| 100% | LORENAOCHOA | 11 | She was the first Mexican golfer to rank #1 in the world and received golf's Bob Jones Award in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LOUISESUGGS | 11 | She cofounded the LPGA and received the Bob Jones Award in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NANCY | 5 | With 34-Across, she was LPGA Tour Player of the Year in 1978 as a rookie and received the Bob Jones Award in 1998 |
| 37% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LORENAOCHOA | 11 | Mexican golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from April 2007 to May 2010: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DAVIDDUVAL | 10 | American pro golfer who was formerly World No.1, and posted a score of 59 in the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IGGYAZALEA | 10 | "Fancy" singer featured on "Problem" who in 2014 became the second ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with her first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GWENJORGENSEN | 13 | American distance runner and two-time ITU World Champion who was the first to win a triathlon gold for USA in the Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Current World Number 1 in the World Golf Rankings, American pro golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
| 34% | YANITSENG | 9 | Taiwanese golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from February 2011 to March 2013: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NAOMI | 5 | With 37-Across, first Japanese tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world |
| 33% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SARAHPALIN | 10 | In 2006, she became the first woman to be elected governor of Alaska: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SUSANAMARTINEZ | 14 | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NIKKIHALEY | 10 | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of South Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NELLYKORDA | 10 | LPGA player ranked World #1 in 2021 who was honored with a Best Athlete, Women's Golf ESPY Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBEATLES | 10 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" group who in 1964 became the first ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with their first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LORENAOCHOA | 11 | 2007 Women's British Open winner who received the Best Female Golfer ESPY Award in 2009 and 2010: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CHARLIESIFFORD | 14 | Color-barrier-breaking golfer in the World Golf Hall of Fame who was born in 1922 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JANEADDAMS | 10 | First American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1931: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | American dancer who was the first dancer to perform at the White House and to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| 32% | 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. |
| 32% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 32% | 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.) |
| 32% | JOSECANSECO | 11 | Retired ballplayer who was the first to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LLEYTONHEWITT | 13 | Australian tennis player who, at 20, was the youngest man to be ranked #1 in singles: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RORYMCILROY | 11 | Northern Irish pro golfer and four-time major champion who was the youngest to earn 10 million euros in career earnings: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey legend who was the first since Bobby Orr to tally 100+ assists in a season, and did so 11 times: 2 wds. |