| 100% | APTLY | 5 | How golf's Gary Player was named? |
| 42% | TOBIN | 5 | Heath who was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year in 2016 |
| 41% | MIA | 3 | Hamm who was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five times |
| 40% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Rapinoe, queer soccer star who was named the Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019 |
| 39% | JOELEMBIID | 10 | Philadelphia 76ers All-Star who was named the NBA's 2022-2023 Most Valuable Player (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LAMARJACKSON | 12 | Baltimore Ravens quarterback who was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the 2023 season (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JARENJACKSONJR | 14 | Memphis Grizzlies All-Star who was named the NBA's 2022-2023 Defensive Player of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 37% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 37% | ADAMASANOGO | 11 | 38-Across power forward who was named the 2023 NCAA men's basketball Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MYLESGARRETT | 12 | Cleveland Browns defensive end who was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year for the 2023 season (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NOELNEILL | 9 | Lois Lane player of early TV, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | HOGAN | 5 | Legendary golfer Ben who was named PGA Player of the Year four times |
| 35% | JAMORANT | 8 | Memphis Grizzlies guard who was named Most Improved Player in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TRISTENNEWTON | 13 | 13-Across point guard who was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 NCAA Final Four men's basketball championship (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ANYWAYYOUSLICEIT | 16 | No matter how an errant golf shot is made? |
| 35% | UNO | 3 | Card game whose name is shouted by the players |
| 35% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted out by its players |
| 35% | CHRISTIAN | 9 | With 42-Across, San Francisco 49ers running back who was named the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year for the 2023 season |
| 35% | KAMILLACARDOSO | 14 | Senior center for the South Carolina Gamecocks who was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LYDIA | 5 | ___ Ko, youngest player to be ranked #1 in professional golf |
| 34% | AJA | 3 | ___ Wilson, Las Vegas Aces power forward who was named the 2022 WNBA "Most Valuable Player" |
| 33% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "Suffragette" actress whose last name is a golf term: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAPTAINHOOK | 11 | Neverland villain whose last name is a golf term: 2 wds. |
| 33% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted when a player has one card |
| 33% | JAYLENBROWN | 11 | 28-Across guard who was named Most Valuable Player of the 2024 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 33% | EDSELS | 6 | They were named after Henry's son |
| 33% | OOMPAUL | 7 | Name by which former president of the Transvaal S J P Kruger was known |
| 33% | TENPINS | 7 | Bowling game named for how many objects there are to knock down |
| 33% | DINAH | 5 | Singer Shore whose name is associated with a major LPGA golf tournament |
| 32% | STYMIE | 6 | Golf green problem prior to 1938 when one player's ball is blocking the path of the other player's route to the hole |