List of high-proper-motion stars

This is a list of high-proper motion stars. The 34 sources with the highest proper motion, based on data from the highly accurate Gaia catalogues, was published in an ESA 2025 "Image of the Week".^[1]

There is no specific velocity that is considered high, but the proper motion article notes that the majority of stars have a proper motion of less than 0.01 arc-seconds per year. Note that the closer a star is to earth, the faster it will appear to travel in arc-seconds per year for a given "real" velocity; therefore, the PM values here are apparent velocities.

Included in the table is also the radial motion (RM) if available. In cases where the numerical PM value is not available in a simple arc-seconds per year form, "high" has been used in the table; for instance, in the case of 5 Cancri, "high" is used because the values given in the available article do not resolve the right ascension and declination proper motions into a single numerical value.

In the table below PM values are shown in arc seconds per year and RM values are shown in kilometers per second, positive and negative values indicating away (+) or toward (-) Earth.

'PM' = Proper Motion; 'RM' = Radial Motion

Star article	Other name	PM (arc sec/yr)	RM (km/s)	citations
3 Andromedae		0.236	-35	PM;[2] RM[3]
5 Andromedae		0.201	-2.6	PM;[2] RM[4]
5 Cancri		"high"	+10	PM;[5] RM[6]
6 Andromedae		0.272	-32.4	PM;[2] RM[4]
15 Delphini		"high"	-4.1	PM;[G 1] RM[3]
23 Andromedae		0.191	-27	PM;[2] RM[7]
23 Leonis Minoris		"high"	-16	PM;[G 2] RM[citation needed]
25 Cancri		0.245	+38	PM;[2] RM[G 3]
32 Boötis		0.194	-23	PM;[2] RM[4]
35 Pegasi		0.318	+54	PM;[2] RM[8]
37 Librae		"high"	+49	PM;[5] RM[9]
38 Aurigae		0.181	+34	PM;[2] RM[4]
39 Arietis	Lilii Borea	"high"		Name;[10] PM[5]
39 Aurigae		0.151	+34	PM;[2] RM[7]
40 Eridani	Omicron2 Eridani	4.088	-42.47	Name;[11] PM;[11] RM[G 4]
40 Leonis Minoris		"variable"	+10	PM;[12] RM[3]
41 Andromedae		0.171	+10	PM;[2] RM[7]
58 Andromedae		0.159	+8	PM;[2] RM[4]
61 Cygni	61 Cygni A	5.281	-65.97	PM;[11] RM[G 5]
61 Cygni	61 Cygni B	5.172	-64.59	PM;[11] RM[G 6]
68 Aquarii		"high"	+24.5	PM;[G 7] RM[4]
83 Cancri		0.185	-15	PM;[2] RM[4]
89 Leonis		"high"	+4.8	PM;[G 8] RM[13]
Alpha Centauri A	Rigil Kentaurus	3.710	-21.4	Name;[14] PM;[11] RM[15]
Alpha Centauri B	Tollman	3.724	-18.6	Name;[14] PM;[11] RM[15]
Barnard's Star		10.358	-110	PM;[11] RM[G 9]
Delta Phoenicis		"high"	-7	PM;[5] RM[3]
Epsilon Indi	ε Ind A	4.704	-40.43	PM;[11] RM[G 10]
Eta Eridani	Azha	"high"	-20.32	Name;[10] PM;[16] RM[citation needed]
Gliese 1	CD-37 15492	6.1	+23.6	Name;[11] PM;[11][17] RM[18]
Gliese 412		4.511	+64.9	PM;[11] RM[19]
