| 100% | LENO | 4 | Jay who was "The Tonight Show" host before Jimmy |
| 98% | LENO | 4 | Jay who was "The Tonight Show" host before Jimmy Fallon |
| 86% | LENO | 4 | Jay who was "The Tonight Show" host before 29-Across |
| 78% | LENO | 4 | Jay who was the late-night host before Jimmy Fallon |
| 76% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted the “Tonight Show” before Jimmy Fallon |
| 74% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" before Jimmy Fallon |
| 67% | PAAR | 4 | Jack who finished hosting "The Tonight Show" 12 years before Jimmy Fallon was born |
| 64% | LENO | 4 | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon as "The Tonight Show" host |
| 62% | ALLEN | 5 | Steve who was the first host of "The Tonight Show" |
| 59% | JAYLENO | 7 | "The Tonight Show" host before Jimmy Fallon (2 wds.) |
| 57% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" |
| 57% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted the “Tonight Show” |
| 56% | MOHR | 4 | Jay who was the first host of "Last Comic Standing" |
| 55% | LENO | 4 | "Tonight Show" host Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon |
| 55% | JIMMYFALLON | 11 | "The Tonight Show" host who just published his second picture book, "Everything Is MAMA": 2 wds. |
| 54% | LENO | 4 | Comedian Jay who used to host The Tonight Show |
| 54% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1992-2009 and 2010-14 |
| 54% | LENO | 4 | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" |
| 52% | PAAR | 4 | Jack who hosted "The Tonight Show" before Johnny Carson |
| 52% | LENO | 4 | "The Tonight Show" host before Fallon |
| 51% | LENO | 4 | Jay who hosted over 4,500 episodes of "The Tonight Show" |
| 51% | ETHEL | 5 | Waters who was the first Black American to host a national television show |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | Jay who left "The Tonight Show" in 2014 |
| 50% | LATENIGHT | 9 | After-hours NBC talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon (who it's said will replace Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show"): 2 wds. |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | "The Tonight Show" host before and after O'Brien |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | “The Tonight Show” host before and after O’Brien |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | "The Tonight Show" host who replaced Carson |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | Longtime "The Tonight Show" host Jay |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | Former "The Tonight Show" host Jay |
| 50% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host who was awarded the Mark Twain Prize in 2014: 2 wds. |