| 100% | DWYANEWADE | 10 | Teammate of 41-Across for Miami's NBA championships in 2012 and 2013 (2 wds.) |
| 64% | KYRIEIRVING | 11 | Teammate of 41-Across for Cleveland's NBA championship in 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KATEUPTON | 9 | The 15-Across cover model in 2012 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 40% | STEVEKERR | 9 | NBA coach for the Warriors who won the championship in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HEAT | 4 | Miami team that won the 2012 and 2013 NBA Championships |
| 38% | HEAT | 4 | NBA champions in 2012 and 2013 |
| 36% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of 41-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis player who won the Australian Open Men's Singles championship in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Small forward who, in 2012, won both an NBA title with the Heat and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Former Cavaliers forward named MVP of the 2012, 2013, and 2016 NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALONZO | 6 | ___ Mourning, former basketball player who won one NBA Championship with Miami Heat and is inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame |
| 34% | TOMHEINSOHN | 11 | American retired professional basketball player who won 8 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and coached the team for 9 seasons: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MANUGINOBILI | 12 | Spurs guard who won his fourth NBA championship in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GREGGPOPOVICH | 13 | Spurs coach who won his fifth NBA championship in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 33% | AZARENKA | 8 | Victoria —, 2012 and 2013 winner of the Australian Open singles tennis championship |
| 33% | MERRITTWEVER | 12 | 2013 winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for "Nurse Jackie": 2 wds. |
| 33% | COMICBOOK | 9 | Setting for each of the places in 15-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CHASEHEADLEY | 12 | Yankees third baseman who, in 2012, won a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger Award and was also the NL RBI leader, playing for the Padres : 2 wds. |
| 32% | KRISHUMPHRIES | 13 | Brooklyn Nets player and husband of 15-Across for 72 days in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TYRONNLUE | 9 | NBA coach for the Cavaliers who won the championship in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KILGORETROUT | 12 | Fictional novelist who appears in several novels by 41-Across, including "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | Comedian and actress who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RONNY | 5 | ___ Turiaf, French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with Miami Heat in 2012 |
| 30% | ALLISONJANNEY | 13 | 2014 and 2015 winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for "Mom": 2 wds. |
| 30% | JOZYALTIDORE | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the USMNT in 2009 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Political victor who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PERSE | 5 | In and of itself: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 30% | MOSESMALONE | 11 | Houston Rocket named NBA MVP in 1979 and 1982: 2 wds. |