| 100% | SUPERSONICS | 11 | Seattle NBA team that moved to Oklahoma City and changed their name to the Thunder |
| 37% | SENATORS | 8 | Washington, D.C., MLB team that moved to Minnesota and became the Twins |
| 35% | THUNDER | 7 | Oklahoma City NBA team whose name is a nonplural noun that's a weather sound |
| 35% | CITY | 4 | Oklahoma ___ Thunder, team that picked James Harden in the 2009 NBA draft |
| 35% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that moved to Brooklyn in 2012 |
| 35% | DALLAS | 6 | ___ Texans, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963 |
| 34% | NEWJERSEYNETS | 13 | NBA team that moved to Brooklyn in 2012: 3 wds. |
| 33% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn |
| 33% | ASTROS | 6 | Team that moved to the American League in 2013 |
| 32% | ORANGES | 7 | Fruits that lend their name to a color (and not the other way around) |
| 31% | RUMBLETHEBISON | 14 | Mascot of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who was named NBA's Mascot of the Year in the same year he debuted: 3 wds. |
| 31% | NUTS | 4 | What the minor league Modesto Athletics changed their name to in 2005 |
| 31% | RAIDERS | 7 | Los Angeles NFL team that moved to Oakland and then to Las Vegas |
| 30% | OILERS | 6 | Houston ___, former NFL team that moved to Nashville and formed Tennessee Titans in 1999 |
| 30% | SUNS | 4 | NBA team that retired the numbers of Steve Nash and Charles Barkley |
| 30% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 30% | ENID | 4 | Oklahoma city that shares its name with an “Idylls of the King” character |
| 30% | TULSA | 5 | Oklahoma city that's home to the Golden Hurricane |
| 30% | CHICAGO | 7 | City that is home to the Bulls and the Cubs |
| 30% | ATL | 3 | City that's home to the Hawks and Falcons: Abbr. |
| 29% | TRADE | 5 | NBA term that refers to the exchange of player rights from one team to another |
| 29% | TULSA | 5 | Oklahoma city that’s home to the Greenwood Rising history center |
| 29% | COLORADO | 8 | State that's home to the Nuggets NBA team |
| 29% | MIAMI | 5 | Florida city that brings the "Heat" to the NBA |
| 29% | BROWNS | 6 | Cleveland ___, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 |
| 29% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 29% | THEPACERS | 9 | NBA team whose name is a nod to auto and horse racing |
| 29% | GOLDENSTATE | 11 | Team that beat Cleveland to win the 2015 NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ATL | 3 | City that's home to the NBA's Hawks, on a scoreboard |
| 29% | NEWYORK | 7 | City that is home to the Yankees and the Giants: 2 wds. |