| 100% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who published the memoir "When Nobody Was Watching" in 2016 |
| 75% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who wrote the memoir "When Nobody Was Watching" |
| 56% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who was FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 |
| 41% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 33% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Edmonton Oilers great who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame when he retired in 1999, without the standard waiting period (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MARIOLEMIEUX | 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins great who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame when he retired in 1997, without the standard three-year waiting period (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BEN | 3 | ___ Lloyd-Hughes, "Skins" actor who portrays Will in the "Divergent" trilogy |
| 31% | LANDONDONOVAN | 13 | US soccer great whose name was added to the MLS MVP Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BOB | 3 | Singer-songwriter Dylan who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 31% | RONALDO | 7 | Soccer star Cristiano who was the most-followed athlete on Instagram in 2018 |
| 31% | MIA | 3 | With 24-Down, superstar who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame |
| 31% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | Singer/songwriter who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 30% | NAOMI | 5 | Girma who was the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2023 |
| 30% | COLDPLAY | 8 | "Clocks" band who was the featured act in the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show |
| 30% | ADAM | 4 | Lambert who was in the 2016 TV version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" |
| 30% | DOCTORSTRANGE | 13 | Marvel superhero who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular 2016 film: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SAGAN | 5 | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| 30% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 29% | TOBIN | 5 | Heath who was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year in 2016 |
| 29% | MCCARTHY | 8 | Actress Melissa who will star in the 2016 movie "Ghostbusters" |
| 29% | JONES | 5 | Actress Leslie who will star in the 2016 movie "Ghostbusters" |
| 29% | WIIG | 4 | Actress Kristen who will star in the 2016 movie "Ghostbusters" |
| 29% | MCKINNON | 8 | Actress Kate who will star in the 2016 movie "Ghostbusters" |
| 29% | ALY | 3 | American gymnast ___ Raisman who was the captain of the artistic gymnastics team in 2012 and 2016 Olympics |
| 29% | HELEN | 5 | Mirren who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in “Catherine the Great” (January, 2020) |
| 29% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 29% | DEMI | 4 | Actress Moore who published the 2019 memoir "Inside Out" |
| 29% | FATI | 4 | Ansu ___, FC Barcelona soccer star who was in the La Liga Revelation Team of the Year in 2020 |
| 29% | JOHNNYBENCH | 11 | Cincinnati Reds catching great who was the MLB's NL Rookie of the Year in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ICHIRO | 6 | Suzuki who will be the first Japanese player in the Baseball Hall of Fame when inducted this July |