| 100% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Hall-of-Famer who was the first Black head coach to win a 15 Across |
| 61% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 55% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Steelers and as a head coach for the Colts (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MIKEDITKA | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Cowboys and as a head coach for the Bears (2 wds.) |
| 54% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ALTHEA | 6 | Gibson who was the first person of color to win a tennis Grand Slam event |
| 50% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | Tennis great who was the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ONEIL | 5 | Hall of Famer Buck who was the first African-American coach in the MLB |
| 47% | 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.) |
| 47% | BERRA | 5 | Hall of Famer who was a Yankee manager and a Mets coach |
| 47% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BILL | 4 | NBA Hall of Famer ___ Russell, who was the leader of a Boston Celtics team that won 11 titles from 1957-1969 |
| 46% | ETHEL | 5 | Waters who was the first Black American to host a national television show |
| 46% | 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.) |
| 46% | TOMFLORES | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist who won the 49-Across as a player for the Chiefs and as a head coach for the Raiders (2 wds.) |
| 46% | NAOMAMPBELL | 11 | *Woman who was the first Black model to appear on the cover of Time |
| 46% | PAULMOLITOR | 11 | First MLB Hall of Famer who was primarily a DH |
| 46% | TEBOW | 5 | Tim who was the first sophomore to win a Heisman |
| 45% | ANNMEYERS | 9 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer who was the first woman to sign an N.B.A. contract |
| 45% | ISABELWILKERSON | 15 | "Caste" author who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism |
| 45% | HANK | 4 | ___ Aaron, baseball Hall of Famer who is a member of the Boy Scouts of America |
| 45% | SALONGA | 7 | Lea who was the first Asian actress to win a Tony |
| 45% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who was the first lyricist to win a Pulitzer |
| 45% | JOCK | 4 | ___ Hutchinson, Golf Hall of Famer who was an Honorary Starter for The Masters for a decade |
| 45% | ANG | 3 | Lee who was the first Asian to win a best-director Oscar |
| 45% | DAWES | 5 | American gymnast Dominique who was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics |
| 45% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who was the first inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |
| 45% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 45% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 45% | BASIE | 5 | Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |