“Never say never” is a famous saying. Still, we venture to say that for certain athletic records, this proverb can be disregarded and that some of them can never be broken again. In this article of Gazettely, we will shame some ten statistical records in the world of sport that are so hard to break.
Cal Ripken Jr. – Most Consecutive Games Played in MLB (2,632)
Between May 30, 1982, and September 19, 1998, American baseball player Carl Ripken played an incredible 2,632 games in Major League Baseball without missing a single one. He was extraordinarily lucky with his health during his seventeen seasons, making his record in statistics hard to beat.
Golden State Warriors – The Most Wins in a Single Season (73)
There was no basketball player as addicted to winning as Michael Jordan in history. That is what set him apart from other superstars. His drive to win was never more evident than in the 1995-96 season, as the Chicago Bulls won 72 regular-season games under his guidance. At home, The Bulls lost only two games. Up until the 2015/16 season, that appeared to be an absolutely unbeatable record, but in April 2016, it was broken by the Golden State Warriors.
“I didn’t think that record would ever change. Never in a million years,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. He as a player celebrated 72 victories with Chicago in the 1995/96 season. Legendary Michael Jordan also congratulated the team on the record. Overseas media called the Warriors one of the best teams in NBA history.
Wilt Chamberlain – The Highest Scoring Average per Game in an NBA Season (50.4)
To score 50 points in a single basketball game is an impressive feat. However, imagine reaching that number in every game throughout the season. That is precisely what Wilt Chamberlain did during the 1961/62 NBA season. And this was at a time when there were no three-point baskets! Incredible…
Bill Mosienko – The Fastest Hat Trick in NHL History (21 Seconds)
Is this even possible? It probably isn’t today, but it was on March 23, 1952. The Canadian Bill Mosienko, in the Chicago Blackhawks jersey, netted three goals for the New York Rangers within 21 seconds. And had his next shot not bounced off the crossbar, it would have been possible for him to score four goals in 45 seconds. And Gus Bodnar was involved in all three goals.
Bill Russell – Most NBA Championships Won by One Player (11)
There are only two clubs in the NBA that have managed to win the championship more than six times. The American Bill Russell has done it eleven times in his thirteen-year career. Foolish to think that there is someone who has won more NBA championship rings than he has…
Wilt Chamberlain – Most Rebou
nds in a Single NBA Game (55)
Rebound 55 balls in a basketball game? If there were a total of five players, then why not? But Wilt Chamberlain reached that number in 1960 in a Philadelphia Warriors game against Boston. No one has even come close to that number since the 1960s. The closest was Charles Oakley in 1985 with 35 rebounds.
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Wilt Chamberlain – Most Points in an NBA Game (100)
It’s hard to imagine a single player scoring just one hundred points in a single basketball game. During the 1961-62 season, it was Wilt Chamberlain during the Philadelphia Warriors – New York Knicks game who just did tht. Thanks to his outstanding performance, the home team won the game 169-147. To this day, he remains the only player to have achieved such a feat in the NBA, and that is unlikely to ever change.
Boston Celtics – The Most NBA Championships in a Row (8)
It takes a very good and talented team to win a competition twice in a row. Three consecutive wins are something special, and if a team can do it four times, it is almost a miracle. If one team can do that in the best basketball competition in the world, that is more than a miracle. Between 1959 and 1966, the Boston Celtics managed to do it eight times in a row!
The series of championships could have been much longer. Actually, the Celtics were champions in 1957 and then in 1968 and 1969. Had they not missed out on the cup in 1958 and 1967, their run could have been thirteen wins. Nevertheless, it is hardly a repeatable feat.
Wilt Chamberlain – The Highest Average Minutes Played per Game (48.5)
One NBA basketball game lasts 48 minutes. Very few players, however, actually play them in their entirety. But in the 1961/62 season, Wilt Chamberlain accomplished something incredible: in the regular season, he played an average of 48.5 minutes per game.
What made that possible? During the season, Chamberlain played all of the minutes in all of the regular-season games, and he played an average of an additional half-minute per game that went into overtime. That is a record that no current player can beat.
Wayne Gretzky – Most Points in an NHL Season (215)
In the past ten seasons in the NHL (except for the shortened 2012/13 season), the regular-season scoring leader has been over 100 points in all but one. However, nothing compares to the performance of legendary Canadian forward Wayne Gretzky, who collected 215 points in the 1985-86 season with 52 goals and 163 assists. This is a milestone that his supporters will always look back on fondly…
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