| 100% | OILER | 5 | 43-Across, for most of his NHL career |
| 71% | RED | 3 | 1-Across, for most of his career |
| 66% | TIGER | 5 | Ty Cobb, for most of his career |
| 66% | MET | 3 | Tom Seaver, for most of his career |
| 66% | CELT | 4 | Bob Cousy, for most of his career |
| 66% | COLT | 4 | Johnny Unitas, for most of his career |
| 66% | BRAVE | 5 | Hank Aaron, for most of his career |
| 65% | JET | 3 | Namath, for most of his career |
| 63% | REDS | 4 | Pete Rose's team, for most of his career |
| 63% | CENTERFIELDER | 13 | 14-Across's defensive role for most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 62% | COLT | 4 | Peyton Manning, for much of his N.F.L. career |
| 60% | BARCELONA | 9 | Messi played most of his career for this club |
| 58% | RELIEFPITCHER | 13 | 19-Across played this position for most of his baseball career: 2 wds. |
| 53% | EXPAT | 5 | Henry James, for much of his life |
| 51% | TRIO | 4 | Destiny's Child, for much of their career |
| 51% | TRIO | 4 | The Bee Gees, for much of their career |
| 49% | NONET | 5 | Slipknot, for most of their career, e.g. |
| 48% | LAB | 3 | Where a chemist spends most of his time, for short |
| 46% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Optical instrument used by Galileo Galilei for many of his scientific observations of 17a, 35a, 24d, and 43d |
| 46% | HOMESTEADGRAYS | 14 | "Colorful" Negro leagues team where Josh Gibson played most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SERENGETI | 9 | Setting for much of 39-Across |
| 43% | MET | 3 | What 10 Across was for 12 years of his Hall of Fame career |
| 43% | ALASKANINTERIOR | 15 | Setting for much of the 33-Across/16-Down |
| 42% | TKOS | 4 | Ali had more than 20 of them in his career |
| 41% | BROOKLYNDODGER | 14 | 52-Across, for his entire Major League career |
| 41% | WORLDDOMINATION | 15 | Goal for many a 26- or 43-Across |
| 41% | THEBARD | 7 | Many of his subjects were kings |
| 40% | ISLE | 4 | 43 Across, for one |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera's is 2.21 for his career: Abbr. |
| 40% | SHIISM | 6 | Religion for most of Iran |