SPORTS AND GAMES
Highest Attendance At A Super Bowl
The highest Super Bowl attendance is 103,985, for Super Bowl XIV, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the LA Rams at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, on January 20, 1980.
Highest Score In An NFL Championship Game
The highest score in any NFL game is 73 by the Chicago Bears against the Washington Redskins (0) in the 1940 NFL Championship game at Washington on December 8, 1940.
Most NFL Games Played
George Blanda (b. September 17, 1927) played in a record 340 games in a record 26 seasons in the NFL (Chicago Bears 1949-58, Baltimore Colts 1950, Houston Oilers 1960-66, and Oakland Raiders 1967-75).
Most Field Goals In A Super Bowl Career
Ray Wersching scored five field goals during the course of his Super Bowl career from 1982 to 1985.
Highest Career Average In Playoff Games
The highest points scoring average in NBA playoff games is 33.4 points by Michael Jordan (USA) who scored 5,987 points in 179 games from 1984-98 for the Chicago Bulls.
Highest Scoring Average In An NBA Season
The highest scoring average in an NBA season is 50.4 points per game, by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961/62 season.
Most Basketballs Dribbled Simultaneously
America's Joseph Odhiambo, has dribbled 6 basketballs simultaneously, beating his previous record of 5. The feat took place on August 15th, 2000 at his home at Mesa, Arizona, USA.
Most NBA Career Minutes Played
The most NBA career minutes played were by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the USA, who played for a record 57,446 minutes in the course of his career.
Largest Football Attendance (Soccer)
The greatest recorded crowd at any soccer match was 199,854, for the Brazil v. Uruguay World Cup final in the Maracanã Municipal Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 16, 1950.
Most Expensive Soccer Player
The highest transfer fee quoted for a player is a reported 13,033,000,000 Spanish pesetas (£47 million) for France's Zinedine Zidane from Juventus to Real Madrid on July 9th, 2001.
Most Points In A Rugby Union Career
William Henry Dusty Hare (b. November 29, 1952) scored 7,337 points in first-class games from 1971–89, comprising 1,800 for Nottingham, 4,427 for Leicester, 240 for England, 88 for the British Isles, and 782 in other representative matches.
Biggest Victory Margin In A Golf Tournament
The biggest margin of victory in a major golf tournament was achieved by Tiger Woods, who won the 2000 US Open by 15 shots. He finished with a round of 67 to add to rounds of 65, 69, and 71, for a 12 under par total of 272. Tasting defeat were his nearest challengers, Miguel Angel Jiminez of Spain, and South Africa’s two-time Open winner, Ernie Els.
Highest Season's Earnings In Women's Golf
The season's record for earnings on the USLPGA Tour is $2,863,904 (£1,817,467) by Annika Sorestam (Sweden) in 2002.
Largest Golf Ball Collection
Ted Hoz of Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA, has collected 69,384 golf balls since 1986. If the balls were set in a line side by side, they would extend almost 2 miles (3.2 km.).
Largest Internet Golf Tournament
More than 11,000 players signed up for the 1999 Jack Nicklaus Online Golf Championship. Chet Stone, from New York, USA, won the title after 36 holes played on a digital version of the California-based Pelican Hill course.
Highest Air on a Skateboard
Professional skateboarder Danny Way performed a 5.56 m (18.25 ft) method air off the top of a 6 m (20 ft) quarterpipe at Point X Camp near Aguanga, California, USA, on April 17, 2002. The previous day, Danny, from San Diego, California, USA, also broke the Guinness World Record for the longest air.
Most French Open women's singles titles
The most French Open women's singles titles won is seven, achieved by Chris Evert (USA) in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1986
Fastest Tennis Serve By A Woman
The fastest server in the women’s game is Venus Williams (USA), who recorded a serve of 205 km/h (127.4 mph) during the European Indoor Championships at Zürich, Switzerland, on October 16, 1998. Venus and her sister Serena are both coached by their charismatic father.
Most Wimbledon Men's Singles Titles
The holder of the greatest number of Wimbledon men's singles tennis titles is Pete Sampras (USA), who won seven times between 1993-1995 and 1997-2000. Sampras is known as "Pistol Pete" due to his strong all-round game, especially his powerful and precise serve. Sampras won his first grand slam title in 1990 when he won the US Open, becoming the youngest man ever to take the title.
Longest Skiing Race
The world's longest Nordic ski race is the annual Vasaloppet in Sweden, which covers a distance of 89 km (55.3 miles).
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