diff --git a/install/database_schema.sql b/install/database_schema.sql
index 899940b..0e2171e 100644
--- a/install/database_schema.sql
+++ b/install/database_schema.sql
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ CREATE TABLE user_statistics (
     /** We track stats separately for each variant type */
     variant_type SMALLINT NOT NULL,
     current_streak INTEGER,
+    maximum_streak INTEGER,
     games_played INTEGER,
     games_won INTEGER,
     games_lost INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS (games_played - games_won) STORED,
diff --git a/src/stats.py b/src/stats.py
index 56206c5..f40c4c9 100644
--- a/src/stats.py
+++ b/src/stats.py
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ def update_user_statistics():
         # so the zero value never shows up in the database if it was nonzero before.
         cur.execute(
             "INSERT INTO user_statistics"
-            "  (user_id, variant_type, total_game_moves, games_played, games_won, current_streak, total_bdr, total_crits_lots)"
+            "  (user_id, variant_type, total_game_moves, games_played, games_won, current_streak, maximum_streak, total_bdr, total_crits_lots)"
             "  ("
-            "  SELECT id, %s, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 FROM users"
+            "  SELECT id, %s, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 FROM users"
             "  )"
             "ON CONFLICT (user_id, variant_type) DO UPDATE "
             "SET"
-            "  (total_game_moves, games_played, games_won, current_streak, total_bdr, total_crits_lots)"
+            "  (total_game_moves, games_played, games_won, current_streak, maximum_streak, total_bdr, total_crits_lots)"
             "  ="
-            "  (EXCLUDED.total_game_moves, EXCLUDED.games_played, EXCLUDED.games_won, EXCLUDED.current_streak, EXCLUDED.total_bdr, EXCLUDED.total_crits_lots)",
+            "  (EXCLUDED.total_game_moves, EXCLUDED.games_played, EXCLUDED.games_won, EXCLUDED.current_streak, EXCLUDED.maximum_streak, EXCLUDED.total_bdr, EXCLUDED.total_crits_lots)",
             (rating_type,)
         )
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def update_user_statistics():
     # row ranging over all games, where we grouped by user id and rating type (Clue Starved/Non-CS currently)
     # Finally, we just wrap the computed data into an insert statement to directly store it in the statistics table
     cur.execute(
-        "INSERT INTO user_statistics (user_id, variant_type, current_streak)"
+        "INSERT INTO user_statistics (user_id, variant_type, maximum_streak)"
         "  ("
         "  SELECT"
         "    user_id,"
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def update_user_statistics():
         "  GROUP BY user_id, clue_starved"
         "  )"
         "ON CONFLICT (user_id, variant_type) DO UPDATE "
-        "SET current_streak = EXCLUDED.current_streak",
+        "SET maximum_streak = EXCLUDED.maximum_streak",
         (utils.get_rating_type(True), utils.get_rating_type(False))
     )
     conn_manager.get_connection().commit()