| 100% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Sitcom pioneer in the first class of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame |
| 69% | MILTONBERLE | 11 | Television comedy pioneer who was in the first class of inductees into the Television Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 68% | EDWARDRMURROW | 13 | Broadcast news pioneer who was in the first class of inductees into the Television Hall of Fame (3 wds.) |
| 66% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Sitcom pioneer who was in the first class of inductees into the Television Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 45% | 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. |
| 45% | SNEAD | 5 | Member of the first class of World Golf Hall of Fame inductees, 1974 |
| 44% | NORA | 4 | ___ Roberts, first inductee in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame |
| 44% | CHRISTY | 7 | Mathewson who was in the Baseball Hall of Fame's first class |
| 44% | ALAN | 4 | Alda in the Television Academy Hall of Fame |
| 43% | DESI | 4 | Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee Arnaz |
| 43% | MARATSA{FIN} | 12 | First Russian to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 43% | ANDRE | 5 | ___ the Giant, first inductee in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Alphabetically first inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | Last name of two inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame |
| 42% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee |
| 42% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to sign with the WNBA: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who was the first inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |
| 42% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Television Hall of Fame producer who created the sitcom "Happy Days," which premiered on ABC in January 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Black head coach in the NBA (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PATSY | 5 | First solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, familiarly |
| 40% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | First overall #1 draft pick to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, an outfielder drafted by the Mariners in 1987: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 40% | JAYZ | 4 | First rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| 40% | KAREEM | 6 | First name in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 40% | NORA | 4 | Roberts who was the first inductee into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame |
| 40% | AARON | 5 | First name alphabetically in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 39% | LENO | 4 | Jay in the Television Hall of Fame |
| 39% | ALDA | 4 | Alan in the Television Hall of Fame |
| 39% | COURIC | 6 | Katie in the Television Hall of Fame |
| 39% | PARDO | 5 | Don in the Television Hall of Fame |