| 100% | OLERUD | 6 | John who won a 1993 batting title |
| 51% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 49% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 49% | COCO | 4 | Gauff who won a 2025 French Open title |
| 46% | COCOGAUFF | 9 | Tennis player who won a WTA Tour singles title at age 15 |
| 46% | ATKINS | 6 | Country guitarist Chet who won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 |
| 46% | BOSH | 4 | Chris who won a pair of NBA titles with the Miami Heat |
| 45% | OLERUD | 6 | 1993 A.L. batting champ John |
| 44% | FEDERER | 7 | Roger who won a record-breaking eighth men's singles title at Wimbledon in July |
| 44% | VONN | 4 | Minnesota skier Lindsey who won a record 20 World Cup crystal globe titles in her career |
| 43% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | Tennis player who won a record seven women's singles titles at the French Open: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BOGGS | 5 | Slugger Wade who won five American League batting titles between 1983 and 1988 |
| 42% | DONCHEADLE | 10 | "Hotel Rwanda" actor who won a 2022 Grammy for the audiobook of John Lewis's "Carry On": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EVERT | 5 | Tennis star who won at least one Grand Slam title for a record 13 straight years |
| 40% | UPDIKE | 6 | John who won two Pulitzers for fiction |
| 40% | HUARTE | 6 | John who won the 1964 Heisman Trophy |
| 39% | ELECTEE | 7 | One who wins a race |
| 39% | PEDROMARTINEZ | 13 | Dominican pitcher who won 219 games (fifth most by a Latin American pitcher) between 1993 and 2009: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AGEE | 4 | James who won a posthumous Pulitzer |
| 39% | LEE | 3 | Spike who won a 2018 Oscar |
| 39% | TERESA | 6 | Nun who won a Peace Prize |
| 39% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer |
| 39% | TERESA | 6 | Mother who won a Nobel Prize |
| 39% | MORENO | 6 | Rita who won a 42-Across |
| 38% | MCENROE | 7 | John who won Wimbledon three times in the 1980s |
| 38% | SADAT | 5 | President who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 38% | BEBE | 4 | Neuwirth who won a Tony for "Chicago" |
| 38% | MCNAIR | 6 | QB Steve who won a Payton Award |
| 38% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who won a Nobel in Physics |
| 38% | IDINA | 5 | Menzel who won a Tony for "Wicked" |