| 100% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman |
| 85% | ALTHEA | 6 | ___ Gibson, first African American to win a Grand Slam title |
| 83% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 79% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy |
| 72% | POITIER | 7 | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 72% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 70% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 68% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics |
| 66% | ALTHEA | 6 | __ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title |
| 65% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 61% | DARNELL | 7 | ___ Martin, first African American woman to produce a film for a major studio (1994) |
| 61% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry |
| 61% | CITO | 4 | ___ Gaston, first African-American manager to win a World Series |
| 61% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 60% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | First African-American to win golf's Masters Tournament: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BASIE | 5 | Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |
| 57% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award |
| 57% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
| 56% | TEBOW | 5 | Tim who was the first sophomore to win a Heisman |
| 56% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| 56% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 54% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Women's Singles championship at Wimbledon (2 wds.) |
| 54% | LOVIESMITH | 10 | First African-American football coach to lead a team to the Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BRAGG | 5 | Alvin ___, first African American to be elected Manhattan's district attorney |
| 54% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 54% | SUNISALEE | 9 | First Hmong American to win an Olympic gold medal |
| 53% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | First black poet to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 53% | MARSALIS | 8 | First jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| 53% | MAUS | 4 | First graphic novel to win a Pulitzer (1992) |
| 53% | OSAKA | 5 | First Japanese player to win a grand slam |