| 100% | TORRE | 5 | Manager who wrote ''The Yankee Years'' |
| 65% | TORRE | 5 | Baseball manager who co-authored “The Yankee Years” |
| 62% | BERRA | 5 | Manager who led both the Yankees and Mets to pennants |
| 61% | RING | 4 | Lardner, Jr. who wrote "Woman of the Year" |
| 61% | ANNALIST | 8 | Writer who writes about the year's events |
| 57% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| 56% | TORRE | 5 | Joe who was twice A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 56% | ROCCO | 5 | Baldelli who was AL Manager of the Year in 2019 |
| 56% | ROCCOBALDELLI | 13 | Twins manager who was named the 2019 American League Manager of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 56% | DIDION | 6 | Joan who wrote "The Year of Magical Thinking" |
| 55% | DOWD | 4 | Columnist Maureen who wrote "The Year of Voting Dangerously" |
| 54% | TORRE | 5 | Hall of Famer who was an MVP and Manager of the Year |
| 54% | NAOMI | 5 | Author Klein who wrote last year's "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" |
| 54% | CASEYSTENGEL | 12 | Hall of Fame manager who led the Yankees to seven World Series wins (2 wds.) |
| 53% | PENA | 4 | Tony who was the 2003 A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 53% | TORRE | 5 | MLB exec Joe who was the Yankees' manager for 12 seasons |
| 53% | TORRE | 5 | MLB executive Joe who was the Yankees' manager for 12 seasons |
| 53% | TORRE | 5 | MLB executive Joe who was the Yankees manager for 12 seasons |
| 53% | LYLE | 4 | Yankee Sparky who wrote "The Bronx Zoo" |
| 53% | TORRE | 5 | Former Yankee manager who also served as player-manager of the Mets |
| 53% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 53% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 53% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| 53% | LOIS | 4 | Lowry who wrote The Giver |
| 53% | AYN | 3 | Rand who wrote The Fountainhead |
| 53% | EUCLID | 6 | Mathematician who wrote the "Elements" |
| 52% | BOWA | 4 | Larry __, former Phillies All-Star shortstop who was 2001 N.L. Manager of the Year |
| 52% | GIULIANI | 8 | Politician who wrote the book "Leadership" |
| 52% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote the "Metamorphoses" |
| 52% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie who wrote the "Twilight" novels |