Sports Synchronicity

With the weekend upon us, I figured we could stand to have something trivial, and since I last posted about sports, I wanted to look into some statistical quirks: when do records/achievements line up between sports? Ignore the category of units, and you line up the chase. These are the best ones I could come up with after a little research. The list I'm looking at is below, but these are the highlights:

Brett Favre, at 497 passing TDs, is on similar pace to the MLB record for wins (511) by Cy Young. He could pass it this year.

The NFL receiving record, at 22,895 , isn't out of line with the NBA rebounds record, at 23, 924. That's basically one more top-flight season for Jerry Rice. Still, that's 6 more seasons above 1500 yards for Randy Moss, or ten more for the younger Andre Johnson. If only he hadn't suffered through David Carr.

Stolen Bases in a season (138) near receptions in a season (143). That stolen base record was set in 1887, and hasn't even been neared in my lifetime. However, it stood above all receivers efforts until Marvin Harrison 2002.

A season's rushing efforts top out at 2105, while rebounds maxed out at 2149. OJ Simpson, rushing for 2003 yards in a 14 game season, could have topped it if he had a modern 16 game season.

After that, it starts to become a real stretch. Remarkably, the scale of all of these records really remains out of sync.

NFL Records

Passing Yards

Season Record: 5084; Season landmarks: 4000, 5000; Career: 69,329

Passing TDs

Season Record: 50; Career: 497

Rushing Yards

Season: 2105; Season Landmarks: 1000, 2000; Career: 18, 355

Rushing TDs

Season: 28; Season Landmarks: 20, 25; Career: 164

Receptions

Season: 143; Season Landmarks: 100; Career: 1549

Receiving Yards

Season: 1848; Season Landmarks: 1000, 1500; Career: 22,895

Receiving TDs:

Season: 23; Season Landmarks: 20; Career: 197

Touchdowns:

Season: 31; Career: 208

Points

Career: 2544

Sacks

Season: 22.5; Career: 200

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NHL

Goals

Season Record: 92; Season Landmarks: 50; Career: 894

Assists

Season Record: 163; Season Landmarks: 100; Career: 1963

Points

Season Record: 215; Season Landmarks: 100; Career: 2857

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MLB

Batting Average

Season Record: .439; Season Landmarks: .400

Hits

Season: 262; Season Landmarks: 200, 250; Career: 4256

Home Runs

Season: 73; Season Landmarks: 50; Career: 762

Stolen Bases

Season: 138; Career: 1406

Wins

Season: 59; Season Landmarks: 20; Career: 511

Saves

Season: 62; Career: 596

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NBA

Rebounds:

Season: 2149; Career: 23,924

Points:

Season: 4029; Career: 38,387

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Miscellaneous

Goals, EPL: Season: 60;