| 100% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Mokoka, South African long-distance runner who set the world record in the ultramarathon in 2022 |
| 54% | ELLIS | 5 | Kendall ___, sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| 52% | SYDNEY | 6 | ___ McLaughlin-Levrone, hurdler and sprinter who set the world record for 400m hurdles in 2022 |
| 52% | ARMAND | 6 | ___ Duplantis, Swedish pole vaulter who set the world record in 2022 |
| 49% | GRANT | 5 | ___ Holloway, sprinter and hurdler who set the world record for indoor 60m hurdles in 2022 |
| 48% | STEVEN | 6 | ___ Gardiner, Bahamian track and field sprinter who set the world record for indoor 300m sprint in 2022 |
| 46% | CARL | 4 | Lewis who holds the world record in the indoor long jump |
| 45% | COE | 3 | UK runner Sebastian who in '79 set 3 world records at 3 different distances in 41 days |
| 43% | ZHANG | 5 | ___ Changhong, Chinese shooter who set a world record in the 50m rifle event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 43% | CAELEB | 6 | ___ Dressel, American swimmer who set new world records in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 41% | MARIS | 5 | Roger who set the home run record in 1961 |
| 40% | DONOVANBAILEY | 13 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.84 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1996 Olympics (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LONGBOAT | 8 | Tom ___, Native American long-distance runner who won the Boston marathon in 1907 |
| 40% | MAURICEGREENE | 13 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.79 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1999 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CARLLEWIS | 9 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.86 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1991 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 40% | USAINBOLT | 9 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.58 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 2009 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GHANA | 5 | African national football team that defeated South Korea in the 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 37% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 37% | CESAR | 5 | ___ Cielo, Brazilian swimmer who holds the world record in 100 meters freestyle |
| 37% | BIEDERMANN | 10 | Paul ___, German swimmer who holds the world record in 400 meters freestyle |
| 37% | PHELPS | 6 | Michael ___, American swimmer who holds the world record in 400 meters individual medley |
| 37% | COE | 3 | Runner Sebastian who once held the world record for the mile |
| 36% | SARAH | 5 | ___ Sjostrom, Swedish swimmer who holds the world record in women's 100 meters freestyle |
| 36% | LEDECKY | 7 | Katie ___, American swimmer who holds the world record in women's 1500 meters freestyle |
| 36% | KATIELEDECKY | 12 | Swimmer who broke the world records in the 400- and 800-meter women's freestyle in Rio: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PERFECT | 7 | Dude ___, YouTube sports entertainment group which set the world record for the longest basketball shot |
| 36% | SHANIDAVIS | 10 | 2010 Olympic speed skating gold medalist who set nine world records in his career (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LEI | 3 | The record for the world's longest one of these, at 5,336 feet, was set in Honolulu at Kapiolani Park in 2008 |
| 35% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | Yankees slugger who hit a record-setting 62 home runs in 2022 |
| 35% | KYLIANMBAPPE | 12 | Soccer star who scored all three of runner-up France's goals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals (2 wds.) |