Sports is all about competition, and the highest honors will always be reserved for the champions who stand out from the pack. Even in team sports, there are some standalone moments that make fans sit up and be amazed at what a few motivated athletes are capable of doing when they put their minds to it. Of course, there are also always a few unintentional records nobody was trying to earn.

The Highs

A few quarterbacks finish every season with 4,000+ yards of completed passing. Of those who do, it's pretty rare; maybe a couple times in a career. The Colts' Peyton Manning, on the other hand, has a shocking 11 4,000+ seasons. What had once been a rare distinction became, for 11 out of his 18 career seasons, actually routine. On a similar note, this time from the world of boxing, Julio César Chávez is a retired six-time world champion. Except. . . he did it in three separate weight classes, when most boxers never get close in one class. Chávez has another unprecedented achievement under his (many) title belts. His 87-fight winning streak is the longest ever, only ending in a draw in 1993.

The Lows

Losing a game can be rough, and every team has bad seasons. Failing consistently for decades eventually gets humorous. Such was the 20-season losing streak the Pittsburgh Pirates ran from 1993 to 2012. In all this time, they never even broke .500 for a single season. The Pirates' streak was agonizing, but it was peanuts compared with the Curse of the Bambino, which deprived the Red Sox of a World Series every single year from 1918 to 2004, an 86-year losing streak unmatched in baseball.