| 100% | BASEBALL | 8 | Its Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown, New York |
| 55% | NASCAR | 6 | Dale Earnhardt is in its Hall of Fame |
| 54% | GIL | 3 | Hodges in the New York Mets Hall of Fame |
| 53% | TENNIS | 6 | Sport whose Hall of Fame is in Newport, RI |
| 51% | STICKBALL | 9 | Focus of a sports hall of fame in New York City |
| 48% | CARNEGIE | 8 | New York Hall of fame |
| 48% | EARLMONROE | 10 | Hall of Fame New York Knicks shooting guard nicknamed "The Pearl": 2 wds. |
| 47% | PATRICKEWING | 12 | Former New York Knick in the Basketball Hall of Fame who was on the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team" and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FAVRE | 5 | Hall of Fame quarterback Brett who was NFL MVP three consecutive times in the 1990s |
| 46% | EWING | 5 | Catcher Buck ___, elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in its first year |
| 46% | BARRYLARKIN | 11 | Hall of Fame shortstop whose #11 jersey was retired by the Reds in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STEVECARLTON | 12 | Hall of Fame pitcher whose #32 jersey was retired by the Phillies in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SANDYKOUFAX | 11 | Hall of Fame pitcher whose #32 jersey was retired by the Dodgers in 1972: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HALAS | 5 | Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who once played for the New York Yankees |
| 46% | ROCK | 4 | ___ and Roll Hall of Fame, museum into which Elton John was inducted in 1994 |
| 45% | ROYHALLADAY | 11 | Hall of Fame pitcher whose #32 jersey was retired by the Blue Jays in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RODGILBERT | 10 | New York Rangers Hall of Famer in Warhol's "Athletes" series: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SIDEWALKCHALK | 13 | 2020 addition to the Toy Hall of Fame that may be sold in a bucket (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TIMMARA | 7 | New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 44% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 43% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | New York Yankees outfielder who was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 43% | COOPERSTOWN | 11 | Baseball Hall of Fame site where each of the managers in this puzzle will be inducted on July 27, 2014 |
| 42% | DARYL | 5 | Hall of fame in music |
| 42% | THURMANMUNSON | 13 | New York Yankees catching great who was the MLB's AL Rookie of the Year in 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi in the New Jersey Hall of Fame |
| 42% | GROUPERSTOWN | 12 | Where the Fish-Pun Hall of Fame is? |
| 42% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |
| 41% | OHIO | 4 | State where the Pro Football Hall of Fame is |
| 41% | JAMESNAISMH | 11 | The Basketball Hall of Fame is named for him |