| 100% | LOUGEHRIG | 9 | His #4 was the first number ever retired by Major League Baseball (Yankees, 1939): 2 wds. |
| 44% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 40% | GEHRIG | 6 | First Major League Baseball player to have his number retired |
| 40% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Former Yankee who is first on Major League Baseball's career earnings list: 2 wds. |
| 39% | REGGIEJACKSON | 13 | Outfielder whose #44 was retired by the New York Yankees and his #9 by the Oakland Athletics: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OTT | 3 | His number 4 was retired by the Giants |
| 37% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | His #23 was retired by the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TORRE | 5 | His number 6 was retired by the Yankees |
| 37% | PETEMARAVICH | 12 | His #7 was retired by the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JULIUSERVING | 12 | His #6 was retired by the Philadelphia 76ers and his #32 by the Brooklyn Nets: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LEADOFF | 7 | Be the first baseball player to bat: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROBERTOLUONGO | 13 | NHL goalie who had his number 1 retired by the Florida Panthers in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JACQUESPLANTE | 13 | NHL goalie who had his number 1 retired by the Montreal Canadiens in 1995: 2 wds. |
| 34% | STANMUSIAL | 10 | Slugger born November 21, 1920 whose number was the first to be retired by the St. Louis Cardinals (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | She was the first player signed by a WNBA team: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CARLOSBELTRAN | 13 | Former Yankee who is eighth on Major League Baseball's career earnings list: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALOU | 4 | Felipe who was the first Dominican-born manager in Major League Baseball |
| 34% | LOUGEHRIG | 9 | First baseman who spent his entire 17-year Major League career with the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IGET | 4 | "___ Around," the first number-one charting song released by The Beach Boys in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Openly gay basketballer who was the first woman to be signed by the WNBA: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARTINBRODEUR | 13 | NHL goalie who had his number 30 retired by the New Jersey Devils in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KOBEBRYANT | 10 | LA Lakers legend fondly remembered as "Black Mamba" who is the only player in NBA history to have two jersey numbers retired by the same team: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ILLWAITFORYOU | 13 | A song by Frankie Avalon that is considered one of his greatest songs ever, released with the A-side "What Little Girl": 4 wds. |
| 33% | JOEDIMAGGIO | 11 | The New York Yankees retired his number 5: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GEHRIG | 6 | First major league player to have his number retired |
| 33% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Trail Blazers and the Rockets: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 33% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Lakers and the Heat: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NATETHURMOND | 12 | Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Cavaliers and the Warriors: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Los Angeles Raiders running back who played Major League Baseball for the Royals, White Sox, and Angels: 2 wds. |