| 100% | STEVENYEUN | 10 | Korean American "Minari" actor honored with a 2024 Great Immigrants award: 2 wds. |
| 58% | MARIARESSA | 10 | Filipino American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 Carnegie Great Immigrants award: 2 wds. |
| 46% | OCEAN | 5 | With 33-Across, Vietnamese American "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" novelist who was honored with a 2024 Great Immigrants award |
| 40% | BETTYFORD | 9 | 1970s US First Lady who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 39% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JOHNBOYEGA | 10 | "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | "Spider-Man: No Way Home" actor honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NELLYKORDA | 10 | LPGA player ranked World #1 in 2021 who was honored with a Best Athlete, Women's Golf ESPY Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ORPHANBLACK | 11 | Human cloning science fiction series with a 2024 spin-off subtitled "Echoes": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BETTYWHITE | 10 | Actress honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award who turned 99 on January 17, 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | "Rhythm Nation" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | "Coming 2 America" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "The Great White Hope" and "Fences" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | ANANAVARRO | 10 | Nicaraguan-born CNN political commentator who received the Carnegie Great Immigrants award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAVIDBYRNE | 10 | Scottish-born Talking Heads musician who received the Carnegie Great Immigrants award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BREANNASTEWART | 14 | Basketball great honored with the 2019 ESPY Award for Best WNBA Player (2 wds.) |
| 33% | CATHERINEOHARA | 14 | Canadian-born "Schitt's Creek" actress who received the Carnegie Great Immigrants award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALEXMORGAN | 10 | Soccer great honored with the 2019 ESPY Award for Best Female 34-Down (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | Tennis great honored with the 2019 ESPY Award for Best Female Tennis Player (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan honored with a SAG Life Achievement Award in 2019 |
| 33% | RICKTOCCHET | 11 | Vancouver Canucks head coach who was honored with the NHL's Jack Adams Award for coach of the year in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | KEVINMCHALE | 11 | Former Celtics power forward who shares his name with a "Glee" actor: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | "Waiting for Godot" playwright with a Dublin bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |