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

Demand from your vendors not only leaderboard scores but their refusal behavior, their behavior under distribution shift and their performance on tasks designed to fail. — Zihan Wang, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

In that time, new names have risen to the top of the leaderboards, and the old guard has won their fair share of events as well. — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026

Employees were reportedly running AI agents on meaningless tasks to inflate their token count and climb an unofficial internal AI leaderboard called Kirorank. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Once seated, guests can race against one another for a spot on the leaderboard using a simple joystick control. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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