| 100% | SCHARNHORST | 11 | Gerhard von —, Chief of the Prussian General Staff from 1808-10 |
| 51% | ALANBROOKE | 10 | 1st Viscount —, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941-46 |
| 43% | TEDDER | 6 | Arthur —, Chief of the Air Staff from 1946-50 |
| 39% | OMARBRADLEY | 11 | US Army officer; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 39% | BRADLEY | 7 | Omar —, US Army general; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 36% | BRADLEY | 7 | Omar —, US Army general who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 35% | RAHMEMANUEL | 11 | Chief of staff in the Obama White House |
| 33% | OMARBRADLEY | 11 | First chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949 |
| 33% | EARLE | 5 | ___ Wheeler, 1964-70 chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 32% | ELI | 3 | ___Gold, chief of staff on the TV series "The Good Wife" |
| 32% | OSS | 3 | Joint Chiefs of Staff agcy. that became the CIA in 1945 |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | Cookie from the makers of 10-Across |
| 32% | ANDY | 4 | Card who was White House chief of staff from 2001 to 2006 |
| 31% | PONTIAC | 7 | Native American chief of the Ottawa tribe who led a rebellion against the British from 1763-66 |
| 31% | CARLVON | 7 | & 6D Prussian general; author of the unfinished On War, a work on military strategy |
| 30% | LEO | 3 | The West Wing's chief of staff |
| 30% | RAHM | 4 | ___ Emanuel, former White House chief of staff under Obama who's now the mayor of Chicago |
| 30% | PARINGMASTER | 12 | Chief of the kitchen police? |
| 30% | COMMISH | 7 | Chief of the force, informally |
| 30% | SCARLETT | 8 | John —, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2004-09 |
| 29% | LEO | 3 | ___ McGarry, chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 29% | ELI | 3 | ___ Gold, chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 29% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 29% | ELI | 3 | Peter's chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 29% | PICKLES | 7 | Eric —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2009-10 |
| 29% | TRAPP | 5 | Von ___ family, from "The Sound of Music" |
| 29% | LEO | 3 | Jed's first chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 29% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff McGarry, on “The West Wing” |
| 28% | HARMAN | 6 | Harriet —, Leader of the House of Commons from 2007-10 |
| 28% | VIC | 3 | & 16A General Secretary of the TUC from 1969-73 |