| 100% | JERRYKOOSMAN | 12 | Starting pitcher who won Game 2 and Game 5 (pitching to 18-Across for the final out) of the 1969 World Series for the Miracle Mets (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ZANDERSECHRIST | 14 | 19-Across pitcher who had a 3.12 season ERA and was the winning pitcher of the final game of the 2024 Men's College World Series (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TOMSEAVER | 9 | Former NY Mets' legendary pitcher who was nicknamed "The Franchise" and was part of the 1969 World Series team: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROSELAVELLE | 11 | Midfielder for the USWNT who won the Bronze Ball award and scored one of the two goals in the team's World Cup final game victory over 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SANDYKOUFAX | 11 | Left-handed pitcher who won his fourth and final World Series with the Dodgers in 1965: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DAVEYJOHNSON | 12 | Baltimore Orioles second baseman who popped out to Cleon Jones to end the 1969 World Series (and who managed the 1986 World Series-winning New York Mets) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DALLASKEUCHEL | 13 | Astros starting pitcher who won Game 1 of the 2017 American League Championship Series (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CLEON | 5 | Jones who caught the final out of the Miracle Mets Series win |
| 36% | GEORGEWBUSH | 11 | Ex-president who once co-owned the 30-Across and who threw out the first pitch of the 2023 World Series: 3 wds. |
| 35% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DALLASKEUCHEL | 13 | 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner who started two World Series games for the 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHARLIEMORTON | 13 | Winning pitcher of Game 7 of the 2017 World Series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DONNCLENDENON | 13 | New York Mets first baseman who was MVP of the 1969 World Series (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MEGANRAPINOE | 12 | Co-captain of the USWNT who won the Golden Ball award and scored one of the two goals in the team's World Cup final game victory over 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DWIGHTGOODEN | 12 | Pitcher for the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets who was nicknamed "Dr. K": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CCSABATHIA | 10 | Yankees starting pitcher who lost Game 7 of the 2017 American League Championship Series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DONLARSEN | 9 | Yankees pitcher who pitched a perfect game in the World Series on 10/8/56: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DAVIDPEARSON | 12 | NASCAR Hall of Famer who won the NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship three times from 1966 to 1969: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GILHODGES | 9 | World Series-winning manager of the 1969 New York Mets who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JOHNNYBENCH | 11 | Hall of Fame catcher who won the 1975 and 1976 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds (2 wds.) |
| 32% | GWENJORGENSEN | 13 | American distance runner and two-time ITU World Champion who was the first to win a triathlon gold for USA in the Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAVIDPRICE | 10 | Red Sox pitcher who won two games in the 2018 World Series with a 1.98 ERA (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JOEMORGAN | 9 | Hall of Fame second baseman who won the 1975 and 1976 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 32% | WALTERALSTON | 12 | Hall of Fame manager who led the Dodgers to four World Series wins (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CONNIEMACK | 10 | Hall of Fame manager who led the Athletics to five World Series wins (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CASEYSTENGEL | 12 | Hall of Fame manager who led the Yankees to seven World Series wins (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JACOBDEGROM | 11 | Mets starting pitcher who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2018 with only 10 wins: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TONYPEREZ | 9 | Hall of Fame infielder who won the 1975, 1976, and 1990 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |