| 100% | PELE | 4 | He averaged almost a goal a game |
| 46% | ONEHIT | 6 | Almost perfect, as a game |
| 46% | SIMON | 5 | He "says," in a game |
| 44% | ROUNDER | 7 | Being more chubby is almost a game |
| 44% | SCORE | 5 | Goals achieved in a game |
| 43% | CONQUEST | 8 | Goal in a game of "risk" |
| 43% | EVENER | 6 | Goal that sends a game into overtime |
| 41% | REGIS | 5 | He used to say "Confident?" on a game show |
| 41% | HATTRICK | 8 | Scoring three goals in a single game |
| 40% | TYCOBB | 6 | He managed the Tigers to a .316 team average (1921) |
| 40% | SIMON | 5 | Do only what he says, in a game |
| 40% | PAR | 3 | Average score in a golf game |
| 40% | HAT | 3 | __ trick: hockey player's three goals in a game |
| 39% | COBB | 4 | He had a .367 career batting average |
| 39% | KOBE | 4 | He scored the second-most points in a game in NBA history |
| 39% | HATTRICK | 8 | Three goals in a single game |
| 37% | BULLYOFF | 8 | Method by which a game of hockey is restarted after a goal |
| 36% | SCORINGPOINTS | 13 | Goal of most games (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 36% | STRATEGO | 8 | Two-player board game, goal is to capture a flag |
| 35% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three goals by a single player in a hockey game) |
| 34% | HOWE | 4 | Gordie ___ hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game) |
| 34% | PRO | 3 | "He's a ___ at this game" (expert) |
| 33% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three hockey goals scored by the same player in a single game) |
| 33% | JESSEOROSCO | 11 | He pitched in a record 1,252 games for nine teams, including the Mets, from 1979 to 2003: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GYM | 3 | Place that my dad once told me was a nickname for games and I believed him for years |
| 33% | TRIPLE | 6 | Almost a homer |
| 33% | QUART | 5 | Almost a liter |
| 33% | SEMI | 4 | Almost a final |
| 33% | YARD | 4 | Almost a meter |
| 33% | LEANER | 6 | Almost a ringer |