| 100% | ELON | 4 | Musk who set a record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history, according to Guinness |
| 38% | RYAN | 4 | ___ Crouser, athlete who set a record for the shot put throw in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics |
| 33% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Rudisha, athlete who set a record for the 800 meters at the 2012 London Olympics |
| 33% | ELLIS | 5 | Kendall ___, sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| 32% | TYLER | 5 | Richard ___ Blevins, former Twitch streamer known as "Ninja" who set the record for largest concurrent audience in 2018 |
| 32% | VAN | 3 | Wayde ___ Niekerk, athlete who set a record for the 400 meters dash at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics |
| 30% | SCHITTS | 7 | "___ Creek," sitcom that set a record for the most Emmy wins for a comedy series in a single year in 2020 |
| 30% | VANNA | 5 | White, who in May 2013 was presented with a Guinness World Record certificate for being the world's most frequent clapper |
| 30% | THEODORE | 8 | ___ Roosevelt, American president who set a record for most handshakes by a head of state, at a New Year's function |
| 29% | THEGOAT | 7 | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| 29% | KARSTEN | 7 | ___ Warholm, Norwegian athlete who set a world record for 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 29% | MIROSLAW | 8 | Aleksandra ___, Polish climber who set a world record for speed climbing at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 29% | PISTONS | 7 | NBA team that set the record for most consecutive losses in a single season (28) last month |
| 29% | THRONES | 7 | "Game of ___," fantasy drama series that set a record for the most Emmy wins for a series in a single year in 2015 |
| 29% | ALROKER | 7 | He set a Guinness World Record in 2014, reporting for 34 consecutive hours |
| 28% | ZHANG | 5 | ___ Changhong, Chinese shooter who set a world record in the 50m rifle event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 28% | ROJAS | 5 | Yulimar ___, Venezuelan athlete who set a world record for women's triple jump at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 28% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 28% | BILLWALTON | 10 | Basketball Hall of Famer who scored a record 44 points for 46-Across in the 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball Final (2 wds.) |
| 28% | OZZIESMITH | 10 | Baseball Hall of Famer born in Mobile, Alabama, who holds the all-time record for assists by a shortstop (2 wds.) |
| 28% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | SYDNEY | 6 | ___ McLaughlin-Levrone, hurdler and sprinter who set the world record for 400m hurdles in 2022 |
| 28% | GRANT | 5 | ___ Holloway, sprinter and hurdler who set the world record for indoor 60m hurdles in 2022 |
| 28% | NSYNC | 5 | Loser to U2 for Grammy Record of the Year in 2001 |
| 28% | FORK | 4 | Utensil to the left of the plate in a standard table setting |
| 27% | STEVEN | 6 | ___ Gardiner, Bahamian track and field sprinter who set the world record for indoor 300m sprint in 2022 |
| 27% | ARSON | 5 | In criminal law, the act of intentionally setting fire to property for some improper reason |
| 27% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 27% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 27% | INBED | 5 | Words sometimes added to the end of a fortune cookie fortune for humorous effect |