| 100% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Lakers head coach from 1999 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2011: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARKJACKSON | 11 | Former NBA guard who coached the Warriors from 2011 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Former head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers who is a practicing Buddhist: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STEVESPURRIER | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MIKEBROWN | 9 | Lakers head coach who served after 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LUKEWALTON | 10 | Head coach of the L.A. Lakers since 2016 and coach of 41-Across since 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ALLA | 4 | "... and to ___ good night" (line from a Christmas poem): 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAVIDSTERN | 10 | NBA head from 1984 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BYRONSCOTT | 10 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GENESISKEL | 10 | 18-Across' cohost from 1975 to 1999: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PEPTALKS | 8 | Speeches from coaches to inspire their teams: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SEESSTARS | 9 | Suffers from a blow to the head: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Coach with the most NBA championships (11), with the Bulls and Lakers: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president featured on postage stamps in both 2005 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PAULRODGERS | 11 | Bad Company vocalist who sang with Queen from 2004 to 2009: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | 2007 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who coached the Bulls and the Lakers to a total of 11 NBA championships (2 wds.) |
| 33% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Singer who had four #1 hits in the UK from 1999 to 2001, including "It's Raining Men": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ROGERFEDERER | 12 | Swiss tennis player who won the US Open from 2004 to 2008: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LAURENHOLLY | 11 | Actress who played NCIS Director Jenny Shepard on "NCIS" from 2005 to 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JOHNNYTAPIA | 11 | Triple champion boxer from Albuquerque who competed from 1988 to 2011: 2 wds. |
| 32% | VINCELOMBARDI | 13 | Hall of Fame coach on the Packers from 1959 to 1967: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MICHAELEISNER | 13 | Executive who ran 18-Across's company from 1984 to 2005: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BORISBECKER | 11 | German tennis star who coached 30-Across from 2013 to 2016: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BARBARAWALTERS | 14 | Journalist who created "The View" and cohosted from 1997 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JIMBUNNING | 10 | Nine-time MLB All-Star who served as U.S. representative and 21-Down from Kentucky from 1987 to 2011 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | CBS TV character with a colorful last name, played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MIKEDANTONI | 11 | L.A. Lakers head coach who succeeded the interim coach who followed 27-Across in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | NBC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Jennifer Aniston from 1994 to 2004: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GENEHACKMAN | 11 | "Hoosiers" actor who retired from acting after appearing in 2004's "Welcome to Mooseport": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TOMBROKAW | 9 | "NBC Nightly News" anchor from 1982 to 2004 (2 wds.) |