| 100% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played Samuel Gerard, the man who leads a team of U.S. Marshals in 18a: 3 wds. |
| 45% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor from "No Country for Old Men," who plays the role of Cable, a mutant soldier, in "The Untitled Deadpool Sequel": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | "Schindler's List" actor who plays the Duke of Oxford in "The King's Man": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JONATHANPRYCE | 13 | "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who played a Bond villain in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 42% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | Actor from "American Beauty", who plays the role of a congressman in Netflix's "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 41% | NOELGUGLIEMI | 12 | "The Fast and the Furious" actor who plays a member of the thief's heist crew in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | Actor who made a cameo in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by playing the role of Blake, the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LUKEKLEINTANK | 13 | "The Man in the High Castle" actor who plays team leader Scott Forrester on CBS's "FBI: International": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who played Doctor Dolittle in a 2020 film: 3 wds. |
| 41% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BOBKNIGHT | 9 | Indiana University coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who plays a man with extremely fragile bones in "Unbreakable" and 62-Across (3 wds.) |
| 40% | BENMENDELSOHN | 13 | Actor who plays the character of Talos, a shape shifting Skrull leader in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JESSELMARTIN | 12 | "The Flash" actor who played Tom Collins in the original Broadway cast of "Rent": 3 wds. |
| 40% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JASONWATKINS | 12 | "A Very English Scandal" actor who plays Prime Minister Harold Wilson in season 3 of "The Crown" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JEREMYPIVEN | 11 | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GEOFFREYRUSH | 12 | "Shine" actor who plays Captain Hector Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | "Troy" actor who plays Captain Will Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |