| 100% | DHONI | 5 | MS —, 2011 Cricket World Cup Final Man of the Match for India |
| 47% | ETOO | 4 | Samuel —, Cameroon forward; 2006 UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match for Barcelona |
| 43% | ETOO | 4 | Samuel —, Cameroon footballer; Man of the Match in the 2006 Champions League Final for Barcelona |
| 39% | ASIFDIN | 7 | Warwickshire county cricketer; 1993 NatWest Final Man of the Match award winner |
| 34% | INDIA | 5 | 2011 Cricket World Cup winners |
| 34% | RIO | 3 | ___ de Janeiro (where the final World Cup match of 2014 will be played) |
| 33% | INDIA | 5 | Host of the 2016 Cricket World Cup |
| 33% | RIO | 3 | Site of the 2014 World Cup final |
| 33% | 3SETS | 5 | Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match |
| 33% | ATLAS | 5 | Man of the world |
| 32% | WAYNE | 5 | Man of the world? Not! |
| 32% | KENYA | 5 | Country of Eliud Kipchoge who holds the world record for men in Marathon |
| 32% | QUEENS | 6 | Mother India Crochet ___, Guinness World Record holder for the largest display of crochet sculptures |
| 31% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian locale of the 2014 World Cup final game, familiarly |
| 31% | WESTINDIES | 10 | 1975 and 1979 winners of the Cricket World Cup |
| 31% | RIO | 3 | 2014 World Cup Final host, for short |
| 31% | LUZHNIKI | 8 | Moscow stadium, scene of the 2018 World Cup final |
| 31% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 |
| 30% | IMRAN | 5 | & 5D Captain of the Pakistan 1992 Cricket World Cup-winning team |
| 30% | PELE | 4 | World Cup star of the mid-20th century |
| 29% | DOHA | 4 | Site of the 2022 World Cup |
| 29% | ASIA | 4 | Home of the 2022 World Cup |
| 29% | MOVIE | 5 | "War of the Worlds" for example |
| 29% | URU | 3 | Winner of the first World Cup: Abbr. |
| 29% | QATAR | 5 | Mideast locale of the 2022 World Cup |
| 29% | ENG | 3 | Winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr. |
| 29% | MCM | 3 | Year of the first Davis Cup matches |
| 29% | SEPTET | 6 | Wonders of the ancient world, for instance |
| 29% | ROBIN | 5 | Leader of the Merry Men, for short |