Lengthy earlier than Alex Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky for the NHL goal-scoring file with No. 895 on Sunday, Gretzky moved into the highest spot forward of Gordie Howe by placing the puck within the internet for the Los Angeles Kings on March 23, 1994.
In the course of the Kings’ regional sports activities community broadcast that day, an announcer breathlessly declared: “A historic moments in sports activities, in contrast with Henry Aaron passing Babe Ruth in house runs, with Pete Rose passing Ty Cobb in hits. Nice moments when individuals thought data would by no means be damaged. Mike Powell passing Bob Beamon’s lengthy leap file of 29 ft, 2 1/2 inches. And Wayne Gretzky, certainly, has data that will by no means be damaged. Maybe this one.”
Gretzky received his 802nd in that sport and ended up with 894 when he retired in 1999.
Seems, Ovechkin did get there, scoring from his “workplace” within the left faceoff circle on an influence play for the Washington Capitals — the one workforce the 39-year-old Russian winger has performed for since making his NHL debut in 2005 — through the second interval of a sport in opposition to the New York Islanders.
“They are saying data are made to be damaged,” Gretzky stated throughout an on-ice ceremony after Ovechkin moved forward of him Sunday, “however I am undecided who’s going to get extra targets than that.”
Maybe Ovechkin’s closing complete will show unsurpassable, even when Gretzky’s did not. Here’s a by-the-numbers take a look at some supposedly unbreakable data that do nonetheless stand:
10.49
Florence Griffith-Joyner has held the quickest time within the ladies’s 100-meter sprint since a breezy day on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials, and just one different athlete has even gone sooner than 10.6. Griffith-Joyner additionally holds the 200 file, established on the Seoul Olympics that yr, and debates over the legitimacy of these two requirements proceed many years later.
18
There was loads of speak that Tiger Woods was going to overhaul Jack Nicklaus for probably the most main championships in males’s golf, however that was earlier than a collection of accidents interrupted Woods’ profession. He not too long ago had surgical procedure for a ruptured Achilles tendon and can miss the upcoming Masters. Woods received his most up-to-date main in 2019, ending an 11-year drought and elevating his depend to fifteen; Nicklaus retired with 18. No different energetic participant has greater than six.
23
Michael Phelps’ dominance of the pool left the American swimmer with probably the most Olympic gold medals from any sport — and nobody else has greater than 9 as of now. Phelps, who retired after the 2016 Rio Olympics, additionally owns extra complete medals than every other athlete, 28.
56
Joe DiMaggio’s streak of consecutive Main League Baseball video games with a minimum of one hit has stood since 1941, and the closest anybody has come since then was Rose’s 44-game run in 1978. One other quantity which may not be surpassed: Rose’s 4,256 profession hits. Baseball is a sport stuffed with numbers and, subsequently, data, and one other one broadly deemed unapproachable is Cal Ripken’s 2,632 video games in a row, greater than 500 above Lou Gehrig’s earlier excessive. The longest present energetic streak is under 500.
100
Wilt Chamberlain’s single-game NBA scoring file was set on March 2, 1962, and whereas he stated a quarter-century later, “I feel it may be damaged,” the closest anybody has come was Kobe Bryant’s 81 in 2006.
511
Cy Younger’s profession pitching wins are almost 100 greater than anybody else in MLB historical past and got here lengthy earlier than the present period of limiting innings and defending arms (his final season was 1911). There are some who assume there may by no means be one other participant to get to 300 wins. The game’s energetic chief is Justin Verlander, who entered this yr with 262 at age 42.
762
Barry Bonds hit extra profession house runs than anybody else in MLB, bettering Aaron’s complete of 755 earlier than retiring in 2007. Bonds admitted taking performance-enhancing medication, though he stated he didn’t achieve this knowingly. Additionally nonetheless round: Bonds’ season file of 73 homers in 2001.
70-68
Think about this file one which merely cannot be damaged as a result of the principles modified: John Isner’s victory over Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 is the longest match in tennis historical past, lasting 11 hours, 5 minutes till ending at 70-68 within the fifth set. In 2022, all 4 Grand Slam tournaments adopted tiebreakers at 6-6 within the fifth set of males’s matches and third set of ladies’s to stop endless marathons.
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Howard Fendrich is an AP nationwide author. Discover his tales right here: https://apnews.com/creator/howard-fendrich. Extra AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL
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