Records are made to be broken right? Which one never will.

my vote is for the dago!!


good ol'Joey D

I am a big Celtics fan.......

The six straight Tour de France victories that Lance Armstrong will accomplish this year. :)

the miami dolphins undefeated year. can be tied but never broken except for more wins.

My brother you forgot the big one........
German ace Michael Schumacher is recognised as being at present the world's best racing driver. Many people say he is the best ever, but he himself denies any comparison to Fangio of the 50s - the only other driver to achieve five F1 championships. In 1995 Michael became the youngest double Formula 1 World Champion (1994 and 1995 seasons) ever. Michael is also the 2000, 2001, 2002 and current (year 2003) World Champion. This phenomenal record speaks for itself. This year (2003) he beat Juan Manuel Fangio's five championships, by taking his sixth!

Michael is also the highest paid athlete in the world, earning a reputed $30 million US.

His record will stand.......

Originally posted by Baller
My brother you forgot the big one........
German ace Michael Schumacher is recognised as being at present the world's best racing driver. Many people say he is the best ever, but he himself denies any comparison to Fangio of the 50s - the only other driver to achieve five F1 championships. In 1995 Michael became the youngest double Formula 1 World Champion (1994 and 1995 seasons) ever. Michael is also the 2000, 2001, 2002 and current (year 2003) World Champion. This phenomenal record speaks for itself. This year (2003) he beat Juan Manuel Fangio's five championships, by taking his sixth!

Michael is also the highest paid athlete in the world, earning a reputed $30 million US.

His record will stand.......

forgive me i only had 10 slots. but at least it's been documented. nicely done.

$30 mils highest paid athelete?
Didn't Michael Jordan earn $40 for his last year with the Bulls?
And I think Tyson or somebody got $40 in one year as well..
But if you're talking overall..
Then guys like KG and Shaq are all making insane money
So much, their future family lineage will never have to work again.

Anyways, I think the record that can never be broken is most consecutive wins in a professional sport: Lakers 33 wins in '71-'72 season.

By the way, my vote is on Chamberlain's 100 with all the low-scoring games nowadays.

i odn't think anyone will ever beat wilt chamberlains record.... coaches these wouldn't allow it unless the player is that hot..

Originally posted by SpYnalChRd81
$30 mils highest paid athelete?
Didn't Michael Jordan earn $40 for his last year with the Bulls?
And I think Tyson or somebody got $40 in one year as well..
But if you're talking overall..
Then guys like KG and Shaq are all making insane money
So much, their future family lineage will never have to work again.

Anyways, I think the record that can never be broken is most consecutive wins in a professional sport: Lakers 33 wins in '71-'72 season.

By the way, my vote is on Chamberlain's 100 with all the low-scoring games nowadays.


With all of his sponsors he made 175 million last year making him the official Hi-Baller......

I agree no NBA player will ever score 100 points. It's a team sport, there is no room for a ball hog like Wilt.

However, I chose consecutive games played by Cal Ripken Jr. With these punk kid "athletes", every little hangnail and they sit themselves on the bench. Can you say "Leon"!

Originally posted by jonalan
I agree no NBA player will ever score 100 points. It's a team sport, there is no room for a ball hog like Wilt.

However, I chose consecutive games played by Cal Ripken Jr. With these punk kid "athletes", every little hangnail and they sit themselves on the bench. Can you say "Leon"!

yea people kind of overlook this one because its a boring record. it averages out to 16 162 game seasons without missing a game. thats going to be tough to do.

I am surprised that you did not include the ONE record that is even tougher than the ones listed. Lifetime strikeouts!! Here is a bit of info on Nolan Ryan...

OF ALL THE RECORDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS in Nolan Ryan's career, this one could be the most telling:

Ryan finished with 5,714 career strikeouts, which puts him 1,578 ahead of Steve Carlton, who had 4,136 and is second on the all-time list. That is the largest percentage difference between first and second in any major statistical category in baseball.

Think of it this way. If a pitcher made his major league debut today and finished a few years later with 1,578 strikeouts, people would say he had a nice career. Ryan finished his career with that many more strikeouts than any other pitcher in the history of baseball.

