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Last year, a number of big individual and team records were born in the KBO League, attracting great attention from fans.
With various career and consecutive records likely to be achieved in the 2026 KBO League, expectations are high on what new milestones will be set.
▲ Samsung expects a new history of team records right before winning 3,000 games for the first time in KBO
Samsung currently has a total of 2,999 wins, with only one win left until its first 3,000 wins in the KBO League. While it is likely to be achieved at the beginning of the season, it is expected to attract great attention as it is the symbol of being the first in the league.
In addition, Samsung is set to break the league's first record in major attack indicators such as 5,500 home runs, 53,000 hits, 80,000 hits and 27,000 RBIs.
▲ KIA Yang Hyun-jong tries to record 200 wins and strikeouts at the same time
KIA Yang Hyun-jong has 14 wins to 200 with 186 wins in his career. After Song Jin-woo (former Hanwha), it is of great interest whether the second 200th pitcher in KBO history will be born.
In addition, Yang Hyun-jong, who has 2,185 strikeouts in his career since breaking the KBO league record for the most strikeouts in the 2024 season, has only 15 left until the 2200 strikeouts and 115 left until the 2,300 strikeouts. In addition, if he scores more than 100 strikeouts this season, he will increase his record of three-digit strikeouts in the longest consecutive season to 12 seasons, which is likely to set a new milestone in the strikeout category.
Attention is focusing on what record Yang Hyun-jong, a symbol of consistency, will complete this season.
▲ The consistency of veteran hitters...waiting in line for the milestone
Veteran hitters who have represented the league for a long time, including Hanwha Son Ah-seop, SSG Choi Jung, Samsung Choi Hyung-woo and KT Kim Hyun-soo, are also set to achieve various cumulative records.
Son Ah-seop, who is writing a KBO league record with 2,618 hits in his career, is expected to achieve another symbolic record as he has 82 left until his first 2,700 hits in the KBO. Son Ah-seop almost became a free agent (FA) Mia and had a hard time all winter. Then, he signed a seal with Hanwha on the condition of 100 million won a year and stayed in a surprise move.
SSG Choi Jeong, who holds the record for most home runs and runs in the KBO League, has 32 left until 550 home runs. In addition, he has only 85 points left for 1,600 points. As a long hitter representing the KBO league, it is expected to achieve another historical record.
Choi Hyung-woo, who returned to Samsung, has only 14 left until 2,600 hits with 2,586 hits in his career, and only 7 left to achieve 550 doubles. The consistency of the veteran, who combines long balls and accuracy, stands out.
KT Kim Hyun-soo is also trying to achieve a milestone. Kim Hyun-soo has recorded 100 hits for 16 consecutive seasons until last season, tying Yang Joon-hyuk and Park Han-yi (former Samsung). If he scores triple-digit hits this season, he will win the 100th hit title for the first 17 consecutive seasons in KBO league history.
▲ LG Park Hae-min's 4th attempt at 500 steals
LG Park Hae-min, who ranked No. 1 in the stolen base category for the season, has a total of 460 steals in the 2025 season, along with the success of 20 steals for the first 12 consecutive seasons in the KBO League history. Adding 40 stolen bases this season will complete a career-high 500 stolen bases. If he achieves it, he will be listed as the fourth successful 500 steal after Jeon Joon-ho (former Heroes), Lee Jong-beom (former KIA), and Lee Dae-dae (former KT).
▲ KBO League All-Time Record
LG Kim Jin-sung will challenge the record for the most holds in the KBO League. Currently, Ahn Ji-man (former Samsung) has recorded the largest number of holds in the KBO league until the 2016 season. Kim Jin-sung, who recorded 160 holds until the 2025 season, is surpassing a record that has not been broken in 10 years.
In addition, Doosan's Jung Soo-bin, who has the record for most triples with 91 triples, has only nine left in Jeon Joon-ho's career-high 100 triples.
Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo, who is ranked second in history with a total of 1,197 four pitches, will beat Yang Joon-hyuk (former Samsung) to rank first in the history of four pitches if he achieves 1,279 by adding 82 four pitches.
▲ Samsung's Kang Min-ho Continues to Record KBO Record, Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo Set to Break Oldest Record
Kang Min-ho continues to break the record for most business trips this season. Samsung's Kang Min-ho, who holds the record for the most games played in the KBO League with 2,496 games played in his career, creates a milestone of 2,500 KBO League games that no one has achieved when playing in four games.
Choi Hyung-woo, who is 42 years, 3 months, and 12 days old as of the 2026 opening game, exceeds the record of 42 years, 2 months, and 17 days of the oldest hitter Choo Shin-soo (former SSG) has when playing in the opening game. If he adds a hit and a home run, he will also break Choo's record of the oldest hit (42 years, 1 month, 26 days) and the oldest home run (42 years, 22 days).
▲ Director's career record... "Kim Kyungmoon tries to win 1,100 games."
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon has 79 wins to 1,100 with 1,021 wins in his career. It is the third record in history when achieved, and is expected to be another milestone for the veteran leader.
In addition, meaningful records are expected to continue in the manager's category, including Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung's seventh 800th win in history and LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's ninth 700th win in history.
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