| 100% | DECATHLON | 9 | Ten-part track and field event for which 15-Across won one of his two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics |
| 39% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Henderson, American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in long jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 39% | DEREK | 5 | ___ Drouin, Canadian track and field athlete who won the gold medal in high jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 39% | BILLY | 5 | ___ Mills, Native American track and field athlete who won the gold for 10k run at 1964 Tokyo Olympics |
| 38% | JESSEOWENS | 10 | American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | NFL player who won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics, and a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARIONJONES | 11 | American track star who won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SIMONE | 6 | I was a part of the "Final Five" at the 2016 Olympics and won four gold medals |
| 33% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | American track and field sprinter who won the 2012 Olympic gold in 200 meters and has a total of 9 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | Track and field athlete who won her record-setting 11th career medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SIMONE | 6 | Swimmer Manuel who won two gold medals at the 2016 Olympics |
| 32% | GYMNASTICS | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won two gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 31% | BOBHAYES | 8 | Dallas Cowboys wide receiver who won two gold medals in track at the 1964 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WILMARUDOLPH | 12 | US track-and-field star who won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 30% | GAILDEVERS | 10 | US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame runner who won gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics: 2 wds |
| 30% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BASKETBALL | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 29% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | American athlete who won a gold for decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, and has spent 7 years in MLB and 13 in APFA (now NFL): 2 wds. |
| 29% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Track and field event in which the athlete hurls a metal ball: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MATTBIONDI | 10 | Winner of five swimming gold medals at the 1988 Olympics |
| 28% | RICHARDSROSS | 12 | Former track and field athlete Sanya ___ who was the world's best 400 m runner for a decade and who has won 5 Olympic medals: Hyph. |
| 28% | NADIACOMANECI | 13 | Romanian gymnast who won three Olympic gold medals at the age of 15: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KAYLA | 5 | ___ Harrison, MMA athlete who won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics |
| 28% | TABLET | 6 | One of two for the Ten Commandments |
| 28% | 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. |
| 28% | WILMA | 5 | Track and field star ___ Rudolph who won three Olympic gold medals in 1960 |
| 28% | USA | 3 | Winner of 46 gold medals at the Rio Olympics |
| 28% | OWENS | 5 | Winner of four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics |
| 28% | SUNISALEE | 9 | With Simone Biles and Hezly Rivera, one of the five Golden Girls (gold medal-winning gymnasts of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics): 2 wds. |