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He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

And she’s also, it has to be said, a stat padder.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2019

Wilt Chamberlain, the Paul Bunyan of basketball, was the most legendary stat padder of all.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2018

They say he is selfless, not a statistics padder, and can be physical, the forward David Clarkson said, “especially when you get him wound up.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2012

He was also called a padder— "'Ye crack-rope padder, born beggar, and bred thief!' replied the hag."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest