Track Player Kills on a Scoreboard

Automatically count how many players each player kills

✅ Verified for Java 26.2 · Bedrock 26.32 — checked June 2026

Creates an objective using the playerKillCount criterion, which automatically goes up by one each time that player kills another player. Show it on the sidebar with /scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar kills to make a live PvP leaderboard. Use totalKillCount instead if you want kills of any mob to count, not just players.

/scoreboard objectives add kills playerKillCount {text:"Kills"}

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Java: yes
Bedrock: no
Command block: yes
Needs cheats / OP: yes

How to use

Open chat (T on Java).
Paste the command to create the auto-tracking objective.
Press Enter.
Optionally run /scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar kills to show a leaderboard.

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