| 100% | CLEMENS | 7 | Only starting pitcher since 1971 to win a league M.V.P. award |
| 32% | GERRITCOLE | 10 | Right-handed starting pitcher who won the 2023 American League Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BLAKESNELL | 10 | Left-handed starting pitcher who won the 2023 National League Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NAT | 3 | Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g. |
| 32% | SHOHEIOHTANI | 12 | Right-handed starting pitcher who won the 2023 American League Most Valuable Player Award (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TIMLINCECUM | 11 | Giants starting pitcher who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2009 with only 15 wins: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FELIXHERNANDEZ | 14 | Mariners starting pitcher who won the AL Cy Young Award in 2010 with only 13 wins: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JACOBDEGROM | 11 | Mets starting pitcher who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2018 with only 10 wins: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RODCAREW | 8 | Only American League player to win a batting crown without hitting a home run |
| 31% | SHANEBIEBER | 11 | Cleveland Indians starting pitcher who won the American League Triple Crown and the 2020 Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TREVORBAUER | 11 | Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher who led the National League in ERA and won the 2020 Cy Young Award (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CARLTON | 7 | Only N.L. pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards |
| 30% | NEATER | 6 | More likely to win a handwriting award |
| 30% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (awarded 1992) |
| 30% | SERIAL | 6 | First podcast to win a Peabody Award (2015) |
| 30% | CARTER | 6 | Singer Blue Ivy who became the second youngest to win a Grammy Award |
| 29% | LAMARJACKSON | 12 | Youngest-ever QB to win multiple N.F.L. M.V.P. awards (by age 27) |
| 29% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | Only president to win a Pulitzer |
| 29% | LYLE | 4 | Pitcher Sparky, first American League reliever to win the Cy Young Award |
| 29% | KENNEDY | 7 | Only president to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 28% | NINE | 4 | Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky |
| 28% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | First author to win a Hugo Award for every book in a trilogy |
| 28% | AROD | 4 | 2003 A.L. M.V.P., to fans |
| 28% | CLOSER | 6 | Pitcher sent in to seal a win |
| 28% | TROPHY | 6 | Award given to a winning sports team |
| 27% | TERESA | 6 | Tomlinson, first female mayor of Columbus (2011-19) and only mayor to win a contested re-election since 1971 |
| 27% | MAUS | 4 | Only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 27% | START | 5 | With 39-Across, advice from 29-Across on how to win a lifetime achievement award |
| 27% | SNEAD | 5 | Oldest golfer to win a P.G.A. Tour event (at 52 years 10 months) |
| 27% | CURIE | 5 | Only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields |