| 100% | JACKDEMPSEY | 11 | Boxing great who won his first world heavyweight title by defeating champion Jess Willard on July 4, 1919 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ROCKYMARCIANO | 13 | Boxing great who retired in 1956 as world heavyweight champion: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOELOUIS | 8 | Boxing great who was world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DOMINICTHIEM | 12 | Austrian tennis player who won his first major title at the 2020 US Open: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MICKEYMANTLE | 12 | Baseball great who hit his 300th career home run on July 4, 1960 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | RIDDICKBOWE | 11 | American heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | Tennis great who won a record-breaking sixth men's championship at Wimbledon on July 4, 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LENNOXLEWIS | 11 | British-Canadian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | "Predatory" golfer who won his first major at age 21: 2 wds. |
| 27% | OLEKSANDRUSYK | 13 | Ukrainian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Tyson Fury in May of this year: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LENNOXLEWIS | 11 | Heavyweight boxing champ who successfully defended his title against Shannon Briggs in March 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MIGUELINDURAIN | 14 | Spanish cyclist who won his first Tour de France in 1991 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | DAVIDROBINSON | 13 | Basketball great who retired in 2003 after winning the NBA title: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SANDYKOUFAX | 11 | Left-handed pitcher who won his fourth and final World Series with the Dodgers in 1965: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golf great who won his first Masters at 21 (1997) |
| 24% | ROCKYMARCIANO | 13 | Boxer from the 50s who is the only world heavyweight champion in professional boxing to retire undefeated: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | American former professional tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam titles during his career: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | 1970s-1980s tennis great who was painted by Andy Warhol in his "Athletes" series: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | 27-/37-Across won her first Grand Slam title (the 2018 US Open) by defeating this tennis legend: 2 wds. |
| 24% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Baseball great who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 24% | ATLANTABRAVES | 13 | World Series champions who appeared on Wheaties boxes in 1995: 2 wds. |
| 24% | HANKAZARIA | 10 | "The Simpsons" voice actor who won an Emmy for his guest role as Ed Cochran on 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SHEMARMOORE | 11 | "S.W.A.T." actor who won an Emmy for his role on "The Young and the Restless": 2 wds. |
| 23% | FUZZYZOELLER | 12 | Pro golfer who won the Masters his first time out and who is "catching some Z's": 2 wds. |
| 23% | MAGNUSCARLSEN | 13 | Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion and earned his grandmaster title when he was only 13: 2 wds. |
| 23% | SULLIVAN | 8 | John L __, first world heavyweight boxing champion |
| 23% | JOHNLITHGOW | 11 | Actor who won Emmys for his roles on "The Crown," "Dexter," "3rd Rock From the Sun," and "Amazing Stories": 2 wds. |
| 23% | RAYCHARLES | 10 | "Georgia on My Mind" singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 wds. |
| 23% | ZAIRE | 5 | Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title |
| 23% | BRIANASCURRY | 12 | U.S. soccer great who won the Golden Glove Award (best goalkeeper) at the 1999 FIFA World Cup (2 wds.) |