| 100% | VIOLLET | 7 | Dennis —, former Manchester United FC and Stoke City inside forward capped twice by England |
| 29% | STERLING | 8 | Raheem —, England and Manchester City FC midfielder |
| 29% | DELPH | 5 | Fabian —, England and Manchester City FC midfielder/defender |
| 29% | DELPH | 5 | Fabian —, England and Manchester City FC midfielder and defender |
| 25% | VIDUKA | 6 | Mark —, former Australia, Middlesbrough FC and Leeds United centre forward |
| 25% | SMALLING | 8 | Chris —, former England and Manchester United defender born in 1989 |
| 23% | OTAMENDI | 8 | Nicolas —, Argentina and Manchester City FC defender |
| 23% | DELPH | 5 | Fabian —, England and Manchester City midfield footballer |
| 23% | DRAHM | 5 | Shane —, Australia-born former Bristol Shoguns, Northampton Saints and Worcester Warriors fly-half capped twice by England in 2006 |
| 23% | CAHILL | 6 | Gary —, Chelsea FC, England and former Bolton Wanderers defender |
| 22% | TUEART | 6 | Dennis —, 1974-78 Manchester City forward; 1976 League Cup Final winning scorer |
| 22% | ELANO | 5 | Former Brazil and Santos midfield footballer at Manchester City from 2007-09 |
| 22% | ADU | 3 | Freddy —, former United States, Benfica and Las Vegas Lights FC attacker |
| 22% | ROCASTLE | 8 | David —, former Arsenal and Leeds United midfield footballer; 1988 England debutant |
| 22% | DRAHM | 5 | Shane —, Australian former Bristol Shoguns, Northampton Saints and Worcester Warriors rugby union fly-half capped twice by England in 2006 |
| 21% | SAMIR | 5 | & 19D Former France and Manchester City midfield footballer; 2014 League Cup Final winner |
| 21% | TRAFFORD | 8 | Old ___, home to Manchester United FC |
| 21% | DELPH | 5 | Fabian —, former Man City and Everton midfielder; in England's 2018 World Cup Finals squad |
| 20% | PUKKI | 5 | Teemu —, Finland and Norwich City FC forward |
| 20% | ETEBO | 5 | Peter —, Nigeria and Stoke City midfield footballer |
| 20% | WADDLE | 6 | Chris —, former Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday and England footballer; Burnley manager from 1997-98 |
| 20% | WOOSNAM | 7 | Max —, England and Manchester City defender; 1920 Olympic men's doubles tennis gold medallist with Noel Turnbull |
| 20% | BALLS | 5 | Ed —, 2007-10 Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families; former chairman of Norwich City FC |
| 20% | DELAP | 5 | Rory —, former Republic of Ireland and Stoke City midfielder noted for his long throw-ins |
| 20% | DIOP | 4 | Issa —, West Ham United FC and France youth defender |
| 20% | FCS | 3 | Manchester United and Arsenal, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 19% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | Cities in England and Massachusetts |
| 19% | FOOTBALLCAPTAIN | 15 | Manchester United leader whom everyone salutes and address as "sir"? |
| 19% | BESTPOPALBUM | 12 | Award won twice by Adele and Kelly Clarkson |