| # | Article | Edition | Peak daily views | Days in the daily top list | Best daily rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Frederick W. Smith | English Wikipedia | 120,587 | 10 | 26 |
| 1952 | Gerry Connolly | English Wikipedia | 113,775 | 10 | 12 |
| 1953 | Hassan Rouhani | English Wikipedia | 128,097 | 10 | 24 |
| 1954 | Herbert Wigwe | English Wikipedia | 153,222 | 10 | 22 |
| 1955 | Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster | English Wikipedia | 111,513 | 10 | 17 |
| 1956 | Jack Harbaugh | English Wikipedia | 227,727 | 10 | 12 |
| 1957 | Jacklyn Zeman | English Wikipedia | 250,578 | 10 | 9 |
| 1958 | James Woods | English Wikipedia | 155,489 | 10 | 15 |
| 1959 | Joseph Gatto | English Wikipedia | 519,598 | 10 | 3 |
| 1960 | Kamilla Cardoso | English Wikipedia | 181,647 | 10 | 13 |
| 1961 | Katie Cassidy | English Wikipedia | 119,009 | 10 | 18 |
| 1962 | Kon Knueppel | English Wikipedia | 112,046 | 10 | 23 |
| 1963 | Kyren Wilson | English Wikipedia | 120,178 | 10 | 24 |
| 1964 | Lamar Hunt | English Wikipedia | 114,708 | 10 | 46 |
| 1965 | Lee Zeldin | English Wikipedia | 169,084 | 10 | 14 |
| 1966 | Lisa Loring | English Wikipedia | 203,519 | 10 | 14 |
| 1967 | Louis Gossett Jr. | English Wikipedia | 441,029 | 10 | 4 |
| 1968 | Mae Muller | English Wikipedia | 151,670 | 10 | 21 |
| 1969 | Marcell Jacobs | English Wikipedia | 116,000 | 10 | 43 |
| 1970 | Mariann Budde | English Wikipedia | 468,897 | 10 | 5 |
| 1971 | Marianne Faithfull | English Wikipedia | 482,580 | 10 | 3 |
| 1972 | Mijaín López | English Wikipedia | 154,966 | 10 | 19 |
| 1973 | Molly Shannon | English Wikipedia | 118,953 | 10 | 24 |
| 1974 | Natarajan Chandrasekaran | English Wikipedia | 334,652 | 10 | 12 |
| 1975 | Naval Tata | English Wikipedia | 640,656 | 10 | 6 |
| 1976 | Nico Hülkenberg | English Wikipedia | 230,342 | 10 | 10 |
| 1977 | Noel Tata | English Wikipedia | 537,762 | 10 | 5 |
| 1978 | Ovidio Guzmán López | English Wikipedia | 135,464 | 10 | 15 |
| 1979 | Pamela Chopra | English Wikipedia | 135,977 | 10 | 16 |
| 1980 | Park Bo-ram | English Wikipedia | 232,855 | 10 | 12 |
| 1981 | Pat Summerall | English Wikipedia | 279,395 | 10 | 10 |
| 1982 | Rebecca Cheptegei | English Wikipedia | 280,835 | 10 | 6 |
| 1983 | Rekha Gupta | English Wikipedia | 498,111 | 10 | 3 |
| 1984 | Richard Chamberlain | English Wikipedia | 590,198 | 10 | 3 |
| 1985 | Rob Bourdon | English Wikipedia | 193,842 | 10 | 12 |
| 1986 | Robbie Knievel | English Wikipedia | 151,038 | 10 | 22 |
| 1987 | Rossif Sutherland | English Wikipedia | 136,808 | 10 | 15 |
| 1988 | Russell M. Nelson | English Wikipedia | 117,989 | 10 | 24 |
| 1989 | Ryan Crouser | English Wikipedia | 125,292 | 10 | 29 |
| 1990 | Sabu | English Wikipedia | 218,638 | 10 | 6 |
| 1991 | Sam Allardyce | English Wikipedia | 134,905 | 10 | 17 |
| 1992 | Sam Konstas | English Wikipedia | 213,318 | 10 | 12 |
| 1993 | Serge Gainsbourg | English Wikipedia | 161,185 | 10 | 21 |
| 1994 | Shirley Bassey | English Wikipedia | 112,455 | 10 | 27 |
| 1995 | Sivan Kailasavadivoo | English Wikipedia | 210,587 | 10 | 15 |
| 1996 | Sophia Hutchins | English Wikipedia | 153,333 | 10 | 14 |
| 1997 | Sophie Anderson | English Wikipedia | 181,525 | 10 | 8 |
| 1998 | Sporus | English Wikipedia | 111,820 | 10 | 25 |
| 1999 | Steve Gleason | English Wikipedia | 188,677 | 10 | 10 |
| 2000 | Terence Stamp | English Wikipedia | 573,434 | 10 | 3 |