| 100% | QUEBECNORDIQUES | 15 | N.H.L. team that became the Colorado Avalanche |
| 76% | QUEBECNORDIQUES | 15 | NHL team that became the Colorado Avalanche |
| 71% | WHALERS | 7 | N.H.L. team that became the Hurricanes in 1997 |
| 52% | EXPOS | 5 | Team that became the Nationals |
| 52% | EXPOS | 5 | Team that became the Nats |
| 52% | XXXXX | 5 | Team that became the Nats |
| 51% | EXPOS | 5 | Team that became the Nationals in 2005 |
| 49% | EXPOS | 5 | Montreal team that became the Washington Nationals |
| 49% | LARAMS | 6 | N.F.L. team that featured the Fearsome Foursome |
| 49% | EXPOS | 5 | Former Montreal baseball team that became the Nationals |
| 48% | EXPOS | 5 | MLB team that became the 25-Down in 2005 |
| 48% | MONTREALEXPOS | 13 | "Fair" Canadian team that became the Washington Nationals: 2 wds. |
| 48% | STLOUISBROWNS | 13 | "Colorful" Midwest team that became the Baltimore Orioles: 3 wds. |
| 47% | MAVS | 4 | N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly |
| 46% | SEATTLEPILOTS | 13 | "High-flying" West Coast team that became the Milwaukee Brewers: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AVS | 3 | Colorado N.H.L. team, casually |
| 44% | OILERS | 6 | N.H.L. team with five championship-winning seasons in the 1980s |
| 41% | SABRES | 6 | Team in the N.H.L.'s Atlantic Division |
| 40% | SENATORS | 8 | Washington, D.C., MLB team that moved to Minnesota and became the Twins |
| 39% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L team that plays in honolulu blue |
| 39% | BEARS | 5 | N.F.L team that plays in navy blue |
| 39% | CAN | 3 | Like seven teams in the N.H.L. |
| 39% | BOS | 3 | One of the N.H.L.'s original six teams: Abbr. |
| 39% | OILERS | 6 | Team that won the first A.F.L. championship |
| 38% | EAGLES | 6 | N.F.L. team with the mascot Swoop |
| 38% | LIONS | 5 | Team that last won an N.F.L. championship in 1957 |
| 37% | ECTOR | 5 | Name in Arthurian legend that becomes a name in Greek myth if you add H to the start |
| 37% | SVEN | 4 | Andrighetto of the Colorado Avalanche |
| 37% | ERIK | 4 | Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche |
| 37% | IAN | 3 | Cole of the Colorado Avalanche |