I think you're overreacting a little, most of the leaders have won a lot of ponds. I would have to assume that opps ratings is a big part of it, as well as the size of the pond etc.
How about showing number of wins as well as number of games.
(hide) If you want to save on bandwidth you can reduce the amount of information that shows up in your pages in the Settings. Try changing the number of games in the main page and the number of messages per page. (pauloaguia) (show all tips)