9 kmph)
101st How Fast Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers Can Run 22.9 mph (36.8 kmph)
102nd How Fast Karelian Bear Dogs Can Run 22.9 mph (36.8 kmph)
103rd How Fast Staffordshire Bull Terriers Can Run 22.9 mph (36.8 kmph)
104th How Fast Cane Corsos Can Run 22.9 mph (36.8 kmph)
105th How Fast Braque Francais Pyreneans Can Run 22.9 mph (36.8 kmph)
106th How Fast Eurasiers Can Run 22.8 mph (36.7 kmph)
107th How Fast Drentsche Patrijshonds Can Run 22.8 mph (36.7 kmph)
108th How Fast Boerboels Can Run 22.7 mph (36.6 kmph)
109th How Fast American Foxhounds Can Run 22.7 mph (36.6 kmph)
110th How Fast Standard Poodles Can Run 22.7 mph (36.5 kmph)
111th How Fast Stabyhouns Can Run 22.7 mph (36.5 kmph)
112th How Fast Bull Terriers Can Run 22.6 mph (36.3 kmph)
113th How Fast Boykin Spaniels Can Run 22.6 mph (36.3 kmph)
114th How Fast Bluetick Coonhounds Can Run 22.5 mph (36.3 kmph)
115th How Fast Jagdterriers Can Run 22.5 mph (36.2 kmph)
116th How Fast Danish-Swedish Farmdogs Can Run 22.5 mph (36.2 kmph)
117th How Fast Standard Schnauzers Can Run 22.4 mph (36.1 kmph)
118th How Fast English Springer Spaniels Can Run 22.4 mph (36.1 kmph)
119th How Fast Gordon Setters Can Run 22.4 mph (36.0 kmph)
120th How Fast Bouvier des Flandress Can Run 22.4 mph (36.0 kmph)
121st How Fast Anatolian Shepherd Dogs Can Run 22.3 mph (35.8 kmph)
122nd How Fast Lagotto Romagnolos Can Run 22.2 mph (35.7 kmph)
123rd How Fast Shiba Inus Can Run 22.2 mph (35.7 kmph)
124th How Fast Bullmastiffs Can Run 22.2 mph (35.7 kmph)
125th How Fast Parson Russell Terriers Can Run 22.1 mph (35.6 kmph)
126th How Fast German Spitzs Can Run 22.1 mph (35.6 kmph)
127th How Fast Chinooks Can Run 22.1 mph (35.6 kmph)
128th How Fast Treeing Walker Coonhounds Can Run 22.1 mph (35.6 kmph)
129th How Fast Manchester Terriers Can Run 22.1 mph (35.5 kmph)
130th How Fast English Foxhounds Can Run 22.0 mph (35.4 kmph)
131st How Fast Irish Water Spaniels Can Run 21.9 mph (35.2 kmph)
132nd How Fast Alaskan Malamutes Can Run 21.9 mph (35.2 kmph)
133rd How Fast American Leopard Hounds Can Run 21.9 mph (35.2 kmph)
134th How Fast Barbets Can Run 21.8 mph (35.1 kmph)
135th How Fast Portuguese Water Dogs Can Run 21.8 mph (35.1 kmph)
136th How Fast Schapendoess Can Run 21.8 mph (35.1 kmph)
137th How Fast Irish Wolfhounds Can Run 21.8 mph (35.1 kmph)
138th How Fast Akitas Can Run 21.8 mph (35.1 kmph)
139th How Fast Chinese Shar-Peis Can Run 21.8 mph (35.0 kmph)
140th How Fast Kuvaszs Can Run 21.7 mph (34.8 kmph)
141st How Fast Bedlington Terriers Can Run 21.6 mph (34.8 kmph)
142nd How Fast Old English Sheepdogs Can Run 21.6 mph (34.8 kmph)
143rd How Fast Norwegian Buhunds Can Run 21.6 mph (34.8 kmph)
144th How Fast Samoyeds Can Run 21.5 mph (34.6 kmph)
145th How Fast Briards Can Run 21.5 mph (34.5 kmph)
146th How Fast Keeshonds Can Run 21.3 mph (34.3 kmph)
147th How Fast Bearded Collies Can Run 21.3 mph (34.3 kmph)
148th How Fast Collies Can Run 21.2 mph (34.2 kmph)