If a pitcher broke in next season and had designs on overtaking Ryan for the all-time strikeout lead, he would need to average 200 strikeouts for more than 28 seasons. If he averaged 250 strikeouts, it would take nearly 23 seasons to catch Ryan. Averaging 300 strikeouts, he would need 19 seasons.

From Pat Jarvis (No. 1 in 1966) to Greg Myers (No. 5,714 in 1993), from Hall of Famer Henry Aaron to bit player Paul Zuvella, Ryan's strikeouts went on and on and on. He struck out a total of 1,176 players, including eight father-and-son combinations, 12 sets of brothers and 29 members of Baseball's Hall of Fame--including 1999 fellow inductees George Brett (18 times) and Robin Yount (16).

I think Brett Favre's concecutive starts for a QB will be pretty hard to beat.

Originally posted by 350 Formula
I am surprised that you did not include the ONE record that is even tougher than the ones listed. Lifetime strikeouts!! Here is a bit of info on Nolan Ryan...

OF ALL THE RECORDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS in Nolan Ryan's career, this one could be the most telling:

Ryan finished with 5,714 career strikeouts, which puts him 1,578 ahead of Steve Carlton, who had 4,136 and is second on the all-time list. That is the largest percentage difference between first and second in any major statistical category in baseball.

Think of it this way. If a pitcher made his major league debut today and finished a few years later with 1,578 strikeouts, people would say he had a nice career. Ryan finished his career with that many more strikeouts than any other pitcher in the history of baseball.

If a pitcher broke in next season and had designs on overtaking Ryan for the all-time strikeout lead, he would need to average 200 strikeouts for more than 28 seasons. If he averaged 250 strikeouts, it would take nearly 23 seasons to catch Ryan. Averaging 300 strikeouts, he would need 19 seasons.

From Pat Jarvis (No. 1 in 1966) to Greg Myers (No. 5,714 in 1993), from Hall of Famer Henry Aaron to bit player Paul Zuvella, Ryan's strikeouts went on and on and on. He struck out a total of 1,176 players, including eight father-and-son combinations, 12 sets of brothers and 29 members of Baseball's Hall of Fame--including 1999 fellow inductees George Brett (18 times) and Robin Yount (16).

its a great record no doubt. but i dont think is impossible to beat. how about cy youngs 511 career wins?

you know thinking about it.. I would have to agree with a lot of the iron man with cal rikpen but I still like DiMaggios chances. but here is a big one!

Al Spalding with 54 wins in one season for the Boston Braves.

With all the setup men, closers and 5 man rotations this one will be extrememly hard to beat.

Originally posted by Kaliken
you know thinking about it.. I would have to agree with a lot of the iron man with cal rikpen but I still like DiMaggios chances. but here is a big one!

Al Spalding with 54 wins in one season for the Boston Braves.

With all the setup men, closers and 5 man rotations this one will be extrememly hard to beat.

to catch cy young you would have to win on average 20 games a year for 25 years and then 12 more. :D

Originally posted by RX-GR8
to catch cy young you would have to win on average 20 games a year for 25 years and then 12 more. :D


:D :D :D :D

point well taken!

Originally posted by jonalan
I agree no NBA player will ever score 100 points. It's a team sport, there is no room for a ball hog like Wilt.

However, I chose consecutive games played by Cal Ripken Jr. With these punk kid "athletes", every little hangnail and they sit themselves on the bench. Can you say "Leon"!

it's a tough record to beat but i think if you force fed a player like kobe or shaq this record could fall although mj never came close with 69 points. mst of the other records listed require greatness over years.

a lot of these records aren't really possible for today's players because of how the games have changed over decades, but i don't think cal ripken's or dimaggio's "attainable" records will be beaten. (voted for joltin joe)

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Originally posted by Baller
With all of his sponsors he made 175 million last year making him the official Hi-Baller......

Michael Jordan made 90 mill on Nike endorsement, 25 mill from McDonald's, 10 mill from Gatorade, another 25 mill from other misc. foreign markets, 58 mill for playing the final year, 8 mill for being in the Wizards upper management, another 10 mill for his video game likeness... At the end, he was making 250+ million his final year with the Wizard. That is far more than any sports athlete ever.

before i even saw your choices, i thought of the wilt chamberlain 100pts.