diff --git a/src/pages/LeaderboardPage.jsx b/src/pages/LeaderboardPage.jsx
index 3bf8dd9..3352f38 100644
--- a/src/pages/LeaderboardPage.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/LeaderboardPage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import { useMockStore } from '../data/mockStore';
 import {
     Trophy, TrendingUp, DollarSign, Target, Crown, ShieldOff,
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ const rankBadge = (i) =>
               'text-zinc-500';
 
 // ── Podium (shared) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const TopPodium = ({ data, metricKey, formatVal, accentColor = 'border-yellow-400' }) => {
+const TopPodium = ({ data, metricKey, numberFormat = {}, accentColor = 'border-yellow-400' }) => {
     if (data.length < 3) return null;
     const [first, second, third] = data;
-    const Step = ({ agent, rank, height, color, glow }) => (
+    // Bars grow from a shared baseline at a constant speed, so the shortest (bronze)
+    // finishes first, then silver, and the tallest (gold) lands last.
+    const Step = ({ agent, rank, heightPx, color, glow }) => (
         <div className="flex flex-col items-center z-10 mx-2 md:mx-4">
             <div className="mb-4 text-center">
                 <div className="relative inline-block">
@@ -33,20 +36,27 @@ const TopPodium = ({ data, metricKey, formatVal, accentColor = 'border-yellow-40
                 </div>
                 <h3 className="font-bold text-sm md:text-base text-zinc-900 dark:text-white truncate max-w-[100px]">{agent.name}</h3>
                 <p className={`font-mono font-bold text-sm md:text-lg ${color.replace('border-', 'text-')}`}>
-                    {formatVal(agent[metricKey])}
+                    <AnimatedNumber value={agent[metricKey]} duration={1.4} {...numberFormat} />
                 </p>
             </div>
-            <div className={`w-24 md:w-32 ${height} rounded-t-lg bg-gradient-to-b from-white/80 to-white/20 dark:from-white/10 dark:to-white/5 border-t border-x ${color} backdrop-blur-md relative overflow-hidden hover:brightness-110 transition-all duration-500`}>
+            <motion.div
+                initial={{ height: 0 }}
+                animate={{ height: heightPx }}
+                transition={{ duration: heightPx / 100, ease: 'easeOut' }}
+                className={`w-24 md:w-32 rounded-t-lg bg-gradient-to-b from-white/80 to-white/20 dark:from-white/10 dark:to-white/5 border-t border-x ${color} backdrop-blur-md relative overflow-hidden hover:brightness-110`}
+            >
                 <div className="absolute inset-x-0 top-0 h-[1px] bg-white/50" />
                 <div className="w-full h-full flex items-end justify-center pb-4 text-4xl font-black text-black/5 dark:text-white/5 select-none">{rank}</div>
-            </div>
+            </motion.div>
         </div>
     );
     return (
-        <div className="flex items-end justify-center mb-12 pt-8">
-            <Step agent={second} rank={2} height="h-32" color="border-zinc-300"    glow="bg-zinc-400" />
-            <Step agent={first}  rank={1} height="h-44" color={accentColor}         glow="bg-yellow-500" />
-            <Step agent={third}  rank={3} height="h-24" color="border-orange-400"  glow="bg-orange-500" />
+        // Fixed min-height reserves the full podium space so the shared baseline
+        // never shifts while the bars animate — they grow upward from the floor.
+        <div className="flex items-end justify-center mb-12 pt-8 min-h-[360px]">
+            <Step agent={second} rank={2} heightPx={128} color="border-zinc-300"    glow="bg-zinc-400" />
+            <Step agent={first}  rank={1} heightPx={176} color={accentColor}         glow="bg-yellow-500" />
+            <Step agent={third}  rank={3} heightPx={96}  color="border-orange-400"  glow="bg-orange-500" />
         </div>
     );
 };
@@ -137,13 +147,6 @@ const LeaderboardPage = () => {
         }).sort((a, b) => b[metric] - a[metric]);
     }, [agents, salesHistory, timeframe, metric]);
 
-    const formatSales = (val, m) => {
-        if (m === 'revenue') return `$${val.toLocaleString('en-US')}`;
-        if (m === 'volume')  return `${val} Deals`;
-        if (m === 'winRate') return `${val.toFixed(1)}%`;
-        return val;
-    };
-
     // ── Canvasser leaderboard data ───────────────────────────────────────────
     // Single source of truth: canvasserHistory records, filtered by date window.
     //   verified   = records with status 'verified' OR 'converted' (converted is also verified)
@@ -170,11 +173,6 @@ const LeaderboardPage = () => {
         }).sort((a, b) => b[cvMetric] - a[cvMetric]);
     }, [agents, canvasserHistory, cvTimeframe, cvMetric]);
 
-    const formatCv = (val, m) => {
-        if (m === 'convRate') return `${val.toFixed(1)}%`;
-        return `${val}`;
-    };
-
     // ── Permission guard ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     if (!can('leaderboard', 'view')) {
         return (
@@ -259,7 +257,11 @@ const LeaderboardPage = () => {
                         <TopPodium
                             data={salesData}
                             metricKey={metric}
-                            formatVal={v => formatSales(v, metric)}
+                            numberFormat={{
+                                revenue: { prefix: '$', useLocaleString: true },
+                                volume:  { suffix: ' Deals' },
+                                winRate: { suffix: '%', decimals: 1 },
+                            }[metric]}
                             accentColor="border-yellow-400"
                         />
                     </div>
@@ -350,7 +352,11 @@ const LeaderboardPage = () => {
                         <TopPodium
                             data={canvasserData}
                             metricKey={cvMetric}
-                            formatVal={v => formatCv(v, cvMetric)}
+                            numberFormat={{
+                                verified: {},
+                                total:    {},
+                                convRate: { suffix: '%', decimals: 1 },
+                            }[cvMetric]}
                             accentColor="border-emerald-400"
                         />
                     </div>