leaderboard

noun

lead·​er·​board ˈlē-dər-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce leaderboard (audio)
: a large board for displaying the ranking of the leaders in a competitive event (such as a golf tournament)

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But, a year later, Springer rests at the opposite end of baseball’s leaderboards. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 On the platform level, Netflix is projected to top the leaderboard with 25 total wins, edging out Apple TV+ (24) and HBO Max (23). Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 Its software rose to the top of HackerOne’s leaderboard for identifying such bugs earlier this year. Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge is climbing the home run leaderboard awfully quickly. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leaderboard

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leaderboard was in 1963

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“Leaderboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaderboard. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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