| 100% | PGA | 3 | ___ Championship (event won by Phil Mickelson this year) |
| 45% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize won by Han Kang for Literature this year |
| 42% | OPEN | 4 | Bianca Andreescu won this US tennis event last year |
| 42% | FLOOREXERCISE | 13 | Gymnastics event won by 40-Across at the 18-Across and five times at the World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STILL | 5 | "___ Crazy After All These Years," 1975 hit album by Paul Simon which won him two Grammy Awards |
| 39% | TEE | 3 | Peg used by Phil Mickelson |
| 37% | TEE | 3 | Peg used by Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods |
| 37% | USOPEN | 6 | Event won twice by Naomi Osaka |
| 37% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Olympic snowboarding event won by Shaun White in 2018 |
| 36% | WORLDCUP | 8 | Event won by the U.S. Women’s National Team (July, 2019) |
| 36% | CRICKETWORLDCUP | 15 | International sporting event won by Australia a record six times |
| 36% | USOPEN | 6 | Event won five straight times by Roger Federer |
| 36% | REPEATS | 7 | Wins the championship for a second straight year |
| 35% | NIT | 3 | Event won by the Univ. of North Texas men's basketball team in 2023 |
| 35% | JAVELIN | 7 | 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Thomas Rohler and Sara Kolak |
| 35% | HIGHJUMP | 8 | 2016 Olympics individual field event won by Derek Drouin and Ruth Beitia |
| 35% | RAP | 3 | Best ___ Album (Grammy category won this year by Doechii) |
| 34% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Eleftherios Petrounias at the 2016 Olympics |
| 34% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Liu Yang at the 2020 Olympics |
| 34% | LONGJUMP | 8 | 2024 Olympics individual field event won by Miltiadis Tentoglou and Tara Davis-Woodhall |
| 34% | BEST | 4 | ___ Picture (Academy Award won by "12 Years a Slave") |
| 34% | LONGJUMP | 8 | 2016 Olympics individual field event won by US athletes Jeff Henderson and Tianna Bartoletta |
| 34% | POMMEL | 6 | — horse, individual men's gymnastics event won by Krisztian Berki at the 2012 Olympics |
| 34% | PARALLEL | 8 | & 5D Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Oleg Verniaiev at the 2016 Olympics |
| 34% | POLEVAULT | 9 | 2020 Olympic event won by Armand Duplantis and Katie Moon in their respective competitions |
| 33% | PGA | 3 | ___ Championship (tournament won by Brooks Koepka in 2023) |
| 33% | PAPER | 5 | Winning roshambo choice, as suggested by this puzzle |
| 33% | DECATHLON | 9 | Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 |
| 33% | QUARTERS | 8 | Financial years are divided by these |
| 33% | PRIZES | 6 | Awards won by best books of the years, e.g. Orange |