Winning streak ( sports ) In sports , a winning streak refers to a consecutive number of games won . A winning streak can be held by a team , as in baseball , football , basketball , hockey , or by an individual , as in tennis . A winning streak that extends through a single season is known as a perfect season . The longest winning streak in any professional sports may have been Jahangir Khan ' s 555 consecutive wins in squash from 1981 to 1986 . Currently , Esther Vergeer is on a 418 - match winning streak in wheelchair tennis since January 30 , 2003 , which included a streak of 250 consecutive sets won . A winning streak is not to be confused with an unbeaten streak , where teams can tie as well as win and keep their streak . For example , if a football team wins four games in a row , plays a draw , wins three more , plays two draws in a row , and then loses , they had a 10 - game unbeaten streak . Their longest winning streak in this sequence was four . If a sports league declares overtime losses different from regulation losses in that they are scored like ties ( such as ice hockey leagues where there is both a 4 - on - 4 overtime and a penalty shootout to break ties ) , an unbeaten streak ( unlike a winning streak ) continues if at the end of regulation , the game is tied . This is because losses in overtime and shootout are declared regulation ties , and teams accumulate one point for the draw . As such , if a team wins four consecutive games , then loses two consecutive games in overtime , then loses in a shootout , and then wins three consecutive games , that team has a ten - game unbeaten streak ( seven wins and three ties at the end of regulation ) . Aquatic Sports . Diving . Olympics . Men ' s 3m Springboard . 11 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA Men ' s 10m Platform . 7 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA Women ' s 3m Springboard . 8 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA World Championships . Women ' s 3m Springboard . 5 consecutive titles at World Championships — Guo Jingjing Note : gold medalist in the same event at Athens and Beijing Olympics Women ' s 3m Springboard Synchro . 5 consecutive titles at World Championships — Guo Jingjing Note : gold medalist in the same event at Athens and Beijing Olympics Women ' s 10m Springboard Synchro . 5 consecutive titles at World Championships — China Swimming . Olympics . Men ' s 4×100m Medley Relay . 12 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA Note : excluding boycotted Moscow Olympics Women ' s 4×100m Freestyle Relay . 6 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA Note : excluding boycotted Moscow Olympics World Championships . Men ' s 4×100m Freestyle Relay . 8 consecutive titles at World Championships — USA College ( USA ) . 31 consecutive NCAA Men ' s Division III titles — Kenyon College Synchronized Swimming . 6 consecutive World Championships team titles — Russia Archery . Women ' s Team . 6 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — South Korea 5 consecutive world championships titles — South Korea Athletics . Men ' s 400m Hurdles . 122 races — Edwin Moses Note : this streak included an Olympic gold medal and two improvements of his own world records . Long - distance running . 75 races — Emil Zatopek Men ' s Discus Throw . 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Al Oerter Men ' s Long Jump . 65 consecutive competitions - Carl Lewis 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Carl Lewis 8 consecutive Olympic titles — USA Men ' s Pole Vault . 6 consecutive World Championships — Sergey Bubka 16 consecutive Olympic titles — USA Men ' s Cross Country . 5 consecutive World Championships ( tie ) Men ' s 110 Meter Hurdles . 9 consecutive Olympic titles — USA Men ' s High Jump . 8 consecutive Olympic titles — USA Men ' s 4×100m Relay . 8 consecutive Olympic titles — USA Men ' s 3000m Steeplechase . 7 consecutive Olympic titles - Kenya Women ' s high jump . 140 to 150 competitions — Iolanda Balaş Note : this streak included 2 Olympic gold medals and 14 improvements of the world record . Auto racing . Formula One . 7 wins — Michael Schumacher World Rally Championship . 7 consecutive World Championships — Sébastien Loeb NASCAR Cup Series . 