| 100% | LEO | 3 | "The West Wing" chief of staff ___ McGarry |
| 95% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff McGarry, on “The West Wing” |
| 89% | LEO | 3 | The West Wing's chief of staff |
| 87% | LEO | 3 | ___ McGarry, chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 79% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 78% | LEO | 3 | Jed's first chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 61% | RAHMEMANUEL | 11 | Chief of staff in the Obama White House |
| 57% | ELI | 3 | ___Gold, chief of staff on the TV series "The Good Wife" |
| 57% | OSS | 3 | Joint Chiefs of Staff agcy. that became the CIA in 1945 |
| 56% | LOWE | 4 | Rob of The West Wing |
| 55% | TEDDER | 6 | Arthur —, Chief of the Air Staff from 1946-50 |
| 54% | LEO | 3 | "The West Wing" character ___ McGarry |
| 53% | SCHARNHORST | 11 | Gerhard von —, Chief of the Prussian General Staff from 1808-10 |
| 53% | ALANBROOKE | 10 | 1st Viscount —, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941-46 |
| 53% | RAHM | 4 | ___ Emanuel, former White House chief of staff under Obama who's now the mayor of Chicago |
| 53% | MULL | 4 | Island off the West coast of Scotland whose chief town is Tobermory |
| 52% | ELI | 3 | ___ Gold, chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 52% | ALLISON | 7 | Tall star of The West Wing, actor Janney |
| 52% | HAVANA | 6 | Chief port of the West Indies |
| 51% | ELI | 3 | Peter's chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 51% | SORKIN | 6 | Screenwriter of West Wing, The Social Network |
| 50% | GATEKEEPER | 10 | Chief of staff, frequently |
| 49% | AIDE | 4 | Chief of staff's staffer |
| 49% | HAIG | 4 | Chief of staff under Nixon |
| 49% | EMANUEL | 7 | Chief of staff under Obama |
| 49% | BARTLET | 7 | The West Wing's president |
| 49% | JAMESBAKER | 10 | White House Chief of Staff for Reagan and George H.W. Bush (and also a Secretary of the Treasury): 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOHNSUNUNU | 10 | Chief of staff under George Bush |
| 48% | HOWARDBAKER | 11 | Reagan chief of staff |
| 48% | HAIG | 4 | Nixon chief of staff |