| 100% | VLAD | 4 | MLB Hall of Famer Guerrero, nicknamed ___ the Impaler |
| 55% | MARIANO | 7 | Hall of Famer Rivera who holds the MLB record for career saves |
| 54% | LIP | 3 | Major league Hall of Famer Durocher's nickname: "Leo the ___" |
| 54% | RODMAN | 6 | Basketball Hall of Famer nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The Worm" |
| 53% | ONEIL | 5 | Hall of Famer Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 51% | DREAM | 5 | Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon's nickname (with "The") |
| 51% | EARL | 4 | *NBA Hall of Famer nicknamed "The Pearl" |
| 51% | BOGGS | 5 | MLB Hall of Famer Wade |
| 51% | OTT | 3 | MLB Hall of Famer Mel |
| 51% | LOU | 3 | MLB Hall of Famer Brock |
| 50% | MIKEPIAZZA | 10 | Hall of Famer who won 11 Silver Slugger awards, the most of any catcher in MLB history (2 wds.) |
| 50% | OZZIE | 5 | Baseball Hall of Famer Smith nicknamed "the Wizard" |
| 50% | EARL | 4 | ___ Monroe, Basketball Hall of Famer nicknamed "The Pearl" |
| 50% | BIGO | 4 | Nickname for the Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson |
| 49% | NELLIES | 7 | MLB Hall of Famer Fox and journalist Bly |
| 49% | VLAD | 4 | Baseball Hall of Famer Guerrero, familiarly |
| 49% | COBB | 4 | Inaugural class MLB Hall of Famer |
| 48% | CAREW | 5 | Panama-born MLB Hall of Famer Rod |
| 48% | ENOS | 4 | MLB Hall of Famer Slaughter with 2,383 career hits |
| 48% | PEDROMARTINEZ | 13 | An MLB hall of famer considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time, whose number (45) was retired by the Boston Red Sox: 2 wds |
| 48% | IVAN | 4 | Hall of Famer Rodriguez, nicknamed "Pudge" |
| 47% | RICE | 4 | MLB Hall of Famer Jim or NFL Hall of Famer Jerry |
| 47% | MIKEPIAZZA | 10 | MLB Hall of Famer who turns 50 in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MIKEPIAZZA | 10 | MLB Hall of Famer who was born in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PAULMOLITOR | 11 | First MLB Hall of Famer who was primarily a DH |
| 46% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer nicknamed "the Great One" who hosted "SNL" in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PUDGE | 5 | Nickname shared by the Baseball Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Iván Rodríguez |
| 46% | RENFRO | 6 | Hall of Famer Mel of the 1964-77 Cowboys |
| 46% | THEIRONHORSE | 12 | Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 46% | YANKEECLIPPER | 13 | Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio's nickname: 2 wds. |