The 20 Most Unbreakable Records In Professional Sports History

Yes, the Detroit Lions have lost 14 consecutive games. But they won't lose 12 more games in-a-row. Calvin Johnson will win them a game sooner or later. The embarrassment of losing every single game for one full season, as well as the majority of a second season would almost be enough to will a team to victory.

Lance Armstrong—seven consecutive Tour de France victories

Lance Armstrong might be the most dominant athlete in the history of professional sports. Winning the Tour de France for seven consecutive seasons? We may never again see a cyclist hit three or four. Armstrong was a physical freak, willed on by his triumphant defeat of cancer and unbelievable endurance.

Barry Bonds—120 intentional walks in one season

Barry Bonds can take this one to the grave. Odds are that no one will reach half of this mark. Teams refuse to pitch to a hitter if they're intimidating, but the odds of one hitter averaging four or five intentional walks per week is just a joke. Most teams don't average 120 intentional walks a season. With the end of the Steroid Era in baseball, the league leader in intentional walks will struggle to reach 30 a season.

Cy Young—749 complete games

This one is laughable. Pitchers today will never again reach 200 complete games—their managers just won't allow it. The most successful pitchers in the game today pitch eight innings of shutout ball and allow a reliever to finish the game. If a pitcher would reach 10 complete games in a season, it becomes big baseball news. Twenty is impossible. And one would need to average 40 complete games for 19 consecutive seasons to reach this mark.

Johnny Unitas—47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass

Brett Favre once threw a touchdown in 36 consecutive games, but that remains second to Johnny U. To expect a quarterback to throw a touchdown pass for every game for almost three consecutive years is too much to ask for. Teams win games 24-10, and the quarterback doesn't throw a touchdown pass. No coach would care enough about the streak to be sure to have his quarterback pass the ball every time the ball was in the red zone.

Wayne Gretzky—nine MVP awards

Winning the award as the greatest player in your respective sport is a fantastic honor. To win this award nine times in a single career is just out of this world.

Wayne Gretzky will never even have this record threatened. The most MVPs by a baseball player is seven—by Barry Bonds. No football player has won more than three, and only Bill Russell can fill up one hand among basketball players.

Nolan Ryan—seven no-hitters

A pitcher can easily make the Hall of Fame without throwing a no-hitter. Ryan threw seven in his 27-year career. He threw two in 1973, one in 1974, one in 1975, one in 1981, and two in his mid 40's as a Texas Ranger. Sandy Koufax ranks second with four no-hitters, but the difference between four and seven is unbelievable. To break this record would require eight no-hitters. There are some teams that haven't thrown eight no-hitters in 27 years.

Ron Hunt—50 hit by pitches in one season

Many major league players don't even walk 50 times in a season, but in 1971, Ron Hunt was plunked by a baseball 50 times in one season. Chase Utley of the Phillies is hit more than just about any player in baseball, and he has never approached 30 HBP. Hunt perfected the art of leaning into pitches without letting the umpire realize what he was doing. He never came close to 50 again, but then again—neither will anyone else.

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