| 100% | FISCHER | 7 | Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship |
| 40% | FISCHER | 7 | Bobby —, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1972-75 |
| 40% | IAN | 3 | Nepomniachtchi who squared off against Magnus Carlsen at the 2021 World Chess Championship |
| 34% | BORIS | 5 | Spassky who lost to Bobby Fischer in chess’s Match of the Century |
| 32% | BOBBYFISCHER | 12 | American-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1972 to 1975: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BORISSPASSKY | 12 | Russian-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1969 to 1972: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TAL | 3 | Chess player who beat Botvinnik for the world championship in '60, then lost the championship to him in '61 |
| 30% | FISCHER | 7 | Bobby who won 4th chess title at 17 years old |
| 29% | NOAH | 4 | ___ Lyles, sprinter who won the 200m at the 2019 World Athletics Championships |
| 29% | HIGHDIVE | 8 | Compete in a dramatic event at the World Aquatics Championships |
| 29% | SPASSKY | 7 | Boris, chess legend who was 1969's World Champion |
| 29% | LOCKE | 5 | Bobby —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1957 |
| 29% | BECKER | 6 | Boris who won three Wimbledon championships in the 1980s |
| 28% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who was a sensation at the 1972 Olympics |
| 28% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who starred at the 1972 Olympics |
| 28% | SPITZ | 5 | Mark who won seven golds at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
| 28% | CHESTERNIMITZ | 13 | American admiral who defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DAVIS | 5 | Keyshawn ___, American boxer who won the silver at the 2019 World Boxing Championships |
| 27% | DAVIDFARRAGUT | 13 | Union admiral who defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Mobile Bay: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BOWE | 4 | Who defeated Holyfield to become the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1992 |
| 27% | LAYNE | 5 | ___ Beachley, Australian surfer who won the world championship seven times |
| 27% | LEETREVINO | 10 | Golfer who won The Open Championship in 1971 and 1972 |
| 27% | HORATIONELSON | 13 | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TOM | 3 | ___ Curren, American surfer who has won the world championship three times |
| 27% | TREVINO | 7 | Lee —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1971 and 1972 |
| 27% | EDITH | 5 | & 22A Women's short race gold medallist at the World Cross Country Championships from 2002-04 |
| 26% | SARAHTRUE | 9 | American athlete who won the 2007 ITU Aquathlon World Championship: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NICKLAUS | 8 | Jack —, US golfer who won the World Match Play Championship in 1970 |
| 26% | ROSS | 4 | & 15A English golfer who won the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship |