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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Can’t find your team or mini-league on the leaderboard? Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025 Four players are ahead of him on this year’s leaderboard. Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025 Despite this weekend's sequel fever, there were several other notable entries into the domestic and global leaderboards. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025 Verstappen won six of the last nine races and made a surge to the top of the leaderboard. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leaderboard

Word History

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 17 Dec. 2025.

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