| 100% | IVERSON | 7 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed "The Answer" |
| 100% | RODMAN | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The Worm" |
| 95% | EARL | 4 | ___ Monroe, Basketball Hall of Famer nicknamed "The Pearl" |
| 91% | BIGO | 4 | Nickname for the Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson |
| 86% | CHARLESBARKLEY | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer nicknamed "the Round Mound of Rebound" who hosted "SNL" in 1993, 2010, 2012, and 2018: 2 wds. |
| 85% | EARL | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer "___ the Pearl" Monroe |
| 83% | NATE | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald whose nickname is "Tiny" |
| 82% | WES | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld who was the 1969 NBA MVP |
| 81% | LISA | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer ___ Leslie, who won two championships with the Sparks |
| 80% | VAL | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Ackerman who was the first president of the WNBA |
| 79% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was MVP of the 1993 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 79% | HONDO | 5 | Nickname of Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek |
| 79% | VLAD | 4 | MLB Hall of Famer Guerrero, nicknamed ___ the Impaler |
| 78% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 78% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname of basketball Hall of Famer Erving: 2 wds. |
| 77% | EARL | 4 | *NBA Hall of Famer nicknamed "The Pearl" |
| 77% | EARL | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer ___ "The Pearl" Monroe |
| 77% | CHET | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer ___ "the Jet" Walker |
| 77% | MONROE | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer Earl "The Pearl" ___ |
| 77% | PEARL | 5 | Basketball Hall of Famer Earl "The ___" Monroe |
| 77% | PIPPEN | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie who won six NBA championships with the Bulls in the 1990s |
| 77% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving (2 wds.) |
| 77% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for basketball Hall of Famer Erving: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 77% | LIP | 3 | Major league Hall of Famer Durocher's nickname: "Leo the ___" |
| 76% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the WNBA's MVP three times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 73% | ISIAHTHOMAS | 11 | Basketball Hall of Famer |
| 73% | MOSESMALONE | 11 | Basketball Hall of Famer |
| 73% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 73% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 72% | DREAM | 5 | Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon's nickname (with "The") |