| 100% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | Texas senator who went on to become the 36th US president: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BEVERLYSILLS | 12 | Brooklyn-born soprano who went on to chair Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | 36th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MANDELA | 7 | Peace Nobelist who went on to become president |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | Harvard Law Review editor who went on to become president |
| 43% | ADRIANBELTRE | 12 | Texas Rangers third baseman who became the 31st player to join the 3,000-hit club on 7/30/2017: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GEORGEBUSH | 10 | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TAFT | 4 | 1909-1913 US president who went on to serve on the Supreme Court |
| 42% | BADROMANCE | 10 | A 2009 hit by Lady Gaga which won two Grammys and has gone on to become one of the best selling singles of all time: 2 wds |
| 41% | WARRENGHARDING | 14 | U.S. president who, in 1922, became the first president to have his voice transmitted on the radio (3 wds.) |
| 41% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | Texas-born former soap actress who went on to star in "Desperate Housewives": 2 wds. |
| 40% | RODDYPIPER | 10 | Rowdy ___, a wrestler who went on to play the lead role in the cult classic "They Live": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Texas-born former soap actress who went on to star in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PERON | 5 | 1940s vice president who went on to become president |
| 39% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who used to work at Baskin-Robbins: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | "Saturday Night Live" comedian who went on to star in 24-Across and 36-/42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | He became the longest-lived US president this week: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Musically inclined 20th-century US president who plays the saxophone: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | Musically inclined 20th-century US president who played the piano: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | Former US president who sought the 2024 GOP presidential nomination: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | 37th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 36% | USNA | 4 | Sch. with 50+ alums who went on to become astronauts |
| 36% | FEAROFTHEDARK | 13 | 9th album by 40a, whose self-titled song went on to become a worldwide hit, especially once the live version was released: 4 wds. |
| 36% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president (1961-1963) who was on the varsity swim team at Harvard: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 36% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th US president who published "Why Not the Best?" in 1976, for his presidential campaign: 2 wds. |