Lots of sports stars made 2016 Guinness Books of records. Below are those that made it into the book.
Frank Lampard: most Premier League teams scored against, 39. Beat Andy Cole l's record of 38
Jose Mourinho: , The most Points in a Premier League season (95), most Champions League's won at different clubs (two), youngest manager to reach 100 Champions League games (49 years 12 days) and most games unbeaten at home in the Premier League (77).
Chris Smalling: fastest goal in the Premier League by a substitute from kick-off, most goals in the Premier League scored by a substitute in the first half.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Most La Liga hattricks. 27, overtook Alfredo Di Stefano. Most followed athlete and person on both Facebook (over 100 million likes) and Twitter (over 27m followers).
Novak Djokovic: Most Australian Open titles (five) and alongside Rafael Nadal longest Grand Slam final (Five hours and 33 minutes).
Serena Williams: Highest Earner Ever in Female Tennis, £44,782,600 since turning professional back in 1995.
OTHER GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS IN SPORT
Tallest Active Professional Rugby player - English giant Will Carrick-Smith standing at 6ft 11
• Most Appearances in Women's World Cup Final – England with six and won the most recent in 2014
• Most Appearances in the Super League Grand Final – Paul Wellens, St Helens, has featured 10 times.
• Oldest Player to Score a Century in a ODI – Khurram Khan (UAE) aged 43 vs Afghanistan on 30 November 2014
• Most Runs in a ICC World Cup Match – Martin Guptill 237 not out vs West Indies 21 March 2015
• Most International Runs in a Calendar Year – Kumar Sangakarra – 2,868 runs in 2014
• Most consecutive Grand Slam Tournaments Featured – Ai Sugiyama – 62 between 1994 to 2009
• Fastest Female Serve – Sabine Lisiciki – 131mph (29 July 2014), California
• Most Five Set Matches Played – Lleyton Hewitt – 43 matches with a win-loss ratio of 26-17
• Lowest Single Round at a Major – female Kim Hyo-joo – score of 61 aged just 19 on 11 September 201
• Oldest Golfer to break Par at US Masters – Tom Watson aged 65 years 219 days on 9 April 2015 at Augusta
• Longest Drive on the European Tour – Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium at the Wales Open on No 18 September 2014
• Fastest marathon - Dennis Kimetto in 2hr 2min 57sec at the Berlin Marathon in September 2014
• Longest kick-off return for a touchdown – 109 yards - Cordarrelle Patterson of Minnesota Vikings October 2013
• Most tweeted sporting event – 2014 World Cup Final – Germany v Argentina - 618,725 tweets per minute
The 2016 Guinness World Records book and Gamer's Edition launch on September 10th September with a RRP of £20 and £10 respectively.
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