| 100% | UTAH | 4 | Team for which Darrell Griffith was Rookie of the Year |
| 47% | NATIONALS | 9 | Washington baseball team for which Davey Johnson won the 2012 NL Manager of the Year award |
| 47% | INDIANS | 7 | Cleveland baseball team for which Terry Francona won the 2013 AL Manager of the Year award |
| 47% | PIRATES | 7 | Pittsburgh baseball team for which Clint Hurdle won the 2013 NL Manager of the Year award |
| 47% | ATHLETICS | 9 | Oakland baseball team for which Bob Melvin won the 2012 AL Manager of the Year award |
| 47% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year who was named to the NBA All-Star team three years in a row (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LPGA | 4 | Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr. |
| 46% | NETS | 4 | Team with which Derrick Coleman was the 1991 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year |
| 45% | ONEAL | 5 | NBA Rookie of the Year for 1992-93 |
| 42% | DAKPRESCOTT | 11 | Associated Press's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2016: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RILEY | 5 | NBA Coach of the Year Award winner for three different teams |
| 40% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | Team of superheroes created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics on which the highest-grossing film of 2018 was based: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDREWWIGGINS | 13 | 2015 NBA Rookie of the Year who was the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MOM | 3 | Soccer ___, ADS Word of the Year in 1996 which is a type of suburban parent |
| 39% | SENECA | 6 | Iroquois tribe for which one of the Finger Lakes is named |
| 39% | ARCH | 4 | Part of the foot which is also a prefix for enemy |
| 39% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient Greek region for which part of the Mediterranean is named |
| 39% | ANORA | 5 | 2024 film for which the author of Modern Whore was a consultant |
| 39% | TROY | 4 | Legendary city of the Trojans that was "lost" for thousands of years |
| 39% | EWING | 5 | Knicks center who was the 1986 Rookie of the Year |
| 39% | AARON | 5 | Judge who was the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year |
| 39% | JAYDENDANIELS | 13 | Washington Commanders quarterback who was the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2024-2025 season: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AWARD | 5 | Rookie of the Year, e.g. |
| 39% | MERCEDES | 8 | Formula 1 team which was winner of Laureus Team of the Year 2018 |
| 38% | NAT | 3 | Member of the baseball team that used to be the Expos, for short |
| 38% | PARIS | 5 | Home of the Pont Neuf ("New Bridge"), which is over 400 years old |
| 38% | ONEAL | 5 | 1992-'93 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 38% | KYRIE | 5 | __ Irving, 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year |
| 38% | ORR | 3 | 1967 Rookie of the Year |
| 38% | TRIMESTER | 9 | Any one of the three terms into which the US academic year is divided |