| 100% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey |
| 55% | NEWYORKGIANTS | 13 | Pro football team based in New Jersey |
| 50% | JETS | 4 | NFL team based at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey |
| 48% | IROQUOIS | 8 | Native American confederacy originally based in New York State |
| 47% | NETS | 4 | Team originally called the New Jersey Americans |
| 47% | NETS | 4 | Team originally named the New Jersey Americans |
| 47% | HORNETS | 7 | N.B.A. team starting in 1988 |
| 46% | STEPHANIEPLUM | 13 | New Jersey-based bounty hunter/sleuth in a Janet Evanovich book series (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LALAKERS | 8 | West Coast N.B.A. team that acquired Luka Dončić in a blockbuster February trade |
| 45% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team originally called the Americans |
| 45% | PELS | 4 | New Orleans N.B.A. team, informally |
| 45% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that has had its home base in New Jersey, Long Island, and Brooklyn |
| 44% | SONICS | 6 | N.B.A. team coached in the '70s by Bill Russell |
| 44% | KEAN | 4 | New Jersey public university with a campus in China |
| 42% | METS | 4 | Team that got a new ballpark in 2009 |
| 42% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle, N.Y., named for a Scottish island |
| 42% | IONA | 4 | School in New Rochelle, N.Y., named for a Scottish island |
| 42% | MIAMI | 5 | City whose N.B.A team sells “Vice Nights” jerseys |
| 41% | METS | 4 | New York team with a skyline in its logo |
| 41% | PELICANS | 8 | NBA basketball team based in New Orleans |
| 41% | NETS | 4 | Team that moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012 |
| 41% | METS | 4 | New York MLB team with a skyline in its logo |
| 41% | ATL | 3 | N.L. team with a tomahawk in its logo |
| 41% | TORONTORAPTORS | 14 | Canadian team in the N.B.A. |
| 41% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | Southernmost team in the N.B.A. |
| 40% | JAZZ | 4 | N.B.A. team with a non-plural name |
| 40% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era |
| 40% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years |
| 40% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team that last won a championship in 1957 |
| 40% | SUNS | 4 | N.B.A. team with a gorilla mascot, strangely enough |