#3 Chris Jericho (2016) - Eliminated 26th - 1 Elimination
The GOAT, Chris Jericho, is one of the best Royal Rumble participants ever as well as one of the best wrestlers ever. A part of Jericho's legendary status is due to his performances at the Royal Rumble, including his ironman effort in 2016 where he lasted until the final 6 before being eliminated by Dean Ambrose.
While lasting 51 minutes and 20 seconds in the Royal Rumble, he pushed his total Rumble participation time up to 4 hours, 1 minute and 17 seconds and would go on to eclipse this performance in the 2017 Royal Rumble by posting a time of 1 hour and 13 seconds. Due to these ironman performances, Jericho is clear at the top of the longest cumulative time spent in the Royal Rumble, clocking in at over 5 hours, a full hour ahead of Triple H who is the next best.
Even though Jericho is seemingly no longer interested in appearing with the WWE, it seems like this record will take some effort to break.