| 100% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | "Long Walk to Freedom" memoirist and political leader who won the Nobel 43-Across in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 65% | ELIEWIESEL | 10 | "Night" memoirist and political activist who won the Nobel 43-Across in 1986 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MANDELA | 7 | "Long Walk to Freedom" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 |
| 40% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 Open Championship and was runner-up to 49-Across in the 2021 Open Championship (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MOTHERTERESA | 12 | Albanian-Indian nun and missionary who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KURTWARNER | 10 | Undrafted quarterback who won two MVP awards and led the St. Louis Rams to a win in the 2000 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Polish-French scientist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DEREKWALCOTT | 12 | "White Egrets" poet from Saint Lucia who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PABLONERUDA | 11 | "100 Love Sonnets" poet from Chile who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Boxer who won the IBF and WBA heavyweight championships at 45 in 1994: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AMYWINEHOUSE | 12 | "Rehab" singer who won the Best New Artist and Record of the Year Grammys in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHARDWILBUR | 13 | American poet behind "Things of This World" who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHRISSALE | 9 | Braves pitcher who won the NL Triple Crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts) in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STEVENASH | 9 | Suns guard who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2005 and 2006: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2002 and 2003: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LINDSEYVONN | 11 | Alpine skier who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2010 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | Tennis player who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2003 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| 36% | RONDAROUSEY | 11 | Mixed martial artist who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Chicago Bulls player who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARTINAHINGIS | 13 | Woman who won the Australian Open and US Open in 1997 without losing a set: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FOSSE | 5 | Jon who won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable” (October, 2023) |
| 36% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | 18-Across and 32-Across novelist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ARCHIEGRIFFIN | 13 | Only player to win the 15-Across twice, in 1974 and 1975: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PATRICKROY | 10 | Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche goalie who won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1986, 1993, and 2001: 2 wds. |