league leader
Top-ranked competitor currently
A league leader is whoever tops the standings in a sports league—whether a team with the best record or a player leading a statistical category.
The phrase appears in sports coverage to mark current frontrunners: The league leader in home runs, They've been league leaders since April.
Outside sports, it occasionally describes any dominant entity in a competitive field.
- frontrunnerLeading candidate or competitor
- pole positionFrontmost starting spot
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- standingsComparative position list
- on topIn the lead
top scorer · MVP · first place · dominant · wire to wire · number one seed · rankings · batting title · captain · pacesetter · magic number · trophy · title · division · winning streak · undefeated · playoffs · regular season
- sports rankingsworld number one, top seed, MVP, all-star, first team
- stat leadersbatting champion, MVP, top scorer, high scorer
league leadercellar dweller
Perennial last-place finisher
bottom of the table · basement dweller · tail-ender · tailender · dead last
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