| 100% | ONEAL | 5 | #1 N.B.A. draft pick in 1992 |
| 68% | KARL | 4 | ___-Anthony Towns, #1 overall pick in the 2015 N.B.A. draft |
| 65% | ODEN | 4 | Greg who was the No. 1 pick in the 2007 N.B.A. draft |
| 58% | QBS | 3 | #1 overall picks in the N.F.L. draft, typically |
| 56% | XXXXX | 5 | Top pick in the 1992 NBA draft |
| 56% | ONEAL | 5 | First pick in the 1992 NBA draft |
| 50% | PATRICKMAHOMES | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs quarterback picked in Round 1 of the 2017 draft: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALES | 4 | Draft picks in pubs |
| 49% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. great with a doctorate in education |
| 49% | YAO | 3 | First over-all N.B.A. draft pick between Kwame and LeBron |
| 48% | AROD | 4 | No. 1 pick in the '93 MLB draft, informally |
| 48% | ONTAP | 5 | Like a draft pick? |
| 47% | DRJ | 3 | N.B.A. star who started in the A.B.A. |
| 47% | SPORTSBAR | 9 | Place for a draft pick |
| 46% | NOMINATED | 9 | Picked in a primary |
| 45% | ALE | 3 | Draft pick at a pub, often |
| 45% | BUSTS | 5 | Unsuccessful draft picks, in sports lingo |
| 44% | FTS | 3 | N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. |
| 44% | MARKELLEFULTZ | 13 | Magic point guard and 2017 first overall draft pick who posted his first triple-double as a teenager in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TAT | 3 | Pic picked in a parlor |
| 43% | GENZ | 4 | Demographic of most pro-sports draft picks in 2025, briefly |
| 43% | SAM | 3 | ___ Walton who started with a Ben Franklin store in Arkansas in 1945 and had 1,960 stores by 1992 |
| 43% | ONEAL | 5 | N.B.A. star who starred in "Kazaam" |
| 43% | HORNETS | 7 | N.B.A. team starting in 1988 |
| 43% | ADAMSILVER | 10 | N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014 |
| 43% | PETAL | 5 | Something picked in a fortunetelling game |
| 43% | LALAKERS | 8 | West Coast N.B.A. team that acquired Luka Dončić in a blockbuster February trade |
| 43% | BACON | 5 | B, in a sandwich |
| 43% | RES | 3 | B's, in A |
| 42% | CAVS | 4 | #1 seed in the N.B.A.'s Eastern Conference, informally |