| CAPABLANCA | Cuban chess player who won the world championship in 1921, remaining almost invincible until his defeat by Alekhine six years later (10) |
| HENDRY | Scottish snooker player who won the World Championship seven times in the 1990s (7,6) |
| STEPHEN | Scottish snooker player who won the World Championship seven times in the 1990s (7,6) |
| GRIFFITHS | Terry ___, Welsh snooker player who won the World Championship in 1979 |
| WILSON | Kyren, snooker player who won the World Championship in 2024 (6) |
| NIKILAUDA | Austrian Formula One driver who won the World Championship in 1975, 1977 and 1984 (4,5) |
| JENSONBUTTON | British Formula One motor racing driver who won the World Championship in 2009 (6,6) |
| RONNIEOSULLIVAN | English snooker player who first won the World Championship in 2001 (6,9) |
| STEPHENROCHE | Irish cyclist who won the treble of the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the World Championship in 1987 |
| ALONSO | Fernando ---, Spanish Formula One racing driver who won the World Championship title in 2005 and 2006 (6) |
| ALTIG | Rudi ___, German cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a Espana and the world championship in 1966 |
| SJOBERG | Patrik ___, Swedish high jumper who won the gold medal at the World Championships in Rome in 1987 |
| FANGIO | Juan Manuel ___, Argentine racing driver who won the World Championship five times between 1951 and 1957 |
| MASSA | Felipe, Brazilian Formula One driver who came second in the World Championship in 2008 (5) |
| BOBBYFISCHER | In 1972, who became the first US chess player to win the world championship? (5,7) |
| JUDDTRUMP | English snooker player who won both the World Championship and the Masters in 2019 (4,5) |
| NIGELSHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 |
| NIGEL | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| SHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| MOSS | Legendary Formula One driver who never won the World Championship (8, 4) |
