| 100% | CHICAGOBEARS | 12 | Windy City NFL team once called the Staleys: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Mile High City NBA team once called the Rockets: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHICAGOBEARS | 12 | NFL team that began as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | Beantown MLB team once called the Americans: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ASTROS | 6 | Team once called the Colt .45s |
| 39% | DETROITLIONS | 12 | NFL team whose name includes the symbol of a sign of the zodiac (Leo): 2 wds. |
| 38% | STEELERS | 8 | NFL team originally called the Pirates |
| 38% | DENVERBRONCOS | 13 | NFL team with the most Super Bowl losses (five) (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NEWYORK | 7 | City called the Big Apple (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | "America's Team" of the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THERAVENS | 9 | NFL team from 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | Florida NFL team: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HOUSTONOILERS | 13 | NFL team that moved to Tennessee in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RACHELNICHOLS | 13 | Female sportscaster who Esquire once called one of "the obscure women we love": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LARAMS | 6 | NFL team restored to California in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BAYPACKERS | 10 | The Green ___, NFL team where 18-Across spent the majority of his playing career: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KEMOSABE | 8 | What Tonto calls the Lone Ranger: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | Only NFL team to win the Super Bowl after an undefeated season (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TULSA | 5 | City once called "Oil Capital of the World" |
| 32% | NEWYORKGIANTS | 13 | 44-Across' NFL team, the 2012 Super Bowl champs: 3 wds. |
| 32% | LARACROFT | 9 | Billionaire "tomb raider" also called the Countess of Abbingdon: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball superstar often called the greatest of all time: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THECHI | 6 | Showtime drama set on the Windy City's South Side, created by Lena Waithe: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AMARILLO | 8 | Texas city once called the "Helium Capital of the World" |
| 32% | PRAYSTO | 7 | Calls upon the Gods: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OPRAHWINFREY | 12 | Queen of All Media whose estate is called The Promised Land: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BENNYGOODMAN | 12 | Big-band leader and jazz clarinetist called the "King of Swing": 2 wds. |
| 31% | AGRA | 4 | City of almost 2 million, once capital of the Mughal Empire |
| 31% | DALLAS | 6 | ___ Texans, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963 |
| 30% | NEWENGLAND | 10 | With 28-Across, NFL team Tom Brady led to six Super Bowl titles: 2 wds. |