| 100% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author who took 24 years to publish a sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick": 2 wds. |
| 70% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who took 34 years to publish a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale": 2 wds. |
| 65% | JRRTOLKIEN | 10 | Author who took 17 years to publish a sequel to "The Hobbit": 4 wds. |
| 40% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "You've Got a Friend" singer/pianist who was the first woman to win a Grammy for Song of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROSIERUIZ | 9 | Woman who took a shortcut to "win" the 1980 Boston Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EDORGERON | 9 | 2019 SEC Coach of the Year who led the 48-Across to a national championship (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 39% | STARIN | 6 | "It takes a lot of talent to ___ such a movie" (play the lead part): 2 wds. |
| 39% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year who was named to the NBA All-Star team three years in a row (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JOEMADDON | 9 | Three-time Manager of the Year who coached the team to victory: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 38% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actress who wore a motion-capture suit to portray Neytiri in "Avatar": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LOSTINNEWYORK | 13 | "Home Alone 2: ___," the sequel to the first film starring Macaulay Culkin as a child who evades two burglars: 4 wds. |
| 37% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis star who's been ATP Player of the Year a record eight times: 2 wds. |
| 37% | COBRAKAI | 8 | Netflix series that is a sequel to the "Karate Kid" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SOLOMONNORTHUP | 14 | Author of the 1853 memoir "Twelve Years a Slave," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | "Stairway to Heaven" composer who is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEGUIN | 6 | Ursula K. ___, "A Wizard of Earthsea" author who founded a publishing cooperative called "Book View Cafe": 2 wds. |
| 37% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 37% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | "The Left Hand of Darkness" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 4 wds. |
| 37% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MICHAELHANEKE | 13 | Austrian director who made a Hollywood remake of his original film "Funny Games" in the year 2007: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Golden State Warriors player who had a pre-game ritual of taking shots from near the tunnel: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Pink Floyd keyboardist who shares a name with the author of "Native Son" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MEL | 3 | Filmmaker Gibson who's planning a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 37% | MEL | 3 | Director Gibson who's making a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 36% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |