| NOVAKDJOKOVIC | Serbian tennis pro ranked World #1 for an entire year in 2015 and 2021: 2 wds. |
| ROGERFEDERER | Swiss tennis pro ranked World #1 for an entire year in 2005, 2006, and 2007: 2 wds. |
| JIMMYCONNORS | US tennis pro ranked World #1 for an entire year in 1975, 1976, and 1978: 2 wds. |
| ASHLEIGHBARTY | Australian tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021: 2 wds. |
| NOVAK | --- Djokovic, Serbian tennis pro (5) |
| ANA | Serbian tennis pro Ivanovic |
| BEN | Liverpool and 2021- 2 Celtic forward (3,4) |
| DOAK | Liverpool and 2021- 2 Celtic forward (3,4) |
| THRONES | Game of ___ fantasy drama series that set a record for the most Emmy wins for a series in a single year in 2015 |
| CAITLYNJENNER | Transgender rights activist who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 2015: 2 wds. |
| JOY | "Face With Tears of ___" (non-word that was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in 2015) |
| SCHEFELER | Who has been ranked world No. 1 in the official golf rankings for more than 100 weeks? He also recently won the prestigious Hero World Challenge held in December 2024. (9) |
| SCOTTIE | Who has been ranked world No. 1 in the official golf rankings for more than 100 weeks? He also recently won the prestigious Hero World Challenge held in December 2024. (7) |
| VENUSWILLIAMS | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| ANDYMURRAY | Former world #1 tennis champ from Scotland whose brother Jamie is also a tennis champ: 2 wds. |
| MARATSAFIN | Former world #1 tennis champ from Russia whose sister Dinara is also a tennis champ: 2 wds. |
| STEVEKERR | NBA coach for the Warriors who won the championship in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| BADBLOOD | Title shared by #1 hits from Taylor Swift in 2015 & Neil Sedaka in 1975: 2 wds. |
| CLINTDEMPSEY | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| DAVIDLETTERMAN | Talk-show host who retired in 2015 and unretired in 2018: 2 wds. |
