| 100% | BARRY | 5 | Canyon ___, US Olympic basketball player who has a Masters in Nuclear Engineering |
| 60% | YOUNG | 5 | Clayton ___, US Olympic marathon runner who has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering |
| 54% | NIC | 3 | ___ Fink, US Olympic swimmer who has a Masters in Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| 51% | CONNER | 6 | ___ Mantz, US Olympic marathon runner who has a degree in mechanical engineering |
| 44% | BING | 4 | Kelsey ___, US Olympic field hockey player who has a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford |
| 38% | WILSON | 6 | ___ Chandler, basketball player who has been a vegan since 2016 |
| 38% | MICHAELREDD | 11 | Former basketball player who is a partner at NCT Ventures and has invested in a food solutions startup called Azoti: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BRITTNEYGRINER | 14 | Basketball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the United States national team (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PETRO | 5 | Johan ___, French former basketball player who has played for the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA |
| 35% | NOONE | 5 | Who has won all 50 states in a U.S. presidential election? |
| 34% | SERENA | 6 | Tennis player Williams who had a daughter in September |
| 34% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, American basketball player who is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game |
| 32% | DIPLO | 5 | DJ who had a hit with Where Are Ü Now in 2015 |
| 32% | ONEAL | 5 | Basketball player who starred in "Kazaam" |
| 32% | SOSA | 4 | Baseball player Sammy who had a home run rivalry with Mark McGwire in 1998 |
| 31% | MYRONBOLITAR | 12 | Fictional basketball player-turned-sports agent who solves mysteries in a series of novels by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JORDAN | 6 | Basketball player who made a famous sneaker brand |
| 31% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, basketball player who scored a Philadelphia-record 90 points in a game in his senior year |
| 31% | MOSES | 5 | Who had a major part in the Torah? |
| 31% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | "Good Vibrations" group who had a hit in 1963 with "Surfin' U.S.A.": 3 wds. |
| 31% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named |
| 31% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 31% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Retired basketball player who has his own clothing line: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CARDSHARKS | 10 | Players who have mastered the art of the deal? |
| 31% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 31% | MATT | 4 | ___ Bryant, NFL player who has a chocolate milkshake as his pregame drink |
| 30% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BOBKNIGHT | 9 | Indiana University coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SYKES | 5 | Actress Wanda who has a voice role in "UglyDolls" |