There average running speed of a Basketball player is 21.5 miles per hour. Some run slower and other faster than this depending on the speed of the game.
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The average professional basketball player runs 5 miles in a game! Crazy, right? I know!!------Cassandra Lee
Basketball players actually run a little less than 2 miles per game, not 5, according to several motion studies. The players who covered the most distance ran about 2.75 miles.