| 100% | FRANKROBINSON | 13 | Baseball great who became the first African-American manager in the MLB in April 1975 (2 wds.) |
| 66% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Basketball great who became the first African-American head coach in the NBA in April 1966 (2 wds.) |
| 63% | BUCKONEIL | 9 | Negro League great who was the first African-American coach in the MLB and who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ONEIL | 5 | Buck who became the first African American coach in the MLB |
| 53% | DANICAPATRICK | 13 | Racing great who became the first woman driver to win an Indy car race in April 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BUCK | 4 | O'Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB |
| 51% | RICHARDBYRD | 11 | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WARRENMOON | 10 | Undrafted quarterback who was the first African American quarterback inducted into the Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 46% | RIDDICKBOWE | 11 | American heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MAE | 3 | ___ Jemison, American astronaut who became the first African-American woman to travel to space in 1992 |
| 45% | RYANHOWARD | 10 | Baseball first baseman who played his entire MLB career with the Philadelphia Phillies, before joining teams in the minor leagues: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ONEIL | 5 | Former first baseman Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 44% | ONEIL | 5 | Hall of Famer Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 44% | SEATTLESLEW | 11 | 1977 Triple Crown winner who was the first American champion to have been undefeated in previous races: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOSEABREU | 9 | First baseman for the White Sox who won the American League MVP award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TREVORSTORY | 11 | American baseball shortstop who won the National League Shortstop Silver Slugger Award in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Oilers center who became the NHL's first unanimous MVP in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 42% | VINCECARTER | 11 | Atlanta Hawks forward who recently became the first to play in the NBA in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MANNYPACQUIAO | 13 | Filipino boxer who recently became the first person to hold a world title in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MOMSMABLEY | 10 | Trailblazing African American who was the first female comedian to perform at the Apollo Theater: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors point guard who became the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RITA | 4 | Dove, who became the first African American U.S. Poet Laureate |
| 42% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | American singer and songwriter who became the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TRAVISJACKSON | 13 | American baseball shortstop nicknamed "Stonewall" who played his entire MLB career with the New York Giants: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNNYBENCH | 11 | Cincinnati Reds catching great who was the MLB's NL Rookie of the Year in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | WOLESOYINKA | 11 | Nigerian playwright and novelist who was the first African honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |