| 100% | EWING | 5 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer Patrick who's the head coach at Georgetown |
| 65% | JOHNWOODEN | 10 | Basketball Hall of Famer who won 10 NCAA championships as head coach and coached both 17-Across and 28-Across at 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | SYLVIAHATCHELL | 14 | Hall of Fame women's basketball coach formerly at the University of North Carolina who has over 1,000 career wins: 2 wds. |
| 56% | EWING | 5 | Hall of Famer Patrick who was the 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 56% | WES | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld who was the 1969 NBA MVP |
| 56% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 56% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the WNBA's MVP three times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | VAL | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Ackerman who was the first president of the WNBA |
| 54% | LISA | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer ___ Leslie, who won two championships with the Sparks |
| 53% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was MVP of the 1993 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BILLWALTON | 10 | Basketball Hall of Famer who scored a record 44 points for 46-Across in the 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball Final (2 wds.) |
| 53% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Steelers and as a head coach for the Colts (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MIKEDITKA | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Cowboys and as a head coach for the Bears (2 wds.) |
| 53% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 53% | GAILGOODRICH | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer who scored a then record 42 points for 46-Across in the 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball Final (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MIKE | 4 | Hall of Famer Piazza who caught the ceremonial last pitch at Shea Stadium |
| 52% | PIPPEN | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie who won six NBA championships with the Bulls in the 1990s |
| 52% | ONEIL | 5 | Hall of Famer Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 52% | TARAVANDERVEER | 14 | Hall of Fame women's basketball coach at Stanford who has over 1,000 career wins: 2 wds. |
| 51% | EWING | 5 | Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick |
| 50% | MUFFET | 6 | With 38-Across, Hall of Fame women's basketball coach at Notre Dame who has over 900 career wins |
| 50% | TARA | 4 | VanDerveer who has been head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team since 1985 |
| 50% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CYNTHIACOOPER | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the very first MVP of the WNBA and MVP two times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LOBO | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer Rebecca who was on UConn's 1995 NCAA championship team |
| 49% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who won four Coach of the Year awards in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TERESA | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer Edwards who played on four Olympic gold-winning women's basketball teams |
| 48% | EARL | 4 | Basketball Hall of Famer "___ the Pearl" Monroe |
| 48% | LUCAS | 5 | Hall of Famer Jerry who was the NBA's 1964 Rookie of the Year |