| 100% | PATRICKHARRIS | 13 | Neil, one of the lead actors in "How I Met Your Mother," who directed the episode "Jenkins" in the show's 5th season: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | Lead actor in "Breaking Bad," who directed the episode "Blood Money" in the show's 5th season: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Patrick Harris, actor from "How I Met Your Mother" who has directed an episode of the series |
| 43% | PATRICKHARRIS | 13 | Neil ___, who played Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 42% | JOSHRADNOR | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" actor who costars in "Rise": 2 wds. |
| 41% | HEIDIKLUM | 9 | German model and TV personality who had a guest appearance in "How I Met Your Mother" in the episode called "The Yips": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BARNEYSTINSON | 13 | "How I Met Your Mother" character who's credited with writing the 2008 book "The Bro Code": 2 wds. |
| 39% | KELSEY | 6 | "Frasier" lead actor Grammer, who directed the episode "Three Valentines" in the show's 6th season |
| 39% | JASONSEGEL | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" costar who voiced supervillain Vector in "Despicable Me": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LAURIE | 6 | "House" lead actor Hugh, who directed the episode "Lockdown" in the show's 6th season |
| 39% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "The Vow'' actor who voices one of the lead characters in "Smallfoot'': 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALYSONHANNIGAN | 14 | "How I Met Your Mother" actress whose real-life pregnancy was written into the show's plot: 2 wds. |
| 38% | COBIESMULDERS | 13 | Actress who played Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALYSONHANNIGAN | 14 | "How I Met Your Mother" actress who played Michelle in "American Pie": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JASONSEGEL | 10 | Actor who plays Marshall Eriksen on "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 38% | JOSHRADNOR | 10 | Actor who played architecture professor Ted Mosby on "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds. |
| 37% | COBIESMULDERS | 13 | "How I Met Your Mother" actress who co-starred with Tom Cruise in the action film "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LILYALDRIN | 10 | Marshall Eriksen's wife in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 36% | JASONSEGEL | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" actor who plays Peter on AMC's anthology drama "Dispatches from Elsewhere" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEMALL | 7 | "Let's Go to ___," Robin Sparkles' hit song in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JASONSEGAL | 10 | "How I Met Your Mother" actor who plays Jimmy Laird on "Shrinking" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Patrick Harris, actor who was part of television shows such as "How I Met Your Mother" and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
| 35% | TEDMOSBY | 8 | The main character in How I Met Your Mother |
| 35% | ARMIEHAMMER | 11 | "Call Me By Your Name" actor who plays Martin Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NEIL | 4 | With 15-Across, "How I Met Your Mother" actor who won a 2014 Tony Award for starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" |
| 35% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays Slim, one of the title characters on the run in 2019's "Queen & Slim": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MACLARENS | 9 | ___ Pub, bar where the lead characters of "How I Met Your Mother" often meet up |
| 35% | TED | 3 | The character who tells the story of his life in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 34% | SYMPHONY | 8 | "___ of Illumination," Christmas episode from the seventh season of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" |