| 100% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Wilkie, first swimmer to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, and Olympic titles at once |
| 27% | ABBOTT | 6 | Margaret ___, golfer and the first American woman to win an Olympic event |
| 27% | ADELE | 5 | First person to appear simultaneously on the American and British covers of Vogue (Oct. 2021) |
| 27% | CLARESSASHIELDS | 15 | First American to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in boxing, in 2012 and 2016 |
| 27% | JACKBODELL | 10 | Boxer who took the European, Commonwealth and British Heavyweight titles from Joe Bugner in 1971 |
| 26% | OWN | 3 | To have and to hold |
| 26% | PHELPS | 6 | Michael ___, retired American swimmer with 28 Olympic medals and a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Washington DC |
| 25% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 25% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | American tennis player who holds the most Grand Slam titles and has been an active participant in charity, fashion etc.: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JACKIE | 6 | Some call her the First Lady of American athletics and has won several Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump |
| 24% | BUGNER | 6 | Joe —, boxer who took the British, European, and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles from Henry Cooper in 1971 |
| 24% | IDO | 3 | "To have and to hold" vow (2 wds.) |
| 24% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American retired competitive swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games and is considered the greatest swimmer ever: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SEN | 3 | Title once held by Obama and Biden: Abbr. |
| 24% | BESIDE | 6 | Next to British and European team |
| 23% | SUNISALEE | 9 | First Hmong American to win an Olympic gold medal |
| 23% | SENOR | 5 | Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters |
| 23% | PHELPS | 6 | American swimmer Michael ___ who has won 23 Olympic gold medals |
| 23% | CEO | 3 | Title that Carly Fiorina once held at Hewlett-Packard: Abbr. |
| 23% | OTOE | 4 | First Native American tribe to meet with Lewis and Clark |
| 23% | SENORA | 6 | Title usually abbreviated to its first, fifth and sixth letters |
| 23% | TIS | 3 | "___ better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" |
| 23% | BEA | 3 | British airline founded in 1946 to cover domestic and European routes |
| 23% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics |
| 23% | MIRAINAGASU | 11 | First American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics |
| 23% | BTS | 3 | First K-pop band to perform at the American Music Awards |
| 22% | RETTON | 6 | First American woman to win the all-around gold in Olympic gymnastics |
| 22% | RETTON | 6 | First American woman to win all-around gymnastics gold at the Olympics |
| 22% | GAMA | 4 | Vasco da ___, maritime explorer and first European to reach India |
| 22% | ALTHEA | 6 | ___ Gibson, first African American to win a Grand Slam title |