| 100% | DAI | 3 | & 20A Captain of the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team |
| 89% | REES | 4 | Dai —, captain of the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team |
| 89% | DAI | 3 | & 20D Captain of the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team |
| 70% | DAI | 3 | & 20D Golfer who captained the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team |
| 51% | DAIREES | 7 | Golfer who captained the 1957 British PGA RyderCup-winning team |
| 44% | SMIT | 4 | John —, captain of the South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning team |
| 43% | IMRAN | 5 | & 5D Captain of the Pakistan 1992 Cricket World Cup-winning team |
| 39% | ALEX | 4 | Morgan of the 2019 Women's World Cup winning team |
| 38% | USA | 3 | Country whose team of golfers won the 2021 Ryder Cup (Abbr.) |
| 37% | MALMENINGA | 10 | Captain of the Australia 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final-winning side |
| 37% | MIAS | 4 | Lucien —, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first time in 1959 |
| 36% | MENINGA | 7 | Mal —, captain of the Australia 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final-winning side |
| 35% | CLAUDIOREYNA | 12 | One of the greatest soccer players from the U.S. who captained the 2006 FIFA World Cup team: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MEGANRAPINOE | 12 | Co-captain of the USWNT who won the Golden Ball award and scored one of the two goals in the team's World Cup final game victory over 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ROYKENT | 7 | Captain of the team in Ted Lasso's first season |
| 34% | CHAMPIONS | 9 | Members of the winning team |
| 33% | ETON | 4 | School where Prince William was captain of the swimming team |
| 33% | ALYRAISMAN | 10 | Captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams |
| 33% | PGA | 3 | US organizer of the Ryder Cup: Abbr. |
| 33% | WEWON | 5 | Cry of the winning team: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DETROITRED | 10 | "___ Wings," American profession ice hockey team who have won the most Stanley Cup championships of NHL franchise in USA: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BILL | 4 | NBA Hall of Famer ___ Russell, who was the leader of a Boston Celtics team that won 11 titles from 1957-1969 |
| 32% | ASHE | 4 | Davis Cup captain of the 1980s |
| 31% | OILER | 5 | Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s |
| 31% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | First winner of the PGA's FedEx Cup (2007) (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BOBBYORR | 8 | Scorer of the "flying goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup |
| 31% | ORR | 3 | Scorer of the "flying goal" that won the 1970 Stanley Cup |
| 30% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Most recent winner of the PGA's FedEx Cup (2020) (2 wds.) |