| PELE | Joint winner of FIFA's Player of the Century |
| MARADONA | With Pele, co-winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award |
| MESSI | Five-time winner of FIFA's player of the year award |
| DIEGOMARADONA | Joint winner, with Pele, of FIFA's Player of the 70th Century Award (5,8) |
| ZIDANE | Only person to win FIFA's Player of the Year award ('98, '00, '03) and Coach of the Year award ('17) |
| CARLI | Two-time winner of FIFA's Women's World Player of the Year Lloyd |
| LIONEL | First name of the current holder of FIFA's Ballon d"Or. (6) |
| DIEGOMARNA | Joint winner of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award |
| DIEGO | He shared the FIFA Football Player Of The Century Award with the great Pele, ... Maradona |
| SUN | ___ Wen retired Chinese soccer player who won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with 44a in 2000 |
| PINETREE | Nickname of NZ's Rugby Player of the Century 1999 (8) |
| AKERS | Michelle who was FIFA's Female Player of the Century |
| KAMALAHARRIS | Joint winner of Time's Person of the Year for 2020 |
| SEVE | Spanish golfer who was named European Player of the Century in 2000, ... Ballesteros |
| MARKGRAHAM | '80s North Sydney Bears captain and NZ Player of the Century (4,6) |
| COLINMEADS | All Black who was named Player of the Century in 1999 (5,5) |
| THETESTAMENTS | Sequel to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale; joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize (3,10) |
| ATWOOD | Margaret ---, Canadian author who was joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments (6) |
| LILL | John ___, British pianist; joint winner of the 1970 International Tchaikovsky competition (4) |
| SHOCKLEY | Joint winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics (8) |
