Table 3.

Comparisons between playing positions for each of the speed thresholds.

Variables	WD >	CD >	CM >	OA >	CF >
TD m	DC **/CD **		DL **/DC **/CD **	DC **/CD **
TDP m	DC **/CD **		DL **/DC **/CD **	DC **/CD **
ZD1 m		DL **/MC **		DL **/MC **/CD **	DL **
ZD2 m	DC **/EXT **/CD **	EXT **	DL **/DC **/EXT **/CD **		EXT **
ZD3 m	DC **/CD **	CD *	DL **/DC **/EXT **/CD **	DC **/CD **
ZD4 m	DC **/CD **		DL **/DC **/CD **	DC **/CD **
ZD5 m	DC **/MC **/CD **		DC **	DL **/DC **/MC **/CD **	DC **
ZD6 m	DC **/MC **/CD **		DC **	DL */DC **/MC **/CD **	DC **/MC **
ƩD m (1,2,3)	EXT */CD **		DL **/DC **/EXT **/CD **
ƩD m (4,5,6)	DC **/CD **		DC **/CD **	DL **/DC **/MC **/CD **	DC **
Acc1 m/s/s	DC */EXT **/CD **	CD **	DL **/DC **/EXT **/CD **	CD **
Acc2 m/s/s	DC **/MC */CD **		DC **	DC **/MC **/CD **	DC **
Acc3 m/s/s	DC **/MC **		DC **	DL */DC **/MC **	DC **/MC **
ƩAcc (1,2,3) m/s/s	DC **/CD **		DC **/CD **	DC **/CD **
Des1 m/s/s	EXT ** /CD **	EXT **/CD **	DL **/DC **/EXT **/CD **	CD *
Des2 m/s/s	DC **/CD **		DC **/CD **	DC **/CD **
Des3 m/s/s	DC **/MC **		DC *	DL**/DC **/MC **/CD **	DC **/MC **
ƩDes (1,2,3) m/s/s	DC **/CD **		DC **/EXT */CD **	DC **/CD **
MS km/h	DC **/MC **			DL **/DC **/MC **	DC **/MC **

Note. GK comparisons are omitted from analyses. Wide defenders = WD, central defenders = CD, center midfielder = CM, open attackers = OA) and center forward = CF. * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.001