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8 sports records that will never be broken

By Dave Stevenson

1934: American baseball player Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, 1895 - 1948) hits his first home run during his tour of Japan at Miji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)
1934: American baseball player Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, 1895 - 1948) hits his first home run during his tour of Japan at Miji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images) /
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3. Career NHL Points Record

Wayne Gretzky didn’t just beat Gordie Howe’s career point total of 1,850. He shattered it and took it to an impossible to reach level. By the time Gretzky’s career was over, he had 2,857 points. The closest person right now to his record? Former teammate Mark Messier (1,887 points). Even the ageless wonder Jaromir Jagr (1,868) is 10 100 point seasons away from breaking Gretzky’s record.

Will anyone break Gretzky’s record? Let’s see just how impossible that lofty points record will be to break. Say someone averages 106 points per season like Patrick Kane did in 2015-16. They’d have to average 106 points per season for over 26 seasons in order to break Gretzky’s record. Since the 2004-05 lockout, Joe Thornton has the highest single season point total with 125 in 2005-06. If a player averages 125 points per season, it would take them over 22 seasons to break Gretzky’s record.

Gretzky’s record is even more unbreakable once one takes into consideration how much the game of hockey has changed. He played in the 1980’s, when scoring was the norm. Scoring is much harder now than it was 30 years ago. Gretzky’s goal record will be very tough to break as well. But at least Alex Ovechkin has an outside chance of breaking it. Nobody is even close to Gretzky’s record. It’s likely that no one will ever break the most impressive points record in sports.

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