149th How Fast Smooth Fox Terriers Can Run 21.2 mph (34.1 kmph)
150th How Fast Border Terriers Can Run 21.2 mph (34.1 kmph)
151st How Fast Lakeland Terriers Can Run 21.2 mph (34.1 kmph)
152nd How Fast Finnish Lapphunds Can Run 21.2 mph (34.1 kmph)
153rd How Fast Boston Terriers Can Run 21.2 mph (34.1 kmph)
154th How Fast Field Spaniels Can Run 21.1 mph (34.0 kmph)
155th How Fast Welsh Springer Spaniels Can Run 21.1 mph (33.9 kmph)
156th How Fast Tibetan Terriers Can Run 21.0 mph (33.7 kmph)
157th How Fast American Eskimo Dogs Can Run 21.0 mph (33.7 kmph)
158th How Fast Bernese Mountain Dogs Can Run 20.8 mph (33.5 kmph)
159th How Fast Alaskan Klee Kais Can Run 20.6 mph (33.2 kmph)
160th How Fast Tibetan Mastiffs Can Run 20.4 mph (32.8 kmph)
161st How Fast Wire Fox Terriers Can Run 20.4 mph (32.8 kmph)
162nd How Fast Miniature Bull Terriers Can Run 20.4 mph (32.8 kmph)
163rd How Fast Welsh Terriers Can Run 20.3 mph (32.6 kmph)
164th How Fast Bergamasco Sheepdogs Can Run 20.1 mph (32.4 kmph)
165th How Fast Chinese Cresteds Can Run 20.1 mph (32.3 kmph)
166th How Fast Leonbergers Can Run 20.0 mph (32.3 kmph)
167th How Fast Spinone Italianos Can Run 20.0 mph (32.2 kmph)
168th How Fast English Cocker Spaniels Can Run 20.0 mph (32.2 kmph)
169th How Fast Shetland Sheepdogs Can Run 19.9 mph (32.1 kmph)
170th How Fast Finnish Spitzs Can Run 19.9 mph (32.0 kmph)
171st How Fast Black and Tan Coonhounds Can Run 19.9 mph (32.0 kmph)
172nd How Fast Black Russian Terriers Can Run 19.9 mph (32.0 kmph)
173rd How Fast Schipperkes Can Run 19.9 mph (32.0 kmph)
174th How Fast Norwegian Elkhounds Can Run 19.7 mph (31.8 kmph)
175th How Fast Bloodhounds Can Run 19.7 mph (31.7 kmph)
176th How Fast Great Pyreneess Can Run 19.7 mph (31.6 kmph)
177th How Fast Beagles Can Run 19.6 mph (31.6 kmph)
178th How Fast Lowchens Can Run 19.6 mph (31.5 kmph)
179th How Fast Kromfohrlanders Can Run 19.5 mph (31.4 kmph)
180th How Fast Caucasian Shepherd Dogs Can Run 19.5 mph (31.3 kmph)
181st How Fast Saint Bernards Can Run 19.5 mph (31.3 kmph)
182nd How Fast Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs Can Run 19.4 mph (31.2 kmph)
183rd How Fast Swedish Vallhunds Can Run 19.2 mph (31.0 kmph)
184th How Fast Miniature Pinschers Can Run 19.2 mph (30.9 kmph)
185th How Fast Portuguese Podengo Pequenos Can Run 19.2 mph (30.9 kmph)
186th How Fast Russell Terriers Can Run 19.2 mph (30.9 kmph)
187th How Fast Drevers Can Run 19.1 mph (30.8 kmph)
188th How Fast Miniature Schnauzers Can Run 19.0 mph (30.6 kmph)
189th How Fast Grand Basset Griffon Vendéens Can Run 19.0 mph (30.5 kmph)
190th How Fast Australian Terriers Can Run 18.9 mph (30.4 kmph)
191st How Fast Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Can Run 18.8 mph (30.3 kmph)
192nd How Fast Toy Fox Terriers Can Run 18.8 mph (30.2 kmph)
193rd How Fast Pulis Can Run 18.5 mph (29.8 kmph)
194th How Fast Newfoundlands Can Run 18.5 mph (29.7 kmph)
195th How Fast Swedish Lapphunds Can Run 18.3 mph (29.4 kmph)
