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Liberatore et al. – Most Unbreakable Sports Records

In 2016, four statisticians published a paper listing what they believed to be the most unbreakable sports records of all time. How many of the athletes who hold these records can you name?
Source: doi.org/10.3233/JSA-150007
This paper only included records from MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL
Some records have since been broken
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Athlete
Record Held
#
Sport
Year Attained
1
Barry Bonds
Career Intentional Walks
688
Baseball
2007
2
Nolan Ryan
Career No Hitters
7
Baseball
1993
3
Joe DiMaggio
Consecutive Games With Hits
56
Baseball
1941
4
Jim Bottomley
Single Game Runs Batted In
12
Baseball
1924
5
Oscar Robertson
Season Triple Doubles
41
Basketball
1962
6
Cy Young
Career Wins
511
Baseball
1911
7
Wilt Chamberlain
Single Game Points
100
Basketball
1962
8
Cy Young
Career Complete Games
749
Baseball
1911
9
Wayne Gretzky
Career Assists
1963
Hockey
1999
10
Norm Van Brocklin
Single Game Pass Yards
554
Football
1951
11
Ty Cobb
Career Batting Average
0.366
Baseball
1928
12
Ted Williams
Career On-Base Percentage
0.482
Baseball
1939
13
Glenn Hall
Consecutive Games Played In Goal
502
Hockey
1962
14
Dick Lane
Season Interceptions
14
Football
1952
15
Ichiro
Season Hits
262
Baseball
2004
16
Babe Ruth
Career Slugging Percentage
0.6898
Baseball
1935
17
Cal Ripken Jr.
Consecutive Games Started
2632
Baseball
1998
18
Walter Johnson
Career Shutouts
110
Baseball
1927
19
Tom Dempsey
Single Game Field Goal Length
63
Football
1970
20
Dutch Leonard
Season Earned Run Average
0.961
Baseball
1914
21
Pete Rose
Career Hits
4256
Baseball
1986
22
Rickey Henderson
Career Stolen Bases
1406
Baseball
2003
23
Gale Sayers
Single Game Points Scored
36
Football
1965
24
Wilt Chamberlain
Season Scoring Average
50.4
Basketball
1962
25
Wilt Chamberlain
Single Game Rebounds
55
Basketball
1960
26
Rogers Hornsby
Season Batting Average
0.424
Baseball
1924
27
AC Green
Consecutive Games Played
1192
Basketball
1999
28
Drew Brees
Consecutive Games With Touchdown Pass
54
Football
2012
29
Michael Jordan
Career Points Per Game
30.12
Basketball
2003
30
Wilt Chamberlain
Season Rebound Average
27.2
Basketball
1961
31
Nolan Ryan
Career Strikeouts
5715
Baseball
1993
32
Wayne Gretzky
Consecutive Games With A Point
51
Hockey
1983
33
Brett Favre
Consecutive Starts
297
Football
2010
34
Wayne Gretzky
Career Points
2857
Hockey
1999
35
Nolan Ryan
Season Strikeouts
383
Baseball
1973
36
Orel Hershiser
Consecutive Scoreless Innings
59
Baseball
1988
37
Vince Coleman
Consecutive Stolen Bases
50
Baseball
1989
38
John Stockton
Career Assists
15806
Basketball
2003
39
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Career Points
38387
Basketball
1989
40
Ricky Henderson
Season Stolen Bases
130
Baseball
1982
41
Jerry Rice
Career Receiving Yards
22895
Football
2004
42
Derrick Thomas
Single Game Sacks
7
Football
1990
43
Eric Gagne
Consecutive Saves
84
Baseball
2004
44
Wayne Gretzky
Season Goals
92
Hockey
1986
45
Hack Wilson
Season Runs Batted In
191
Baseball
1930
46
OJ Simpson
Season Average Rushing Yards/Game
143.1
Football
1973
47
Morten Andersen
Career Points
2544
Football
2007
48
Wilt Chamberlain
Career Rebounds/Game
22.89
Basketball
1973
49
Jerry Rice
Consecutive Games With Reception
274
Football
2004
50
Barry Bonds
Season Slugging Percentage
0.8634
Baseball
2001
51
Wayne Gretzky
Season Points
215
Hockey
1986
52
Brett Favre
Career Touchdowns
508
Football
2010
53
Ladainian Tomlinson
Season Points
186
Football
2006
54
Jerry Rice
Career Receptions
1549
Football
2004
55
Emmit Smith
Career Rushing Yards
18355
Football
2004
57
Eric Dickerson
Season Rushing Yards
2105
Football
1984
58
Jerry Rice
Career Touchdowns
208
Football
2004
59
Brett Favre
Career Passing Yards
71838
Football
2010
60
Adrian Peterson
Single Game Rush Yards
296
Football
2007
61
Barry Bonds
Career Homeruns
762
Baseball
2007
62
Tom Brady
Season Touchdown Passes
50
Football
2007
63
Ladainian Tomlinson
Season Touchdowns
31
Football
2006
64
Barry Bonds
Season Walks
232
Baseball
2004
65
Barry Bonds
Season Homeruns
73
Baseball
2001
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