| 100% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor Seiji ___, longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 81% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra who died in February, 2024 |
| 71% | NELSONS | 7 | Andris —, Latvian conductor; Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2014 |
| 70% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra |
| 69% | OZAWA | 5 | Longtime director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 66% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 57% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 55% | BARENBOIM | 9 | Daniel —, Argentina-born conductor and pianist; music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 |
| 54% | SOLTI | 5 | Georg —, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 |
| 50% | LENOX | 5 | Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 47% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of La Scala and the New York Philharmonic |
| 47% | SOLTI | 5 | Eighth director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 39% | OZAWA | 5 | Levine's predecessor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 39% | ABBADO | 6 | Claudio —, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra appointed in 1979 |
| 38% | ASHKENAZY | 9 | Vladimir —, Russia-born Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987-94 |
| 38% | ESA | 3 | ___-Pekka Salonen, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1992-2009 |
| 37% | SOLTI | 5 | Georg of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 37% | OZAWA | 5 | Former Boston Symphony director Seiji |
| 36% | OZAWA | 5 | Longtime Boston Symphony conductor |
| 34% | SOLTI | 5 | Longtime Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor |
| 34% | OZAWA | 5 | Seiji ___, former Boston Symphony conductor |
| 34% | OZAWA | 5 | Seiji ___, longtime Boston Symphony maestro |
| 34% | OZAWA | 5 | Seiji ___, former Boston Symphony director |
| 32% | WISE | 4 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music |
| 32% | OZAWA | 5 | Boston Symphony Orchestra leader |
| 31% | WES | 3 | "Music of the Heart" director Craven |
| 31% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Longtime Boston Celtic who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REITMAN | 7 | Director of the original Ghostbusters |
| 31% | ELIROTH | 7 | Director of the "Hostel" films |
| 31% | SCORSESE | 8 | Director of the film "Goodfellas" |