| 100% | NIT | 3 | Event won by the Univ. of North Texas men's basketball team in 2023 |
| 46% | WOLFPACK | 8 | Nickname of the North Carolina State University men's basketball team who defeated North Carolina in the 2023-'24 Atlantic Coast Conference championship game |
| 41% | CYCLONES | 8 | Nickname of the Iowa State University men's basketball team who defeated Houston in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |
| 40% | TRIATHLON | 9 | Event. won by Canada's Simon Whitfield, that debuted at the Olympics in summer of 2000 |
| 40% | LONGHORNS | 9 | Nickname of the University of Texas women's basketball team who defeated Iowa State in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |
| 39% | WORLDCUP | 8 | Event won by the U.S. Women’s National Team (July, 2019) |
| 38% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 36% | 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.) |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 35% | GAMECOCKS | 9 | Nickname of the University of South Carolina women's basketball team who defeated Louisiana State in the 2023-'24 Southeast Conference championship game |
| 35% | REDEEM | 6 | " ___ Team," nickname for US men's basketball team led by Dwyane Wade that won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 34% | NEWYORKKNICKS | 13 | Basketball team based in Manhattan ranked by Forbes as the most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $3.6 billion: 3 wds. |
| 34% | KANSAS | 6 | ___ Jayhawks men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 34% | UTAH | 4 | ___ Utes men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 34% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | Basketball team based in Illinois, ranked by Forbes as the fourth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.6 billion: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who won 3 relay Golds in 2016 by breaking the Olympic Record in 3 team events: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALLSTARGAME | 11 | Annual mid-season MLB event won by the American League 4-3 in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DAYTIMEMEAWARDS | 15 | Prizes won by Acadia National Park for the first sight of sunrise in the U.S.? |
| 33% | PENNANTS | 8 | Flags won by baseball teams in the playoffs |
| 33% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 33% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Eleftherios Petrounias at the 2016 Olympics |
| 33% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Liu Yang at the 2020 Olympics |
| 33% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Tony Award won by the starred answers in the years of their clues |
| 32% | HANDBALL | 8 | Seven-a-side sport won by both the French men's and women's teams at the 2020 Olympics |
| 32% | VILLANOVA | 9 | Winning team in the 2016 NCAA Basketball Championship |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | Winning team's score in the first official basketball game played in Albany, New York, in 1892 |
| 32% | GRAMMY | 6 | Award notably won in each of the "big four" categories by this puzzle's honoree |
| 32% | BESTPLAY | 8 | Award won by "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" |
| 32% | HANDBALL | 8 | Seven-a-side sport won by France at the 2020 Olympics by both the men's and women's teams |
| 32% | GRAMMY | 6 | Award won by "DAMN." in the category of Best Rap Album |