Gliese 514		"high"	+14.606	PM;[G 11] RM[20]
Gliese 809		0.77	-17.3	PM;[S 1] RM[21]
Groombridge 1830	Argelander's Star	7.058	-98	Name;[22] PM;[11] RM[19]
HD 26755		"high"	-38	PM;[G 12] RM[3]
HD 29559		"high"	+24.2	PM;[G 13] RM[3]
HD 30432		"high"	-6	PM;[G 14] RM[3]
HD 30442		"high"	-37	PM;[G 15] RM[8]
HD 32820		"high"	+29.8	PM;[G 16] RM[23]
HD 36187		"high"	+50	PM;[G 17] RM[24]
HD 39194		"high"	+13.9	PM;[G 18] RM[3]
HD 43899		"high"	+66.5	PM;[G 19] RM[3]
HD 46568		"high"	+39	PM;[G 20] RM[3]
HD 46815		"high"	+32.2	PM;[G 21] RM[3]
HD 73468		"high"	-26.5	PM;[G 22] RM[3]
HD 83332		"high"	+30	PM;[G 23] RM[18]
HD 85725		"high"	+61.6	PM;[G 24] RM[21]
HD 88218		"high"	+36.7	PM;[G 25] RM[21]
HD 90132		"high"	+17	PM;[G 26] RM[3]
HD 91324		"high"	+21	PM;[G 27] RM[G 27]
HD 99015		"high"	-5.9	PM;[G 28] RM[3]
HD 101917		"high"	+33	PM;[G 29] RM[3]
HD 117566		"high"	+14	PM;[G 30] RM[25]
HD 134439 and HD 134440	HIP 74234 and HIP 74235	3.681	+310 (approx)	Name;[11] PM;[11] RM[citation needed]
HD 138289		"high"	+13.1	PM;[G 31] RM[19]
HD 140283	Methuselah star	"high"	−169	Name;[26] PM;[5] RM[S 2]
HD 154556		"high"	-24	PM;[G 32] RM[3]
HD 154972		"high"	-3.1	PM;[G 33] RM[3]
HD 164712		"high"	+14.8	PM;[G 34] RM[3]
HD 167096		"high"	-27	PM;[G 35] RM[24]
HD 168592		"high"	+18	PM;[G 36] RM[3]
HD 174474		"high"	-44	PM;[G 37] RM[3]
HD 176664		"high"	-60	PM;[G 38] RM[3]
HD 178845		"high"	-25	PM;[G 39] RM[3][G 40]
HD 182893		"high"	-27	PM;[G 41] RM[3]
HD 191806		"high"	-15.28	PM;[G 42] RM[citation needed]
HD 192886		"high"	-29.6	PM;[G 43] RM[3]
HD 194012		"high"	4.5	PM;[G 44] RM[3]
HD 194953		"high"	-28	PM;[G 45] RM[3]
HD 197630		"high"	-30	PM;[G 46] RM[citation needed]
HD 198716		"high"	+20	PM;[G 47] RM[3]
HD 200779		0.569	-67	PM;[G 48][S 3] RM[27]
HD 201772		"high"	-41	PM;[G 49] RM[3]
HD 204018		"high"	+18.3	PM;[G 50] RM[3]
HD 208741		"high"	+8	PM;[G 51] RM[3]
HD 210056		"high"	+24	PM;[G 52] RM[3]
HR 8526		"high"	+15	PM;[G 53] RM[3][15]
Kapteyn's Star		8.671	+245	PM;[11] RM[G 54]
Lacaille 8760	Gliese 825	3.455	+20.7	Name;[28] PM;[11] RM[29]
Lacaille 9352		6.896	+9.7	PM;[11] RM[29]
Lalande 21185		4.802	-85.6	PM;[11] RM[30]
LP 40-365		"high"	+498	PM;[31] RM[31]
Luyten's Star		3.738	17.35	PM;[11] RM[G 55]
Mu Cassiopeiae	Al Marfik	3.777	-98	Name;[32] PM;[5][11] RM[33]
Omicron Columbae		"high"		PM[5]
Proxima Centauri		3.853	-22.2	PM;[11][34] RM[35]
Q Scorpii		"high"	-49	PM;[G 56] RM[3]
SSSPM J1549-3544		"high"		PM[G 57]
Teegarden's Star		5	+68.3	PM[S 4][better source needed]; RM[36]
Upsilon Octantis		"high"	+19	PM;[G 58] RM[24]
Upsilon Pegasi	Alkarab	"high"	-8.6	Name;[10] PM;[5] RM[37]
V718 Coronae Australis		"high"	+28.5	PM;[G 59] RM[3]
V744 Centauri		0.05 (minim)		PM[38]