| 100% | CABORN | 6 | Richard —, Minister for Sport from 2001-07 |
| 48% | KATEHOEY | 8 | Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989-2019; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 |
| 46% | HOEY | 4 | Kate —, Labour MP for Vauxhall since 1989; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 |
| 45% | TONYBANKS | 9 | Former Labour MP for West Ham; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| 45% | HOEY | 4 | Kate —, Labour MP for Vauxhall 1989-2019; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 |
| 42% | HOEY | 4 | Kate —, Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989-2019; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 |
| 42% | HOEY | 4 | Kate -, Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989-2019; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 |
| 42% | CROSSMAN | 8 | Richard —, Secretary of State for Social Services from 1968-70 whose volumes Diaries of a Cabinet Minister were published posthumously in 1975 |
| 41% | XFL | 3 | 2001 sports flop, for short |
| 41% | PELE | 4 | Athlete who once served as his country's Extraordinary Minister for Sport |
| 40% | LESTOR | 6 | Joan —, Shadow Minister for Overseas Development from 1994-96 |
| 39% | ORME | 4 | Stanley —, Labour MP; Minister for Social Security from 1976-79 |
| 38% | ORME | 4 | Stanley —, former Labour MP; Minister for Social Security from 1976-79 |
| 38% | SEDDON | 6 | Richard —, prime minister of New Zealand from 1893-1906 |
| 38% | ARIELSHARON | 11 | Prime minister of Israel from 2001-06 |
| 38% | JAIALAI | 7 | Sport whose name comes from the Basque for “merry festival” |
| 37% | TIMYEO | 6 | Conservative MP for Suffolk South from 1983-2015; Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1997-2001 |
| 36% | YEO | 3 | Tim —, Conservative MP for Suffolk South from 1983-2015; Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1997-2001 |
| 36% | TONY | 4 | & 25A Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| 35% | HADLEE | 6 | Richard ___, former cricketer from New Zealand who was knighted for his contributions to cricket |
| 34% | FORMAT | 6 | "All sports" or "hits from 2000 to today," for a radio station |
| 34% | MILIBAND | 8 | David —, 2001-13 Labour MP for South Shields; Foreign Secretary from 2007-10 |
| 33% | CATGUT | 6 | Strong cord made from the dried intestines of sheep used for stringing sports rackets |
| 33% | SHARON | 6 | Ariel —, prime minister of Israel from 2001-06 |
| 33% | KOIZUMI | 7 | Junichiro —, prime minister of Japan from 2001-06 |
| 32% | DUBYA | 5 | Nickname for the president from 2001 to 2009 |
| 32% | BOCA | 4 | Club Atletico ___ Juniors, Argentine sports club for which Diego Maradona played from 1995 to 1997 |
| 32% | BOYS | 4 | Newell's Old ___, Argentine sports club for which Diego Maradona played from 1993 to 1994 |