| Rank | Avg (Top 5) | Avg (All) | Films | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89.8% | 78.1% | 29 | Buster Keaton |
| 2 | 85.8% | 82.6% | 7 | Charles Chaplin |
| 3 | 84.2% | 84.2% | 5 | Edward Sedgwick |
| 4 | 84.2% | 74.1% | 16 | King Vidor |
| 5 | 83.4% | 78.9% | 7 | Fred Niblo |
| 6 | 83.2% | 83.2% | 5 | Fritz Lang |
| 7 | 83.0% | 78.3% | 7 | Josef von Sternberg |
| 8 | 82.8% | 78.1% | 7 | F.W. Murnau |
| 9 | 82.4% | 77.9% | 7 | Erich von Stroheim |
| 10 | 81.0% | 81.0% | 5 | George W. Hill |
| 11 | 80.8% | 75.6% | 12 | Sam Taylor |
| 12 | 80.6% | 75.7% | 10 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 13 | 80.4% | 73.2% | 19 | Edward F. Cline |
| 14 | 80.2% | 80.2% | 5 | Victor Sjöström |
| 15 | 79.8% | 79.8% | 5 | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| 16 | 79.8% | 77.1% | 7 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
| 17 | 79.6% | 77.5% | 6 | Frank Borzage |
| 18 | 79.6% | 74.9% | 10 | D.W. Griffith |
| 19 | 79.2% | 75.0% | 8 | Tod Browning |
| 20 | 78.8% | 73.9% | 11 | Clarence Brown |
| 21 | 78.2% | 72.6% | 8 | Herbert Brenon |
| 22 | 78.0% | 73.2% | 11 | Cecil B. DeMille |
| 23 | 77.4% | 71.3% | 12 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 24 | 76.8% | 71.6% | 8 | Sidney Franklin |
| 25 | 76.8% | 70.9% | 8 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 26 | 76.0% | 76.0% | 5 | John S. Robertson |
| 27 | 76.0% | 73.9% | 7 | Rex Ingram |
| 28 | 75.0% | 73.5% | 6 | Raoul Walsh |
| 29 | 74.4% | 73.5% | 6 | Victor Fleming |
| 30 | 73.2% | 71.5% | 6 | Alan Crosland |
| 31 | 72.8% | 62.8% | 8 | John Ford |
| 32 | 71.4% | 71.4% | 5 | Robert G. Vignola |
| 33 | 71.0% | 66.8% | 8 | Malcolm St. Clair |
| 34 | 70.4% | 69.3% | 6 | Frank Lloyd |
| 35 | 70.0% | 70.0% | 5 | F. Richard Jones |
| 36 | 69.6% | 69.6% | 5 | Alfred E. Green |
| 37 | 69.4% | 67.7% | 6 | Maurice Tourneur |
| 38 | 63.6% | 63.6% | 5 | Graham Cutts |
| Rank | Avg (Top 5) | Avg (All) | Films | Name |