standout

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An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing

This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.

exceptional; noteworthy

The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.

Journalists use standout to refer to a person or thing that is much better than the other people or things involved in something. In the earlier rounds, Ferguson and Dickinson were the standouts. used about a person or thing in a group that is much better than all the rest
{i} someone or something that is markedly superior than others