| 100% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | He became the Seahawks' starting quarterback in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 85% | ANDREWLUCK | 10 | He became the Colts' starting quarterback in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 79% | ROBERTGRIFFIN | 13 | With "III," he became the Redskins' starting quarterback in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 58% | COLIN | 5 | With 41-Across, he became the 49ers' starting quarterback in 2012 |
| 46% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | He became the longest-lived US president this week: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JEREMYRENNER | 12 | He played Hawkeye in 2012's "The Avengers": 2 wds. |
| 44% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | Quarterback who led the Seahawks to the 2014 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | He played the dance instructor in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | He played the Joker in 1989's "Batman": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JACOBYBRISSETT | 14 | He replaced 16-Across as the starting quarterback for the Colts: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROBERTPATRICK | 13 | He played the T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | He played the title role in 2010's "Robin Hood": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BENSTILLER | 10 | He voiced the lion Alex in "Madagascar": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | He voiced the lion Aslan in the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHARLESPONZI | 12 | Con man whose 1920 financial fraud became the type of "scheme" named for him: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NICKCARRAWAY | 12 | He is the narrator and a friend of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LAMARJACKSON | 12 | Ravens quarterback who became the NFL's second unanimous MVP, after Tom Brady, in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | Steelers quarterback in the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MANNYPACQUIAO | 13 | Filipino boxer who recently became the first person to hold a world title in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | In January, he became baseball's first unanimous Hall of Fame electee: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | "Fantasy" singer who recently became the first person to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OLEKSANDRUSYK | 13 | Ukrainian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Tyson Fury in May of this year: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Small forward who, in 2012, won both an NBA title with the Heat and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | 2012 production that became the third highest-grossing film of all time: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MIGUELCABRERA | 13 | Slugger who won the 34-Across in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Liverpudlian music superstar who turned 70 in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Canadian-born singer who released "Boyfriend" in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TUPACSHAKUR | 11 | Rapper whose hologram performed at Coachella in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TYSONGAY | 8 | He became the fastest sprinter in the U.S. in 2009 |
| 37% | ELMO | 4 | He became the first puppet to testify before Congress in 2002 |