| 100% | SENATORS | 8 | Minnesota baseball team that sent future Hall of Famer Joe Cronin to the first 28-Across |
| 76% | TIGERS | 6 | Detroit baseball team that sent future Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer to the first 28-Across |
| 76% | PHILLIES | 8 | Pennsylvania baseball team that sent future Hall of Famer Chuck Klein to the first 28-Across |
| 71% | GIANTS | 6 | New York baseball team that sent future Hall of Famers Bill Terry and Carl Hubbell to the first 28-Across |
| 33% | ANNE | 4 | Hall of Famer Donovan, first woman to coach a WNBA championship team |
| 32% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 30% | TYCOBB | 6 | First player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 29% | NAT | 3 | Member of the baseball team that used to be the Expos, for short |
| 29% | STARTINGSALARIES | 16 | Entry-level wages, and a hint to the first words of 18-, 28-, and 49-Across |
| 29% | TED | 3 | Football Hall of Famer ('90) ___ Hendricks, the first Guatemalan-born player in the NFL |
| 29% | LYNX | 4 | Minnesota WNBA team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 semifinals |
| 29% | BILL | 4 | NBA Hall of Famer ___ Russell, who was the leader of a Boston Celtics team that won 11 titles from 1957-1969 |
| 29% | BASEBALL | 8 | Hall of Fame that honored 45-Across as one of the first five members |
| 28% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Hall-of-Famer who was the first Black head coach to win a 15 Across |
| 28% | STAN | 4 | Baseball Hall of Famer "___ the Man" Musial |
| 28% | PADRES | 6 | Dave Winfield is the only Hall of Famer to wear this team's cap |
| 28% | METS | 4 | Baseball team that retired the numbers of Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza |
| 27% | ONEIL | 5 | Hall of Famer Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 27% | BALL | 4 | The first lady of TV sitcoms, married to 41 across |
| 27% | COBB | 4 | Ty ___ (the first baseball Hall of Famer) |
| 27% | TYCOBB | 6 | Hall of Famer who has the highest career batting average in baseball history (2 wds.) |
| 27% | HULL | 4 | Hockey Hall of Famer Brett who played 10 seasons for the 28-Down |
| 27% | GEORGIA | 7 | Team that defeated 15-Across to win the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, its first national title since 1980 |
| 27% | CYNTHIACOOPER | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the very first MVP of the WNBA and MVP two times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | TYCOBB | 6 | Baseball Hall of Famer with the record for highest career batting average |
| 26% | AARON | 5 | Alphabetically first Baseball Hall of Famer |
| 26% | DIMAGGIO | 8 | Hall of Famer Joe |
| 26% | VAL | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Ackerman who was the first president of the WNBA |
| 26% | RYNE | 4 | Baseball Hall of Famer Sandberg who earned nine Gold Gloves with the Cubs |
| 26% | OTT | 3 | Hall of Famer Mel who is one of the baseball greats recognized by Archie in "Field of Dreams" |