Sports Records that will never be broken or very difficult to break.

[muwarrior69]

I'll start with two:

Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak.
Cy Young with 511 career wins.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Ners 891 dunks at the Rec Center in one game

[tower912]

Cal Ripken consecutive games played.

Emmit Smith's all time rushing record.

30 wins in a season.

Wilt's 50.4 scoring average.

Nicklaus' 18 majors.

[MU82]

Any pitching record that requires longevity and/or workhorse behavior.

In other words, while ERA, saves and those kinds of records theoretically could be broken, season and career records for innings pitched, wins, strikeouts, complete games, etc, are absolutely untouchable.

I doubt anybody will break DiMaggio's hitting streak, but I am 100% certain that no pitcher will come within a zillion miles of Cy Young's 511 wins.

And obviously, Ners' dunk records both at Helfaer and in high school are unbreakable. Duh.

[shoothoops]

Fernando Tatis hit two Grand Slams off of the same pitcher (Chan Ho Park) in the same inning, of the same game.

Stan Musial had 3,630 hits. Exactly half were at home, 1815, and half were on the road, 1815.

[GooooMarquette]

The 0-yard punt return TD on Sunday.

Brett Favre's 321 consecutive starts by a QB (including playoff games). Philip Rivers is the closest active QB...but he is nearly 100 games back, and he's 38 years old. Peyton and Eli Manning gave it a good shot, but each fell about 100 games short.

[buckchuckler]

Fernando Tatis hit two Grand Slams off of the same pitcher (Chan Ho Park) in the same inning, of the same game.

Stan Musial had 3,630 hits. Exactly half were at home, 1815, and half were on the road, 1815.

Ha!  I love this. 

[Galway Eagle]

UConn women's undefeated streak

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Stan Musial had 3,630 hits. Exactly half were at home, 1815, and half were on the road, 1815.

This isn't that hard.  I have the same number of major league hits both home and away.

[GooooMarquette]

This isn't that hard.  I have the same number of major league hits both home and away.

Same here. I also have the same number batting left and right-handed.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Stan Musial had 3,630 hits. Exactly half were at home, 1815, and half were on the road, 1815.

While I appreciate the brevity of this particular post about St. Louis, that’s not a record.

[shoothoops]

While I appreciate the brevity of this particular post about St. Louis, that’s not a record.

While I appreciate the psychological projection of your user name, it is a record. It may never be broken in the history of Major League Baseball until the end of time. It’s fun. 👍

[Pakuni]

UCLA's 88-game winning streak.
UCLA's seven consecutive championships.

[Coleman]

Cal Ripken consecutive games played.

This is THE answer

[DegenerateDish]

White Sox 4 consecutive complete games in the MLB postseason.

[Warrior Code]

Warrior Code's 800+ perfect posts*

*and counting

[Galway Eagle]

Nm

[reinko]

Marquette being undefeated in football for the past 60 years.

[reinko]

Marquette being undefeated in football for the past 60 years.

[StillAWarrior]

Cy Young with 511 career wins.

This is the one that always comes to my mind.  That's 25 wins per year for 20 consecutive years (with a few extra thrown in for good measure). That's absolutely absurd.  There has been one 25 game winner in the last 30 years (Bob Welch with 27 in 1990)...only two in the last 40 years. It's been nearly 50 years since there was a 25-game winner in the NL (Steve Carlton with 27 in 1972).  You have to go back to 1946 to find the 20 most recent 25-win seasons. To break Young's record, a pitcher would have to do that every year for 20 years.

Yeah, Young's record is safe.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

This is the one that always comes to my mind.  That's 25 wins per year for 20 consecutive years (with a few extra thrown in for good measure). That's absolutely absurd.  There has been one 25 game winner in the last 30 years (Bob Welch with 27 in 1990)...only two in the last 40 years. It's been nearly 50 years since there was a 25-game winner in the NL (Steve Carlton with 27 in 1972).  You have to go back to 1946 to find the 20 most recent 25-win seasons. To break Young's record, a pitcher would have to do that every year for 20 years.

Yeah, Young's record is safe.

I think that speaks to how obsolete the statistic is more than anything. 

[Billy Hoyle]

How about hockey? Gretzky's 92 goals in a season, 51 point scoring streak, and 215 points in a season (he had 200 points in a season four times). In the 215 point season, if you took away all of his goals he still led the league in points that season on assists alone.  His 163 assists in a season will also never be broken.

Gretzky's career scoring record is safe. He is the all-time leading scorer in NHL history by nearly 100 points on assists alone.

[StillAWarrior]

I think that speaks to how obsolete the statistic is more than anything.

You'll get no argument from me on that point. But the point remains...it will never be broken.

[StillAWarrior]

He is the all-time leading scorer in NHL history by nearly 100 points on assists alone.

Another of my favorite facts about unbreakable records. And this one has the benefit not not being the result of an obsolete statistic (as far as I know). It's a testament to how damn good Gretzky was.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

This is the one that always comes to my mind.  That's 25 wins per year for 20 consecutive years (with a few extra thrown in for good measure). That's absolutely absurd.  There has been one 25 game winner in the last 30 years (Bob Welch with 27 in 1990)...only two in the last 40 years. It's been nearly 50 years since there was a 25-game winner in the NL (Steve Carlton with 27 in 1972).  You have to go back to 1946 to find the 20 most recent 25-win seasons. To break Young's record, a pitcher would have to do that every year for 20 years.

Yeah, Young's record is safe.

Similarly, Walter Johnson is the all-time leader in shutouts with 110.

The current active leader is Kershaw with 15
The current active leader under age 30 is Shelby Miller with 5 at age 29.