| 100% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 55% | ANDYMUSCHIETTI | 14 | Director of "It Chapter Two" who also directed "It" and "Mama": 2 wds. |
| 53% | RUPERTSANDERS | 13 | Director of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, who has also directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" previously : 2 wds. |
| 52% | DAVIDFINCHER | 12 | "Gone Girl" director who produces and directs episodes of "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ZACKSNYDER | 10 | Director of 32-Across, who also directed "Man of Steel": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOHNSINGLETON | 13 | Director of 18-Across and 40-Across who passed away in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | "The Wolf of Wall Street" director who co-wrote and directed "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | Australian director of 19- and 33-Across who's known for films with pop music soundtracks: 2 wds. |
| 47% | FREDZINNEMANN | 13 | Director of "High Noon" (who won two Oscars, for directing "A Man for All Seasons" and "From Here to Eternity"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | SARAHPOLLEY | 11 | "Away from Her" writer/director who wrote and directed the film adaptation of 28-Across, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival this month (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PENNYMARSHALL | 13 | "Laverne & Shirley" actress who directed "Big" and "A League of Their Own": 2 wds. |
| 45% | FRANKDARABONT | 13 | Director of "The Mist" and "The Green Mile" who developed 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOSHOCONNOR | 11 | "Emma" actor who played 32-Across in seasons 3 and 4 of "The Crown": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of 2017's "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RICHARDDONNER | 13 | "The Goonies" director, who also directed "Superman" and "Lethal Weapon": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" director who also directed "Barbie": 2 wds. |
| 44% | PAULDANO | 8 | "Escape at Dannemora" actor who directed 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SYDNEYPOLLACK | 13 | "Out of Africa" Oscar-winning director who directed 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Nomadland" director who directed and co-wrote Marvel's "Eternals" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 42% | ROBERTZEMECKIS | 14 | Oscar-winning director of "Forrest Gump" who also directed "Romancing the Stone": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SPIKEJONZE | 10 | "Her" director who also directed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice": 2 wds. |
| 41% | VINDIESEL | 9 | "The Fast and Furious" actor who voices Groot in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | DAVIDORUSSELL | 13 | Director of "American Hustle": 3 wds. |
| 41% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Actor who directed 17-Across and played the title character: 2 wds. |
| 41% | KIRKFRANKLIN | 12 | "Stomp" singer and choir director who competed against Fred Hammond in a 2020 episode of "Verzuz": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALANALDA | 8 | Hawkeye Pierce portrayer who wrote, directed, and starred in the final episode of "M*A*S*H" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman": 2 wds. |