| 100% | LYLEALZADO | 10 | NFL player who appeared in "Ernest Goes to Camp" |
| 51% | WARRENSAPP | 10 | Former NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LAURENT | 7 | ___ Duvernay-Tardif, former NFL player who returned to work in the medical field in Canada |
| 45% | TOM | 3 | ___ Brady, NFL quarterback who suffered a major knee injury and went on to become the Comeback Player of the Year in 2009 |
| 45% | GENE | 4 | Upshaw who is the only NFL player to go to the Super Bowl in three different decades with the same team |
| 43% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | A former NFL player who starred in "Failure to Launch" and currently co-hosts Fox NFL Sunday: 2 wds |
| 43% | DEION | 5 | ___ Sanders, NFL player who retired in 2001 but returned to play for the Baltimore Ravens in 2004 |
| 43% | LYNCH | 5 | Marshawn ___, NFL player who retired in 2016 but returned to play for the Oakland Raiders in 2017 |
| 43% | CUNNINGHAM | 10 | Randall ___, NFL player who retired in 1996 but returned to play for the Minnesota Vikings in 1997 |
| 43% | QBS | 3 | NFL players who throw to wide receivers: Abbr. |
| 43% | MOSS | 4 | Randy ___, NFL player who retired in 2011 but returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 2012 |
| 43% | ROB | 3 | ___ Gronkowski, NFL player who retired in 2019 but returned to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 |
| 42% | DORA | 4 | Explorer who appears in "Go, Diego, Go!" |
| 42% | ERNEST | 6 | He went to camp in a 1987 movie |
| 41% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi —, baseball player who appeared in fourteen World Series for the New York Yankees |
| 41% | CHER | 4 | Singer who appeared in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" |
| 40% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Former NFL player to be named All-Star in both football and baseball who is considered one of the greatest RBs ever: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHER | 4 | Pop diva who appears in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" |
| 40% | IMPOSTORS | 9 | Players who try to sabotage the spaceship in 26-Across |
| 40% | CREWMATES | 9 | Players who try to maintain the spaceship in 26-Across |
| 39% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who appeared in "Failure to Launch": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LOWE | 4 | Rob who appears in "A 'West Wing' Special to Benefit When We All Vote" |
| 38% | GABRIEL | 7 | Angel who appeared to the Virgin Mary, in the Bible |
| 38% | BEN | 3 | ___ Roethlisberger, NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for youngest quarterback to start and win |
| 38% | ROD | 3 | ___ Martin, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most interceptions in one game |
| 37% | RAM | 3 | NFL player whose team is moving from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016 |
| 37% | RICE | 4 | Jerry ___, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most points scored in a career |
| 37% | MONTANA | 7 | Joe ___, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for highest passer rating in a career |
| 36% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |