| 100% | OWENS | 5 | Jesse who broke three world records in 45 minutes |
| 51% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Jesse Owens' school when he set three world records and tied a fourth, in a span of 45 minutes: 2 wds. |
| 43% | KATIELEDECKY | 12 | Swimmer who broke the world records in the 400- and 800-meter women's freestyle in Rio: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HALF | 4 | 45 minutes, in the World Cup |
| 37% | THOMPSON | 8 | Decathlete Daley who broke world records |
| 36% | FREEDIVE | 8 | Vencl broke this world record in a lake in 2023 |
| 36% | OROSCO | 6 | Jesse who pitched in a record 1,252 major-league games |
| 35% | MARIS | 5 | Roger who broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1961 |
| 35% | CARL | 4 | Lewis who holds the world record in the indoor long jump |
| 34% | ELIUD | 5 | Kipchoge who broke his own world record at the 2022 Berlin Marathon |
| 34% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA scoring record in 2023 |
| 34% | PURIN | 5 | Beagle who holds the Guinness World Record for most balls caught with the paws in one minute |
| 34% | MARIS | 5 | Roger ___ (baseball player who broke the single-season home run record in 1961) |
| 33% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | Swimmer who broke the record for most total Olympic medals in Rio: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JAMAICA | 7 | Home country of world record holding athlete Usain (birthday today) who retired in 2017 |
| 32% | USAINBOLT | 9 | He broke world record for 100m sprint in 2009 |
| 32% | ROGERMARIS | 10 | Three-time World Series champion who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record on October 1, 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ALONSO | 6 | Pete of the N.Y. Mets who broke Aaron Judge's rookie record for home runs in 2019 |
| 31% | IRENA | 5 | Polish sprinter Szewinska who uniquely held world records in 100, 200 and 400 meters |
| 31% | SALE | 4 | Pitcher Chris who struck out the last three Dodgers in the 2018 World Series |
| 31% | RAPGOD | 6 | Eminem song with a Guinness world record for "most words in a hit single" (1,560 in six minutes) |
| 30% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | Yankees slugger who broke 17-Across's single-season home run record with 62 home runs in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | VONN | 4 | Minnesota skier Lindsey who won a record 20 World Cup crystal globe titles in her career |
| 30% | PETEALONSO | 10 | Met who broke 18-Across's record by hitting 53 home runs in his 24-/35-Across in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CESAR | 5 | ___ Cielo, Brazilian swimmer who holds the world record in 100 meters freestyle |
| 30% | BIEDERMANN | 10 | Paul ___, German swimmer who holds the world record in 400 meters freestyle |
| 30% | AARON | 5 | ___ Paul, who played Jesse Pinkman in "Breaking Bad" |
| 30% | AARON | 5 | Actor who plays Jesse Pinkman in "Breaking Bad" |
| 29% | MARK | 4 | British cyclist ___ Beaumont who holds the record for cycling around the world in less than 79 days |
| 29% | FEAT | 4 | Breaking a world record, e.g. |