| 100% | JIMHARBAUGH | 11 | University of Michigan football coach who's the highest paid public employee in Michigan: 2 wds. |
| 90% | NICKSABAN | 9 | University of Alabama football coach who's the highest paid public employee in Alabama: 2 wds. |
| 80% | DABOSWINNEY | 11 | Clemson University football coach who's the highest paid public employee in South Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 76% | CHIPKELLY | 9 | UCLA football coach who's the highest paid public employee in California: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MITCHMARNER | 11 | Winger from Toronto Maple Leafs who was one of the highest paid NHL players in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JIMHARBAUGH | 11 | Former NFL coach who has coached the University of Michigan football team since 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BEARBRYANT | 10 | University of Alabama football coaching legend who's nicknamed after a large "grizzly" animal: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GERALDFORD | 10 | 38th US president (1974-1977) who was on the varsity football team at the University of Michigan: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | Seahawks quarterback who led football players on Forbes's 2019 list of the World's Highest-Paid Athletes: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TARAVANDERVEER | 14 | Stanford University women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1990, 2011, and 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | University of South Carolina women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 2020, 2022, and 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | GENESTALLINGS | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of Alabama football team from 1990 to 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PATSUMMITT | 10 | University of Tennessee women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989, 1994, 1998, and 2004 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STEVESPURRIER | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Big Ten East football team who played the University of Washington in the 2019 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BOBKNIGHT | 9 | Indiana University coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BARRYSWITZER | 12 | Football coach who won three National Championships with the University of Oklahoma and a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JIMMYJOHNSON | 12 | Football coach who won a National Championship with the University of Miami and two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JOHNCALIPARI | 12 | University of Kentucky basketball coach who is the subject of the 2017 ESPN "30 for 30" documentary "One and Not Done": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDYREID | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs coach who's fourth in all-time wins, the most of any active coach: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MIKEKRZYZEWSKI | 14 | Duke University basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOELEDGERTON | 12 | "Loving" actor who plays the University of Washington rowing coach in "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BEARBRYANT | 10 | Legendary football coach who won six national championships with the University of Alabama (including one with 18-Across and one with 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | American football player who is ranked sixth on the 2019 Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | Three-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Pacers in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAGICJOHNSON | 12 | Three-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Lakers in 1994: 2 wds. |
| 39% | STEVENASH | 9 | Two-time NBA MVP who became head coach of the Nets in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEWISHAMILTON | 13 | Formula one pro who races for Mercedes AMG Petronas, and is #10 on Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DANMARINO | 9 | Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |