Fastest Basset Hounds — Fast CAT Speed Rankings (2026)

This season so far, 42 Basset Hounds have chased the lure into the AKC Fast CAT rankings, and right now Taz The Whirly Boy From Tasmania sits at the front of the pack — 19.45 mph, 100 yards in 10.52 seconds, narrowly ahead of Ruger Meister Locked And Loaded (0.29 mph). The top 10 are averaging 17.7 mph, chasing last year's 20.01 mph best, and with the season running through 2027, these standings can still shift. Dash-Hound members are climbing too, with Bailee Ann (4th) and Tracker (41st) working up the field — log your own dog's runs at dashhound.app and watch it rise.

1. #1 Taz The Whirly Boy From Tasmania DCAT — 19.45 mph
2. #2 Ruger Meister Locked And Loaded RN FDC BCAT CGC TKN ATT — 19.16 mph
3. #3 Paris of Creekside TD FCAT8 SWN SCE SIA SEA CGC TKN FITB — Bitch — 18.66 mph
4. #4 Farm Dog Bailee Ann FCAT3 CGC ATT — Bitch — 17.83 mph
5. #5 Cooper Sytsma DCAT — 17.74 mph
6. #6 Mapleliscious Grand Slam Weaver BCAT — Bitch — 17.54 mph
7. #7 Gus Gus IX BCAT ACT2 ACT1J — 17.30 mph
8. #8 Eggbert King Of Wessex — 16.71 mph
9. #9 CH St. Brigid Of Kildare Pino FDC DCAT ACT1J SWA SCE SEE SBE CGC STR FITB — Bitch — 16.61 mph
10. #10 Pancake Short Stack Weaver FCAT2 — Bitch — 16.38 mph
11. #11 Steamboat's Twixie D TD OAP AJP NFP BCAT — Bitch — 16.31 mph
12. #12 Murphy Pino FDC FCAT6 RATN FITG — 15.98 mph
13. #13 Rapscallion's San Antonio Rose BCAT — Bitch — 15.85 mph
14. #14 Reign's Best Chance Of White House BCAT SCN SIN SEN CGC STR TKN — 15.74 mph
15. #15 Wylie Coyote BCAT ACT2 ACT2J — 15.50 mph
16. #16 GCH CH Cmt's Got Struck By Lightening The Intimidator FDC DCAT — 15.28 mph
17. #17 Mabel Baby DCAT CGC — Bitch — 15.27 mph
18. #18 Stanley Of Pawmetto Hounds FDC BCAT — 15.25 mph
19. #19 GCHS CH St Lo's After The Rain DCAT — Bitch — 15.18 mph
20. #20 GCHB CH Saggy Bottom's Sassy Lil' Love Bug Of Zen RI FDC CA FCAT2 SWN SCNE SINE SHDN THD CGCA CGCU STR TKA ATT VHMA FITG — Bitch — 14.60 mph
21. #21 CH Saranade N Zen's The Law Of Surprise DCAT SCN — Bitch — 14.56 mph
22. #22 Lady Birdie'S Cricket June BCAT CGC TKN — Bitch — 14.49 mph
23. #23 Stout Pino FDC FCAT4 SWNE SWA SCM CGC TKN ATT FITG FTI — 14.39 mph
24. #24 CH Birnam's Hemi Of Reign BCAT CGC STR TKI ATT — 14.34 mph
25. #25 Barkley's Jet Fuel FDC DCAT ACT1 ACT1J SWEE SWM SCME SBME SHDME RATO CGCA TKA VHMP FITB — 14.30 mph
26. #26 GCH CH Lomarol Hounds Nothing Compares To You FDC BCAT CGCA CGCU TKN FITB — 14.17 mph
27. #27 Feenreich's Foxcrest's Alabama Getaway CD RE FCAT11 SWA SCE SEE SBE RATS CGCA TKI — Bitch — 13.92 mph
28. #28 Barkley's Quick Release FDC DCAT ACT1 ACT1J SWD SWME SHDME RATO CGCA TKA VHMP FITB FTN — 13.53 mph
29. #29 Grimes Traveler Hank DCAT CGC — 13.35 mph
30. #30 GCH CH Chasan's Born To Run At L'Ile De Feu FCAT — 13.23 mph
31. #31 Barkley's What's Poppin' FDC DCAT ACT1 ACT1J SWD SWEE SWM SCME SBME SHDME RATO CGCA TKA VHMP FITB FTI — Bitch — 13.22 mph
32. #32 Sir Oliver Etienne McTavish CD BN RM BCAT CGCU TKA — 12.68 mph
33. #33 Bosley Francis Tracy — 12.57 mph
34. #34 RACH Baywind-Barkley's Wrapped In Red UD PCD BN GN RM3 RAE2 FDC OAP NJP OFP FCAT3 ACT2 SWD SWME SHDME THDN RATS SDPRO CGCA CGCU TKE ATT FITS FTI — Bitch — 12.11 mph
35. #35 GCHB CH Saranade N Zen's Cecilia — Bitch — 11.91 mph
36. #36 Weeping Willow Luz BCAT — Bitch — 11.78 mph
37. #37 FC Solow Craigwood's Once Upon A Time FCAT — Bitch — 11.62 mph
38. #38 CH Bag End's Mischief Managed At Black Moon — 11.39 mph
39. #39 Barkley's Lust For Life FDC DCAT ACT1 ACT1J SWAE SWM SCME SBME SIEE SHDME RATO CGCA TKA VHMP FITB — 11.36 mph
40. #40 Mytymes Careless Whisper BCAT TKN — Bitch — 11.27 mph
41. #41 Tracker XXIX BCAT SIN SEN CGCA CGCU TKI — 11.01 mph
42. #42 Trumbull's Darryl Larue Tracy — 7.87 mph

See full AKC Fast CAT speed rankings — by breed, by year, and all-time — on Dash-Hound.