We already know that Wayne Gretzky maintains the most points scored in the NHL of all-time. There is more whoever, he also holds the record for most points in just one season. In 1985, Gretzky scored 215 points.
That was just one of the four times that Gretzky scored over 200 points in a season. The majority of NHL offensive players are happy to just score 100 goals in a season. Clearly that wasn’t the case for Gretzky.
Martina Navratilova The Three-Timer
No woman has ever won Wimbledon more than three times consecutively. The competition is generally fierce and winning involves many elements. Somehow, none of that really applied to Navratilova.
This player was famously unique and totally dominated the All-England club year after year. All in all, she claimed six titles in a row and an astonishing nine overall. That's a lot of silver plates.
Phelps The Olympic King
Michael Phelps dominates the water completely. The Olympic champion's career spans five different Olympic Games and has broken the world record 39 times. Of those, 29 records were individual and the rest were relay races.
His most outstanding accomplishment that is currently unbreakable is his accumulation of 28 medals The next closes are 18 medals, so clearly, he is still pretty ahead.
The Ever- Controversial Lance Armstrong
After the series of admissions about doping, the media frenzy, and the public shame, we might want to retract this one later. Still, at the time it happened, Armstrong's records were momentous.
His seven Tour de France titles (1999–2005) did prompt authorities to do some major investigating. While cycling might be clean now, it will forever make us skeptical over these record breakers.
Cal Ripken Never Took A Vacation
For 17 MLB seasons, Cal Ripken Jr. never sat on the bench. starting 162 games a record number of times. All in all, Ripken Jr. played in 2,632 consecutive games before eventually taking a day off.
No one in baseball will ever be able to break this record. Not to mention that he didn't even get any injuries. Ironically, the moment he ended his streak, he got injured. Ain't that just the way.