Les Habitants–The Montreal Canadiens–23 Stanley Cups!
Next up, surprisingly, The Toronto Maple ‘Laughs’ with 15.
[quote=“Wookiee”]Les Habitants–The Montreal Canadiens–23 Stanley Cups!
Next up, surprisingly, The Toronto Maple ‘Laughs’ with 15.[/quote]
Yeah, but how hard is it to accumulate those kinds of numbers when for most of those Cup wins there were only 6 teams in the league?
Just sayin’…
They are still impressive numbers, and the Habs record will never be beat with 30 teams now. It’s just impossible to accumulate championships like that anymore.
Rugby World Cup
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New Zealand’s 145 - 17 arse raping of Japan in the 1995 RWC, although the Aussies have the biggest winning margin at 142 when the spanked Namibia 142 - 0 at RWC 2003, I can’t see either of those being broken in a long time. Especially with the growth of professionalism in the sport. However, if one of the big teams were to meet the likes of Taiwan in the RWC it could happen, but they’d have to get there first.
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Grant Fox’s 123 points in one RWC tournament (1987) still stands. That’s 23 years old. Wilko came close with 113 points in 2003, but I don’t see it being broken any time soon.
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Gavin Hastings’ 39 conversions will be a tough one to top. Especially seeing as it took him three world cups (1987, 91, 95) to complete that tally.
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Most penalties in one tournament. Gonzalo Quesada (Argentina) got 31 in 1999.
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Most penalties in a match. Eight by Matt Burke (vs South Africa) in 1999.
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Most dropped goals in a match. Jannie de Beer’s 5 (vs England) in 1999.
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Most appearances at the RWC. 22 by Jason Leonard (1991, 95, 99, 2003).
Rugby Overall Test Records
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George Gregan - 139 Tests for Australia (1994-2007)
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Willie John McBride’s 17 tests for the British and Irish Lions (1962 - 1974).
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South Africa and New Zealand’s shared consecutive test match world record winning streak - 17 tests. To do that today you’d have to stay undefeated for two years and duck out of playing Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Ireland and England during that time…
[quote=“whitetiger”]Wayne Gretzky- 215 points in a single season- 1986
Closest anyone has come was Mario Lemieux- 161 points.[/quote]
I agree this is near untouchable, but the league has changed very much since then. Nobody will ever touch Gretzky numerically but I think better players will exist.
The only guy ever to have scored an own goal in Ice Hockey. I forget his name.
Most cheating and getting away with it: Richie McCaw 
Of course this thread can’t be complete without mentioning Bob Beamon, who set a world record long jump in the 68 Olympics at 29 ft, 2.5 in.
Before him the WR had been broken 13 times since 1901, with an average increase of 2.5 in and the largest increase being 6 in, while Beamon’s jump shattered the record by 21 and 3/4 in.
Certainly, it seemed for many years that Beamon’s record would never be broken. But it was broken 23 years later, in 1991, by Mike Powell.
So, except for those that are the first person to ever do X or those whose records are tied to some circumstances that have now permanently changed, I think all other records (ie., strength, speed, etc) WILL be broken.
Certainly, it would seem dead certain that purely physical feats would continue to be broken, especially as potential athletes are identified younger and given the right training to optimise their physical development.
However, in sports of skill, I think it’s probably much, much harder, almost impossible even, to break certain records simply because most players are at such a high standard these days that a really great player won’t stick out as much. For instance, I don’t think there will ever be another Bradman or Yamashita. Anyone who is really good would find his opposition scrutinising every single bit of footage possible to find the slightest weakness in his form and the physical demands these days make it much more likely that top players will incur career interrupting (or even stopping) injuries as par for the course. Those games that see a slow, incremental advancement of records obviously didn’t produce a freak soon enough (it seems like the mid-80s are when sports started going really scientific) before the general bar was raised high enough.
Steve Smith, Edmonton Oilers, mid 1980’s. I still love watching the replay of that to this day. 
Not an unbreakable sporting record though. It’s happened since.
Track and Field!
Men
- Discus throw 74.08 m Jürgen Schult East Germany 6 June 1986
- Long jump 8.95 m (+0.3 m/s) Mike Powell United States 30 August 1991
- Hammer throw 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union 30 August 1986
- High jump 2.45 m Javier Sotomayor Cuba 27 July 1993
- Pole vault 6.14 m Sergey Bubka Ukraine 31 July 1994
Women
- 100 m Progression 10.49 (0.0 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States 16 July 1988
- 200 m 21.34 (+1.3 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States 29 September 1988
- 400 m Progression 47.60 Marita Koch East Germany 6 October 1985
- 800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983
- Long jump 7.52 m (+1.4 m/s) Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union 11 June 1988
All these record have been standing for a looooooong time. I bet the human limit have been reached by most of them.
[quote=“Elf1nDrak3”]Track and Field!
Men
- Discus throw 74.08 m Jürgen Schult East Germany 6 June 1986
- Long jump 8.95 m (+0.3 m/s) Mike Powell United States 30 August 1991
- Hammer throw 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union 30 August 1986
- High jump 2.45 m Javier Sotomayor Cuba 27 July 1993
- Pole vault 6.14 m Sergey Bubka Ukraine 31 July 1994
Women
- 100 m Progression 10.49 (0.0 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States 16 July 1988
- 200 m 21.34 (+1.3 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States 29 September 1988
- 400 m Progression 47.60 Marita Koch East Germany 6 October 1985
- 800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983
- Long jump 7.52 m (+1.4 m/s) Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union 11 June 1988
All these record have been standing for a looooooong time. I bet the human limit have been reached by most of them.[/quote]
And the one thing they all have in common is (correct me if im wrong) that each athlete is suspected of doping…
Haha,
[quote=“Elf1nDrak3”]
800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983[/quote]
only with the help of pure natural supplements…
[quote=“hannes”][quote=“Elf1nDrak3”]
800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983[/quote]
only with the help of pure natural supplements…[/quote]
Damn! Now that’s one nasty volksie bonnet! 
How about a team with 11 Premiership titles in a row
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
St George Dragons from Sydney Australia.
[quote=“bismarck”][quote=“hannes”][quote=“Elf1nDrak3”]
800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983[/quote]
only with the help of pure natural supplements…[/quote]
Damn! Now that’s one nasty volksie bonnet! [/quote]
Haha, two Disprins on an iron board. 
Not that this is a record, but with Andy Murray going into the semis of the Australian Open, I was reminded that . . .
No British male has won a tennis major since 1936!
[quote=“zender”]Not that this is a record, but with Andy Murray going into the semis of the Australian Open, I was reminded that . . .
No British male has won a tennis major since 1936!
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Makes me wonder…What’s the longest running losing streak (team or individual sport, country or otherwise)?
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Jack Abramoff (the incarcerated American lobbyist) still holds the bench press record at Beverly Hills High School, even though he graduated from there more than thirty years ago.
Cy Young; Career Wins