| 100% | BRUCE | 5 | With 31-Across, Bills/Redskins defensive end who's #1 in NFL career sacks with 200 |
| 67% | REGGIEWHITE | 11 | Eagles/Packers/Panthers defensive end who's #2 in NFL career sacks with 198: 2 wds. |
| 50% | KEVINGREENE | 11 | Rams/Steelers/Panthers/49ers linebacker who's #3 in NFL career sacks with 160: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BRUCE | 5 | ___ Smith, defensive end who was selected first overall draft pick by the Bills and is a record holder of 200 career sacks |
| 38% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 38-Across, former Giants defensive end who's supported St. Jude's |
| 35% | JACK | 4 | ___ Youngblood, NFL defensive end who played the 1979 playoffs with a fractured leg |
| 35% | BUBBASMITH | 10 | Former NFL defensive end who played Moses Hightower in "Police Academy": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BUBBASMITH | 10 | Former NFL defensive end who played Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" films (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BARRYSANDERS | 12 | Lions running back who's #3 in NFL career rushing yards: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CURTISMARTIN | 12 | Patriots/Jets running back who's #4 in NFL career rushing yards: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WALTERPAYTON | 12 | Bears running back who's #2 in NFL career rushing yards, behind Emmitt Smith: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CREWS | 5 | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Terry who played as a defensive end and linebacker in the NFL in the 90s |
| 32% | MARAT | 5 | With 31-Across, Russian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1, at 20, in 2000 |
| 31% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
| 31% | SAMUELL | 7 | With 31-Across, actor who played Elijah Price, aka Mr. Glass, in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MINKA | 5 | With 31-Across, "The Butler" star who plays Detective Valerie Stahl in 17-Across |
| 31% | PITT | 4 | Actor Brad who costarred in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with 31-Across |
| 31% | BRUCESMITH | 10 | NFL defensive end who was the first overall draft pick in 1985 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | NICOLE | 6 | With 31-Across, "Moulin Rouge!" star who helped define "stubborn" on "Sesame Street" in 2011 |
| 30% | JULIE | 5 | With 31-Across, "Modern Family" actress who played public relations director Virginia Venit in 14-Across |
| 30% | LUPITA | 6 | With 31-Across, "12 Years a Slave" actress who played intelligence agent Nakia in "Black Panther" |
| 30% | MYLESGARRETT | 12 | Cleveland Browns defensive end who was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year for the 2023 season (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DAVID | 5 | With 31-Across, Talking Heads frontman who wrote a Guardian essay against streaming music services in 2013 |
| 30% | LARRY | 5 | With 31-Across, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor and former "SNL" writer who returned to host in 2016 |
| 29% | WES | 3 | Director Anderson who's worked with Bill Murray in nine movies |
| 29% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 29% | LESLIEODOMJR | 12 | "Hamilton" Tony winner who co-hosted the Tony Awards with 31-Across in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 29% | MARTIN | 6 | With 41-Across, "Psycho" actor who played Juror 1 in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" |
| 29% | GAL | 3 | "Keeping up with the Joneses" actress Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in 31-Across |
| 29% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Actor who co-starred with Barbra Streisand in 31-Across (2 wds.) |