| 100% | DRJ | 3 | N.B.A. legend Julius Erving, to fans |
| 62% | RUSS | 4 | N.B.A.'s Westbrook, to fans |
| 56% | SONICS | 6 | Seattle's former N.B.A. team, to fans |
| 56% | DRJ | 3 | NBA's Julius Erving, to fans: 2 wds. |
| 54% | DRJ | 3 | NBA great Julius Erving, to his fans: 2 wds. |
| 54% | DRJ | 3 | Julius Erving, to NBA fans |
| 53% | DRJ | 3 | Basketball star Julius Erving, to fans |
| 45% | ONED | 4 | Made in the A.M. band, to fans |
| 45% | EAZYEMAIL | 9 | *Many fan letters to N.W.A.? |
| 42% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for N.B.A. great Erving |
| 42% | DRJ | 3 | Basketball great Erving, to fans |
| 41% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team whose fans include the Brooklyn Brigade |
| 41% | CLE | 3 | N.B.A. Eastern Conference champions from 2015 to 2018 |
| 40% | ESPO | 4 | Hockey legend Phil, to fans |
| 39% | AROD | 4 | 14-time M.L.B. All-Star, to fans |
| 39% | ESPO | 4 | Phil voted one of the hundred greatest N.H.L. players of all time, to fans |
| 38% | OTS | 3 | N.B.A. tiebreakers, for short |
| 38% | ROME | 4 | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| 38% | LUC | 3 | Former N.B.A. player Mbah a Moute, who helped discover Joel Embiid |
| 37% | ERAS | 4 | Periods in a musical artist's evolution, to fans |
| 36% | NIL | 3 | "Zero," to a soccer fan |
| 36% | MOVE | 4 | Jiggle about, go from A to B |
| 36% | ARI | 3 | "The Voice!" judge with a ponytail, to her fans |
| 36% | CHA | 3 | The N.B.A.'s Hornets, on scoreboards |
| 36% | ARI | 3 | "God is a Woman" singer, to her fans |
| 35% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era |
| 35% | MIST | 4 | Incorporeal form of a vampire, according to some legends |
| 35% | ARNIE | 5 | 1998 winner of the P.G.A. Tour Lifetime Achievement Award, to fans |
| 35% | BABS | 4 | Ms. Streisand, to fans |
| 35% | ESTREET | 7 | Locale in Belmar, N.J., that lent its name to a noted rock-'n'-roll band |