| 100% | BRADRUTTER | 10 | Record-setting contestant competing with Ken Jennings and 34-Across on "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" (2 wds.) |
| 93% | JAMESHOLZHAUER | 14 | Record-setting contestant competing with Ken Jennings and 16-Across on "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball superstar often called the greatest of all time: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEN | 3 | "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" winner Jennings |
| 35% | MICHAELCOOPER | 13 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won five NBA Championships and eight All-Defensive Teams with the team: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DERRICKTHOMAS | 13 | NFL pass rusher who played his entire career with the Kansas City Chiefs and is considered one of the greatest of all time: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KEN | 3 | Jennings who won the "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" tournament last month |
| 34% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 48-Across, 1958 Little Richard hit that's #94 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARYLOURETTON | 13 | 1984 women's all-around gymnastics gold medalist who competed on Season 27 of "Dancing With the Stars": 3 wds. |
| 32% | SECRETARIAT | 11 | American racehorse who in 1973 set the fastest and still-unbeaten time record in all three races of the Triple Crown |
| 31% | NOLANRYAN | 9 | Pitcher who holds the MLB all-time record with 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters (2 wds.) |
| 31% | KEITHMOON | 9 | The Who drummer who is #2 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time (2 wds.) |
| 31% | RINGOSTARR | 10 | The Beatles drummer who is #14 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BEST | 4 | Like the greatest of all time |
| 31% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | He was nicknamed "The King" of golf and has won the Masters Tournament four times, a record he shares with Tiger Woods: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REYMYSTERIO | 11 | WWE wrestler whose real name is Oscar Gutierrez and regarded as the greatest cruiserweight wrestler of all time: 2 wds. |
| 31% | METALLICA | 9 | One of the greatest metal bands of all time with hits like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters" |
| 31% | SECRETARIAT | 11 | Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Triple Crown on June 9, 1973, and who set fastest time records in all three races that remain unbroken (2 wds.) |
| 29% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 29% | MARGARETBUNDY | 13 | The wife of Al Bundy on "Married... with Children," portrayed by Katey Sagal: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JEANNEDIELMAN | 13 | Film voted the greatest of all time in a prominent 2022 critics’ poll, familiarly |
| 29% | BONNIERAITT | 11 | One of Rolling Stone's "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," she plays guitar on "Something to Talk About": 2 wds. |
| 29% | TAYSHIAADAMS | 12 | Former "The Bachelor" and "Bachelor in Paradise" contestant who replaced 31-Across on the current season of "The Bachelorette" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | NANCYWILSON | 11 | One of Rolling Stone's "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," she plays guitar in the rock group Heart: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BESTBET | 7 | Option with the greatest likelihood of success: 2 wds. |
| 28% | AINTTOOPROUD | 12 | Tony-nominated jukebox musical about the life and times of 34-Across: 3 wds. |
| 28% | EMMYLOUHARRIS | 13 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who collaborated with 28-Across and 43-Across on the Grammy-winning 1987 album "Trio" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | Singer known as the "The King of Rock and Roll" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |