| 100% | KERR | 4 | Steve who played on NBA teams that won five championships |
| 44% | HEAT | 4 | Miami team that won the 2012 and 2013 NBA Championships |
| 44% | SUNS | 4 | Arizona NBA team that has yet to win a championship |
| 43% | KERR | 4 | NBA great Steve who won five NBA championships as a player and three as a coach |
| 43% | GREGGPOPOVICH | 13 | Five-time NBA championship-winning head coach who won Olympic gold with Team USA in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays on a gray home court |
| 43% | BULLS | 5 | Chicago NBA team that won six championships in the 1990s |
| 41% | TORONTO | 7 | ___ Raptors, Canadian basketball team that won their first NBA Championship in 2019 |
| 40% | BOSTONCELTICS | 13 | Team that has won the most NBA championships (17) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SUNS | 4 | Team that's made the NBA playoffs 29 times but never won the championship |
| 39% | BYRONSCOTT | 10 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BOSTONCELTICS | 13 | Eastern Conference team that won the 2024 NBA Finals, a record-setting 18th league championship (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LAGALAXY | 8 | West Coast team that has won five Major League Soccer championships (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that won the franchise's first-ever NBA Championship in 2023, after 56 years: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KOBE | 4 | Bryant who won five NBA championships with the Lakers |
| 37% | ALEXOLOUGHLIN | 13 | "The Back-Up Plan" actor who plays Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett on "Hawaii Five-0" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays in Brooklyn |
| 37% | MCHALE | 6 | Kevin ___, former Boston Celtics player who won three NBA championships with the team |
| 37% | RUSSELL | 7 | Bill ___, former Boston Celtics player who won eleven NBA championships with the team |
| 37% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Bird, former Boston Celtics player who won three NBA championships with the team |
| 37% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Havlicek, former Boston Celtics player who won eight NBA championships with the team |
| 37% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Pierce, former Boston Celtics player who won one NBA championship with the team |
| 37% | DWAYNE | 6 | Actor Johnson who won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team |
| 36% | CAVALIERS | 9 | Cleveland NBA team that faced the Golden State Warriors in the championship three years in a row (and won once, in 2016) |
| 36% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays at Barclays Center |
| 36% | LEE | 3 | AJ ___, former female wrestler seen on WWE who won the WSU Tag Team Championship |
| 36% | DENVER | 6 | ___ Nuggets, Colorado-based NBA team that won the 2023 title |
| 36% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays at the Barclays Center |
| 36% | GOLDEN | 6 | With 46-Across, California NBA team that faced Cleveland in the championship three years in a row (and won twice, in 2015 and 2017) |
| 35% | OILERS | 6 | Team that won the first A.F.L. championship |