| 100% | DARVINHAM | 9 | First-time NBA head coach hired by the 14-Across in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 90% | WILLHARDY | 9 | First-time NBA head coach hired by the 46-Across in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 56% | UTAHJAZZ | 8 | Northwest Division NBA team that hired a first-time head coach in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LALAKERS | 8 | Pacific Division NBA team that hired a first-time head coach in 2022: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 50% | BECKYHAMMON | 11 | First full-time female NBA coach, recently hired by the Spurs: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BECKYHAMMON | 11 | First woman to act as head coach in an NBA game, for the San Antonio Spurs in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Basketball great who became the first African-American head coach in the NBA in April 1966 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Three-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Pacers in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MAGICJOHNSON | 12 | Three-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Lakers in 1994: 2 wds. |
| 40% | STEVENASH | 9 | Two-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Nets in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOEMAZZULLA | 11 | 28-Across head coach who is the youngest to win the NBA Finals since Bill Russell in 1969 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RHYNEHOWARD | 11 | University of Kentucky guard who was selected by the Atlanta Dream as the first overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 33-Across for the first time in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PAULMAURICE | 11 | Florida Panthers head coach who led the team to the Stanley Cup Final in both of his first two seasons (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CAITLINCLARK | 12 | Iowa point guard selected first in the 2024 WNBA draft by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Six-time NBA champion with the 18-Across profiled in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BILLBELICHICK | 13 | New England Patriots head coach who illegally videotaped the Jets in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALIYAHBOSTON | 12 | South Carolina power forward selected first in the 2023 WNBA draft by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LORDBROCKTREE | 13 | First book (chronologically) in the "Redwall" series by 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | REXRYAN | 7 | NFL head coach who recruited 18-Across in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SANDYBRONDELLO | 14 | Head coach of the 16-Across who also led the Phoenix Mercury to their 2014 championship: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MIKEDANTONI | 11 | L.A. Lakers head coach who succeeded the interim coach who followed 27-Across in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ERIKSPOELSTRA | 13 | First Asian American coach in the NBA |
| 34% | KYRIEIRVING | 11 | First pick of the 2011 NBA draft, taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | First pick of the 2003 NBA draft, taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ZACTAYLOR | 9 | Head coach of the 2022 Super Bowl runner-up Cincinnati Bengals, who is the second-youngest NFL head coach (2 wds.) |
| 33% | HOUSTONROCKETS | 14 | NBA team that finished first in the Southwest division three consecutive years during 44-Across's tenure as head coach (2 wds.) |
| 33% | PHOENIXSUNS | 11 | NBA team that finished first in the Pacific division three consecutive years during 44-Across's tenure as head coach (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MARKDAIGNEAULT | 14 | Oklahoma City Thunder head coach who was voted NBA Coach of the Year for the 2023-24 season (2 wds.) |