The most consecutive matches played without missing an inning in Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan) is 1,492 by Tomoaki Kanemoto (Japan) with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Hanshin Tigers from 21 July 1999 to 17 April 2010. This is also the world record for all professional baseball leagues, surpassing Cal Ripken Jr.’s (USA) mark of 903 games in Major League Baseball (USA). During his streak, Kanemoto won the Central League Most Valuable Player once, was named a member of the Best Nine six times, and earned Continue reading →

The most consecutive Grand Slam tennis tournament men’s singles semi-final appearances by an individual player is 23 by Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2004 and 2010.

The most successive gold medal wins in Olympic history is six by Aladár Gerevich (Hungary) who was a member of the winning sabre team from 1932–60.

The Detroit Red Wings (USA) became the first team in National Hockey League (NHL) history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons from 1999-00 to 2008-09. The Red Wings surpassed the previous record for consecutive 100-point seasons set by the Montreal Canadiens (Canada) from 1974-75 to 1981-82.

The most consecutive cricket test match victories is 16 and was achieved by Australia twice, firstly from 14 October 1999 to 27 February 2001 and most recently from 26 December 2005 to 2 January 2008. In both instances Australia’s run was halted by India. Between 26 December 2005 and 2 January 2008, the Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting led his team on a record-equalling run of 16 consecutive test match victories, matching the winning streak achieved by his predecessor Steve Waugh in the period from Continue reading →

The most consecutive Test match innings batted without scoring a duck (zero) by an individual is 119 by David Gower (b. 1 April 1957, UK) between 1982 and 1990.

The most consecutive Test match innings batted before scoring his first duck (zero) by an individual is 78 by AB de Villiers (South Africa) between 17 December 2004 and 27 November 2008.

The most consecutive wins at the FINA diving world championships is five and was achieved by Jingjing Guo (China) in both the individual and synchronized 3m platform in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2007.

According to research carried out by GameQuarry.com, Rockstar Games is the videogame publisher with the most consistent record of game reviews, with 16 of its 23 games receiving average reviews of between 80 and 100%. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010

In terms of the number of independent nations for which the same person is lawfully Head of State at the same time is 16 and belongs to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II (UK) – possibly the most powerful woman in the world. Whilst the Queen’s role is nominal and ceremonial (excerising no political powers), over 128 million people in 15 Commonwealth states (plus the UK) recognise her as their monarch. These 16 are: Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Continue reading →