The things that are tracked for Guinness World Records are wild and varied. Here’s 13 for your reading pleasure.
1. Hilary Knight
Hilary Knight plays forward for PWHL Seattle (Professional Women’s Hockey League, and she’s also the caption of the US women’s national hockey team. Over her career, she’s won a slew of awards and medals, and been in on the ground floor of the creation of the PWHL. And she’s also a trifecta Guinness World Record holder. She holds the record for the most goals scored in the IIHF’s (International Ice Hockey Federation) Women’s World Championship with 67, the most assists in the same with 50, and the most points (not the same as goals) scored in the same with 117. GIRL POWER!
2. Bettina Dorfmann
Since 2005, Germany’s Bettina Dorfman has held the record for the largest collection of Barbie dolls. When she initially earned the record, she had 2,500 dolls. The previous record had been 1,125, held by Tony Mattia of the United Kingdom. She has been a collector for over 30 years, increasing it to more than 18,500 dolls as of 2023. Her love of the doll led her to create a doll hospital where she repairs dolls for others.
3. Guillem Ignasi Bauza Cabot
Cabot also holds a record for a collection. In his case, he’s earned the record for the largest collection of Pringles tubes, with 263 individual containers as of 2023, breaking the previous record of 256, which belonged to Sonny Molina. The collection includes a huge variety of containers from all over the world and from limited series, as well as rare editions from specific events.
4. Sonny Molina
Sonny Molina of the previous record may have lost his Pringles fame, but he still holds the record for the largest finger puppet collection. As of 2023, his collection spans 20 years and consists of 1,517 finger puppets. He’s also trying to earn the record for the largest collection of Ty Beanie Babies memorabilia. And he also broke several other collection-type records to include: the most lanyards worn at once (509), the largest collection of miniature skateboards (1520), largest collection of salt and pepper sachets (395), and the largest collection of leather postcards (1043).
5. Big Bertha
Miss Big Bertha is from Ireland, and she is a bovine. She holds the dubious record of being the most prolific cow. As of 31 Decemer 1993, she gave birth to 39 calves.
6. N. Srinivasan
Srinivasan earned the record for the longest title of a book in 2021. His title consists of 27,978 characters over 4,558 words. The book is about the stock market, intending to teach beginners about stocks.
7. Edward “The Boy” Jones
Jones, of the United Kingdom, holds the record for the first celebrity stalker. From 1838 to 1841, he stalked Queen Victoria. He repeatedly entered Buckingham Palace, spying on her and stealing her underpinnings. Finally, he was caught after he entered her dressing room and watched her undress. After that, he was forced to serve abroad with the Royal Navy. He was just 14 when he began his stalking.
8. 10,922 people
These people, collectively part of Hockey Calgary, took part in the record-holding largest ice hockey tournament. Hockey Calgary 37th Annual Minor Hockey Week Tournament took place in January of 2007, during which 664 teams played, with a total of 10,922 players. 957 games were played over the week of the tournament on 42 ice sheets in 24 rinks across the cities. 2,694 coaches were present, along with 450 referees.
9. Robert “Rose” Levine
As of February 2025, Rose holds the record for the oldest actively performing drag queen, currently working in Mexico. At the time of the record, she was just shy of 92, her birthday in March. Her career started in 1955 in Fire Island, NY, performing as popular actresses of the time.
10. Mr. Beast
As of a year ago, Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, holds the records for the most subscribers on YouTube with 269 million. As of 18 June 2025, he has 406 million subscribers… I checked.
11. Daisy Ptak
From Richmond, CA, Daisy is the record-holder for the longest crochet scarf created by an individual, as of April 2024. Her scarf is 981 feet 9 inches long, or 299.31 meters.
12. Leeroy Jenkins
I’m a World of Warcraft gamer, so this one appeals to me. Leeroy Jenkins is a gameplay YouTube video from 2006, created by Nursey Rhymes DisneyCars, featuring a bunch of gamer friends planning a raid. Things go awry when one of the players shouts his name and runs into the dungeon alone. It became a thing, the player character even becoming a Hearthstone card, another game in the WoW universe. The video holds the record of being the most viewed WoW video, with 45,962,118 views at the time of the record, 31 March 2017. As of 18 June 2025, it has
NOTE: video NSFW for cussing
13. Bertha Wood
Ms. Wood of the United Kingdom holds the record for being the oldest female author to have a first book published. Her book, Fresh Air and Fun: The Story of a Blackpool Holiday Camp, was published on 20 June 2005, on her 100th birthday. She began writing the book, based on her memoirs, at the age of 90. She passed at 101
Some people live to make these records. I once said to my dad who had floors of movie videos, ‘you should be in the Guinness book of world records,’ and he answered, ‘I just want the pain not the gain.’ I collect clothes (mostly thrift shop) but don’t have a big closet.
I’m not a huge collector, although I do have a small one of foreign language dictionaries. I am a nerd.
I wonder how long it took #11 to make her scarf. I would not have the patience for that. I have so many questions…
I once participated in a Guinness record. Biggest balloon release. 1985. It was done for Disneyland’s anniversary that year. I can’t remember how many balloons we blew up, but it was more than they had aimed for, so success. Sadly, the record didn’t last a year before it was broken.
Still… that’s a fun memory!!
Wow. I can’t imagine some of these. That scarf is amazing.
I like to crochet but no! Who has the patience?!
#2: I think it’s fascinating that the biggest Barbie collection is in Europe. Hooray for Bertha (#13)!
I feel like Barbie has to be one of the most collected items in the world.
i need to check out the book in #13.. and i would love to see that barbie collection (though i am not really a big fan of barbie dolls)
my 13 is here – https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/a-saunter-through-13-things-on-time-cats-and-history/