| 100% | LOMBARDI | 8 | Coach who said "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work" |
| 38% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 38% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | Who said "The only difference between me and the Surrealists is that I am a Surrealist" |
| 36% | ALI | 3 | Athlete who said, “I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked” |
| 33% | SHULA | 5 | Don who is the only NFL coach with a perfect season |
| 33% | SIRI | 4 | iPhone assistant who says that "42" is the meaning of life |
| 32% | HAMLET | 6 | Who says "To be, or not to be: that is the question" |
| 31% | YERTLE | 6 | Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!" |
| 31% | AHERO | 5 | "__ is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom": Dylan |
| 31% | ARDEN | 5 | Who said "There's only one Elizabeth like me, and that's the queen" |
| 30% | LEONA | 5 | Physicist Woods who was the only women on Enrico Fermi's team that built the first nuclear reactor |
| 30% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Who said "My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am" |
| 30% | MCLUHAN | 7 | Marshall who said "the medium is the message" |
| 30% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says "The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually" |
| 30% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 30% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying, "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 30% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 29% | SUNTZU | 6 | Who said "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle" |
| 29% | CHE | 3 | Who said "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall" |
| 29% | OBAMA | 5 | Michelle who said, "The future of our world is only as bright as the future of our girls" |
| 29% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of 41-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ANI | 3 | April is the only month that has one |
| 29% | CYNICS | 6 | Ones who say the glass is half empty |
| 29% | EBERT | 5 | Critic who said "Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels" |
| 29% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of the 40-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SKELETON | 8 | The Blue ridge coral is the only one that forms a __ |
| 29% | TEE | 3 | August is the only month that ends with one |
| 28% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who believed that the physical world is only a shadow of true reality |