10 wins — 1967 Richard Petty Note : Many NASCAR Cup Series records are differentiated between pre - 1972 and post - 1972 records . Three major changes were made for that season : Many NASCAR streaks came when the series had shorter races — some were under 100 miles . As a result , some NASCAR records are differentiated that way , similar to the NBA differentiating " fewest points " records with pre and post - 1954 records , when the 24 - second shot clock was introduced . 4 wins ( tie ) ( length of shortest race , in miles , in brackets ) : - 1976 Cale Yarborough ( 216 . 8 ) - 1981 Darrell Waltrip ( 250 ) - 1987 Dale Earnhardt ( 250 ) - 1991 Harry Gant ( 250 ) - 1992 Bill Elliott ( 300 ) - 1993 Mark Martin ( 220 . 5 ) - 1998 Jeff Gordon ( 220 . 5 ) - 2007 Jimmie Johnson ( 263 ) Note : In seven of the eight instances , at least one of the wins was in a 500 - mile race . Mark Martin ' s 1993 streak ended at Darlington , where the Mountain Dew Southern 500 was stopped 16 laps early because of darkness . Basketball . Olympics . 7 Consecutive Men ' s titles at Olympic Games — USA NBA . 33 games — 1971 - 1972 Los Angeles Lakers College ( USA ) . NCAA Women ' s Division I . All games . 90 games — Connecticut Note : The Wayland Baptist University women ' s basketball team achieved a winning streak of 131 games which started November 7 , 1953 and ended March 20 , 1958 ( ended by Nashville Business School 42 - 46 ) . However , a national organizing structure for women ' s intercollegiate basketball did not exist until the AIAW was established in 1971 ; the NCAA did not begin organizing women ' s sports until 1981 . Wayland Baptist instead played in competitions sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Union . Regular - season games only . By NCAA convention , the " regular season " does not include games in conference tournaments or in any national postseason tournament . 71 games — Connecticut NCAA Men ' s Division I . All games . 88 games — UCLA Regular - season games only . By NCAA convention , the " regular season " does not include games in conference tournaments or in any national postseason tournament . 74 games — UCLA An interesting streak is The University of North Carolina ' s home winning streak over Clemson University . Clemson is 0 - 55 in such games , never once beating the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill . The streak started in 1926 . Bat - and - ball games . Baseball . World Championships . Men . 9 consecutive World Cup titles — Cuba Women . 7 consecutive World Championships — USA Major League Baseball . By a team . 26 games — New York Giants Note : The Giants tied the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader 1 - 1 on September 18 , 1916 . Major League Baseball excludes all games which end in ties from their official statistics . The longest winning streak without ties in Major League Baseball is 21 games , achieved by the Chicago Cubs in 1935 . The Oakland Athletics hold the American League record at 20 games , set in 2002 . By a pitcher . 24 consecutive winning decisions — Carl Hubbell , New York Giants Note : Hubbell ' s streak was achieved in 27 games as he also pitched three no - decisions . In baseball , only losing decisions can end winning streaks by pitchers . College ( USA ) . NCAA Division I . 34 games ( tie ) : NCAA Division II . 46 games — 2000 Savannah State University NCAA Division III . 44 games — 2008 Trinity College ( Connecticut ) NAIA . 41 games — 1990 Point Park College ( Pittsburgh , PA ) Cricket . Test . 16 matches — Australia Note : Australia equalled this record with another 16 wins in a row from December 2005 until January 2008 . ODI . 21 matches — Australia World Cup . 25 matches — Australia Twenty20 International . 8 matches - England International Cricket ( All Forms ) . 20 matches ( 17 ODIs and 3 tests ) - Australia Domestic or Club Twenty20 . 25 matches - Sialkot Stallions ( Pakistan ) Combat sports . Boxing . Professional . 87 — Julio César Chávez ( light welterweight ) Note : After two more wins Chávez lost to Frankie Randall on 29 January 1994 to end an unbeaten streak of 90 matches . Longest unbeaten streak 103 — Jimmy Wilde ( flyweight ) Note : all fights were in the UK against boxers of the UK . The records for international fights are : 93 — Pedro Carrasco ( lightweight ) 91 — Sugar Ray Robinson ( middleweight ) Olympics . 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals ( tie ) 7 consecutive Olympic heavyweight titles — Cuba Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles and Seoul Olympics World Championship . 