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. 2022 Jun 6;11(6):867. doi: 10.3390/biology11060867

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and differences in running performances among players at different playing positions (data are given as Mean ± SD in meters).

CD FB CM WM FW F p η2
TD 10,208 ± 907 †,‡,§ 10,937 ± 866 *,‡ 11,875 ± 844 *,†,§,|| 11,158 ± 75 *,‡,|| 10,480 ± 727 ‡,§ 42.54 (0.001) 0.50
LIR 7994 ± 587 8031 ± 563 8442 ± 549 *,†,§,|| 8074 ± 496 7905 ± 468 10.23 (0.001) 0.22
R 1562 ± 418 †,‡,§ 1879 ± 401 *,‡ 2510 ± 392 *,†,§,|| 1953 ± 359 *,‡ 1693 ± 348 57.47 (0.001) 0.56
HSR 557 ± 228 †,‡,§,|| 836 ± 219 * 835 ± 214 * 950 ± 195 *,|| 756 ± 187 * 32.84 (0.001) 0.44
S 98 ± 103 †,§ 187 ± 100 *,‡ 95 ± 97 †,§ 181 ± 90 *,‡ 142 ± 88 12.88 (0.001) 0.24
HIR 655 ± 298 †,‡,§,|| 1025 ± 285 * 930 ± 277 * 1136 ± 249 *,‡,|| 899 ± 239 * 29.92 (0.001) 0.42

Legend: TD—total distance; LIR—low-intensity running; R—running; HS—high speed running; S—sprinting, HIR—high-intensity running; * Significantly different (p < 0.05) from CD; Significantly different (p < 0.05) from FB; Significantly different (p < 0.05) from CM, § Significantly different (p < 0.05) from WM; || Significantly different (p < 0.05) from FW; CD—central defenders, FB—full backs, CM—central midfielders, WM—wide midfielders, FW—forwards.