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Women constructors in the Shortz Era

Of the 1,073 constructors in the Shortz Era, 280 identify as women

Yearly summary

This is the only chart here that shows women-only counts. Note that 2021 is a partial year.

Collaborations with men
All-women collaborations
Women solos


Year	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
W+M	3	9	7	2	10	12	17	13	16	10	21	15	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	16	14	16	16	15	19	17	44	19
W+W	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	1	8
W	51	59	73	79	71	81	57	81	68	86	62	73	65	78	65	62	57	44	49	40	42	38	48	31	40	45	66	49

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Data Details

For the rest of this page, puzzles are counted if there is at least one woman constructor.

Each link in the table below goes to a list of puzzles that make up that number so you can see who the constructors are.

Example links:

All Saturday puzzles by women in the Shortz Era — list, thumbnails
All puzzles by women last year — list, thumbnails
Monday puzzles by women in 2001 (the first time women hit 50%) — list, thumbnails

Year	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
All	340 : 23%	499 : 34%	422 : 29%	292 : 20%	253 : 17%	183 : 13%	119 : 8%	2108 : 21%
1993	2 : 33%	1 : 17%	2 : 33%	2 : 33%	3 : 50%	1 : 17%	0 : 0%	11 : 27%
1994	14 : 27%	10 : 19%	11 : 21%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	2 : 4%	1 : 2%	54 : 15%
1995	15 : 28%	10 : 19%	9 : 17%	13 : 25%	11 : 21%	4 : 8%	6 : 12%	68 : 19%
1996	14 : 27%	20 : 38%	16 : 30%	12 : 23%	14 : 27%	1 : 2%	3 : 6%	80 : 22%
1997	17 : 33%	17 : 33%	19 : 37%	10 : 19%	14 : 27%	2 : 4%	2 : 4%	81 : 22%
1998	14 : 27%	12 : 23%	18 : 35%	16 : 31%	18 : 34%	3 : 6%	2 : 4%	83 : 23%
1999	18 : 35%	17 : 33%	24 : 46%	15 : 29%	10 : 19%	8 : 15%	2 : 4%	94 : 26%
2000	19 : 36%	17 : 33%	15 : 29%	9 : 17%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	80 : 22%
2001	18 : 35%	27 : 51%	16 : 31%	10 : 19%	12 : 23%	10 : 19%	4 : 8%	97 : 27%
2002	15 : 29%	12 : 23%	19 : 36%	12 : 23%	12 : 23%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	87 : 24%
2003	17 : 33%	22 : 42%	18 : 35%	11 : 21%	14 : 27%	11 : 21%	5 : 10%	98 : 27%
2004	12 : 23%	15 : 29%	20 : 38%	11 : 21%	12 : 23%	9 : 17%	5 : 10%	84 : 23%
2005	8 : 15%	22 : 42%	27 : 52%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	7 : 13%	8 : 15%	89 : 24%
2006	7 : 13%	19 : 37%	15 : 29%	19 : 37%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	2 : 4%	79 : 22%
2007	12 : 23%	21 : 40%	18 : 35%	14 : 27%	10 : 19%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	92 : 25%
2008	12 : 23%	26 : 50%	17 : 32%	6 : 11%	5 : 10%	1 : 2%	11 : 21%	78 : 21%
2009	9 : 17%	20 : 38%	12 : 23%	9 : 17%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	7 : 13%	73 : 20%
2010	10 : 19%	21 : 40%	18 : 35%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	68 : 19%
2011	15 : 29%	14 : 27%	13 : 25%	7 : 13%	5 : 10%	3 : 6%	0 : 0%	57 : 16%
2012	7 : 13%	22 : 42%	12 : 23%	10 : 19%	7 : 13%	2 : 4%	2 : 4%	62 : 17%
2013	11 : 21%	17 : 33%	11 : 21%	10 : 19%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	0 : 0%	57 : 16%
2014	5 : 10%	18 : 35%	10 : 19%	11 : 21%	8 : 15%	3 : 6%	1 : 2%	56 : 15%
2015	11 : 21%	18 : 35%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	6 : 11%	4 : 8%	0 : 0%	56 : 15%
2016	7 : 13%	16 : 31%	15 : 29%	3 : 6%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	6 : 11%	64 : 17%
2017	9 : 17%	11 : 21%	10 : 19%	5 : 10%	3 : 6%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	49 : 13%
2018	6 : 12%	19 : 36%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	1 : 2%	60 : 16%
2019	11 : 21%	13 : 25%	9 : 17%	11 : 21%	5 : 10%	11 : 21%	4 : 8%	64 : 18%
2020	12 : 23%	22 : 42%	17 : 33%	14 : 26%	14 : 26%	19 : 37%	13 : 25%	111 : 30%
2021	13 : 34%	20 : 54%	14 : 38%	10 : 27%	4 : 11%	10 : 26%	5 : 13%	76 : 29%

Notes on the calculations

Collaboration puzzles are counted here as by Women if there is at least one woman constructor. One could argue that this over-states their contributions and the more accurate percentages are even lower. (See top chart.)

Percentages more than one third or less than one tenth are color coded.

1993 and 2021 are partial years so they are grayed out with no color coding.