In 1971 the LA Lakers achieved the unthinkable when they won 33 games in a row. Anything is possible but it’s going to take a majorly powerful team to break that record. The 73 win Warriors couldn’t even do it.
In 2008, the Houston Rockets challenged that record but last after 22 games. In the time the Lakers had their hot streak, they beat their opponents by an average for 17 points a game.
11 Ring Russell
Before LeBron got to be who we know him as today, it was Bill Russell who truly demonstrated to the world what can be done in basketball. The man won 11 rings, not that's not all he did, he also lasted 13 seasons.
Only two franchises in the NBA have gotten over six titles in their history, and not many have come close to scoring 11 rings.
Oscar Robertson The Offender
The NBA had a crazy year from 1961-62. The defense playing practically disappeared and the number of possessions each team had per game sky-rocketed. Beyond Wilt Chamberlain, almost no one gained anything more from this offensive boom. Unless you were Oscar Robertson. His triple-double average was buoyed by the fact that the team points per game average that year (118.8) was the highest in the league's history.
Of course, we will never see that little emphasis placed on defense ever again, so the probability of a player being able to maintain that kind of output for an entire season is non-existent.
Paula Radcliffe Is The World's Best
Apparently there is a difference between the "world record" and "world's best." In any case, the "world's best" title belongs to the former British long-distance runner, Paula Radcliffe who set it in a race where she was paced by men.
That title is still over two minutes faster than any women's marathon in history. Her speed is simply unbeatable and no one other woman has come close. The only one who can top that title is Radcliff herself.
Grete Waitz The History Maker
Grete Waitz achieved the unimaginable when she did not only become the first woman in history to run a marathon in under two and a half hours, but she also won 9 New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988. That is more than any other runner in history.
How did she do it? Sheer super-human abilities apparently.