| 100% | THURGOOD | 8 | With 38-Across, first African-American Supreme Court justice |
| 62% | ELENA | 5 | With 38-Across, Supreme Court justice (2010-present) who once served as supervising editor for Harvard Law Review |
| 57% | KETANJI | 7 | With 38- and 43-Across, the first Black woman and first former federal public defender confirmed to the Supreme Court (April, 2022) |
| 55% | ANTONINSCALIA | 13 | First Italian-American Supreme Court justice: 2 wds. |
| 54% | PATRICK | 7 | With 38-Across, second African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 2020 |
| 50% | OCONNOR | 7 | First female Supreme Court Justice |
| 49% | ALITO | 5 | First Supreme Court justice alphabetically, past or present |
| 48% | LOUISBRANDEIS | 13 | First Jewish Supreme Court justice: 2 wds. |
| 48% | OCONNOR | 7 | First female Supreme Court justice Sandra Day ___ |
| 48% | OCONNOR | 7 | First female Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day ___ |
| 48% | SANDRA | 6 | First woman Supreme Court Justice, _____ Day O'Connor |
| 47% | ELENA | 5 | With 35-Across, Supreme Court justice since 2010 who clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNROBERTS | 11 | First Supreme Court justice confirmed in the 21st century (2005): 2 wds. |
| 45% | SONIASOTOMAYOR | 14 | *First Hispanic Supreme Court justice |
| 45% | THURGOOD | 8 | With 52-Across, Supreme Court justice who's the title role played by Chadwick Boseman in a 2017 biopic |
| 44% | SANDRA | 6 | First name of the first female Supreme Court justice |
| 44% | KENNEDY | 7 | Supreme Court Justice |
| 44% | ANTONINSCALIA | 13 | Supreme Court justice |
| 44% | STEPHENBREYER | 13 | Supreme Court justice |
| 43% | SANDRADAY | 9 | O'Connor, first female Supreme Court justice |
| 43% | ANTONIN | 7 | With 28-Down, a Supreme Court justice |
| 43% | JOHNJAY | 7 | *First Supreme Court chief justice |
| 43% | ELENA | 5 | Supreme Court Justice Kagan |
| 43% | NEIL | 4 | Supreme Court justice Gorsuch |
| 43% | BREYER | 6 | Supreme Court Justice Stephen |
| 43% | SOUTER | 6 | Supreme Court Justice David |
| 43% | HARLAN | 6 | Supreme Court justice Stone |
| 43% | ALITO | 5 | Supreme Court justice Samuel |
| 43% | ELENA | 5 | Supreme Court justice ___ Kagan |
| 43% | MARSHALL | 8 | Supreme Court Justice Thurgood — |