Guinness World Records 2018

International Soccer SPORTS MOST GOALS AT THE FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP BY AN INDIVIDUAL Alessandro Rosa Vieira (BRA, right), better ...

American Football SPORTS FIRST NFL PLAYER TO SCORE POSTSEASON TOUCHDOWNS BY RUSHING, RECEIVING AND KICK-RETURNING IN ONE GAME On ...

Baseball SPORTS MOST STRIKEOUTS IN AN MLB MATCH Max Scherzer threw 20 strikeouts in a single game for the Washington Nationals a ...

Basketball SPORTS MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE IN AN NBA PLAYOFF GAME Klay Thompson netted 11 three-point field goals playi ...

Ice Hockey SPORTS In 1932, Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, became the first ice hockey arena to use a four-sided game clo ...

Rugby MOST CONSECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION WINS BY A TIER 1 NATION New Zealand won 18 consecutive internationals between 1 ...

Tennis SPORTS OLDEST FEMALE TO DEBUT AT NO.1 IN THE WORLD RANKINGS On 12 Sep 2016, Angelique Kerber (DEU, b. 18 Jan 1988) replac ...

Most Olympic boxing gold medals won (female) Claressa Shields (USA) and Nicola Adams (UK) have each won two Olympic gold medals, ...

Martial Arts SPORTS FIRST ATHLETE TO WIN BOXING AND MMA WORLD TITLES On 14 Nov 2015, Holly Holm beat champion Ronda Rousey (both ...

Cricket FASTEST TIME FOR A BOWLER TO TAKE 100 WICKETS IN ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS In dismissing Dhananjaya de Silva (LKA) during a ...

Golf SPORTS LOWEST SCORE TO PAR IN A WOMEN’S MAJOR At the Evian Championship in Évian-les-Bains in France on 15–18 Sep 2016, Chu ...

Auto Sports SPORTS YOUNGEST DRIVER TO WIN A FORMULA 1 RACE On 15 May 2016, Max Verstappen (NLD) won the Spanish Grand Prix at Mo ...

Cycling SPORTS Bicycles designed for racing in velodromes have no brakes. Cyclists slow down by pushing back against the pedals. ...

Most wins of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) Women’s World Championships With her 3–2 victory over Deta Hedman (UK, b. JAM) ...

Weightlifting SPORTS HEAVIEST WEIGHTLIFTING 56 KG TOTAL (MALE) Long Qingquan (CHN) lifted 307 kg (676 lb 13.10 oz) at Rio 2016 o ...

Track & Field SPORTS MOST VICTORIES IN IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE ATHLETICS MEETINGS The International Association of Athletics Fed ...

SPORTS Most IAAF Diamond Race athletics titles At the end of every Diamond League season, the athlete with the most points in ea ...

Marathons SPORTS MOST WINS OF THE BERLIN MARATHON BY AN INDIVIDUAL (FEMALE) Aberu Kebede of Ethiopia won her third Berlin Marath ...

SPORTS FASTEST MARATHON (FEMALE, WOMEN‑ONLY RACE) On 23 Apr 2017, Mary Keitany (KEN) won her third London Marathon title, in 2 h ...

Swimming SPORTS FASTEST LONG-COURSE 800 M FREESTYLE (FEMALE) At Rio 2016 on 12 Aug, Katie Ledecky (USA) won the 800 m in 8 min 4 ...