diff --git a/lib/end_game/view/end_game_page.dart b/lib/end_game/view/end_game_page.dart
index 5dde9b6..6dbc81a 100644
--- a/lib/end_game/view/end_game_page.dart
+++ b/lib/end_game/view/end_game_page.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:gamepads/gamepads.dart';
 import 'package:google_fonts/google_fonts.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/score_calculator.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/scores.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/game/game.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/game/player.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/title/view/title_page.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/ui/ui.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/gamepad_navigator.dart';
@@ -11,16 +14,16 @@ import 'package:lightrunners/widgets/widgets.dart';
 
 class EndGamePage extends StatefulWidget {
   const EndGamePage({
-    required this.scores,
+    required this.points,
     super.key,
   });
 
-  final Map<Color, int> scores;
+  final Map<Player, int> points;
 
-  static Route<void> route(Map<Color, int> scores) {
+  static Route<void> route(Map<Player, int> points) {
     return MaterialPageRoute<void>(
       maintainState: false,
-      builder: (_) => EndGamePage(scores: scores),
+      builder: (_) => EndGamePage(points: points),
     );
   }
 
@@ -32,11 +35,20 @@ class _EndGamePageState extends State<EndGamePage> {
   late StreamSubscription<GamepadEvent> _gamepadSubscription;
   late GamepadNavigator _gamepadNavigator;
 
+  // TODO(any): display loading indicator on screen
+  bool updatingFirebase = true;
+
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    _updateFirebase();
     _gamepadNavigator = GamepadNavigator(
-      onAny: () => Navigator.of(context).pushReplacement(TitlePage.route()),
+      onAny: () {
+        if (updatingFirebase) {
+          return;
+        }
+        Navigator.of(context).pushReplacement(TitlePage.route());
+      },
     );
     _gamepadSubscription = Gamepads.events.listen(_gamepadNavigator.handle);
   }
@@ -48,11 +60,25 @@ class _EndGamePageState extends State<EndGamePage> {
     super.dispose();
   }
 
+  Future<void> _updateFirebase() async {
+    final scores = ScoreCalculator.computeScores(widget.points);
+    final futures = scores.entries
+        .where((entry) => entry.key.playerId != null)
+        .map((entry) {
+      return Scores.updateScore(
+        playerId: entry.key.playerId!,
+        score: entry.value,
+      );
+    });
+    await Future.wait(futures);
+    setState(() => updatingFirebase = false);
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final fontFamily = GoogleFonts.bungee().fontFamily;
 
-    final scores = widget.scores.entries.toList()
+    final scores = widget.points.entries.toList()
       ..sort((a, b) => b.value.compareTo(a.value));
 
     const baseSize = 64;
@@ -88,7 +114,7 @@ class _EndGamePageState extends State<EndGamePage> {
                       child: Column(
                         children: [
                           Image.asset(
-                            'assets/images/ships/${shipSprites[GamePalette.shipValues.indexOf(scores[i].key)]}',
+                            'assets/images/ships/${shipSprites[GamePalette.shipValues.indexOf(scores[i].key.color)]}',
                             width: baseSize.toDouble(),
                           ),
                           const SizedBox(height: 16),
@@ -97,7 +123,7 @@ class _EndGamePageState extends State<EndGamePage> {
                             style: TextStyle(
                               fontFamily: fontFamily,
                               fontSize: 32,
-                              color: scores[i].key,
+                              color: scores[i].key.color,
                             ),
                           ),
                           const SizedBox(height: 16),
@@ -105,7 +131,7 @@ class _EndGamePageState extends State<EndGamePage> {
                             padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
                             width: 180,
                             decoration: BoxDecoration(
-                              color: scores[i].key,
+                              color: scores[i].key.color,
                               backgroundBlendMode: BlendMode.colorBurn,
                               boxShadow: [
                                 BoxShadow(
diff --git a/lib/firebase/score.dart b/lib/firebase/score.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72887f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/firebase/score.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import 'package:firedart/firestore/models.dart';
+
+class Score {
+  final int playerId;
+  final String email;
+  final int score;
+
+  Score({
+    required this.playerId,
+    required this.email,
+    required this.score,
+  });
+
+  Score.fromDocument(Document document)
+      : this(
+          playerId: document.map['playerId'] as int,
+          email: document.map['email'] as String,
+          score: document.map['score'] as int,
+        );
+}
diff --git a/lib/firebase/score_calculator.dart b/lib/firebase/score_calculator.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84e458a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/firebase/score_calculator.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/game/player.dart';
+
+class _PlayerScore {
+  final Player player;
+  int score = 0;
+
+  _PlayerScore(this.player);
+}
+
+class ScoreCalculator {
+  ScoreCalculator._();
+
+  static Map<Player, int> computeScores(Map<Player, int> points) {
+    final scores = points.entries
+        .toList()
+        .sortedBy<num>((entry) => entry.value)
+        .map((entry) => _PlayerScore(entry.key));
+
+    final numPlayers = points.length;
+    final totalScore = points.values.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
+
+    var jackpot = numPlayers;
+    if (jackpot == 0) {
+      return {};
+    }
+
+    scores.first.score = 1;
+    for (final playerScore in scores) {
+      final point = points[playerScore.player]!;
+      final ratio = point / totalScore;
+
+      final score = (ratio * jackpot).ceil().clamp(0, jackpot);
+      playerScore.score += score;
+      jackpot -= score;
+      if (jackpot == 0) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Map.fromEntries(
+      scores
+          .map((score) => MapEntry(score.player, score.score))
+          .where((element) => element.value > 0),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/firebase/scores.dart b/lib/firebase/scores.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c662dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/firebase/scores.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import 'package:firedart/firedart.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/score.dart';
+
+class Scores {
+  static late Firestore firestore;
+
+  Scores._();
+
+  static Future<void> init() async {
+    // NOTE: This will not work. support was removed from the library
+    const projectId = 'lightrunners-e89a9';
+    Firestore.initialize(projectId);
+    firestore = Firestore.instance;
+  }
+
+  static Future<List<Score>> topScores() async {
+    final page = await firestore
+        .collection('scores')
+        .orderBy('score', descending: true)
+        .limit(10)
+        .get();
+    return page.map(Score.fromDocument).toList();
+  }
+
+  static Future<void> updateScore({
+    required int playerId,
+    required int score,
+  }) async {
+    final document =
+        firestore.collection('scores').document(playerId.toString());
+    if (await document.exists) {
+      await document.update({'score': score});
+    } else {
+      print('Error: Score not found for player id $playerId.');
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/game/components/ship.dart b/lib/game/components/ship.dart
index d84cc58..032107a 100644
--- a/lib/game/components/ship.dart
+++ b/lib/game/components/ship.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:flame/geometry.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:gamepads/gamepads.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/game/game.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/game/player.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/ui/ui.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/gamepad_map.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/input_handler_utils.dart';
@@ -86,12 +87,16 @@ class Ship extends SpriteComponent
   static final _random = Random();
 
