| 100% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" actor who plays Detective Miles Hoffman on "Stumptown": 2 wds. |
| 62% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | Actor who played Detective Cyrus Lupo for three seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 62% | JERRYORBACH | 11 | Actor who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 58% | COLINFARRELL | 12 | "Horrible Bosses" actor who plays Ray Velcoro on the latest season of "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 57% | TAYLORKITSCH | 12 | "Friday Night Lights" actor who plays Paul Woodrugh on the latest season of "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 57% | RALFLITTLE | 10 | English actor who plays Detective Inspector Neville Parker on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ARDALOHANLON | 12 | Irish actor who played Detective Inspector Jack Mooney on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | KRISMARSHALL | 12 | English actor who played Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Annie" actor who played Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 56% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SCOTTCAAN | 9 | "Ocean's Eleven" actor who plays Detective Jason Grant on "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | JOHNORTIZ | 9 | "American Fiction" actor who plays a police detective on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | DAVIDCARUSO | 11 | Actor who plays Detective John Kelly on "NYPD Blue" and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on "CSI: Miami" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | DAVIDCARUSO | 11 | Actor who played Detective John Kelly on "NYPD Blue" and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on "CSI: Miami" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 54% | DEANCAIN | 8 | Actor who played Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark": 2 wds. |
| 54% | DAVIDSCHWIMMER | 14 | Actor who played paleontology professor Ross Geller on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 54% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | Actor who played Dr. Frasier Crane on "Frasier": 2 wds. |
| 54% | BILLYPORTER | 11 | Actor who plays Pray Tell on "Pose": 2 wds. |
| 54% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who played Archie on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ANDYKAUFMAN | 11 | Actor who played Latka Gravas on "Taxi": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JESSELMARTIN | 12 | Actor who played Detective Ed Green for nine seasons on "Law & Order": 3 wds. |
| 53% | BENJAMINBRATT | 13 | "Private Practice" actor who played detective Rey Curtis on "Law & Order" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BENFELDMAN | 10 | Actor who plays Jonah Simms on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | HARRYANDERSON | 13 | Actor who played Judge Stone on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DONADAMS | 8 | Actor who played Agent 86 on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WILLIAMDEVANE | 13 | Actor who played Greg Sumner on "Knots Landing": 2 wds. |