| 100% | GORILLA | 7 | The Suns ___, official mascot for the Phoenix Suns NBA team that was first seen in 1980 |
| 83% | ROCKY | 5 | ___, official mascot for the Denver Nuggets NBA team that was first seen in 1990 |
| 75% | PHANATIC | 8 | Phillie ___, official mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies MLB team that was first seen in 1978 |
| 66% | FREDBIRD | 8 | ___, official mascot for the St. Louis Cardinals MLB team that was first seen in 1979 |
| 64% | WALLY | 5 | ___ the Green Monster, official mascot for the Boston Red Sox MLB team that was first seen in 1997 |
| 43% | LARRYNANCE | 10 | Phoenix Suns player who was the first player to ever win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 43% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 38% | PISTONS | 7 | NBA team that set the record for most consecutive losses in a single season (28) last month |
| 38% | HOUSTONROCKETS | 14 | NBA team that finished first in the Southwest division three consecutive years during 44-Across's tenure as head coach (2 wds.) |
| 38% | PHOENIXSUNS | 11 | NBA team that finished first in the Pacific division three consecutive years during 44-Across's tenure as head coach (2 wds.) |
| 38% | PELICAN | 7 | Long-beaked water bird that makes a splash as the mascot for New Orleans' NBA team |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 36% | MIAS | 4 | Lucien —, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first time in 1959 |
| 36% | DRAFT | 5 | NBA ___, annual event where new players are selected for various teams in the league |
| 36% | EAGLE | 5 | Bald ___, sharp-eyed bird of prey that swoops in as the mascot for Philadelphia's NFL team |
| 36% | CNN | 3 | Channel started in 1980 that was the first in the world to provide 24-hour news coverage |
| 36% | APE | 3 | The Phoenix Suns mascot, for example |
| 35% | TONY | 4 | ___ Awards, Broadway awards that you will see the first edition of in 1947 |
| 35% | GUAC | 4 | Dip that was first developed in Mexico, for short |
| 35% | IAGO | 4 | Fictional scarlet macaw that was first seen in Walt Disney's animated film "Aladdin" |
| 35% | BULLS | 5 | Chicago NBA team that won six championships in the 1990s |
| 35% | TIVO | 4 | Device for recording shows that was first sold in 1999 |
| 35% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that won the franchise's first-ever NBA Championship in 2023, after 56 years: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PUNK | 4 | ___ rock, music genre for the Ramones and the Sex Pistols that you will see gaining prominence in the 1970s |
| 35% | MINES | 5 | University in Golden, Colorado, known informally as this, that is consistently ranked first in the world for mineral exploration engineering |
| 35% | NATS | 4 | Team that was formerly the Montreal Expos, for short |
| 34% | CHAMBERS | 8 | Tom ____, NBA player from Utah who had played for the Phoenix Suns |
| 34% | WARRIORS | 8 | Golden State team that did not win the NBA championship despite setting the regular season record for most wins in 2016 |
| 34% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn |
| 34% | THUNDER | 7 | Team that defeated the Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals |