| 100% | SPASSKY | 7 | Boris, chess legend who was 1969's World Champion |
| 53% | BORISSPASSKY | 12 | Russian-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1969 to 1972: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BOBBY | 5 | ___ Fischer, chess prodigy who was an American chess grandmaster and a world champion |
| 43% | BOBBYFISCHER | 12 | American-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1972 to 1975: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GARRYKASPAROV | 13 | Russian-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1985 to 1993: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MAGNUSCARLSEN | 13 | Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion and earned his grandmaster title when he was only 13: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NIKI | 4 | ___ Lauda, Austrian Formula One driver who was a three-time F1 World Driver's Champion |
| 41% | LOU | 3 | Baseball's ___ Gehrig who was a 6 x World Series champion |
| 41% | JOANMIR | 7 | Motorcyclist who was 2020 MotoGP world champion |
| 40% | BORIS | 5 | World chess champion from 1969-72 |
| 40% | BAER | 4 | Boxer Max who was World Heavyweight Champion in 1934 |
| 39% | BAER | 4 | Boxer Max who was world heavyweight champion in the thirties |
| 39% | BOTHA | 5 | Wendy ___, surfer who is a four-time world surfing champion |
| 39% | WEISS | 5 | American figure skater Michael ___ who is a three-time U.S. champion and a two-time World bronze medalist |
| 39% | SPASSKY | 7 | Former Russian world chess champion: Boris __ |
| 39% | HALMICH | 7 | Regina ___, German boxer who was the WIBF's world champion in three divisions |
| 39% | KURT | 4 | ___ Browning, Canadian figure skater who is a four-time World Champion |
| 39% | FRIEDA | 6 | ___ Zamba, American surfer who is a four-time world surfing champion |
| 39% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Lisa ___, American surfer who is a four-time world surfing champion |
| 38% | BUTTON | 6 | Richard ___, American former figure skater who is a five-time World Champion |
| 38% | ARCHIE | 6 | Boxer Moore who was the World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1952 to 1962 |
| 38% | JOELOUIS | 8 | Boxing great who was world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MARKALLEN | 9 | American triathlete who is a six-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SONJA | 5 | "Thin Ice" star Henie who was a ten-time World Champion in figure skating |
| 37% | AYAKO | 5 | ____ Hamada, Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler who is a two-time WWWA World Single Champion |
| 37% | LAILA | 5 | First name of a world champion boxer who was daughter to a world champion boxer |
| 37% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | 1968 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist who was a two-time world heavyweight champion: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CAREW | 5 | Slugger Rod who was the A.L. batting champion seven times between 1969 and 1978 |
| 37% | DONNCLENDENON | 13 | New York Mets first baseman who was MVP of the 1969 World Series (2 wds.) |