Records, rankings and unbeaten runs – A look back at 2022 in numbers

England’s women won the European Championship and Harry Kane matched the men’s scoring record in a momentous year.

Ben Stokes’ Test cricketers set new standards and Erling Haaland set his stall out for a host of Premier League records.

110 – time in minutes of Chloe Kelly’s winning goal as England secured their first major women’s international football title at the European Championship.

26 – games unbeaten for the Lionesses since coach Sarina Wiegman took charge, scoring 125 goals and conceding only seven.

53 – goals by men’s captain Harry Kane for England, equalling Wayne Rooney’s national record.

18 – goals for City striker Erling Haaland in 13 Premier League appearances since signing in the summer.

2 – World Cup trophies held by England’s men’s cricketers after their T20 success in November.

378 – total chased by England to win the fifth Test against India, rearranged from last summer, and draw the series. It was England’s highest successful chase and the eighth-highest target ever chased in Tests, and followed three straight chases of 275-plus against New Zealand.

1 – Ireland ended the year as the top-ranked side in men’s international rugby union, winning nine of their 11 Tests, including two against New Zealand.

30 – successive Test wins for England’s women, a world record, before losing their World Cup final to New Zealand.

4 – successive Super League titles for St Helens, with a record 10 in total, after their grand final win over Leeds.

7 – Ronnie O’Sullivan won a record-equalling seventh snooker World Championship.

19 – Carlos Alcaraz became the ATP Tour’s youngest year-end world number one and the first teenager to achieve the accolade.

15 – race wins for Formula One world champion Max Verstappen, a record for a single season.