diff --git a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/stats/ServerStatsCounter.java.patch b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/stats/ServerStatsCounter.java.patch
index 65bbb793d8..88534eabcc 100644
--- a/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/stats/ServerStatsCounter.java.patch
+++ b/paper-server/patches/sources/net/minecraft/stats/ServerStatsCounter.java.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,37 @@
  package net.minecraft.stats;
  
  import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
-@@ -158,13 +159,12 @@
+@@ -47,6 +48,13 @@
+     public ServerStatsCounter(MinecraftServer server, File file) {
+         this.server = server;
+         this.file = file;
++        // Spigot start
++        for ( Map.Entry<ResourceLocation, Integer> entry : org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.forcedStats.entrySet() )
++        {
++            Stat<ResourceLocation> wrapper = Stats.CUSTOM.get( entry.getKey() );
++            this.stats.put( wrapper, entry.getValue().intValue() );
++        }
++        // Spigot end
+         if (file.isFile()) {
+             try {
+                 this.parseLocal(server.getFixerUpper(), FileUtils.readFileToString(file));
+@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@
+     }
+ 
+     public void save() {
++        if ( org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.disableStatSaving ) return; // Spigot
+         try {
+             FileUtils.writeStringToFile(this.file, this.toJson());
+         } catch (IOException ioexception) {
+@@ -70,6 +79,7 @@
+ 
+     @Override
+     public void setValue(Player player, Stat<?> stat, int value) {
++        if ( org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.disableStatSaving ) return; // Spigot
+         super.setValue(player, stat, value);
+         this.dirty.add(stat);
+     }
+@@ -158,13 +168,12 @@
      }
  
      private <T> Optional<Stat<T>> getStat(StatType<T> type, String id) {
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
index 42c22e09de..95d81885f2 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
+import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 
@@ -231,4 +234,36 @@ public class SpigotConfig
         System.setProperty( "io.netty.eventLoopThreads", Integer.toString( count ) );
         Bukkit.getLogger().log( Level.INFO, "Using {0} threads for Netty based IO", count );
     }
+
+    public static boolean disableStatSaving;
+    public static Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> forcedStats = new HashMap<>();
+    private static void stats()
+    {
+        SpigotConfig.disableStatSaving = SpigotConfig.getBoolean( "stats.disable-saving", false );
+
+        if ( !SpigotConfig.config.contains( "stats.forced-stats" ) ) {
+            SpigotConfig.config.createSection( "stats.forced-stats" );
+        }
+
+        ConfigurationSection section = SpigotConfig.config.getConfigurationSection( "stats.forced-stats" );
+        for ( String name : section.getKeys( true ) )
+        {
+            if ( section.isInt( name ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    ResourceLocation key = ResourceLocation.parse( name );
+                    if ( BuiltInRegistries.CUSTOM_STAT.get( key ) == null )
+                    {
+                        Bukkit.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Ignoring non existent stats.forced-stats " + name);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    SpigotConfig.forcedStats.put( key, section.getInt( name ) );
+                } catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Bukkit.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Ignoring invalid stats.forced-stats " + name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }