| 100% | ELSTON | 6 | Howard who became the Yankees’ first Black player, in 1955 |
| 50% | OREE | 4 | Willie who was the first black player in the NHL |
| 50% | OREE | 4 | First Black player in the NHL |
| 46% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Yankees player Alex, who was involved in Baseball's first instant replay review, on the day of Halloween |
| 44% | ONEIL | 5 | Buck who became the first African American coach in the MLB |
| 44% | ABLE | 4 | Monkey who became the first to return to Earth successfully in 1959 |
| 43% | VALENTINA | 9 | ___ Tereshkova, cosmonaut who became the first woman to fly in space in 1964 |
| 43% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who became the first living being to orbit the Earth in 1957 |
| 43% | POGBA | 5 | Paul —, France footballer who became the world's most expensive player in August 2016 |
| 43% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Oilers center who became the NHL's first unanimous MVP in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 42% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First Black woman ranked No. 1 singles player in the Open Era |
| 42% | KALPANA | 7 | ___ Chawla, American astronaut who became the first Indian woman to fly in space in 1997 |
| 42% | SALLY | 5 | ___ Ride, American astronaut who became the first American woman to fly in space in 1983 |
| 42% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors point guard who became the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WHITSON | 7 | Peggy ___, American astronaut who became the first woman to command the International Space Station in 2007 |
| 42% | EILEEN | 6 | ___ Collins, American astronaut who became the first woman to command a space shuttle mission in 1999 |
| 42% | MAE | 3 | ___ Jemison, American astronaut who became the first African-American woman to travel to space in 1992 |
| 41% | FRANKROBINSON | 13 | Baseball great who became the first African-American manager in the MLB in April 1975 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | POPOV | 5 | Oleg —, Russian clown who in 1955 became the first to tour outside his home country |
| 41% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Basketball great who became the first African-American head coach in the NBA in April 1966 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DANICAPATRICK | 13 | Racing great who became the first woman driver to win an Indy car race in April 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who became the first and only player to total over 200 points in one season |
| 40% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEA | 3 | ___ DeLaria who became the first openly gay comic on a late-night talk show on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1993 |
| 39% | MAE | 3 | Jemison who was the first Black woman in space |
| 39% | JEMISON | 7 | Mae who was the first Black woman in space |
| 38% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi —, baseball player who appeared in fourteen World Series for the New York Yankees |
| 38% | CARL | 4 | Nassib who was the first openly gay player in an NFL game |
| 37% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Where the Yankees first played in 1921 |
| 37% | ELSTON | 6 | ___ Howard, first African-American player on the Yankees (1955) |