| 100% | MUHAMMAD | 8 | With 33-Across, real-life heavyweight boxer portrayed by Eli Goree in "One Night in Miami" |
| 48% | JIMBROWN | 8 | Real-life NFL running back portrayed by Aldis Hodge in "One Night in Miami": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SAMCOOKE | 8 | Real-life soul singer portrayed by Leslie Odom, Jr. in "One Night in Miami": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Real-life civil rights activist portrayed by Kingsley Ben-Adir in "One Night in Miami": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GEORGE | 6 | With 31-Across, real-life 1950s actor portrayed by Ben Affleck in 2006's "Hollywoodland" |
| 39% | SAM | 3 | Cooke portrayed in One Night in Miami |
| 36% | REGINAKING | 10 | "Watchmen" actress who directed "One Night in Miami," starring 17-Across, 28-Across, Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, and Eli Goree as Cassius Clay (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Actor Goree of "One Night in Miami ..." |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Goree who played Cassius Clay in "One Night in Miami..." |
| 35% | SAM | 3 | Singer Cooke portrayed in "One Night in Miami ..." |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Actor Goree of “One Night in Miami” |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | "One Night in Miami" actor Goree |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | "One Night in Miami ..." actor Goree |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | "One Night in Miami" star Goree |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | "One Night in Miami . . ." actor Goree |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | "One Night in Miami ..." co-star Goree |
| 33% | ELI | 3 | Actor Goree who plays Cassius Clay in "One Night in Miami" |
| 33% | SAM | 3 | Soul singer Cooke who was portrayed in "One Night in Miami ..." |
| 33% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 33% | ELI | 3 | Actor Goree of the film "One Night in Miami ..." |
| 32% | ALANTURING | 10 | Real-life computer scientist portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TONYMENDEZ | 10 | Real-life CIA operative portrayed by Ben Affleck in 2012's "Argo": 2 wds. |
| 32% | PHILKNIGHT | 10 | Real-life Nike executive portrayed by Ben Affleck in 2023's "Air": 2 wds. |
| 32% | REGINA | 6 | One Night in Miami director King |
| 32% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | Real-life theoretical physicist portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory of Everything": 2 wds. |
| 31% | WILLY | 5 | With 33-Across, candymaker played by Johnny Depp in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 31% | TOMMYGUNN | 9 | Rocky's opponent in "Rocky V," played by real-life boxer Morrison (who shares a first name with his character): 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Boxer portrayed by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Boxer portrayed by Will Smith in a 2001 movie |
| 30% | JAMESBRADDOCK | 13 | Boxer portrayed by Russell Crowe in "Cinderella Man": 2 wds. |