196th How Fast Chow Chows Can Run 18.2 mph (29.3 kmph)
197th How Fast Petit Basset Griffon Vendéens Can Run 18.1 mph (29.2 kmph)
198th How Fast Polish Lowland Sheepdogs Can Run 18.1 mph (29.1 kmph)
199th How Fast Cocker Spaniels Can Run 18.0 mph (29.0 kmph)
200th How Fast Glen of Imaal Terriers Can Run 18.0 mph (29.0 kmph)
201st How Fast Mastiffs Can Run 17.9 mph (28.8 kmph)
202nd How Fast French Bulldogs Can Run 17.9 mph (28.8 kmph)
203rd How Fast Bologneses Can Run 17.8 mph (28.7 kmph)
204th How Fast Basset Fauve de Bretagnes Can Run 17.8 mph (28.6 kmph)
205th How Fast Cairn Terriers Can Run 17.8 mph (28.6 kmph)
206th How Fast Teddy Roosevelt Terriers Can Run 17.8 mph (28.6 kmph)
207th How Fast Lancashire Heelers Can Run 17.8 mph (28.6 kmph)
208th How Fast Papillons Can Run 17.8 mph (28.6 kmph)
209th How Fast Silky Terriers Can Run 17.5 mph (28.1 kmph)
210th How Fast Pembroke Welsh Corgis Can Run 17.4 mph (28.0 kmph)
211th How Fast Bulldogs Can Run 17.4 mph (28.0 kmph)
212th How Fast Russian Toys Can Run 17.4 mph (28.0 kmph)
213th How Fast Broholmers Can Run 17.3 mph (27.8 kmph)
214th How Fast Brussels Griffons Can Run 17.1 mph (27.5 kmph)
215th How Fast Norfolk Terriers Can Run 17.0 mph (27.3 kmph)
216th How Fast Clumber Spaniels Can Run 16.7 mph (26.9 kmph)
217th How Fast Otterhounds Can Run 16.7 mph (26.8 kmph)
218th How Fast Bichon Frises Can Run 16.6 mph (26.7 kmph)
219th How Fast Coton de Tulears Can Run 16.4 mph (26.4 kmph)
220th How Fast Skye Terriers Can Run 16.3 mph (26.2 kmph)
221st How Fast Cesky Terriers Can Run 16.1 mph (25.9 kmph)
222nd How Fast Yorkshire Terriers Can Run 16.1 mph (25.9 kmph)
223rd How Fast Chihuahuas Can Run 16.1 mph (25.9 kmph)
224th How Fast Havaneses Can Run 16.0 mph (25.8 kmph)
225th How Fast Affenpinschers Can Run 16.0 mph (25.8 kmph)
226th How Fast Norrbottenspetss Can Run 16.0 mph (25.7 kmph)
227th How Fast Biewer Terriers Can Run 16.0 mph (25.7 kmph)
228th How Fast Cardigan Welsh Corgis Can Run 16.0 mph (25.7 kmph)
229th How Fast Pomeranians Can Run 15.7 mph (25.3 kmph)
230th How Fast Tibetan Spaniels Can Run 15.7 mph (25.2 kmph)
231st How Fast Pugs Can Run 15.7 mph (25.2 kmph)
232nd How Fast West Highland White Terriers Can Run 15.6 mph (25.0 kmph)
233rd How Fast Sussex Spaniels Can Run 15.6 mph (25.0 kmph)
234th How Fast Norwich Terriers Can Run 15.4 mph (24.8 kmph)
235th How Fast Shih Tzus Can Run 15.1 mph (24.2 kmph)
236th How Fast Sealyham Terriers Can Run 15.0 mph (24.2 kmph)
237th How Fast Malteses Can Run 14.7 mph (23.6 kmph)
238th How Fast Scottish Terriers Can Run 14.6 mph (23.5 kmph)
239th How Fast Basset Hounds Can Run 14.4 mph (23.1 kmph)
240th How Fast Japanese Chins Can Run 13.8 mph (22.2 kmph)
241st How Fast Dachshunds Can Run 13.5 mph (21.7 kmph)
242nd How Fast Lhasa Apsos Can Run 12.8 mph (20.5 kmph)
243rd How Fast Hamiltonstovares Can Run 12.1 mph (19.4 kmph)
244th How Fast Dandie Dinmont Terriers Can Run 10.7 mph (17.3 kmph)
245th How Fast Pekingeses Can Run 9.4 mph (15.1 kmph)