User Game Leaderboards
A call to this endpoint will retrieve a user's list of leaderboards for a given game, targeted by the game's ID.
On-site Representation
A games's list of leaderboards can be found on on the game's page:
This endpoint will only return the leaderboards for the user given in the request. If the user has not submitted a score for a leaderboard, it will not be included in the response.
HTTP Request
GET
https://retroachievements.org/API/API_GetUserGameLeaderboards.php?i=1&u=zuliman92
Query Parameters
You must query the user by either their username or their ULID. Please note the username is not considered a stable value. As of 2025, users can change their usernames. Initially querying by username is a good way to fetch a ULID.
Name | Required? | Description |
---|---|---|
y | Yes | Your web API key. |
i | Yes | The target game ID. |
u | The target username or ULID. | |
c | Count, number of records to return (default: 200, max: 500). | |
o | Offset, number of entries to skip (default: 0). |
Client Library
ts
import {
buildAuthorization,
getUserGameLeaderboards,
} from "@retroachievements/api";
// First, build your authorization object.
const username = "<your username on RA>";
const webApiKey = "<your web API key>";
const authorization = buildAuthorization({ username, webApiKey });
// Then, make the API call.
const gameLeaderboards = await getUserGameLeaderboards(authorization, {
gameId: 14402,
});
Response
json
{
"Count": 10,
"Total": 64,
"Results": [
{
"ID": 19062,
"RankAsc": true,
"Title": "New Zealand One",
"Description": "Complete New Zealand S1 in least time",
"Format": "MILLISECS",
"UserEntry": {
"User": "zuliman92",
"ULID": "00003EMFWR7XB8SDPEHB3K56ZQ",
"Score": 12620,
"FormattedScore": "2:06.20",
"Rank": 2,
"DateUpdated": "2024-12-12T16:40:59+00:00"
}
}
// ...
]
}
json
{
"count": 10,
"total": 64,
"results": [
{
"id": 19062,
"rankAsc": true,
"title": "New Zealand One",
"description": "Complete New Zealand S1 in least time",
"format": "MILLISECS",
"userEntry": {
"user": "zuliman92",
"ulid": "00003EMFWR7XB8SDPEHB3K56ZQ",
"score": 12620,
"formattedScore": "2:06.20",
"rank": 2,
"dateUpdated": "2024-12-12T16:40:59+00:00"
}
}
// ...
]
}