top scorers

Points leaders list

Top scorers are the players who have scored the most points or goals in a competition.

The term appears most often in sports like soccer, basketball, and hockey, where scoring determines outcomes: Messi finished among the top scorers in La Liga.

A top scorer list or chart ranks players by their totals over a season or tournament.

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MVP

Best player award

hat trick · century · double-double · triple-double · career high · record holder · league leader · fantasy points · clutch performer · game winner

rankings

leaderboard

Ranked list of competitors

number one · platinum · gold record · bestseller · blockbuster · box office · ratings · hall of fame · Guinness · record breaker

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wunderkind

Remarkably talented youngster

gifted student · boy wonder · early bloomer · rising star · natural talent · innate ability · spelling bee winner · science fair winner

academic

valedictorian

Top-ranked graduating student

honors · dean's list · scholarship · distinction · Phi Beta Kappa · Rhodes Scholar · Fulbright · GPA · class rank · high achiever

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Chronic last-place finishers

bottom of the table · tail-enders · also-rans · bottom dwellers · basement dwellers

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Unfilled spaces on forms

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