| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| The New Sultan of Swat: When Hank Aaron Passed Babe Ruth, He Set the Greatest Record in Sports | p. 1 |
| Catch as Catch Can: Jerry Rice's Career TD Mark Is the Most Enduring of His Many NFL Records | p. 4 |
| The Greatest One: Wayne Gretzky Owns the NHL Record Book, but His Points-Scored Mark Is the Most Majestic of All | p. 7 |
| The Streak: Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak Has Become as Legendary as the Player Who Set It | p. 10 |
| The Key to 88: John Wooden Led UCLA to an Unfathomable String of Regular-Season Victories | p. 13 |
| Coming Home: Rickey Henderson Circled the Bases More Often Than any Player in Baseball History | p. 16 |
| The Game of the Century: Wilt Chamberlain's 100-Point Game Was a Performance for the Ages | p. 19 |
| Win Song: Cy Young's Record for Career Victories Is the Product of History-and Pure Greatness | p. 22 |
| A Leap of Faith: Bob Beamon Shocked the World-and Himself-with His Record Long Jump | p. 25 |
| Undefeated: The 1972 Miami Dolphins Proved That Perfection Is Possible in Pro Sports | p. 28 |
| Nothing Plus Nothing: Johnny Vander Meer's Record of Back-to-Back No-Hitters Will Likely Never Be Equaled, Much Less Broken | p. 31 |
| 61 and Beyond: Maris, McGwire, and Bonds Each Took Their Own Swings at the Babe's Single-Season Home-Run Mark | p. 34 |
| Thoroughly Unbeatable: At the Belmont, Secretariat Set a Record That May Never Be Broken | p. 37 |
| The King of Swing: Ty Cobb's Career Batting Average of .366 Has Never Been Bettered | p. 40 |
| Ursa Majors: Combine the Careers of Any Two Golf Legends, and Jack Nicklaus Probably Won More Major Titles | p. 43 |
| Must-See TD: Johnny Unitas's 47-Game TD Streak Is One of the NFL's Most Enduring Marks | p. 46 |
| A Whiff of Fame: Nolan Ryan's Career Strikeout Record Is a Product of Power and Endurance | p. 49 |
| Rushing Roulette: Which NFL Running Back Set the Most Impressive Record? | p. 52 |
| For Pete's Sake: No College Player Ever Scored More Than LSU's "Pistol" Pete Maravich | p. 55 |
| Man of the Hour: In 60 Minutes One Afternoon, Jesse Owens Set Four World Records | p. 58 |
| 43 x 200: Richard Petty Is NASCAR's Winningest Racer with 200 Victories | p. 61 |
| Mister Rogers's Neighborhood: In 1924 Rogers Hornsby Set a Record for Single-Season Batting Average | p. 64 |
| The Man of Steal: Rickey Henderson's Career and Single-Season Stolen-Base Records Have Never Been Approached | p. 67 |
| The Kindest Cuts: For Seven Long Years, Tiger Woods Made Every PGA Tour Cut | p. 70 |
| The Miracle Mile: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, but Roger Bannister's Four-Minute Mile Proved Them Wrong | p. 73 |
| Hits and Misses: Pete Rose Broke a Great Record, but Is That Enough to Make Him Great? | p. 76 |
| Matching Sets: For Almost an Entire Tennis Season, Martina Navratilova Was Unbeatable | p. 79 |
| Fast Money: Formula One Racer Michael Schumacher Is Not Only the World's Fastest Athlete, He's the Richest, Too | p. 82 |
| The Longest Yards: QB Dan Marino Passed for Miles More Than His Nearest Competitor | p. 85 |
| Getting On: Ted Williams Reached Base Better Than Any Hitter in History | p. 88 |
| The Golden Games: Mark Spitz's Seven Gold Medals in 1972 Set an Enduring Olympic Record | p. 91 |
| Double or Nothing: Earl Webb's Single-Season Doubles Record Has Been Stubbornly Resistant | p. 94 |
| Goddess of Gold: Soviet Gymnast Larissa Latynina Won More Olympic Medals Than Any Athlete, Male or Female | p. 97 |
| Into the Ring: Bill Russell and Henri Richard Won More Titles Than Any Other Players | p. 100 |
| Passing the Boards: When It Came to Rebounding, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell Were Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd | p. 103 |
| Special Ks: Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood Are Baseball's Single-Game Strikeout Kings | p. 106 |
| Night after Night: The Lakers' 33-Game Winning Streak Set a Standard for All of Pro Sports | p. 109 |
| Byron's Lordship: In 1945 Byron Nelson Strung Together a Matchless Streak of Wins | p. 112 |
| Dean of Athletics: Dean Smith of North Carolina Won More Games Than Any Men's Division I Coach | p. 115 |
| The Grandest Slammer: Rod Laver Won Tennis's Biggest Prize-Not Once, but Twice | p. 118 |
| Tour de Force: Lance Armstrong Defeated More Than His Rival Riders to Win a Record Seven Tours de France | p. 121 |
| Given the Boot: Having Only Half a Foot Didn't Stop Tom Dempsey from Kicking the Longest Field Goal Ever in the NFL | p. 124 |
| Hit Parade: No Major Leaguer Topped 250 Hits for 80 Years-until Ichiro Came Along | p. 127 |
| Biggest Man on Campus: Three Coaches Deserve Consideration for the College Coaching Win Record | p. 130 |
| The Longest Yards: A 64-Year-Old Teaching Pro Hit the Longest Drive in Golf History | p. 133 |
| The Old College Try: Oklahoma's Classic Winning Streak Set the Standard for Big-Time College Football | p. 136 |
| Shut Out the Light: For Five Flawless Games, Brian Boucher Was the Hottest of All Goalies | p. 139 |
| Geezer of the Gridiron: For More Than a Quarter of a Century, George Blanda Kicked Field Goals and Completed Passes | p. 142 |
| Amazingly Bad: The 1962 Mets Set a Record for Losses-and Ineptitude | p. 145 |
| Perfect Attendance: Cal Ripken Didn't Take a Day Off for 15 Years-but Was That a Good Thing? | p. 148 |
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