| 100% | PETERS | 6 | Jim —, British runner who collapsed during the 1954 Empire Games marathon whilst holding a seventeen minute lead |
| 67% | PETERS | 6 | Jim —, Briton who collapsed during the 1954 Empire Games marathon, while holding a 17-minute lead |
| 27% | ERIC | 4 | Running back Dickerson who holds the NFL record for most rushing yards in a playoff game |
| 27% | RYUN | 4 | Jim ___, athlete who was the first high school junior to run a mile in under four minutes |
| 27% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Bannister, British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
| 22% | SKY | 3 | ___ Brown, British-Japanese skateboarder who won bronze at the Olympic Games held in 2021 |
| 22% | ALONSO | 6 | Mets slugger Pete who holds the record for most home runs by a rookie |
| 22% | SHAKA | 5 | ___ Smart (coach who led VCU on a Cinderella run to the 2011 Final Four) |
| 22% | CHAMBERLAIN | 11 | Wilt ___, former basketballer who holds the record for the most points in a NBA game |
| 22% | PARSONS | 7 | Jim ___, actor who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy for "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 22% | DARIUS | 6 | ___ Leonard, NFL player who eats the same 2 meals throughout the week during a game season |
| 21% | MARKMCGWIRE | 11 | A's first baseman who held the MLB rookie season home run record (49) until September 2017: 2 wds. |
| 21% | PONTIAC | 7 | Native American chief of the Ottawa tribe who led a rebellion against the British from 1763-66 |
| 21% | CHELIOS | 7 | ★Hockey Hall of Famer Chris who holds the record for most NHL games played by a defenseman |
| 21% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors guard who holds the NBA record for most three-pointers in a single game: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ADRIANPETERSON | 14 | Vikings running back who gained 296 total yards in a 2007 NFL game, the most ever: 2 wds. |
| 21% | FLIPPERANDERSON | 15 | Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) |
| 21% | JEROMEHARRISON | 14 | Browns running back who gained 286 total yards in a 2009 NFL game, the third-most ever: 2 wds. |
| 21% | JAMAL | 5 | With 40-Across, Ravens running back who gained 295 total yards in a 2003 NFL game, the second-most ever |
| 20% | ADAMLAMBERT | 11 | Runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol, who has collaborated with the British rock band "Queen" as lead vocalist: 2 wds. |
| 20% | PAULA | 5 | Radcliffe the British marathon runner |
| 20% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "Howard's End" Oscar winner who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 19% | MBE | 3 | A member of the Order of the British Empire |
| 19% | LEEDS | 5 | British city where The Who recorded a live album |
| 19% | KNEEL | 5 | Run out the clock in a football game, maybe |
| 19% | TAG | 3 | Game where players run from the person who's "it" |
| 19% | MOUSE | 5 | The ___ King, antagonist who leads a rodent army in 11a |
| 19% | OFFICIAL | 8 | Person who enforces the rules during sports games |
| 19% | TIMEOUT | 7 | Break in the action during a game (Hyph.) |
| 19% | DAILYMAIL | 9 | Newspaper behind the hoax about a man who thought he had to run for 26 days instead of 26 miles for the London Marathon: 2 wds. |