| 100% | SABAN | 5 | Nick of college football who was twice A.P. Coach of the Year |
| 58% | TORRE | 5 | Joe who was twice A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 52% | TORRE | 5 | 1971 N.L. M.V.P. who was later twice A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 49% | OMEARA | 6 | Mark who was the 1998 P.G.A. Player of the Year |
| 49% | BONO | 4 | U2 singer who is a former Time Person of the Year |
| 48% | BONO | 4 | Irishman who was a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2005 |
| 48% | DANTONI | 7 | Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year |
| 47% | JJWATT | 6 | N.F.L. star who was a Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2017 |
| 47% | BOBBYKNIGHT | 11 | College basketball coach who was the subject of "A Season on the Brink" |
| 47% | AUERBACH | 8 | For whom the NBA Coach of the Year award is named |
| 47% | BONO | 4 | Rock singer who was a Time co-Person of the Year |
| 45% | EDORGERON | 9 | 2019 SEC Coach of the Year who led the 48-Across to a national championship (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DEPOT | 5 | Home ___ Coach of the Year Award (college football honor) |
| 44% | NICK | 4 | Football coach Saban who is in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |
| 44% | KNUTEROCKNE | 11 | College Football Hall of Fame coach on a 1988 U.S. commemorative postage stamp who worked as a mail dispatcher at a Chicago post office for four years (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RILEY | 5 | Pat who was NBA Coach of the Year three times |
| 44% | SABAN | 5 | Nick ___, college football coach with the most national titles (seven, as of 2023) |
| 43% | PENA | 4 | Tony who was the 2003 A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 43% | HUBIE | 5 | Brown who was NBA Coach of the Year in 1978 and 2004 |
| 43% | JJWATT | 6 | NFLer who was a 2017 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year honoree |
| 43% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis star who's been ATP Player of the Year a record eight times: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BOSA | 4 | Nick ___, San Francisco 49ers player who was awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 |
| 43% | EWING | 5 | Hall of Famer Patrick who was the 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 43% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Philanthropist who was a Time Person of the Year co-honoree in 2005 |
| 42% | CRIS | 4 | Pro Football Hall of Famer Carter who was the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 1999 |
| 42% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Former head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers who is a practicing Buddhist: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AARON | 5 | Judge who was the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year |
| 42% | WALLIS | 6 | Simpson who was Time's first Woman of the Year |
| 42% | PUTIN | 5 | Leader who was Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 42% | SWIFT | 5 | Taylor who was Time's 2023 Person of the Year |