What is indicated by the statement "Fluorine gas (F₂ ) has the maximum tendency to get reduced to fluoride ions (F^–)"? 

Fluorine gas is the strongest oxidizing agent and fluoride ion is the weakest reducing agent.

The standard electrode potentials are very important and we can extract a lot of useful information from them. The standard electrode potential for fluorine is the highest in the Table indicating that fluorine gas (F₂) has the maximum tendency to get reduced to fluoride ions (F^–) and therefore fluorine gas is the strongest oxidizing agent and fluoride ion is the weakest reducing agent.