Real Madrid has lifted the Spanish league crown a record 32 times, but of all its winning teams none has managed the feats of Jose Mourinho's side this season when it finally bettered Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.
Madrid established two benchmarks by which future champions will be measured.
It scored more goals than any team with 121, shattering its own record of 107 set in the 1989-90 season.
Madrid, led by Cristiano Ronaldo's team leading 46 goals, then capped its dominant campaign with its 100th point secured in a 4-1 rout of Mallorca on Sunday to surpass Barcelona's milestone of 99 from the 2009-10 season.
''If you had told me at the beginning of the season that I would win the league with 90 points and 80 goals, I would have happily accepted. At the end, we won with historic numbers and broke all possible records,'' said Mourinho. ''Madrid has a rich history, but these players will be remembered as those of the 100 points.''
Mourinho's abrasive tactics may have won him few friends outside the Spanish capital, but no one doubts his capabilities after he transformed Madrid into the most efficient scoring machine La Liga has ever seen.
In his second year at the Santiago Bernabeu, the former Chelsea, Inter and Porto manager harnessed the scoring prowess of Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain, and, perhaps most importantly, finally turned Karim Benzema into a ruthless marksman.
Ronaldo became the first player in the Spanish league to score 40 or more goals in back-to-back seasons, while the Argentine netted 22 and the Frenchman added 21 more despite sharing playing time at striker.
''It's very important to have reached 100 points,'' said Ronaldo. ''We are very happy. Most of us are between 23 and 27 years old.
''We have a great future ahead of us.''
Madrid's trophy carries even more merit considering it came at the expense of perhaps the best Barcelona team ever.
Forward Lionel Messi broke a plethora of records this season as Barcelona scored 114 goals in league play, also a club record.
Messi's league-record 50 goals were more than 11 teams could manage. And his 72 overall made him perhaps the most lethal player to ever take to the pitch.
The only other player to have scored 70 goals in a first-division season was Archie Stark of Bethlehem Steel in the American Soccer League in 1924-25.
But Madrid was one of the very few sides able to hold the three-time world player in check this season.
Although Barcelona was hurt by the loss of injured striker David Villa and defender Eric Abidal to illness, it was Madrid that proved to be the hungrier team week in, week out over the course of the 38-game season.
By season's end, Barcelona had not only lost its league crown but also the manager who had taken it to the heights of world football during the past four years.
Guardiola, citing the wear and tear of the job, will leave the club in the hands of assistant Tito Vilanova after Barcelona plays the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao on May 25. If Barcelona wins, it will be its 14th title under the direction of the former Spain international.
''The league was here before me and will continue to exist when I am gone,'' a haggard-looking Guardiola said after his team drew 2-2 at Real Betis on Saturday in his last league match.
While Vilanova will most likely try to preserve the beautiful passing style he helped Guardiola to perfect, Madrid looks poised to be an ever stronger opponent come next season now that it has finally broken through against its fierce rival.
