Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
256
feet
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
Start with the pitch, about 360 feet end to end. A goalie regularly kicks it past the midfield line, so call a normal boot 180 feet. How much farther does a world record go? Maybe 50% more.
- Pitch, end to end
- ≈ 360 ft
- Goalie clears midfield
- ≈ 180 ft
- Record, 50% more
- ≈ 270 ft
Start with the pitch, about 110 meters end to end. A goalie regularly kicks it past the midfield line, so call a normal boot 55 meters. How much farther does a world record go? Maybe 50% more.
- Pitch, end to end
- ≈ 110 m
- Goalie clears midfield
- ≈ 55 m
- Record, 50% more
- ≈ 83 m
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Record distance
- 78.014 m
- Guinness-stated conversion
- 255 ft 11 in
- Rounded
- ≈ 256 ft
Reference cited by Fermi: Guinness World Records, longest football (soccer) drop kick (Alireza Beiranvand, 17 April 2019)
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