| 100% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Golfer who is tied with 18-Across for the most consecutive seasons (17) with a PGA win (2 wds.) |
| 93% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | Golfer who is tied with 43-Across for the most consecutive seasons (17) with a PGA win (2 wds.) |
| 56% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Golfer who is in his 12th consecutive season with a PGA win (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SAMSNEAD | 8 | Golfer tied with 8-/35-Down for most PGA Tour wins, with 82: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GEORGSOLTI | 10 | Hungarian-British artist who holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime, with 31: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |
| 44% | BARTOLOCOLON | 12 | Dominican pitcher who, last August, set the record for most wins by a Latin American pitcher with 246: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CAREY | 5 | With 31-Across, Canadiens goalie who won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 43% | VIKTORHOVLAND | 13 | Norwegian golfer who tied with American golfer Scottie Scheffler for second place at the 2023 PGA championship (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JUSTINTHOMAS | 12 | American golfer who won the 2022 PGA Championship but finished tied for 65th place in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Golfer tied with 29-Across with a record five PGA Championship wins (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WALTERHAGEN | 11 | Golfer tied with 46-Across with a record five PGA Championship wins (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Player tied with 48-Across for the most NBA championships (six) with a single team that isn't the 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | Actor who won a 2013 Emmy for playing Will McAvoy, the anchor and managing editor on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SCOTTIEPIPPEN | 13 | Player tied with 15-Across for the most NBA championships with a single team that isn't the 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CONNORMCDAVID | 13 | Oilers captain who is the most recent NHL player to win the Art Ross Trophy (for most points in the regular season) twice: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Hours" and a Worst Screen Couple Razzie Award with Will Ferrell for "Bewitched": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JUSTINTHOMAS | 12 | American pro golfer who won the 2017 PGA Championship, and posted a score of 59 in the same tournament: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOSHALLEN | 9 | Buffalo Bills quarterback who was the AP Most Valuable Player for the 2024-2025 season: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TIGER | 5 | With 35-Down, golfer tied with 14-Across for most PGA Tour wins, with 82 |
| 40% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | Film that is tied with "Titanic" and "La La Land" for the most Oscar nominations for a single film (14) (3 wds.) |
| 40% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DONSHULA | 8 | Former Miami Dolphins coach who holds the NFL record for most all-time wins, with 328: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SHAWNJOHNSON | 12 | Gymnast who won season 8 and was runner-up in season 15 of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BROOKSKOEPKA | 12 | American golfer who tied with Louis Oosthuizen as joint runners-up to 29-Across in the 2021 PGA Championship (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TIMMEADOWS | 10 | "The Ladies Man" star who was a cast member on "SNL" for 10 seasons: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won 18-Across in 1997, also as a 21-year-old: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PEANUTGALLERY | 13 | Group of kids who were the live audience for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROBERTGRIFFIN | 13 | With 18-Across, star college quarterback having a good rookie season with the Redskins, seen in Subway commercials: 2 wds. |