| 100% | BOCA | 4 | Club Atletico ___ Juniors, Argentine sports club for which Diego Maradona played from 1995 to 1997 |
| 75% | BOYS | 4 | Newell's Old ___, Argentine sports club for which Diego Maradona played from 1993 to 1994 |
| 59% | BARCELONA | 9 | Futbol Club ___, Spanish football club for which Diego Maradona played from 1982 to 1984 |
| 59% | NAPOLI | 6 | Societa Sportiva Calcio ___, Italian football club for which Diego Maradona played from 1984 to 1991 |
| 50% | GIMNASIA | 8 | Club de ___ y Esgrima La Plata, Argentine sports club which was managed by Diego Maradona from 2019 to 2020 |
| 43% | BOCA | 4 | ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played |
| 36% | HEAT | 4 | Miami ___, NBA team for which LeBron James played from 2010 to 2014 |
| 34% | INDIANAPOLIS | 12 | City for which 33-Across played from 1998 to 2011 |
| 29% | LIONELMESSI | 11 | Argentine soccer star who left a French club to play for Inter Miami in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport for which you need to take a bow |
| 26% | LEAGUE | 6 | Group of sports clubs that play for a championship |
| 26% | FERRARI | 7 | Scuderia ___ Marlboro, Formula One constructor for whom Michael Schumacher drove from 1997 to 2006 |
| 25% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | He pitched in 1,115 games for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JADE | 4 | Semi-precious stone used for making jewellery which varies in colour from white to green |
| 25% | ROMO | 4 | Tony who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2016 |
| 25% | SOSA | 4 | Slugger Sammy who played for the Cubs from 1992 to 2004 |
| 25% | FORMAT | 6 | "All sports" or "hits from 2000 to today," for a radio station |
| 24% | REAL | 4 | ___ Madrid, Spanish club from which Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Juventus |
| 24% | MICKEYMANTLE | 12 | Superstar Hall-of-Famer who played for the Yankees from 1951 to 1968: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MARC | 4 | Lakers center Gasol whose older brother Pau played for the Lakers from 2008 to 2014 |
| 23% | TONYBANKS | 9 | Former Labour MP for West Ham; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| 23% | CHRIS | 5 | & 13A Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997-2001 |
| 23% | CHANCELLOR | 10 | Van ___, former WNBA coach for the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2006 |
| 23% | SAPPHIRE | 8 | Precious blue gemstone, the word for which comes from the Sanskrit word "Sanipriya," meaning "sacred to Saturn" |
| 23% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 23% | TITANIC | 7 | James Cameron's Oscar-winning 1997 film for which he dived to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean |
| 23% | STIRRUP | 7 | Item which some scholars argue was directly responsible for the shift from infantry to cavalry in medieval armies |
| 22% | UPN | 3 | Broadcaster from 1995 to 2006 |