| Rank | Avg (Top 5) | Avg (All) | Films | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86.6% | 83.1% | 9 | Werner Herzog |
| 2 | 85.8% | 82.0% | 7 | François Truffaut |
| 3 | 85.8% | 79.8% | 13 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| 4 | 84.8% | 78.7% | 12 | Robert Altman |
| 5 | 84.4% | 81.3% | 7 | Woody Allen |
| 6 | 83.6% | 80.6% | 7 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| 7 | 83.6% | 76.0% | 7 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 8 | 82.4% | 75.9% | 7 | Martin Scorsese |
| 9 | 81.8% | 69.9% | 12 | Sidney Lumet |
| 10 | 81.2% | 73.5% | 8 | Don Siegel |
| 11 | 80.8% | 80.8% | 5 | William Friedkin |
| 12 | 80.8% | 76.9% | 7 | Hal Ashby |
| 13 | 80.8% | 68.3% | 7 | Peter Bogdanovich |
| 14 | 80.6% | 73.1% | 9 | Sam Peckinpah |
| 15 | 80.2% | 80.2% | 5 | John Cassavetes |
| 16 | 79.2% | 67.5% | 10 | Herbert Ross |
| 17 | 78.4% | 76.0% | 6 | Alan J. Pakula |
| 18 | 78.2% | 71.9% | 8 | John Huston |
| 19 | 77.8% | 73.7% | 6 | Michael Ritchie |
| 20 | 77.4% | 77.4% | 5 | Nicolas Roeg |
| 21 | 76.6% | 76.6% | 5 | Yash Chopra |
| 22 | 76.4% | 76.4% | 5 | Mel Brooks |
| 23 | 76.2% | 71.8% | 8 | Martin Ritt |
| 24 | 75.8% | 65.1% | 11 | Arthur Hiller |
| 25 | 75.2% | 73.7% | 6 | Clint Eastwood |
| 26 | 74.8% | 74.8% | 5 | Michael Apted |
| 27 | 74.8% | 74.8% | 5 | Steven Spielberg |
| 28 | 74.8% | 74.8% | 5 | Ted Kotcheff |
| 29 | 74.6% | 70.7% | 7 | Ken Russell |
| 30 | 74.2% | 67.1% | 7 | Peter Yates |
| 31 | 74.0% | 74.0% | 5 | George Roy Hill |
| 32 | 73.8% | 68.3% | 7 | Joseph Sargent |
| 33 | 73.6% | 73.6% | 5 | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| 34 | 73.4% | 73.4% | 5 | Paul Mazursky |
| 35 | 73.2% | 69.9% | 15 | Cheh Chang |
| 36 | 72.6% | 69.4% | 7 | Joseph Losey |
| 37 | 72.0% | 72.0% | 5 | Chia-Liang Liu |
| 38 | 71.4% | 66.3% | 8 | Richard Lester |
| 39 | 71.2% | 66.9% | 7 | Robert Aldrich |
| 40 | 71.0% | 71.0% | 5 | Jack Hill |
| 41 | 71.0% | 71.0% | 5 | Norman Jewison |
| 42 | 70.4% | 70.4% | 5 | Kinji Fukasaku |
| 43 | 70.2% | 70.2% | 5 | Mario Monicelli |
| 44 | 69.2% | 64.3% | 8 | Blake Edwards |
| 45 | 69.0% | 69.0% | 5 | John G. Avildsen |
| 46 | 69.0% | 61.9% | 7 | John Frankenheimer |
| 47 | 68.4% | 63.5% | 6 | Douglas Hickox |
| 48 | 68.0% | 63.0% | 12 | Richard Fleischer |
| 49 | 67.8% | 65.0% | 6 | Richard C. Sarafian |
| 50 | 67.8% | 60.2% | 11 | Michael Winner |
| 51 | 67.6% | 67.6% | 5 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| 52 | 67.4% | 64.3% | 6 | Dan Curtis |
| 53 | 66.0% | 66.0% | 5 | Robert Mulligan |
| 54 | 66.0% | 54.6% | 9 | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| 55 | 65.8% | 63.8% | 6 | Norman Tokar |
| 56 | 65.6% | 65.6% | 5 | Frank Perry |
| 57 | 65.6% | 62.3% | 6 | Ted Post |
| 58 | 65.2% | 63.5% | 6 | Daniel Mann |
| 59 | 65.0% | 65.0% | 5 | Ralph Bakshi |
| 60 | 64.8% | 64.8% | 5 | Robert Butler |
| 61 | 64.6% | 64.6% | 5 | Robert Clouse |
| 62 | 64.4% | 64.4% | 5 | John Guillermin |
| 63 | 64.4% | 64.4% | 5 | Lewis Gilbert |
| 64 | 63.8% | 61.5% | 6 | James Goldstone |
| 65 | 63.4% | 63.4% | 5 | Bruce Beresford |
| 66 | 62.6% | 56.6% | 8 | Jack Smight |
| 67 | 62.4% | 62.4% | 5 | Freddie Francis |
| 68 | 62.4% | 57.4% | 8 | Stuart Rosenberg |
| 69 | 62.2% | 56.3% | 7 | Lamont Johnson |
| 70 | 61.2% | 61.2% | 5 | Larry Cohen |
| 71 | 60.8% | 59.0% | 6 | Ralph Nelson |
| 72 | 60.8% | 54.8% | 8 | Vincent McEveety |
| 73 | 60.6% | 60.6% | 5 | John Hough |
| 74 | 60.2% | 60.2% | 5 | Richard T. Heffron |
| 75 | 59.8% | 59.0% | 6 | Gerald Thomas |
| 76 | 59.2% | 59.2% | 5 | Robert Stevenson |
| 77 | 59.0% | 56.3% | 7 | Burt Kennedy |
| 78 | 58.8% | 58.8% | 5 | Terence Young |
| 79 | 57.8% | 57.8% | 5 | Tom Gries |
| 80 | 57.2% | 57.2% | 5 | Ronald Neame |
| 81 | 56.6% | 56.6% | 5 | Robert Fuest |
| 82 | 56.6% | 56.6% | 5 | Robert Wise |
| 83 | 56.0% | 56.0% | 5 | Roy Ward Baker |
| 84 | 55.8% | 55.8% | 5 | Michael Schultz |
| 85 | 55.2% | 52.8% | 6 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 86 | 54.0% | 54.0% | 5 | Michael Anderson |
| Rank | Avg (Top 5) | Avg (All) | Films | Name |