6 consecutive heavyweight World Championships — Félix Savón Note : winner of 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals ( 1992 – 2000 ) Judo . 6 consecutive titles at World Championships — Ryoko Tani Mixed Martial Arts . Men . 20 fights — Miguel Torres Women . 22 fights — Megumi Fujii Longest unbeaten streak 32 fights ( 30 wins , 1 draw , 1 no contest ) — Igor Vovchanchyn Wrestling . Olympics . Men ' s Freestyle . 187 consecutive matches including 1964 Tokyo Olympics — Osamu Watanabe Note : The only modern Olympian to go unbeaten throughout his entire career . 6 consecutive Men ' s heavyweight Olympic titles — USSR Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles Olympics Men ' s Greco - Roman . 13 years including 3 consecutive Olympics titles ( 1988 – 1996 ) — Alexander Karelin 6 consecutive Men ' s heavyweight Olympic titles — USSR Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles Olympics World Championships . Men ' s Freestyle . 6 consecutive titles at World Championships — Sergey Beloglazov 19 consecutive team titles at World Championships — USSR Men ' s Greco - Roman . 9 consecutive titles at World Championships — Alexander Karelin Note : winner of 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals ( 1988 – 1996 ) 21 consecutive team titles at World Championships — USSR and Russia Women ' s Freestyle . 6 consecutive team titles at World Championships — Japan College ( USA ) . 159 matches — Cael Sanderson , Iowa State Note : never lost a single NCAA match in entire collegiate career ( 1998 – 2002 ) High school ( USA ) . 459 consecutive matches — Brandon High School , Brandon , Florida Sumo . 69 matches — Futabayama Sadaji Cycling . Women . 5 consecutive Women ' s sprint world championships - Félicia Ballanger Note : winner of 3 Olympic gold medals in cycling 15 consecutive Women ' s sprint world championships - USSR Equine sports . Dressage . 7 consecutive Olympic Team titles — Germany 9 consecutive World Championships — Germany Horse racing . By a racehorse . 56 races — Camarero By a jockey . 12 races — Gordon Richards Football . Association football . International . 19 FIFA World Cup appearances — Brazil Note : Brazil is the only national football team to have played in every World Cup . 15 consecutive FIFA World Cup second round qualifications — Germany 15 games — Spain Note : Spain ( 7 Feb 2007 - 24 Jun 2009 ) also shares with Brazil ( 16 Dec 1993 - 21 Jan 1996 ) the unbeaten record of 35 games . Brazil ' s loss at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was by the under - 23 ( Olympic ) team , but is officially counted as a loss of the national team . Otherwise the Brazil national team wouldn ' t lose until 30 May 1997 ( 2 : 4 vs Norway ) , thus extending it to 45 games . National leagues . Uruguayan League . 32 games — 1940 - 1942 Nacional Portuguese Liga . 29 games — 1971 - 1973 S . L . Benfica A - League . 28 games — 2010 - present Brisbane Roar Croatian League . 28 games — 2007 - 2008 Dinamo Zagreb Scottish Premier League . 25 games — 2003 - 2004 Celtic F . C . Copa do Brasil - Campeonato Paranaense . 24 games — 2011 - still running Coritiba Foot Ball Club Eredivisie . 22 games — 1987 - 1988 PSV Eindhoven Serie A . 17 games — 2006 - 2007 F . C . Internazionale Milano La Liga . 16 games — 2010 - 2011 F . C . Barcelona Fußball - Bundesliga . 15 games — 2005 - 2006 Bayern Munich Premier League . 14 games — Arsenal F . C . Major League Soccer . 15 games — Los Angeles Galaxy Note : This streak was achieved when MLS used a shootout rule to eliminate tie games . Only one of those wins was achieved through a shootout . After the 1999 season , MLS abolished the shootout in favor of the international model of letting regular - season ties stand . Australian rules football . Australian Football League . 23 wins — 1952 - 53 Geelong Cats Gridiron football . American football . National Football League . Consecutive Games Won ( Regular Season and Playoffs ) 21 games — New England Patriots Consecutive Regular Season Games Won 23 games — Indianapolis Colts United Football League . Consecutive Regular Season Games Won 6 games - Florida Tuskers College football . NCAA Division I 47 games — Oklahoma Sooners Longest unbeaten streak 63 games ( 59 - 0 - 4 ) — Washington Huskies NCAA Division II 40 games — Grand Valley State Lakers Note : This streak includes playoff games . NCAA Division III 55 games — Mount Union Purple Raiders Note : This streak includes playoff games . Mount Union also holds the record for most consecutive regular season victories , winning 110 games between 1994 - 2005 . Arena football . AF2 . 