| 100% | BJORNBORG | 9 | Player to whom tennis great Ilie Nastase was referring when he said "We're playing tennis, and he's playing something else" |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument Ogden Nash referred to when he said, "... reeds are a pain / And the fingering's insane" |
| 34% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | Tennis great who is the youngest player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ANDYRODDICK | 11 | Tennis great who is the last American player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.) |
| 33% | OTT | 3 | To whom Durocher was referring when he said "Nice guys finish last" |
| 33% | JIMMYCONNORS | 12 | Tennis great who is the only player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship on three different surfaces (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" |
| 29% | PATCHADAMS | 10 | Doctor who said of Robin Williams, "he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job." |
| 28% | POWER | 5 | Word before "house" to refer to someone who has great energy, and something that's not actually a house |
| 28% | DAVE | 4 | Who Hal spoke to when he said "sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." |
| 28% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 27% | BORISBECKER | 11 | German tennis player who was unseeded when he won the 1985 Wimbledon championship at age 17 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MATSWILANDER | 12 | Swedish tennis player who was unseeded when he won the 1982 French Open at age 17 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | POGO | 4 | Old comics character who said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." |
| 27% | EPIC | 4 | "He made an ___ play and won us the game!" (something to be remembered) |
| 26% | EMMARADUCANU | 12 | British tennis player who was unseeded when she won the 2021 US Open at age 18 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MATSWILANDER | 12 | Swedish tennis great who lost to 25-Across in the 1987 French Open and US Open (2 wds.) |
| 26% | CASPERRUUD | 10 | Norwegian tennis player who was runner-up to 32-Across in the men's singles championship at the 2022 US Open (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PUTIN | 5 | Person Sanders was addressing when he said "...trust me, you're not going to interfere in any more American elections." |
| 26% | ANDRE | 5 | Tennis great Agassi who is married to Steffi Graf |
| 25% | ALAN | 4 | ___ Page, former defensive football player who played defensive tackle and is one of the greatest defensive linemen |
| 25% | 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. |
| 25% | POGO | 4 | He said "We have met the enemy and he is us" |
| 24% | PATRICKRAFTER | 13 | Australian tennis player who won back-to-back US Opens in 1997 and 1998: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MRED | 4 | TV character who "will never speak unless he has something to say" |
| 24% | MRED | 4 | TV horse who "will never speak unless he has something to say" |
| 24% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great for whom a US Open stadium is named |
| 24% | BENCRENSHAH | 11 | US Masters Champion ('84 and '95) who's considered to be golf royalty in the middle east? |
| 24% | PROS | 4 | Players who are paid to play |