playmaker
noun
play·mak·er
ˈplā-ˌmā-kər 
: a player who leads the offense for a team (as in basketball or hockey)
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The Bills use multiple styles and a multitude of playmakers to win.
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The Heisman runner-up is a high-volume playmaker with elite contact balance.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Both the Lions and Eagles aren’t lacking for playmakers outside their quarterbacks, either, with wide receivers like Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams in Detroit, as well as A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith in Philadelphia.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The kid was just an explosive playmaker offensively.
—Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The Heisman runner-up is a high-volume playmaker with elite contact balance.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Both the Lions and Eagles aren’t lacking for playmakers outside their quarterbacks, either, with wide receivers like Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams in Detroit, as well as A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith in Philadelphia.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The kid was just an explosive playmaker offensively.
—Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Playmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmaker. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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