24 wins — Quad City Steamwheelers American Indoor Football Association . Consecutive Games Won ( Regular Season and Playoffs ) 16 wins — Baltimore Mariners Consecutive Regular Season Games Won 15 wins — Baltimore Mariners United Indoor Football . 40 games — Sioux Falls Storm Canadian football . Canadian Football League . 22 games — Calgary Stampeders Note : The streak only includes the regular season . It was also achieved back when the Stampeders played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union , which later became the Canadian Football League West Division . The CFL was not formally founded until 1958 , although the records of the WIFU and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in Eastern Canada ( forerunner to the Canadian Football League East Division ) were incorporated into the league . Canadian Interuniversity Sport football . 19 games — Laval Rouge et Or Note : The streak also includes playoff games . 18 matches — Lithuania 17 matches ( tie ) Rugby union . Rugby league . NRL - Canterbury Bulldogs ( 17 ) - Round 3 to Round 21 2002 Golf . Men ' s Major Championships . 4 consecutive wins - Tiger Woods In 1930 , Bobby Jones won the 4 major championships that he , as an amateur , was eligible to enter - the U . S . Open , the Open Championship , the British Amateur Championship and the U . S . Amateur Championship . PGA Tour . 11 wins — 1945 Byron Nelson LPGA Tour . 5 wins ( tie ) : 1978 — Nancy Lopez 2004 - 2005 — Annika Sörenstam Gymnastics . Women . 10 consecutive Women ' s Team all - around titles at Olympic Games — USSR and Unified Team Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles Olympics Hockey . Ice hockey . World Championships . 9 consecutive World Championships — USSR National Hockey League . Longest Winning Streak by a Team 17 games — Pittsburgh Penguins Note : Pittsburgh tied New Jersey 6 - 6 on April 10 , 1993 to end the regular season . They won an additional three games to start the 1993 playoffs before losing for the first time in 21 games on April 25 , 1993 to New Jersey , 1 - 4 . Longest Unbeaten Streak by a Team 35 Games — Philadelphia Flyers Note : The 35 game stretch includes 10 ties . Longest Winning Streak By a Goaltender 17 games — 1975 - 1976 Gilles Gilbert , Boston Bruins Canadian Hockey League . 25 games — 1984 Kitchener Rangers Note : The London Knights hold the CHL record for the longest unbeaten streak with 31 games in 2004 . During that streak , the Knights compiled a record of 29 - 0 - 2 - 0 . American Hockey League . 18 games — Syracuse Crunch Note : The longest winning streak in one season was achieved by the Philadelphia Phantoms with 17 games between Oct . 22 , 2004 and Nov . 27 , 2004 . Federal Hockey League . 21 games — New York Aviators Austrian Hockey League . 17 games — EC KAC Elite Ice Hockey League . 22 games — Cardiff Devils Lacrosse . National Lacrosse League . 22 games — Buffalo Bandits Men ' s Collegiate Lacrosse Association . 33 games - - Sonoma State University Boy ' s High School Lacrosse . 68 games - - Summit High School , Summit , NJ Mind sports . Chess . 25 games — 1873 - 1882 Wilhelm Steinitz Racquet sports . Badminton . Women ' s Singles . 7 consecutive titles at World Championships — China Women ' s Doubles . 9 consecutive titles at World Championships — China 5 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — China Men ' s Team . 5 consecutive titles at the World Team Championships — Indonesia Women ' s Team . 6 consecutive titles at the World Team Championships — China Squash . 555 matches — Jahangir Khan Note : This is the longest winning streak in sports history ( in number of wins ) . NB : Heather McKay ( Australia ) may hold a claim to having the longest winning streak as she went unbeaten for 19 years ( 1962 – 1981 ) Table Tennis . Men ' s Doubles . 10 consecutive titles at World Championships — China 5 consecutive titles at Olympics Games — China Notes : The doubles events were replaced by team events in 2008 Beijing Olympics . Women ' s Singles . 6 consecutive titles at World Championships — Angelica Rozeanu 6 consecutive titles at Olympics Games — China 9 consecutive titles at World Championships — China Women ' s Doubles . 