| 100% | KERR | 4 | Steve who coached the US men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics |
| 58% | BOBKNIGHT | 9 | Indiana University coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 56% | MIKEKRZYZEWSKI | 14 | Duke University basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016: 2 wds. |
| 54% | REDEEM | 6 | " ___ Team," nickname for US men's basketball team led by Dwyane Wade that won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 49% | LONDON | 6 | 2012 Olympics venue where James Harden won the gold medal for the US men's basketball team |
| 47% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | Three-time NCAA national championship-winning coach who led the US women's basketball team to Olympic gold in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TARAVANDERVEER | 14 | Three-time NCAA national championship-winning coach who led the US women's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1996: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PATSUMMITT | 10 | Eight-time NCAA national championship-winning coach who led the US women's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JESSE | 5 | ___ Smith, captain of the U.S. Men's water polo team at the 2020 Olympics |
| 42% | MIRACLE | 7 | 2004 sports film about the U.S. men's ice hockey team's legendary win at the 1980 Winter Olympics |
| 41% | NELL | 4 | Fortner who is the women's college basketball coach at Georgia Tech |
| 41% | JADECAREY | 9 | Another of Team USA's gymnastics Golden Girls at the Paris Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JORDANCHILES | 12 | Another of Team USA's gymnastics Golden Girls at the Paris Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BOAT | 4 | "The Boys in the ___" (book about a U.S. rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics) |
| 40% | NOAH | 4 | Lyles who won the men's 100-meter gold at the 2024 Olympics |
| 40% | LOLOJONES | 9 | Athlete who represented the U.S. at both the Summer and Winter Olympics |
| 39% | THIEM | 5 | Dominic ___, Austrian tennis player who was the winner of Men's singles at the 2020 US Open |
| 39% | JADECAREY | 9 | US gymnast who won gold in women's floor exercise at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TARA | 4 | VanDerveer who has been head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team since 1985 |
| 39% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEEGANPALMER | 12 | Australian skateboarder who won a gold medal in men's park skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HAMM | 4 | Mia who starred at UNC and the US Women's National Soccer Team |
| 38% | MYKAYLASKINNER | 14 | US gymnast who won silver in women's vault at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 38% | EWING | 5 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer Patrick who's the head coach at Georgetown |
| 38% | SNOOP | 5 | Rapper who was a special correspondent for NBC at the Paris Olympics, familiarly |
| 37% | CELINEDION | 10 | Canadian singing star who performed from the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Olympics (July, 2024) |
| 37% | PITINO | 6 | Richard, head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team and son of Richard, head coach of the Iona Gaels |
| 37% | CYCLONES | 8 | Nickname of the Iowa State University men's basketball team who defeated Houston in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |