Hendry's Crucible records - made for eternity?

Alright mates, this wont be another "Hendry is such a legend and he will be missed article" (although it's true), you can read that almost everywhere these days. I am going to focus on something else: on his Crucible records plus some speculations if his records can ever be beaten. 

I got that idea to write about this, after I read Steve Davis saying the BBC, that his 7 world titles will never be beaten. And who am I to say Steve Davis is wrong? 

But, to be honest, I'm not totally convinced, to be honest. 7 world titles seem possible to me (although it takes another legend to actually do this), but snooker players have a careertime of 20-25 years, which means they'd have to win one championship out of three in their entire career to equal Hendry. Not easy, but also not impossible. 

We have Higgins with 4 and O'Sullivan with the chance for his forth title. I think both are already too old to attack the 7. But maybe someone of the young players will be able to do so in future. Maybe Robbo who already has one or Judd Trump? Time will tell. But lets take a look at other records:

most matches played at the Crucible:

Hendry leads here with 90, followed by Steve Davis (84) and Jimmy White (75). I dont think those both will beat that, although Davis maybe can qualify for another world championship or two. But 6 games - I doubt it. But, if you consider Hendry retired relatively early in his career, maybe somewhen someone.... but as I said: time will tell. Not impossible, but unlikely to be beaten any time soon.

By the way one thing in general: You have to take into consideration, that its possible that Barry Hearn or someone else in the future changes the way of competition, e.g. with more games/frames at the Crucible stages, which could disort things a little, as its always the same for about 35 years now.

most matches won at the Crucible:

Its pretty similar to matches played. Hendry leads with 70, followed by Davis (60) and White (50). If Ronnie O'Sullivan wins this year he will be forth with 48. O'Sullivan would need to continue to play for a long time (which seems not very likely), the rest of the established players are too far away. So this record won't be beaten soon I think.

most prize money at the Crucible: 

With 2.25 milion pounds (before 2012) Hendry leads this statistic too, in front of Ronnie (1.68) and Higgins (1.47). This category is very likely to be beaten in my opinion, as the prize money will go upwards and inflation will do its job as well.

most frames played/won at the Crucible:

you may already guessed it: Hendry (1043/1800) > Davis (966/1680) > White (847/1558). 

Davis and White wont be able to beat those numbers, and I think they are very likely to remain eternal.

most maximum breaks at the Crucible:

Hendry made his third maximum this year to tie O'Sullivan. I can easily imagine O'Sullivan doing his forth or even other players to make 3 or more in future. So this probably wont be an eternal record.

most century breaks at the Crucible:

Hendry leads with 124, but Higgins (109) and O'Sullivan (106) are coming closer and closer. (all numbers pre 2012) - I'd say this wont be forever.

most century breaks in one year at the Crucible:

Hendry is first in this ranking with 16 century breaks in 2002. Higgins (14; 1998) and O'Sullivan (13; 2004) follow. This is tough, but not impossible to beat.

youngest player at the Crucible:

Luca Brecel broke this record this year, being approx. one and a half month younger than Hendry at his first appearance in 1986.

youngest champion at the Crucible:

21 years and 106 days are to be beaten. Possible. Judd Trump in 2011 was a little older (he lost the final anyways as you probably know), but it shows, that this record is not impossible to reach.