| 100% | LARAMS | 6 | NFL team restored to California in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HOUSTONOILERS | 13 | NFL team that moved to Tennessee in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RAMS | 4 | NFL team that moved to Los Angeles in 2016 |
| 43% | NEWENGLAND | 10 | With 28-Across, NFL team Tom Brady led to six Super Bowl titles: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NEWYORKGIANTS | 13 | Only NFL team to win Super Bowls in four different decades (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011) (3 wds.) |
| 41% | DENVERBRONCOS | 13 | Team that won Super Bowl 50 in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who won 3 relay Golds in 2016 by breaking the Olympic Record in 3 team events: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELIUDKIPCHOGE | 13 | Olympic gold medalist for Kenya in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | California attorney general elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | Actor who turned 100 in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | NFL great who retired in 2016 after winning Super Bowl 50: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DETROITLIONS | 12 | NFC North squad that is one of four NFL teams that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose total earnings in 2016 were estimated to be $77.2 million by Forbes: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THERAVENS | 9 | NFL team from 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | NFL team whose only two Super Bowl wins were in consecutive years (1972, 1973) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | Florida NFL team: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | Only NFL team to win the Super Bowl after an undefeated season (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LEWISHAMILTON | 13 | F1 racer, currently racing for Mercedes AMG Petronas, whose total earnings in 2016 were estimated to be $46 million by Forbes: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOMHIDDLESTON | 13 | "Loki" actor who dated Taylor Swift in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LARAM | 5 | California NFL player since 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | FETTYWAP | 8 | "Trap Queen" singer who won 14-Across in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Politician lampooned by Darrell Hammond on "SNL" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BERNIESANDERS | 13 | Politician lampooned by Larry David on "SNL" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JEBBUSH | 7 | Former Florida governor who ran for President in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HENRIKSTENSON | 13 | Golfer from Sweden who won the Open Championship in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STANWAWRINKA | 12 | Swiss tennis player who won the US Open in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | Rock singer whose posthumous album "Blackstar" topped the charts in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis star who completed his Career Grand Slam in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | Politician lampooned by Alec Baldwin on "Saturday Night Live" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TYRONNLUE | 9 | NBA coach for the Cavaliers who won the championship in 2016: 2 wds. |