| 100% | JAMAL | 5 | With 40-Across, Ravens running back who gained 295 total yards in a 2003 NFL game, the second-most ever |
| 65% | ADRIANPETERSON | 14 | Vikings running back who gained 296 total yards in a 2007 NFL game, the most ever: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JEROMEHARRISON | 14 | Browns running back who gained 286 total yards in a 2009 NFL game, the third-most ever: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ERIC | 4 | Running back Dickerson who holds the NFL record for most rushing yards in a playoff game |
| 33% | BARRYSANDERS | 12 | Former NFL running back who shared the AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award with Brett Favre in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BLAKECORUM | 10 | 30-Across/48-Across running back who led all rushers with 134 yards and two touchdowns in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DONOVAN | 7 | With 40-Across, 30-Across/48-Across running back who rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship |
| 29% | RASHAD | 6 | Former NFL running back Jennings who won "Dancing With the Stars" in 2017 |
| 28% | BARRYSANDERS | 12 | Lions running back who's #3 in NFL career rushing yards: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CURTISMARTIN | 12 | Patriots/Jets running back who's #4 in NFL career rushing yards: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WALTERPAYTON | 12 | Bears running back who's #2 in NFL career rushing yards, behind Emmitt Smith: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LADAINIAN | 9 | With 41-Across, running back who holds the single-season NFL touchdown record and wore number 21 |
| 26% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 25% | EARL | 4 | ___ Campbell, running back who was selected first overall draft pick by the Oilers and is one of NFL's Most Valuable Players |
| 25% | MARKMCGWIRE | 11 | A's/Cardinals slugger who hit the most home runs in the 1990s (405): 2 wds. |
| 25% | PRIMERO | 7 | Gambling card game fashionable in the 16th-century played with a 40-card deck |
| 25% | KOBE | 4 | He scored the second-most points in a game in NBA history |
| 25% | MARK | 4 | ___ Ingram II, former NFL running back born in December who won a Heisman Trophy and played for the New Orleans Saints |
| 25% | LAMARJACKSON | 12 | Ravens quarterback who became the NFL's second unanimous MVP, after Tom Brady, in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 25% | AARON | 5 | Hank —, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 25% | AARON | 5 | Hank ---, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 25% | BETOOROURKE | 11 | Texas congressman who made a much-watched run for the Senate in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROD | 3 | ___ Martin, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most interceptions in one game |
| 25% | MATTHASSELBECK | 14 | Quarterback who was a starter with the Indianapolis Colts in 2015 at age 40: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROSALINA | 8 | Magical character in the Super Mario games who wears a turquoise dress with a silver crown |
| 24% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 24% | NEWENGLAND | 10 | ___ Patriots, the team with the most appearances in the Superbowl, the annual NFL championship game: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PETE | 4 | ___ Alonso, Mets slugger with the most home runs by a rookie in M.L.B. history (53) |
| 24% | TOADETTE | 8 | Childlike character in the Super Mario games who wears a pink dress with a pink mushroom hat |