| 100% | ANGELESLAKERS | 13 | The team which LeBron James signed up with in 2018 after a stint with his home team, Los ___: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | The team which picked up LeBron James after he became a free agent, and then went on to win back to back championships: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TONYPARKER | 10 | Point guard who signed with the Hornets in 2018 after 17 seasons with the Spurs: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | Basketball team based in Illinois, ranked by Forbes as the fourth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.6 billion: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BROOKLYNNETS | 12 | Basketball team from the same city as 30a and ranked as the sixth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.3 billion: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team for which LeBron James started playing in 2018 |
| 32% | TODDRUNDGREN | 12 | Singer who came up with "Bang the Drum All Day" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KARLMALONE | 10 | Hall of Fame power forward who signed with the Lakers in 2003 after 18 seasons with the Jazz: 2 wds. |
| 31% | STATE | 5 | Golden ___ Warriors, team against which LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers to a win in the 2016 NBA finals |
| 31% | GORDONHAYWARD | 13 | NBA All-Star who signed with the Celtics in 2017 after seven years with the Jazz: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PAULMILLSAP | 11 | NBA All-Star who signed with the Nuggets in 2017 after four years with the Hawks: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GERRITCOLE | 10 | Pitcher who signed a $324 million contract with the Yankees in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HAKEEMOLAJUWON | 14 | Hall of Fame center who signed with the Raptors in 2001 after 17 seasons with the Rockets: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEADCHEAT | 9 | Poker player in the Old West after being caught with a card up his sleeve? |
| 31% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Third baseman who signed a $275 million contract with the Yankees in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | Right fielder who signed a $360 million contract with the Yankees in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HANNAHBROWN | 11 | "The Bachelorette" 2019 lead, who broke up with Jed Wyatt after discovering he had a girlfriend during filming: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CAVALIERS | 9 | The hometown team which picked up LeBron James in 2003 draft and where he returned back in 2014, Cleveland ___ |
| 30% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LOVEACTUALLY | 12 | 2003 rom-com in which Alan Rickman played a married man flirting with his secretary: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | 1967 hit for Jefferson Airplane with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NEWYORKKNICKS | 13 | Basketball team based in Manhattan ranked by Forbes as the most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $3.6 billion: 3 wds. |
| 30% | KERRISTRUG | 10 | Gymnast who clinched a Team USA gold medal in the 1996 Olympics when she landed a vault with an injured ankle: 2 wds. |
| 29% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | NBA player, now with the Phoenix Suns, who signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 29% | STRANGERTHINGS | 14 | Netflix series set in the 1980s in which single mom Joyce Byers contends with a supernatural monster: 2 wds. |
| 29% | FIXERUPPER | 10 | HGTV series with a 2021 Discovery+ reboot in which spouses Chip and Joanna Gaines rehab old homes: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TONYBENNETT | 11 | 2018 AP Coach of the Year who shares his name with the singer of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco": 2 wds. |