Server Leaderboards

Leaderboards in a chest window — and nobody has to install anything.

This mod runs on the server only. Your players join with a vanilla client, type /leaderboard, and get a proper GUI with player heads and rankings. No client mod, no modpack, no "download this first".

How

It uses vanilla's own chest container instead of a custom screen type, so every client already knows how to draw it.

What it shows

Nine categories, read straight from Minecraft's own statistics — the game has been counting all of this since forever:

• Blocks mined — with the most-mined block named
• Diamonds mined — ore broken, and how many diamonds that yielded
• Mobs killed
• Items crafted
• Tools used
• Items picked up
• Fewest deaths — ranked ascending, least deaths wins
• Time played
• Distance walked — walking, sprinting and sneaking added together

Every player the world knows is included, not just those currently online. Hover a category to see who leads; click it for the full ranking; hover a head for that player's numbers.

Commands

/leaderboard              category picker
/leaderboard mined        straight to one category
/leaderboard check        raw numbers as text, handy over RCON

German is built in as a second language (/bestenliste). The menu follows each player's own language setting.

Requirements

Minecraft 26.2, 26.3 or 1.21.1 · NeoForge, Forge or Fabric (Fabric needs Fabric API) · server side only · the NeoForge 26.3 build is beta

About this project

Code and documentation were written together with Claude (Anthropic), which I would count as a co-author; the commits say so. The idea and every gameplay decision are mine, and it runs on my own server. The screenshots are real in-game captures. Source: github.com/shinobiofgloom/server-leaderboards