| 100% | ESPYS | 5 | Award show with Best Comeback Athlete and Best Record-Breaking Performance |
| 51% | ESPY | 4 | Award with a Best Record-Breaking Performance category |
| 48% | ESPY | 4 | Award with such categories as Best International Athlete and Best Team |
| 48% | ESPY | 4 | Award with such categories as Best College Athlete and Best Upset |
| 48% | ESPY | 4 | Award with a Best Comeback Athlete category |
| 42% | ESPY | 4 | Award such as Best Comeback Athlete or Best Team |
| 40% | ESPY | 4 | Best Comeback Athlete award |
| 40% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards like Best Breakthrough Athlete and Best Coach/Manager |
| 40% | ESPY | 4 | Best Comeback Athlete award org. |
| 38% | ESPY | 4 | Award for Best Breakthrough Athlete or Best Comeback |
| 38% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across that won the first Tony Award for Best Musical (3 wds.) |
| 38% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards show with a Best Play category, with "the" |
| 38% | JAMALMURRAY | 11 | Denver Nuggets player awarded the 2023 Best Comeback Athlete ESPY: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | Golden State Warriors player awarded the 2022 Best Comeback Athlete ESPY: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JORDYNELSON | 11 | Green Bay Packers player awarded the 2017 Best Comeback Athlete ESPY: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ESPY | 4 | Simone Biles' 2024 Best Comeback Athlete award, e.g. |
| 37% | ESPY | 4 | Award with a Best Breakthrough Athlete category |
| 37% | ESPY | 4 | Award with a Best Female Athlete category |
| 36% | ESPY | 4 | Award such as Best Athlete with a Disability |
| 36% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards such as Best Upset and Best Breakthrough Athlete |
| 35% | ESPY | 4 | Annual award with a Best Breakthrough Athlete category |
| 35% | ESPYS | 5 | Annual awards with a Best Female Athlete category |
| 35% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | 1934 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across whose 1987 and 2011 revivals both won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JOCELYNALO | 10 | Softball player who won two National Championships with the Oklahoma Sooners and who was honored with a Best College Athlete, Women's Sports ESPY Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FIKA | 4 | Swedish practice of taking a break with a beverage, a snack and good company |
| 32% | MARIKOTAMAKI | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Writer for the comics series "Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass," "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me," and "Archie" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SMILEON | 7 | Shower with good fortune |
| 31% | LINDSEYVONN | 11 | Alpine skier who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2010 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | Tennis player who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2003 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AARON | 5 | With 35-Across, Yankee right fielder who broke the records of 18-Across and 38-Across |