| 100% | GLEN | 4 | ___ Davis, former basketball player and 2005 SEC Rookie of the Year |
| 58% | ONEAL | 5 | Shaquille ___, former basketball player and 1993 NBA "Rookie of the Year" who played football extensively throughout his childhood |
| 58% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Iverson, former basketball player and 1997 NBA "Rookie of the Year" who also played football in high school |
| 47% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, LA Lakers basketball player and 2004 NBA "Rookie of the Year" who also played football in school |
| 45% | FOWLES | 6 | Sylvia ___, American former basketball player who won the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year four times |
| 45% | NANCY | 5 | With 44-Across, golfer who was named both LPGA Rookie of the Year and LPGA Player of the Year in 1978 |
| 43% | ALONZO | 6 | ___ Mourning, former basketball player who won one NBA Championship with Miami Heat and is inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame |
| 43% | EVAN | 4 | AL Rookie of the Year between Dustin and Andrew |
| 39% | CARTER | 6 | Vince ___, former basketball player and the only player to have played in 22 seasons in NBA history |
| 38% | PARKER | 6 | Tony ___, French-American former basketball player who was MVP of the 2007 NBA finals |
| 38% | CANDACEPARKER | 13 | Chicago Sky star who was named both WNBA Rookie of the Year and WNBA MVP in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRENT | 5 | ___ Barry, former basketball player who is the son of retired NCAA basketball player Rick Barry |
| 37% | BRANDONROY | 10 | Former NBA Rookie of the Year who retired in 2012 at the age of 27: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BLUEMONDAY | 10 | Most depressing date of the year, first declared in 2005 and contrived by many pseudo-scientific formulas |
| 37% | AWARD | 5 | Rookie of the Year, e.g. |
| 37% | ORR | 3 | 1967 Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | ONEAL | 5 | 1993 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | WILTCHAMBERLAIN | 15 | 1960 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | ORR | 3 | 1967 NHL Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | 2017 AL Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Surname of the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 36% | MAYS | 4 | 1951 N.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | NOMO | 4 | 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | JETER | 5 | 1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | DEREKJETER | 10 | 1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | AGEE | 4 | 1966 A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | FISK | 4 | 1972 A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | RIPKEN | 6 | 1982 A.L. Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | 2007-08 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 36% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | 2003-04 NBA Rookie of the Year |