I have a player friend who has 48 notches. No girl who meets him thinks he is a player, and it’s this under-the-radar feel about him which is the probable cause of his success. Girls think he is just a nice guy until he bangs them and never calls again.
This graphic gives you an idea of his accomplishment thus far:

He wants to get to 50 where he can then take a step back and look for a quality girl. And he would like to do this before January 1st, which means he has under a month to bang two girls. The Road to 50 series will detail his journey to finally becoming a real man.
Postscript: Before I can even post this, I get a text message Monday night that he got to 49. I knew I should have started earlier.
Postscript 2: Damn it, last night he got number 50. He got 3 new notches in 4 days. Oh well that was fun.