For 20 years the One New Zealand Warriors' try-scoring record for a season stood at 23.
With his NRL finals record five tries in the club's dazzling 48-22 blitzing of the Bulldogs in 2003, winger Francis Meli surged past the original record holder Sean Hoppe, who scored 19 tries in the 1995 debut season.
For 15 years it remained before David Fusitu'a matched it with 23 in 2018.
Then with his double in this season's preliminary final against Brisbane, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak first equalled the mark and then claimed the record outright with try #24 for the year.
It was a remarkable feat made even more so because the man with the flying mullet was unavailable for the first six rounds of the season and also missed the final round of the regular season against the Dolphins.
He didn't score in his first appearance of the season against the Cowboys, had a double against the Storm on Anzac Day and failed to trouble the scorers in the next two games against the Roosters and the Panthers.
Then a try-scoring frenzy took flight as Watene-Zelezniak scored 22 tries in his next 16 appearances, failing to dot down in just three games
Try # 1 | April 25 | Rd 8 | v Storm. AAMI Park | Lost 22-30
Try # 2 | April 25 | Rd 8 | v Storm, AAMI Park | Lost 22-30
Try # 3 | May 12 | Rd 11 | v Bulldogs, Accor Stadium | Won 24-12
Try # 4 | May 27 | Rd 13 | v Broncos, McLean Park | Lost 22-26
Try # 5 | May 27 | Rd 13 | v Broncos, McLean Park | Lost 22-26
Try # 6 | June 3 | Rd 14 | v Dolphins, Go Media Stadium | Won 30-8
Try # 7 | June 3 | Rd 14 | v Dolphins, Go Media Stadium | Won 30-8
Try # 8 | June 9 | Rd 15 | v Raiders, GIO Stadium | Won 36-14
Try # 9 | June 23 | Rd 17 | v Dragons, WIN Stadium | Won 48-18
Try # 10 | June 23 | Rd 17 | v Dragons, WIN Stadium | Won 48-18
Try # 11 | June 23 | Rd 17 | v Dragons, WIN Stadium | Won 48-18
Try # 12 | June 23 | Rd 17 | v Dragons, WIN Stadium | Won 48-18
Try # 13 | July 8 | Rd 19 | v Eels, CommBank Stadium | Won 46-10
Try # 14 | July 16 | Rd 20 | v Sharks, Go Media Stadium | Won 44-12
Try # 15 | July 16 | Rd 20 | v Sharks, Go Media Stadium | Won 44-12
Try # 16 | July 21 | Rd 21 | v Raiders, Go Media Stadium | Won 21-20
Try # 17 | August 4 | Rd 23 | v Titans, Cbus Super Stadium | Won 28-18
Try # 18 | August 12 | Rd 24 | v Wests Tigers, FMG Waikato Stadium | Won 30-22
Try # 19 | August 18 | Rd 25 | v Sea Eagles, Go Media Stadium | Won 29-22
Try # 20 | August 18 | Rd 25 | v Sea Eagles, Go Media Stadium | Won 29-22
Try # 21 | August 18 | Rd 25 | v Sea Eagles, Go Media Stadium | Won 29-22
Try # 22 | August 25 | Semifinal | v Knights, Go Media Stadium | Won 40-10
Try # 23 | September 23 | Preliminary final | v Broncos, Suncorp Stadium | Lost 12-42
Try # 24 | September 23 | Preliminary final | v Broncos, Suncorp Stadium | Lost 12-42
