| 100% | DAVISLOVE | 9 | With 63-Down, 1997 P.G.A. champ who captained the 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team |
| 51% | JIMCOURIER | 10 | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (2011-2018) and is a Tennis Channel commentator: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (1981-1985) and wrote "A Hard Road to Glory": 2 wds. |
| 44% | PATRICKMCENROE | 14 | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (2001-2010) and has been an ESPN commentator since 1995: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JAPAN | 5 | Women's World Cup team that had a rivalry with the U.S. during the 2010s |
| 35% | DAI | 3 | & 20D Golfer who captained the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team |
| 35% | HOPE | 4 | Goalie Solo who won two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup championship with the U.S. national soccer team |
| 33% | ALY | 3 | Olympic gymnast Raisman who captained Team U.S.A.’s gold-medal-winning squads in 2012 and 2016 |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 31% | CARLI | 5 | With 3-Down, hero of the U.S.A.'s Women's World Cup victory |
| 31% | ALYRAISMAN | 10 | Captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams |
| 30% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KERRI | 5 | U.S. gymnast Strug who clinched the 1996 team gold on a hurt ankle |
| 29% | RNA | 3 | Molecule with the bases G, U, A, and C |
| 29% | CLAUDIOREYNA | 12 | One of the greatest soccer players from the U.S. who captained the 2006 FIFA World Cup team: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 28% | FINN | 4 | Twain protagonist who fled down the Mississippi with a runaway slave |
| 28% | WEBB | 4 | Golfer Simpson who won the 2012 U.S. Open |
| 28% | JULIA | 5 | With 2-Down, chef who helped popularize chicken cordon bleu in the U.S. |
| 28% | KEN | 3 | Jennings who was a team captain in the Jeopardy! All-Star Games |
| 28% | LOU | 3 | Dobbs who suggested that the US should start a war with China |
| 28% | SYDNEYLEROUX | 12 | US Women's National Team soccer player who scored five goals in a single game against Guatemala in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ALEXMORGAN | 10 | US soccer star who scored a goal against Colombia in the 2015 World Cup: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ALEX | 4 | Morgan who co-captained the U.S. women's national soccer team |
| 27% | MAINE | 5 | The only U.S. state with a one-syllable name |
| 27% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 27% | SPARROW | 7 | Captain Jack ___, lead character of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise who shares his name with a bird |
| 27% | YANNICKNOAH | 11 | 1983 French Open champion who will captain Team Europe in the 2025 Laver Cup: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HEAT | 4 | Miami ___, NBA team with a 27-game winning streak in the regular season of 2012-13 |