| 100% | ROCHE | 5 | Stephen —, cyclist who won the 1987 Giro d'Italia |
| 69% | SIMONI | 6 | Gilberto —, cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia in 2001 and 2003 |
| 55% | ROCHE | 5 | Stephen —, cyclist; 1987 Giro d'Italia winner |
| 47% | MIZE | 4 | Larry who won the 1987 Masters |
| 45% | AIMAR | 5 | Lucien —, cyclist who won the 1966 Tour de France |
| 45% | BETANCUR | 8 | Carlos —, cyclist who won the 2014 Paris-Nice race |
| 45% | RIIS | 4 | Bjarne —, cyclist who won the 1996 Tour de France |
| 45% | ANQUETIL | 8 | Jacques —, cyclist who won the 1957 Tour de France |
| 45% | PANTANI | 7 | Marco —, cyclist who won the 1998 Tour de France |
| 45% | LEMOND | 6 | Greg —, cyclist who won the 1986 Tour de France |
| 45% | DARCY | 5 | Eamonn —, golfer who won the 1987 Volvo Belgian Open |
| 45% | MIZE | 4 | Larry —, US golfer who won the 1987 Masters Tournament |
| 45% | OSCARARIAS | 10 | Costa Rican president who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 45% | WAY | 3 | Paul —, English golfer who won the 1987 Panasonic European Open |
| 44% | BOBET | 5 | Louison —, cyclist who won the Tour de France from 1953-55 |
| 44% | BETTINI | 7 | Paolo —, cyclist who won the Milan-San Remo race in 2003 |
| 44% | CHRISHORNER | 11 | US cyclist who won the 2013 Vuelta a Espana road race |
| 42% | EDDIE | 5 | Redmayne who won the 2015 Best Actor Oscar playing Stephen Hawking |
| 41% | PERDIGUERO | 10 | Miguel Angel Martin —, cyclist who won the 2004 Clasica de San Sebastian one-day road race |
| 41% | FALDO | 5 | Nick —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1987, 1990 and 1992 |
| 41% | JACKBUCK | 8 | Baseball announcer who won the Ford C. Frick Award in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | RONHEXTALL | 10 | Philadelphia Flyers goalie who won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1987: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALLCOCK | 7 | Tony —, bowls player who won the 1986, 1987 and 2002 World Indoor Singles Championship |
| 40% | NICKFALDO | 9 | British golfer who won The Open Championship in 1987, 1990, and 1992 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PYRAH | 5 | Malcolm —, showjumper who won the King George V Gold Cup in 1985 and 1987 |
| 39% | THEO | 4 | Director Angelopoulos who won the 1988 Palme d'Or |
| 38% | DOUGLAS | 7 | Michael ___, actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the movie "Wall Street" in 1987 |
| 38% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Chicago Bulls player who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SLOANE | 6 | Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open |
| 37% | MAGUIRE | 7 | Stephen —, snooker player who won the 2013 Welsh Open |