In most cases, the first example of a given word does not represent the actual coinage, merely the first example that has been discovered. Nonetheless, it's interesting to see who is at the top of the list.
| Author | Number of First Quotations |
| Robert A. Heinlein | 46 |
| Edward E. Smith | 45 |
| John W. Campbell, Jr. | 37 |
| Isaac Asimov | 28 |
| Jack Williamson | 27 |
| Edmond Hamilton | 21 |
| Poul Anderson | 19 |
| Larry Niven | 14 |
| A. E. van Vogt | 11 |
| James Blish | 11 |
| Nat Schachner | 11 |
| Ray Cummings | 11 |
| Robert Silverberg | 9 |
| George O. Smith | 9 |
| Theodore Sturgeon | 9 |
| Murray Leinster | 9 |
| H. G. Wells | 9 |
| Fritz Leiber | 9 |
| Forrest J. Ackerman | 8 |
| George Lucas | 8 |