Front-runner is a term to describe the leader in a race, whether in politics, sports or a beauty pageant.

It may also refer to:

Arts and media

  • The Front Runner (film), a 2018 political drama directed by Jason Reitman
  • The Front Runner (novel), a 1974 gay novel by Patricia Nell Warren from which LGBT running and walking clubs derived their name
  • Frontrunner (album), 2018, by Frontperson
  • "Front Runner", a Stan Rogers song from the 1978 album Turnaround
  • "Front Runners", a 2012 episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Frontrunner, a 2008 documentary about Massouda Jalal's campaign for the presidency of Afghanistan

Vehicles

  • Front Runner, a sailboat
  • FrontRunner, a commuter rail train in Utah
  • Front Runner UGV, an unmanned ground vehicle, made in Israel
  • FrontRunner, a railroad boxcar model built by TTX Company

Other uses

  • FrontRunners, a group of Indigenous Canadian athletes
  • Frontrunners, a collective name for the worldwide network of LGBT running and walking clubs