Roblox global leaderboard: top players across every server

Updated 2026-10-17 · Roblox and game developers · by CyberMax

Short answer

Store each player's score in an OrderedDataStore keyed by UserId, then read the top entries with GetSortedAsync(false, 50) once every minute or two and show them on a SurfaceGui. Sorted reads have a small budget (5 + players × 2 a minute), so cache the page instead of reading it for every player.

Make a Part with a SurfaceGui and a ScrollingFrame for the rows.
Paste the script in ServerScriptService; fill the SurfaceGui from the `top` table in refresh().
Values must be whole numbers: OrderedDataStore only stores integers.

Copy-paste code

ServerScriptService/GlobalBoard.server.lua

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local board = DataStoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("TopCoins_v1")

local function submit(player)
	local coins = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats") and player.leaderstats.Coins.Value
	if coins then pcall(board.SetAsync, board, tostring(player.UserId), math.floor(coins)) end
end

local top = {} -- cached { {name = ..., score = ...}, ... }

local function refresh()
	local ok, pages = pcall(board.GetSortedAsync, board, false, 50)
	if not ok then return end
	local rows = {}
	for rank, entry in pages:GetCurrentPage() do
		local okName, name = pcall(Players.GetNameFromUserIdAsync, Players, tonumber(entry.key))
		rows[rank] = { name = okName and name or "?", score = entry.value }
	end
	top = rows
	-- update your SurfaceGui here from `top`
end

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(submit)
task.spawn(function()
	while true do
		for _, p in Players:GetPlayers() do submit(p) end
		refresh()
		task.wait(120)
	end
end)

Good to know

Names: GetNameFromUserIdAsync is a web call; cache names by UserId so a refresh doesn't look up the same 50 names every time.

Weekly boards: put the week number in the store name ("TopCoins_2026w42") so each week starts empty.

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Questions

Why is my global leaderboard empty?

OrderedDataStore needs integer values, and Studio needs API Services enabled. Check that SetAsync is being called with math.floor().

How many entries can I show?

GetSortedAsync returns up to 100 per page.

Can I sort ascending (fastest time)?

Yes: GetSortedAsync(true, 50).

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