| 100% | MIAMI | 5 | With 19-Down, Florida team that lost the 2020 NBA Finals to the L.A. Lakers |
| 46% | LASVEGASACES | 12 | Team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 WNBA Finals (3 wds.) |
| 40% | BOSTONCELTICS | 13 | Eastern Conference team that won the 2024 NBA Finals, a record-setting 18th league championship (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LYNX | 4 | Minnesota WNBA team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 semifinals |
| 39% | ASTROS | 6 | Texas MLB team that lost to the Rays in the 2020 ALCS |
| 39% | ASTROS | 6 | Team that lost the 2019 World Series to the Nationals |
| 39% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | L.A. Lakers star who was named the NBA Finals MVP for the fourth time in his career in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Team that defeated the Miami Heat 4-1 to win the 2023 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GOLDENSTATE | 11 | Team that beat Cleveland to win the 2015 NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARLINS | 7 | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| 38% | BOSTONBRUINS | 12 | NHL team that lost to 44-Across in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ASTROS | 6 | Houston team that lost the 2019 World Series to the Washington Nationals |
| 37% | RAYS | 4 | Tampa Bay team that lost the 2020 World Series |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | Golden ___ Warriors, team against which LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers to a win in the 2016 NBA finals |
| 37% | MAGICJOHNSON | 12 | A former Basketball player who was part of "The Dream Team," who spent his entire career with the L.A Lakers: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CHICAGO | 7 | & 1A Basketball team that won the NBA Finals three times in a row twice, from 1991-93 and 1996-98 |
| 35% | GOLDEN | 6 | With 46-Across, California NBA team that faced Cleveland in the championship three years in a row (and won twice, in 2015 and 2017) |
| 34% | MIAMI | 5 | Florida city that brings the "Heat" to the NBA |
| 34% | BOSTON | 6 | ___ Celtics, NBA team with a 19-game winning streak in the regular season of 2008-09 |
| 34% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Player tied with 48-Across for the most NBA championships (six) with a single team that isn't the 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THUNDER | 7 | Team that defeated the Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals |
| 34% | SAN | 3 | ___ Antonio Spurs, NBA team with a 19-game winning streak in the regular season of 2013-14 |
| 34% | IRAN | 4 | Team that lost to the U.S. in the 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 34% | SCOTTIEPIPPEN | 13 | Player tied with 15-Across for the most NBA championships with a single team that isn't the 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WIN | 3 | Premiering in 2025! "___ or Lose," Pixar's animated TV series that captures the ups and downs of a middle school softball team |
| 34% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 34% | RAMS | 4 | Team that lost to the Patriots in the 2019 Super Bowl |
| 34% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Like a team that loses in the first round |
| 34% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 33% | PISTONS | 7 | NBA team that set the record for most consecutive losses in a single season (28) last month |