leaderboard

noun

lead·​er·​board ˈlē-dər-ˌbȯrd 

: a large board for displaying the ranking of the leaders in a competitive event (such as a golf tournament)

Examples of leaderboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Judge passed franchise icon Joe DiMaggio to leap into fourth place on the Yankees' all-time home run leaderboard Friday night with a first-inning blast against the Boston Red Sox. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025

Aaron Judge Judge spent the last week rearranging the New York Yankees franchise leaderboard for career home runs. —Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

That’s how Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor described waking up in July to the news that the company’s Apple TV+ drama was top of the leaderboard in this year’s Emmy Awards derby. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025

But, a year later, Springer rests at the opposite end of baseball’s leaderboards. —Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for leaderboard

• checkerboard
• clavichord
• fiberboard
• fibreboard
• fingerboard
• harpsichord
• motherboard
• notochord
• overboard
• overlord
• paperboard
• plasterboard