| 100% | BOSANQUET | 9 | B J T —, England Test cricketer credited with inventing the googly |
| 37% | HERMES | 6 | Deity credited with inventing the lyre |
| 36% | AMIR | 4 | Poet and historian Khusrau credited with inventing the sitar |
| 36% | HOBBS | 5 | J B —, England Test cricketer who hit 142 against Australia at Melbourne in 1929 |
| 34% | STATHAM | 7 | J B —, England Test cricketer who took 7-39 against South Africa at Lord's in 1955 |
| 34% | FRY | 3 | C B —, England Test cricketer who hit 144 against Australia at The Oval in 1905 |
| 34% | LANGER | 6 | J L —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 102 against England at the Oval in 2001 |
| 33% | CLOSE | 5 | D B —, cricketer who in 1949 became the youngest to represent England at Test level |
| 33% | ENO | 3 | William ___, credited with inventing the stop sign and the one way street, despite not driving himself |
| 32% | HUTTON | 6 | L —, England Test cricketer who hit 364 against Australia at The Oval in 1938 |
| 32% | AGNEW | 5 | J P —, cricketer; 1984 England Test debutant against West Indies at The Oval |
| 32% | WESTLEY | 7 | T —, Essex cricketer; 2017 England Test debutant against South Africa at the Oval |
| 31% | UNDERWOOD | 9 | D L —, England Test cricketer who took 7-50 against Australia at The Oval in 1968 |
| 31% | GOWER | 5 | D I —, England Test cricketer who hit 111 against New Zealand at The Oval in 1978 |
| 30% | TUFNELL | 7 | P C R —, England Test cricketer who took 7-66 against Australia at the Oval in 1997 |
| 30% | HADDIN | 6 | B J —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 169 against New Zealand in Adelaide in 2008 |
| 30% | ASIF | 4 | & 8D Pakistan Test cricketer who hit 146 against England at the Oval in 1967 |
| 30% | MUSHTAQAHMED | 12 | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 6-78 against England at the Oval in 1996 |
| 29% | AMES | 4 | L E G —, England Test cricketer who hit 148 not out against South Africa at the Oval in 1935 |
| 29% | HODGE | 5 | B J —, Australia Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 203 against South Africa in Perth in 2005 |
| 29% | PONSFORD | 8 | W H —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 266 against England at the Oval in 1934 |
| 29% | EMBUREY | 7 | J E —, England Test cricketer who took 7-78 against Australia in Sydney in 1987 |
| 29% | LEVER | 5 | J K —, England Test cricketer who took 7-46 against India at Delhi in 1976 |
| 29% | SNOW | 4 | J A —, England Test cricketer who took 7-40 against Australia at Sydney in 1971 |
| 29% | FINN | 4 | S T —, England Test cricketer who took 6-125 against Australia in Brisbane in 2010 |
| 29% | BOTHAM | 6 | I T —, England Test cricketer who hit 138 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1984 |
| 29% | FINN | 4 | S T —, England Test cricketer who took 6-125 against Australia at Brisbane in 2010 |
| 28% | HOLDING | 7 | M A —, West Indies Test cricketer who took 8-92 against England at The Oval in 1976 |
| 28% | TREMLETT | 8 | C T —, England Test cricketer who took 6-48 against Sri Lanka at Southampton in 2011 |