| MAV | Dirk Nowitzki, e.g., for his whole NBA career |
| ALER | DiMag, e.g., for his entire career |
| NATLOFTHOUSE | England footballer of the 1950s who played for his home town club, Bolton Wanderers, for his whole career (3,9) |
| RAM | Merlin Olsen, for his whole NFL career |
| RED | Johnny Bench, for his whole career |
| ACHS | Disappointed interjections from Dirk Nowitzki |
| CELTICS | Paul Pierce's team, for most of his NBA career |
| PACER | Reggie Miller, for his entire NBA career |
| SONIC | Gary Payton during most of his NBA career, e.g. |
| ONEAL | Shaquille who ended his NBA career with the Celtics |
| ODOM | Lamar who ended his NBA career with the Clippers |
| PADRE | Tony Gwynn, his whole career |
| LOU | Baseball legend Gehrig who spent his whole career with the Yankees |
| WHELK | Milo, leaving his whole milk for a seasnail (5) |
| CAMPBELLMONEY | Goalkeeper who spent his whole playing career at St Mirren (1981-96) |
| STEPHCURRY | Hoops great whose father, Dell, hit 929 three-pointers in his NBA career |
| CHEMISTRY | Before serving in Congress after an 11-year NBA career, Tom McMillen majored in this at the University of Maryland; it's an important quality for a basketball team |
| HAKEEM | Olajuwon who is the NBA career leader in blocked shots |
| BOGUT | Aussie basketball star launched stellar NBA career with Milwaukee Bucks 2005 (5) |
| JORDAN | NBA career scoring-average leader |
