| 100% | ALBERTO | 7 | Carlos, Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning captain |
| 61% | DUNGA | 5 | Brazil's 1994 FIFA World Cup-winning captain |
| 53% | DINOZOFF | 8 | Italy's 1982 World Cup-winning captain |
| 53% | RAPINOE | 7 | Two-time World Cup winning US soccer captain Megan |
| 50% | MALMENINGA | 10 | Australia 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final winning captain |
| 49% | LLORIS | 6 | France's 2018 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Hugo |
| 47% | TAFFAREL | 8 | Cláudio __, Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning goalie |
| 44% | ZOFF | 4 | Dino —, Italy 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper and captain |
| 43% | LAHM | 4 | Philipp —, Germany 2014 FIFA World Cup Final-winning captain |
| 43% | SMIT | 4 | John —, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning captain |
| 43% | SMIT | 4 | John -, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning captain |
| 42% | MATTHAUS | 8 | West Germany's 1990 World Cup captain Lothar |
| 42% | SMIT | 4 | John —, hooker; South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning captain |
| 42% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great with three World Cup wins |
| 40% | ALEX | 4 | Morgan of the 2019 Women's World Cup winning team |
| 39% | ITALY | 5 | European country whose fourth World Cup win was in 2006 |
| 39% | ROMARIO | 7 | Brazil's top scorer in the 1994 World Cup |
| 38% | PELE | 4 | Scorer of Brazil’s hundredth World Cup goal |
| 36% | FIFA | 4 | Sports body that organized the 2014 World Cup in Brazil: Abbr. |
| 36% | URU | 3 | 2-time FIFA World Cup winners from S. America, for short |
| 35% | GEMMILL | 7 | Archie —, Scotland midfielder who scored twice in a 1978 FIFA World Cup win over the Netherlands |
| 35% | SPAIN | 5 | 2010 World Cup-winning country |
| 35% | GOAL | 4 | World Cup announcer's shout |
| 35% | OSAKA | 5 | 1970 World's Fair site |
| 35% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian soccer star with three World Cup titles (1958, 1962, and 1970) |
| 35% | JOACHIM | 7 | ___ Löw, coach of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning team |
| 35% | REID | 4 | Tom —, New Zealand try scorer in the 9-0 1960 Rugby League World Cup win over France |
| 35% | ARGENTINA | 9 | 2022 FIFA World Cup-winning nation |