| 100% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 54% | GEHRIG | 6 | First major league player to have his number retired |
| 53% | LOUGEHRIG | 9 | His #4 was the first number ever retired by Major League Baseball (Yankees, 1939): 2 wds. |
| 53% | GEHRIG | 6 | First Major League Baseball player to have his number retired |
| 48% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Yankee who's the youngest major leaguer to hit 600 home runs: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last major leaguer to bat over .400 in a season |
| 46% | THOUSAND | 8 | This is the first number to have the letter "A" |
| 46% | TORRE | 5 | His number 6 was retired by the Yankees |
| 46% | KOBEBRYANT | 10 | LA Lakers legend fondly remembered as "Black Mamba" who is the only player in NBA history to have two jersey numbers retired by the same team: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SWOOPES | 7 | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| 46% | SARAZEN | 7 | Gene who was the first man to win all four of golf’s modern majors |
| 46% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 46% | ELAYNE | 6 | Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV |
| 46% | JENNA | 5 | Marbles who is the first social-media star to have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds |
| 45% | BRAD | 4 | First Maverick to have his jersey retired- it was #15- ___ Davis |
| 44% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | Comedian who was the first woman to host a late-night talk show on a major network: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DOMEE | 5 | Shi who was the first woman to have the sole director’s credit on a Pixar feature, for “Turning Red” |
| 44% | AARON | 5 | Yankee slugger Judge who was the first rookie to win the Home Run Derby |
| 44% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | "Girl on Fire" singer/pianist who was the first woman to have an "MTV Unplugged" album debut at #1 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JOHNMADDEN | 10 | Football player turned broadcaster who was the first one to have worked for all of the "Big Four" TV networks: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JOSECANSECO | 11 | Retired ballplayer who was the first to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SEATTLESLEW | 11 | 1977 Triple Crown winner who was the first American champion to have been undefeated in previous races: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DEE | 3 | Sandra who was the first to play "Gidget" |
| 41% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 41% | NIMOY | 5 | Actor Leonard who was the first to play Spock |
| 41% | DEE | 3 | Actress Sandra who was the first to play Gidget |
| 41% | DEE | 3 | Actress Sandra who was the first to play "Gidget" |
| 41% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, actor who was the first to play Superman |
| 41% | BIGMAMATHORNTON | 15 | Singer who was the first to record “Hound Dog” |