| 100% | KAREEM | 6 | Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023 |
| 36% | LIZCAMBAGE | 10 | *Holder of the single-game W.N.B.A. scoring record (53 points) |
| 36% | UCLA | 4 | Holder of the longest winning streak in N.C.A.A. men's basketball history (88 games) |
| 35% | SLC | 3 | Host location of the N.B.A.’s 2023 All-Star Weekend, for short |
| 34% | MORITZ | 6 | Holder of the FIBT World Championships a record 22 times, Switzerland's St. ___ |
| 34% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who hit a record 25 grand slams in his career: Hyph. |
| 34% | TYSONGAY | 8 | Holder of the U.S. record in the hundred-metre sprint (9.69 seconds) |
| 34% | SPITZ | 5 | Before Phelps, he held the record for most golds in a single Olympics |
| 34% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron of the N.B.A. |
| 32% | ASSN | 4 | One of the A's in N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. |
| 32% | TYCOBB | 6 | Holder of the highest career batting average in baseball history |
| 32% | RICE | 4 | Jerry ___, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most points scored in a career |
| 32% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ALONSO | 6 | Pete of the N.Y. Mets who broke Aaron Judge's rookie record for home runs in 2019 |
| 32% | EAR | 3 | Feature of “The Powerpuff Girls” villain HIM that ends in a point |
| 32% | GOATEE | 6 | Feature of “The Powerpuff Girls” villain HIM that ends in a point |
| 31% | MIAMI | 5 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Heat |
| 31% | UTAH | 4 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Jazz |
| 31% | JAMAL | 5 | ___ Crawford, the N.B.A.'s all-time leader in four-point plays |
| 31% | TRIPLE | 6 | One of Ty Cobb's record 295 in the A.L. |
| 31% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Yankees relief pitcher with a record 652 career saves inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SEVEN | 5 | *Height of the N.B.A.'s Gheorghe Muresan |
| 31% | NOLA | 4 | Home of the N.B.A.’s Pelicans, familiarly |
| 31% | OKC | 3 | Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short |
| 30% | ADMIRAL | 7 | Nickname of the N.B.A.'s David Robinson, with "the" |
| 30% | TENNESSEE | 9 | Winner of the NCAA Women's basketball championship in March 1998, finishing with a perfect 39-0 record |
| 30% | SLEEPY | 6 | Nickname of Eric Floyd who holds the record for the most points scored in a quarter in the NBA playoffs (29 in 1987) |
| 30% | BILLWALTON | 10 | Basketball Hall of Famer who scored a record 44 points for 46-Across in the 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball Final (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BOVINE | 6 | The B in BSE, a disease of cattle |
| 30% | GAILGOODRICH | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer who scored a then record 42 points for 46-Across in the 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball Final (2 wds.) |