record holder

noun

: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record

He is the marathon world record holder.

They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.

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The record holder is Adele’s 2015 effort 25, with 800,000 first-week units; ahead of Oasis’s 1997 release Be Here Now, with 696,000 units (collected in just three sales days); and Ed Sheeran’s album from 2017 ÷ with 670,000 units, respectively. —Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024

The previous record holder sold for $2.6 million at a Phillips auction in Geneva in 2016. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2024

While claiming Bolt could have run faster than 19.19 seconds, the former 100-meter world record holder stated there is a possibility for the record to fall this season with Noah Lyles continuing to up his performance. —Paras Jan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

His biggest competitor will be the current 60-meter world record holder Christian Coleman. —Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024

Jean-Philippe Lartigue is officially a state record holder after landing an enormous rainbow trout in northern Maryland. —Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024

His victory dethroned Dan Simpson, the 2019 record holder from the U.K. who correctly determined 27 Swift songs. —USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024

If true, that would make Tesla next model the world’s fastest accelerating production vehicle by nearly a half-second over the current record holder, the McMurtry Spéirling. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024

World record holder Ryan Crouser launched a world lead in the shot put at 22.80 meters. —Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024