| 100% | RASK | 4 | Tuukka ___, Finnish ice hockey player who announced his retirement in February 2022 |
| 53% | ARTTURI | 7 | ___ Lehkonen, Finnish ice hockey player who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2022 |
| 51% | CRAWFORD | 8 | Jamal ___, American basketball player who announced his retirement in March 2022 |
| 51% | LESTER | 6 | Jon ___, American baseball player who announced his retirement in January 2022 |
| 48% | ROGER | 5 | Tennis great Federer who announced his retirement in 2022 |
| 47% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 17 Across, justice who announced his retirement in 2022 |
| 44% | EOIN | 4 | ___ Morgan, British cricketer who announced his retirement from international cricket in June 2022 |
| 42% | BARTY | 5 | Ashleigh ___, Australian tennis player who announced her retirement in March 2022 |
| 41% | ELI | 3 | Manning who announced his retirement in 2020 |
| 41% | DEF | 3 | Rapper Mos ___, who announced his retirement in 2016 |
| 41% | LEON | 4 | Musician Redbone who announced his retirement in May 2015 |
| 39% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Oscar-winning actor/director who announced his retirement in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Manning who announced his retirement in 2020 |
| 37% | ALEX | 4 | ___ Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2019 |
| 37% | POINT | 5 | Brayden ___, Canadian ice hockey player who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2020 |
| 37% | PATRIC | 6 | ___ Hornqvist, Swedish ice hockey player who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2017 |
| 37% | LARS | 4 | ___ Eller, Danish ice hockey player who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2018 |
| 34% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who became the first and only player to total over 200 points in one season |
| 31% | CENTERS | 7 | Hockey players who face off in a face-off |
| 31% | ELIMANNING | 10 | QB great who announced his retirement on January 22 of this year |
| 31% | HEFFORD | 7 | Jayna ___, ice hockey player who helped Canada win four straight Olympic golds |
| 30% | JORDAN | 6 | Former legendary basketball player Michael who announced his first retirement during the '90s |
| 30% | ONEAL | 5 | 15-time N.B.A. All-Star who announced his retirement on Twitter |
| 30% | ORR | 3 | Bobby —, ice hockey player who won the James Norris Memorial Trophy from 1968-75 |
| 29% | FISHER | 6 | Mike ___, Canadian-American former ice hockey player who is married to the American singer, Carrie Underwood |
| 29% | EDDIE | 5 | ___ Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player who is known for wearing masks featuring eagles on either side |
| 29% | SVEN | 4 | ___ Bartschi, Vancouver Canucks ice hockey player who was runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award |
| 28% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who once said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" |
| 28% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Canadian hockey player who lit the Olympic cauldron in Vancouver in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PAUL | 4 | Singer Simon who announced in February that he's retiring |