| 100% | RICK | 4 | ___ Carlisle, coach for NBA's Indiana Pacers who was Coach of the Year in 2002 |
| 52% | AUERBACH | 8 | For whom the NBA Coach of the Year award is named |
| 49% | RICKTOCCHET | 11 | Vancouver Canucks head coach who was honored with the NHL's Jack Adams Award for coach of the year in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | HUBIE | 5 | Brown who was NBA Coach of the Year in 1978 and 2004 |
| 45% | MARKDAIGNEAULT | 14 | Oklahoma City Thunder head coach who was voted NBA Coach of the Year for the 2023-24 season (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Three-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Pacers in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JON | 3 | ___ Batiste, "We Are" singer who won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2022 |
| 43% | RILEY | 5 | Pat who was NBA Coach of the Year three times |
| 42% | TARAVANDERVEER | 14 | Stanford University women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1990, 2011, and 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PAU | 3 | ___ Gasol, 2002 NBA rookie of the year who enrolled in medical school at the University of Barcelona |
| 41% | RUMBLETHEBISON | 14 | Mascot of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who was named NBA's Mascot of the Year in the same year he debuted: 3 wds. |
| 41% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | University of South Carolina women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 2020, 2022, and 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ANDREWWIGGINS | 13 | 2015 NBA Rookie of the Year who was the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CHAUNCEY | 8 | ___ Billups, NBA coach and former Detroit Pistons player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 |
| 41% | PATSUMMITT | 10 | University of Tennessee women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989, 1994, 1998, and 2004 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | DENG | 4 | ___ Xiaoping, former Chinese Premier who was featured as the "Time Person of the Year" for the second time in 1985 |
| 40% | DANHURLEY | 9 | Head coach of 13-Across who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year who was named to the NBA All-Star team three years in a row (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LAURYNHILL | 10 | "Everything Is Everything" singer who received the Grammys for both Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RILEY | 5 | NBA Coach of the Year Award winner for three different teams |
| 40% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SHAWNMENDES | 11 | "Señorita" singer who won Canada's Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELON | 4 | Musk who was Time's Person of the Year in 2021 |
| 39% | CAITLINCLARK | 12 | Indiana Fever player who was Time's 2024 Athlete of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EVERS | 5 | Mississippian who was the NAACP's Man of the Year in '69 |
| 39% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | Actress in the Best Picture winner "Moonlight" who was nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDHARRIS | 13 | Actor in the Best Picture winner "Unforgiven" who was nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 39% | REAGAN | 6 | Ronald ___, former U.S. President who was selected as the "Time Person of the Year" in 1980 |
| 39% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Former President of the Indiana Pacers, NBA legend who twice reached the 50-40-90 stats in two consecutive seasons: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | Barack who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012 |