Sports record holders & chasers Sports record holders & chasers. Scandals aside, including this recent outburst, athletes across all genres continue to accomplish amazing athletic feats and have the records to prove it. We take a look at some of the top record holders in sports history and the players attempting to break them. Kobe Bryant This Los Angeles Laker became the youngest player in NBA history to pass a milestone mark. He is also on pace to become the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. NBA championships The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have had one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports. After the Celtics took the 2008 championship, the teams met again in the 2010 NBA Finals, but the Celtics own the record for most championships in history. See a gallery of the top 10 teams. Most men’s career golf majors Sixteen years ago, 21-year-old golf prodigy, Eldrick (Tiger) Woods, put on the green jacket at Augusta National, a club that no black m...