| 100% | NAPHEESACOLLIER | 15 | WNBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2024 |
| 63% | RUDYGOBERT | 10 | Jazz center who won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 62% | KAWHILEONARD | 12 | Clippers small forward who won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DRAYMONDGREEN | 13 | 2017 NBA Defensive Player of the Year who appears in "Space Jam 2: A New Legacy" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | BENWALLACE | 10 | Retired Pistons center who won consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Awards twice, in 2003 and 2006: 2 wds. |
| 61% | CANDACE | 7 | Parker who was the 2020 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year |
| 57% | SAPP | 4 | 1999 N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year |
| 57% | SAPP | 4 | Warren ___, 1999 N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year |
| 56% | TOMMYJOHN | 9 | Dodger pitcher, A.L. Comeback Player of the Year in 1976 |
| 56% | RUDY | 4 | ___ Gobert, 2018 and 2019 N.B.A. Defensive Player of the Year |
| 55% | TOBIN | 5 | Heath who was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year in 2016 |
| 55% | JJWATT | 6 | Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015) |
| 54% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who was FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 |
| 53% | DRAKEMAYE | 9 | North Carolina quarterback and 2022 ACC Player of the Year who was selected by the New England Patriots as the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft (2 wds.) |
| 52% | FOWLES | 6 | Sylvia ___, American former basketball player who won the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year four times |
| 52% | HARDER | 6 | Pernille ___, UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award winner in 2018 and 2020 |
| 51% | CHASE | 5 | ___ Young, Washington Commanders player who was awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2020 |
| 50% | CHINEYOGWUMIKE | 14 | Nigerian American WNBA player who was named Rookie of the Year in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BOSA | 4 | Nick ___, San Francisco 49ers player who was awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 |
| 49% | NANCY | 5 | With 34-Across, she was LPGA Tour Player of the Year in 1978 as a rookie and received the Bob Jones Award in 1998 |
| 47% | AGASSI | 6 | 1999 ATP Player of the Year |
| 46% | BRETT | 5 | Baseball's 1980 Player of the Year |
| 46% | MIAHAMM | 7 | 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year |
| 46% | HAL | 3 | 1983 PGA Player of the Year Sutton |
| 46% | RORY | 4 | ___ McIlroy, 2014 PGA player of the year |
| 46% | OMEARA | 6 | 1998 PGA Player of the Year Mark |
| 46% | ONEAL | 5 | NBA Rookie of the Year in 1993 |
| 46% | YOMKIPPUR | 9 | Holiest day of the year in Judaism |
| 45% | BRIANSIPE | 9 | 1980 N.F.L. Player of the Year |
| 45% | BORG | 4 | Tennis's 1979-80 Player of the Year |