| 100% | COLT | 4 | Peyton Manning, for much of his N.F.L. career |
| 55% | RED | 3 | 1-Across, for most of his career |
| 55% | JET | 3 | Namath, for most of his career |
| 54% | REDS | 4 | Pete Rose's team, for most of his career |
| 54% | TIGER | 5 | Ty Cobb, for most of his career |
| 54% | MET | 3 | Tom Seaver, for most of his career |
| 54% | CELT | 4 | Bob Cousy, for most of his career |
| 54% | COLT | 4 | Johnny Unitas, for most of his career |
| 54% | BRAVE | 5 | Hank Aaron, for most of his career |
| 54% | OILER | 5 | 43-Across, for most of his NHL career |
| 51% | CENTERFIELDER | 13 | 14-Across's defensive role for most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 51% | RELIEFPITCHER | 13 | 19-Across played this position for most of his baseball career: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BARCELONA | 9 | Messi played most of his career for this club |
| 46% | STEELER | 7 | 58-Across, for his entire N.F.L. career |
| 45% | NYGIANT | 7 | Lawrence Taylor, for his entire N.F.L. career, in brief |
| 45% | EXPAT | 5 | Henry James, for much of his life |
| 42% | TRIO | 4 | Destiny's Child, for much of their career |
| 42% | TRIO | 4 | The Bee Gees, for much of their career |
| 42% | NONET | 5 | Slipknot, for most of their career, e.g. |
| 40% | LAB | 3 | Where a chemist spends most of his time, for short |
| 40% | DONSHULA | 8 | N.F.L. coach with the most career wins |
| 39% | ESIASON | 7 | 1995 N.F.L. Man of the Year |
| 38% | HOMESTEADGRAYS | 14 | "Colorful" Negro leagues team where Josh Gibson played most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TKOS | 4 | Ali had more than 20 of them in his career |
| 38% | ELI | 3 | Brother of the N.F.L.’s Peyton |
| 37% | ARI | 3 | N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird's head, for short |
| 37% | TDS | 3 | Parts of N.F.L. highlight reels, for short |
| 36% | EMMYNOD | 7 | One of more than 300 for "S.N.L." |
| 35% | SACK | 4 | One of 141.5 for Michael Strahan during his NFL career |
| 35% | THEBEARS | 8 | N.F.L. record-holder for most retired jersey numbers |