| 100% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who retired with 24 wins and 0 losses |
| 52% | LAILA | 5 | With 5-Down, boxer with 24 wins and no losses |
| 49% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Laila who retired with a 24-0 record |
| 49% | LAILA | 5 | Boxer Ali who retired with a perfect 24-0 record |
| 46% | FLOYDMAYWEATHER | 15 | Boxer who retired with a 50-0 record |
| 43% | LAILA | 5 | With 12-Down, world champion boxer who retired an undefeated 24-0 |
| 41% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who retired with a perfect record in 2007 |
| 41% | ANDREWARD | 9 | Former boxer who won a gold at 2004 Olympics and retired undefeated in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who retired undefeated (24-0) in 2007 |
| 35% | TOMHEINSOHN | 11 | American retired professional basketball player who won 8 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and coached the team for 9 seasons: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LAILA | 5 | With 8-Down, boxer who retired undefeated |
| 34% | LAILA | 5 | With 59-Across, boxer who retired undefeated |
| 34% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Boxer who won the IBF and WBA heavyweight championships at 45 in 1994: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LAILA | 5 | With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007 |
| 32% | LAILA | 5 | With 27-Across, female boxer who retired undefeated |
| 32% | TARA | 4 | ___ VanDerveer, Hall-of-Fame head coach who retired in 2024 with 1,216 Division-1 wins |
| 32% | BARBARA | 7 | Boxer who retired in 2017 |
| 32% | COACHK | 6 | N.C.A.A. great who retired in 2022 with more than twelve hundred wins, to fans |
| 32% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Layla ___, boxer who retired undefeated |
| 31% | NATALIE | 7 | With 38-Across, actress who won a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Oscar for "Black Swan" |
| 31% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, basketball player who won 2 Championships and 2 MVP awards with Miami Heat |
| 31% | SVENOTTKE | 9 | German boxer with 21 successful title defences and who retired as an undefeated world champion: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MARCIANO | 8 | Rocky __, heavyweight boxer who retired undefeated |
| 30% | JONATHANTOEWS | 13 | Center and captain who won the Stanley Cup three times with 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | "Rumble in the Jungle" boxer who came out of retirement in 1987 and later won the heavyweight title: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Laila who had a record of 24-0 |
| 30% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, "Yummy" singer who won the Pop Album of the Year Juno in 2011 and 2016 |
| 30% | PETE | 4 | ___ Sampras, retired tennis legend and former world no.1 who won 14 grand slam singles titles |
| 30% | SERENA | 6 | ___ Williams, retired tennis legend and former world no.1 who won 23 grand slam singles titles |