6 consecutive titles at World Championships — Mária Mednyánszky and Anna Sipos 12 consecutive titles at World Championships — China 5 consecutive titles at Olympics Games — China Notes : The doubles events were replaced by team events in 2008 Beijing Olympics . Women ' s Team . 8 consecutive titles at World Championships — China Mixed Doubles . 11 consecutive titles at World Championships — China Tennis . Professional . Men . 46 matches — Guillermo Vilas ( Open era record ) Note : Open era winning streaks on different playing surfaces are also recognized . Roger Federer holds the record for the longest winning streak on grass court s ( 65 matches ) and hard court s ( 56 matches ) , Rafael Nadal holds the record for the longest winning streak on clay court s ( 81 matches ) , while Ivan Lendl holds the record for the longest winning streak on indoor court s ( 66 matches ) . Vilas won his 46 consecutive matches all on clay courts . Also , John McEnroe has the record for best start to a year , going 42 - 0 in 1984 . Novak Djokovic had 43 - match winning streak until his loss to Roger Federer in the semi - finals of the 2011 French Open , a streak that included a 41 - 0 start to 2011 . Women . 74 matches — Martina Navratilova Note : Chris Evert currently holds the record for the longest winning streak on clay courts ( 125 matches ) , that is also the longest winning streak on single surface ( male or female ) . 10 consecutive US Open women ' s doubles titles — Margaret Osborne duPont Wheelchair . 418 matches — Esther Vergeer College ( USA ) . NCAA Men ' s Team . 137 Matches — University of Miami ( Note : Miami had won 72 consecutive matches prior to the streak . . . and had a 59 match streak before that . . . meaning Miami won 268 of 270 matches over a 15 - year period . . . 1949 - 1964 ) NCAA Women ' s Team . 89 Matches — Stanford University Rowing . Men ' s Eights . 8 consecutive titles at Olympic Games — USA Sailing . America ' s Cup . 25 Cups — United States Note : With 132 years , this is the longest winning streak ( in years ) in sports history . Olympics . 4 consecutive Olympic titles — Paul Elvstrøm Volleyball . Beach volleyball . 112 match wins , 19 tournament wins — Misty May - Treanor and Kerri Walsh , United States College Volleyball ( USA ) . Division I . 109 matches — Penn State women ' s volleyball Note : winner of 4 consecutive NCAA championships ( 2007 – 2010 ) Division II . 75 matches - Concordia University , Saint Paul women ' s volleyball Note : winner of 4 consecutive NCAA championships ( 2007 – 2010 ) Weightlifting . Olympics . 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals ( tie ) 7 consecutive heavyweight Olympic titles — USSR Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles Olympics 6 consecutive super heavyweight Olympic titles — USSR Note : excluding boycotted Los Angeles Olympics World Championships . 8 consecutive titles at World Championships — Vasiliy Alekseyev Winter Sports . Biathlon . 8 consecutive women ' s relay World Championships — USSR Figure skating . 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals ( tie ) Ladies . 10 consecutive titles ( 1927 – 1936 ) at World Figure Skating Championships — Sonja Henie Pairs . 10 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating Championships — Irina Rodnina Note : winner of three consecutive Olympic titles from 1972 to 1980 10 consecutive titles at European Figure Skating Championships — Irina Rodnina 12 consecutive Olympic titles — USSR , Unified Team and Russia Note : this streak includes a win reduced to a draw after the 2002 Olympics . 14 consecutive titles at World Figure Skating Championships — USSR 17 consecutive titles at European Figure Skating Championships — USSR Luge . 105 consecutive women ' s World Cup races — Germany 11 consecutive women ' s singles World Championships — Germany 8 consecutive mixed team relay World Championships — Germany Speed skating . Long track . 53 consecutive 5000 m races — Hjallis Andersen 12 consecutive 10000m World Championships — Netherlands 9 consecutive men ' s allaround World Championships — Netherlands 15 consecutive women ' s allaround World Championships — USSR Short track . 83 consecutive world cup , world championship , and Olympic 500 m races — Wang Meng Note : Wang Meng also has a current winning streak of six 500 m Short Track Speed Skating World Cup s ( 2005 – 2010 )