# Most remarkable winning streaks **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 30, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375 "2013-03-30T20:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/1 "2013-03-30T20:54:08Z")
I was just channel surfing past the national high school dance championships on ESPN, and watched long enough to hear that in the large pom category, Floyd Central high school had a TEN YEAR winning streak (they came in second this year, ending the streak). That’s pretty amazing, considering how many high schools there are in the US, and that the entire team turns over every 4 years at a minimum, and probably less than that. Granted, (a) it’s not a very prominent competition, and (b) I don’t know how many high schools actually have serious dance programs with aspirations to compete at that level, but still… 10 years in a row national champions is something. Are there any other similar streaks that people know about? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/2 "2013-03-30T21:05:47Z")
[Edwin Moses](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses). [400 meter hurdles.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_meter_hurdles) Olympic Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Won 122 races in a row (107 finals) in a 10 year period while setting a world record four times. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/3 "2013-03-30T21:25:31Z")
[Jimmy Jacobs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs_(handballer)#Handball) won every [four-wall handball game](http://www.jimjacobs.org/history.html) he played from 1955 to 1969. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/4 "2013-03-30T21:27:43Z")
How about Billy Beane getting 20 wins out of a bunch of “oddballs” on the 2002 Oakland A’s? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/5 "2013-03-30T21:29:43Z")
Dee and Dennis have never lost a game of Chardee MacDennis. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/6 "2013-03-30T21:37:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Edwin Moses](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses). [400 meter hurdles.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_meter_hurdles) > Olympic Gold Medals **1972** , 1976 Oh, **pat** , you know better than that! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/7 "2013-03-30T21:41:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Oh, **pat** , you know better than that! > ☹ You’re right, I don’t know where that came from. :smack: 1984 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/8 "2013-03-30T21:51:59Z")
If you want to deviate from sports for a minute…let’s not forget about Ken Jennings, with 74 consecutive Jeopardy! wins. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/9 "2013-03-30T22:08:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [Jimmy Jacobs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs_(handballer)#Handball) won every [four-wall handball game](http://www.jimjacobs.org/history.html) he played from 1955 to 1969. What’s the different between that version on handball, and the kind played in the Olympics? (I love the latter) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/10 "2013-03-30T22:10:21Z")
Martina Navritlova had a 74 (IIRC) match winning streak in the 80s. Also in tennis, Chris Evert won a Slam in, I believe, 11 straight years. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/11 "2013-03-30T22:30:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Martina Navritlova had a 74 (IIRC) match winning streak in the 80s. [Yes, she did.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Navratilova%27s_74-match_winning_streak_in_1984) That was in 1984. She went 78-2 in singles that year and won the Grand Slam in doubles. And in singles that was kind of a down year for her. She went 90-3 in 1982 (and again in 1986) and 86-1 in 1983. There was a five year stretch where she won about 97% of her matches and lost 14 times total in singles. So that’s someone who was clearly head and shoulders above the field. The 2007-08 Houston Rockets won 22 games in a row (the third-longest streak in the history of the NBA) even though they didn’t seem to be all that great. They were barely over .500 (24-20) when the streak began, and after 12 wins, they lost Yao Ming, who was arguably their best and least replaceable player. Dikembe Mutombo was playing major minutes for them at center at the age of 42 and I think their other center was Chuck Hayes, who is good but very small for an NBA center. They still managed to win another 10 games. Everything just sort of fell into place for them at the right time. I don’t think it compares to some of these other streaks where a person or team was clearly the best in the world for a long period, but it was remarkable in that you would not have expected this team to do it, especially under those circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/12 "2013-03-30T22:40:57Z")
Chrissy’s GS streak was 13 years ('74-86) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/13 "2013-03-31T01:05:20Z")
UCLA won 88 straight basketball games over a few years. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/14 "2013-03-31T01:14:08Z")
Miami Dolphins has held the undefeated season record for over 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/15 "2013-03-31T01:14:33Z")
Cherry Creek High School in Denver won 38 consecutive state championships in boys tennis. It ended in 2010. They also won 316 consecutive dual meets during the streak. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/16 "2013-03-31T04:28:51Z")
Marion Tinsley, 9-time World Checkers champion, finished in undivided first place in every tournament that he played in over a 45-year period. He also won the first Man-Machine World Championship, beating the University of Alberta’s Chinook program 4-2 (with 33 draws). During the 45-year period he lost only seven games, including the two he lost to Chinook. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/17 "2013-03-31T05:11:00Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > … in the large pom category, Floyd Central high school had a TEN YEAR winning streak … Oh, that’s an em. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/18 "2013-03-31T05:39:16Z")
Australian squash player [Heather McKay](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay) after 2 losses early in her career remained unbeaten for the next 19 and a bit years. During this time she won the world title or equivalent every year. Dutch wheelchair tennis player [Esther Vergeer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vergeer) won her last 470 matches from 2003 onward, until her retirement. ---
**Author:** ![hiebram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hiebram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hiebram)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/19 "2013-03-31T15:25:26Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Oh, that’s an em. Never mind. Haha, I did the same thing. That would have made high school much more tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375/20 "2013-03-31T23:52:11Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Marion Tinsley, 9-time World Checkers champion, finished in undivided first place in every tournament that he played in over a 45-year period. He also won the first Man-Machine World Championship, beating the University of Alberta’s Chinook program 4-2 (with 33 draws). During the 45-year period he lost only seven games, including the two he lost to Chinook. Is this the winner? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-remarkable-winning-streaks/654375.md?page=2)