| 100% | DWIGHT | 6 | With 33-Across, center who led the NBA in field goal percentage for the 2009-2010 season, with the Magic |
| 77% | DEANDREJORDAN | 13 | Center who led the NBA in field goal percentage for the 2012-2013 through 2016-2017 seasons, with the Clippers: 2 wds. |
| 73% | TYSONCHANDLER | 13 | Center who led the NBA in field goal percentage in the 2011-2012 season, with the Knicks: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NICKI | 5 | With 33-Across, "Anaconda" rapper who won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2010 |
| 42% | CURRY | 5 | Stephen ___, basketballer who holds the record for most 3-point field goals by a point guard in a NBA season |
| 37% | KAWHILEONARD | 12 | San Antonio Spurs small forward who led the NBA in steals per game in the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DRAYMONDGREEN | 13 | Golden State Warriors power forward who led the NBA in steals per game in the 2016-2017 season: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Golden State Warriors point guard who led the NBA in steals per game in the 2015-2016 season: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, Germany's only female chancellor who received the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in 2018 |
| 35% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 33% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 33% | ELENA | 5 | With 32-Across and 50-Across, Washington Mystics star who reached the 50-40-90 club (50% field goal, 40% three-point field goal, and 90% free throw shooting percentages) in 2019, the first WNBA player to do so |
| 33% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former NHL player who holds the record for Most Goals in the entire career including playoffs with 1,016 goals |
| 32% | MINERS | 6 | The 33 workers who were trapped underground for months in 2010, occupationally |
| 32% | NIELSEN | 7 | Frans ___, former NHL player who holds the record for Most Shootout Goals in the entire career with 49 shootouts |
| 32% | VELA | 4 | Carlos ___, Mexican soccer player who holds the MLS record for most goals in a single season |
| 31% | UPTON | 5 | Center fielder B.J. who signed a 5-year, $75.25 million contract with the Braves in November 2012 |
| 31% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JDMARTINEZ | 10 | Red Sox slugger who led the MLB in RBIs for the 2018 regular season and who drove in five runs in the 2018 World Series (3 wds.) |
| 31% | LEANN | 5 | With 33-Across, "Blue" singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1997 |
| 31% | HAKEEMOLAJUWON | 14 | Hall of Fame center who signed with the Raptors in 2001 after 17 seasons with the Rockets: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EMILY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Girl on the Train" actress who stars in "A Quiet Place Part II" |
| 30% | KENNY | 5 | With 36-Across, Rockets great who's an analyst for "Inside the NBA" |
| 30% | BOLT | 4 | Usain ___, athlete who won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2017 |
| 30% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 30% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, pop singer whose posthumous album "This Is It" topped the charts in 2009 |
| 30% | DIRK | 4 | NBA great Nowitzki who played 21 seasons with the Mavericks |
| 30% | TIMOTHEE | 8 | With 35-Across, "Little Women" actor who plays the lead character Paul Atreides in "Dune" |
| 30% | ALLIEQUIGLEY | 12 | Three-time WNBA All-Star who was the second-leading scorer for the Chicago Sky in 2021 season (2 wds.) |