| 100% | VIN | 3 | Announcer Scully who retired after 67 seasons with the Dodgers |
| 42% | NED | 3 | Royals manager Yost who retired after the 2019 season |
| 40% | VIN | 3 | Sportscaster Scully who called 67 seasons of Dodgers games |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Manning who retired from the NFL after the 2019 season |
| 39% | VINSCULLY | 9 | Sportscaster who has had 65 seasons with the Dodgers so far: 2 wds. |
| 33% | VIN | 3 | Announcer Scully known as "The Voice of the Dodgers" |
| 33% | VIN | 3 | ___ Scully, retired sportscaster who was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 |
| 32% | VIN | 3 | "The Voice of the Dodgers" announcer Scully |
| 31% | TROUPER | 7 | Person who has a full season with the circus |
| 31% | ESAU | 4 | Whom Jacob confronts the day after wrestling with God |
| 31% | OLIVA | 5 | Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins |
| 31% | DAVIDROBINSON | 13 | Basketball great who retired in 2003 after winning the NBA title: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TONYPARKER | 10 | Point guard who signed with the Hornets in 2018 after 17 seasons with the Spurs: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ELI | 3 | Manning who played 16 seasons with the Giants |
| 30% | RHETT | 5 | ___ Ellison, former American football tight who retired in 2020 after playing eight seasons in NFL |
| 29% | SOSA | 4 | Sammy who is the only player with three 60-homer seasons |
| 29% | SHULA | 5 | Don who is the only NFL coach with a perfect season |
| 29% | ORR | 3 | Bobby who played 10 seasons with the Boston Bruins |
| 28% | ROMO | 4 | Tony who played with the Cowboys for 14 seasons |
| 28% | CHRIS | 5 | With 38-Across, "I'm Comin' Over" singer who won the fourth season of "Nashville Star" |
| 28% | OFFS | 4 | Suffix with "play" to mean an elimination tournament played after the regular NBA season |
| 28% | VIN | 3 | Sportscaster Scully who retired in 2016 |
| 28% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Longtime Yankees closer who's retiring at the end of the 2013 season: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 28% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 27% | SAX | 3 | Second baseman Steve who won two World Series with the Dodgers |
| 27% | CAREY | 5 | With 31-Across, Canadiens goalie who won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SHOHEI | 6 | With 34-Across, Dodgers pitcher who, in 2024, became the only player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in a season |
| 27% | HAKEEMOLAJUWON | 14 | Hall of Fame center who signed with the Raptors in 2001 after 17 seasons with the Rockets: 2 wds. |