| 100% | STEPH | 5 | With 30-Across, 2014-2015 season NBA MVP from the Warriors |
| 54% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | 2013-2014 season NBA MVP from the Thunder: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | 2012-2013 season NBA MVP from the Heat: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDREIGUODALA | 13 | Warriors forward named MVP of the 2015 NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANDRE | 5 | ___ Iguodala, Golden State Warriors player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2015 |
| 39% | STATE | 5 | Golden ___ Warriors, NBA team with a 28-game winning streak in the regular seasons between 2014 and 2016 |
| 38% | SHUMPERT | 8 | Iman ___, NBA player who partnered with dancer Daniella Karagach on "Dancing with the Stars" season 30 and placed first |
| 38% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | NBA MVP in the year 2014: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STEPH | 5 | With 36-Across, Warriors phenomenon who was the unanimous league MVP in 2016 |
| 37% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Golden State Warriors point guard who led the NBA in steals per game in the 2015-2016 season: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARKJACKSON | 11 | Former NBA guard who coached the Warriors from 2011 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BLANK | 5 | With 30-Across, Taylor Swift song that replaced her own "Shake It Off" at #1 on the charts on November 29, 2014 |
| 36% | STEPH | 5 | With 33-Across, Golden State Warriors point guard who was named NBA Finals MVP in 2022 |
| 35% | RAJON | 5 | With 59-Across, Boston Celtics player with five triple-doubles in the NBA's 2012-2013 regular season |
| 34% | DIRK | 4 | NBA great Nowitzki who played 21 seasons with the Mavericks |
| 34% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 34% | CAREY | 5 | With 31-Across, Canadiens goalie who won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WAVES | 5 | Greets with a hand gesture from across the street |
| 33% | STEVEKERR | 9 | NBA coach for the Warriors who won the championship in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ANDREIGUODALA | 13 | Swingman who was named the 2015 NBA Finals MVP: 2 wds. |
| 33% | STEPHCURRY | 10 | Three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors who's also the executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BESTOF | 6 | With 30-Across, 1975 #1 hit by the Eagles (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROBERT | 6 | With 30-Across, singer with the 1986 #1 song “Addicted to Love" |
| 32% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors point guard who became the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 32% | 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) |
| 32% | DAN | 3 | ___ Quinn, head coach who led the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons from 2015 |
| 32% | HAKEEMOLAJUWON | 14 | NBA star from Nigeria who was the NBA finals MVP in 1994 and 1995 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MILWAUKEE | 9 | ___ Bucks, Wisconsin-based NBA team whose slogan from 2015 has been "Fear the Deer" |
| 31% | NOGALES | 7 | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name |
| 31% | ANDCROWNTHYGOOD | 15 | With 59-Across, lyric from "America, the Beautiful" |