| 100% | ALLPRO | 6 | Associated Press NFL ___ Team (selection of the year's best football players): Hyph. |
| 46% | DAKPRESCOTT | 11 | Associated Press's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WALTER | 6 | ___ Payton Man of the Year, annual award presented to a philanthropic NFL player |
| 37% | ALLSTAR | 7 | Basketball team consisting of the best players |
| 35% | MANOWAR | 7 | Best horse of the 20th century, per The Associated Press |
| 35% | DREAMTEAM | 9 | Fantasy football team, including the best players |
| 35% | LUCK | 4 | 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Andrew |
| 35% | ERIC | 4 | 2015 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Berry |
| 34% | BRIANDABOLL | 11 | New York Giants coach who won the 2022 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TED | 3 | Football Hall of Famer ('90) ___ Hendricks, the first Guatemalan-born player in the NFL |
| 33% | MOSS | 4 | Randy of the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team |
| 33% | SEAU | 4 | Junior of the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team |
| 33% | AARONRODGERS | 12 | Football great who has been honored with the Best NFL Player ESPY Award four times (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ARCHIE | 6 | ___ Manning, former football quarterback who is the son of retired NFL player Elisha Manning Jr. |
| 32% | JIMHARBAUGH | 11 | Former NFL coach who has coached the University of Michigan football team since 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | AONE | 4 | Of the best quality: Hyph. |
| 32% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the retired Yankees player who's dating J.Lo: Hyph. |
| 32% | RAE | 3 | Term for the bias in youth sport of favoring players born early in the selection year (abbr.) |
| 32% | AONE | 4 | Of the best quality, say: Hyph. |
| 31% | BRIANDAWKINS | 12 | Nine-time NFL Pro Bowl player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BRETT | 5 | Baseball's 1980 Player of the Year |
| 31% | ATEAM | 5 | Lineup of the best players |
| 31% | ARMBAND | 7 | Worn on the sleeve of a football team's captain |
| 31% | GRAMMYS | 7 | Record of the Year and Best New Artist |
| 31% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | "America's Team" of the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANNIKA | 6 | Eight-time LPGA Player of the Year Sörenstam |
| 31% | IOWA | 4 | ___ Hawkeyes football team, winner of the Laureus Best Sporting Moment in 2018 |
| 31% | DRAFTCHOICE | 11 | Pro team's selection from a pool of college players, say |
| 31% | RILEY | 5 | NBA Coach of the Year Award winner for three different teams |
| 31% | OCHS | 4 | Director of the Associated Press, 1900-35 |