| 100% | ANNMEYERS | 9 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer who was the first woman to sign an N.B.A. contract |
| 64% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 55% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to sign with the WNBA: 2 wds. |
| 54% | CYNTHIACOOPER | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the very first MVP of the WNBA and MVP two times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | RETTON | 6 | Gymnast Mary Lou who was the first woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 53% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JACKIESTILES | 12 | 2016 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1,000 points in a season: 2 wds. |
| 53% | VAL | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Ackerman who was the first president of the WNBA |
| 52% | JOCK | 4 | ___ Hutchinson, Golf Hall of Famer who was an Honorary Starter for The Masters for a decade |
| 51% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Hall-of-Famer who was the first Black head coach to win a 15 Across |
| 50% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the WNBA's MVP three times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was MVP of the 1993 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 49% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 48% | ITO | 3 | Olympic skater who was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition |
| 48% | ITO | 3 | Skater Midori who was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition |
| 48% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TORRE | 5 | Hall of Famer who was an MVP and Manager of the Year |
| 48% | ANNE | 4 | Sci-fi writer McCaffrey, who was the first woman to win a Hugo for fiction |
| 48% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Openly gay basketballer who was the first woman to be signed by the WNBA: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BLACKWELL | 9 | Elizabeth ___, British physician who was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the US |
| 48% | SAHLE | 5 | ___-Work Zewde, Ethiopian politician who is the first woman to serve as the President of Ethiopia |
| 48% | MIA | 3 | ___ Mottley, Barbadian politician who is the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Barbados |
| 48% | DEVI | 4 | Bidya ___ Bhandari, Nepalese politician who is the first woman to serve as the President of Nepal |
| 47% | WES | 3 | Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld who was the 1969 NBA MVP |
| 47% | JOAN | 4 | ___ Rivers, comedian and actress who was the first woman to host a late-night network TV talk show |
| 47% | ELAYNE | 6 | Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV |
| 47% | MIA | 3 | Hamm who was the first woman inducted into the World Football Hall of Fame |