| 100% | STEVENASH | 9 | First N.B.A. player to light the Olympic cauldron |
| 69% | NAOMIOSAKA | 10 | First tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron who wrote the children's book "The Way Champs Play" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | OSAKA | 5 | In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony |
| 52% | OSAKA | 5 | Tennis player who lit the Olympic cauldron in 2021 |
| 48% | ARTMONK | 7 | First N.F.L. player to record 100 receptions in a season |
| 48% | ESPOSITO | 8 | First N.H.L. player to score 100 points in a season |
| 48% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Canadian hockey player who lit the Olympic cauldron in Vancouver in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ESPOSITO | 8 | First N.H.L. player to score over 70 goals in a season |
| 47% | SWOOPES | 7 | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| 45% | LISA | 4 | ___ Leslie, the first player ever to dunk in a WNBA game |
| 45% | NAGANO | 6 | Where Midori Ito lit the Olympic cauldron |
| 45% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years |
| 44% | ITO | 3 | Olympic skater who was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition |
| 44% | ITO | 3 | Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in Nagano |
| 43% | ROME | 4 | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| 43% | LAMAR | 5 | With 44-Across, N.B.A. player once married to a Kardashian |
| 43% | MEYERS | 6 | Ann ___, first woman to sign with the N.B.A. |
| 43% | TOKYO | 5 | First Asian city scheduled to hold the Olympic Games for a second time |
| 42% | LISALESLIE | 10 | L.A. Sparks player who was the first to dunk in a W.N.B.A. game |
| 42% | NAOMI | 5 | With 29-Across, Japanese tennis player who lit the Olympic cauldron in Tokyo in 2021 |
| 42% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | Like a poker player who keeps getting everyone to fold before the first bet is made? |
| 42% | CARDI | 5 | ___ B, hip hop star who became the first female rapper to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album |
| 41% | ICHIROSUZUKI | 12 | First M.L.B. player to enter the Meikyukai (a Japanese baseball hall of fame) |
| 41% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | American decathlete who lit the Olympic cauldron in Los Angeles in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LISA | 4 | ___ Leslie, the first player to dunk in a WNBA game |
| 40% | OTT | 3 | First N.L. player to hit 500 home runs |
| 40% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Wilma ___, late American sprinter who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games |
| 39% | STORYMODE | 9 | Video game setting that allows a player to focus on the narrative |
| 39% | STEPH | 5 | The N.B.A.'s Curry, to fans |
| 39% | TASK | 4 | The first to demand a mission |