   Ship(this.playerNumber, this.gamepadId)
-      : moveJoystick = _makeJoystick(gamepadId, leftXAxis, leftYAxis),
+      : player = Player(
+          color: _shipColors[playerNumber].color,
+        ),
+        moveJoystick = _makeJoystick(gamepadId, leftXAxis, leftYAxis),
         super(size: Vector2(40, 80), anchor: Anchor.center) {
     paint = _shipColors[playerNumber];
     spritePath = shipSprites[playerNumber];
   }
 
+  final Player player;
   final int playerNumber;
   final String? gamepadId; // null means keyboard
   int score = 0;
diff --git a/lib/game/lightrunners_game.dart b/lib/game/lightrunners_game.dart
index e33efed..73d9499 100644
--- a/lib/game/lightrunners_game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/lightrunners_game.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/camera.dart';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import 'package:lightrunners/game/components/game_border.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/game/components/score_panel.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/game/components/spotlight.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/game/game.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/game/player.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/constants.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/utils.dart';
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ class LightRunnersGame extends FlameGame
   late final Map<String, Ship> ships;
 
   StreamSubscription<GamepadEvent>? _subscription;
-  final void Function(Map<Color, int>) onEndGame;
+  final void Function(Map<Player, int>) onEndGame;
 
   LightRunnersGame({required this.players, required this.onEndGame});
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ class LightRunnersGame extends FlameGame
         onTimeUp: () {
           countDown.removeFromParent();
           onEndGame({
-            for (final ship in ships.values) ship.paint.color: ship.score,
+            for (final ship in ships.values) ship.player: ship.score,
           });
         },
       ),
@@ -73,6 +75,11 @@ class LightRunnersGame extends FlameGame
       ships[''] = Ship(0, null);
     }
 
+    // TODO(any): correctly configure player numbers from the app
+    for (final ship in ships.values) {
+      ship.player.playerId = Random().nextInt(999);
+    }
+
     _subscription = Gamepads.events.listen((event) {
       ships[event.gamepadId]?.onGamepadEvent(event);
     });
diff --git a/lib/game/player.dart b/lib/game/player.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c13ad7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/game/player.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import 'package:flame/extensions.dart';
+
+class Player {
+  int? playerId;
+  final Color color;
+
+  Player({
+    required this.color,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/leaderboard/view/leaderboard_page.dart b/lib/leaderboard/view/leaderboard_page.dart
index 02e758c..c1d99a6 100644
--- a/lib/leaderboard/view/leaderboard_page.dart
+++ b/lib/leaderboard/view/leaderboard_page.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import 'dart:math';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:gamepads/gamepads.dart';
 import 'package:google_fonts/google_fonts.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/score.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/scores.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/title/title.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/utils/gamepad_navigator.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/widgets/widgets.dart';
@@ -13,13 +15,6 @@ const _maxCharactersScoreBoard = 26;
 const _lightrunnersInfoBlob =
     '''Light Runners was made with 💙 by Blue Fire and Invertase for Fluttercon 2023
 ''';
-final _leaderboard = [
-  (name: 'Erick', score: 100),
-  (name: 'Luan', score: 90),
-  (name: 'Renan', score: 80),
-  (name: 'Spydon', score: 70),
-  (name: 'Wolfenrain', score: 60),
-];
 
 class LeaderboardPage extends StatefulWidget {
   const LeaderboardPage({
@@ -41,6 +36,9 @@ class _LeaderboardPageState extends State<LeaderboardPage> {
   late StreamSubscription<GamepadEvent> _gamepadSubscription;
   late GamepadNavigator _gamepadNavigator;
 
+  bool loading = true;
+  List<Score> scores = [];
+
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
@@ -48,6 +46,15 @@ class _LeaderboardPageState extends State<LeaderboardPage> {
       onAny: () => Navigator.of(context).pushReplacement(TitlePage.route()),
     );
     _gamepadSubscription = Gamepads.events.listen(_gamepadNavigator.handle);
+    _updateScores();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _updateScores() async {
+    final scores = await Scores.topScores();
+    setState(() {
+      loading = false;
+      this.scores = scores;
+    });
   }
 
   @override
@@ -92,16 +99,19 @@ class _LeaderboardPageState extends State<LeaderboardPage> {
               child: Column(
                 mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
                 children: [
-                  for (final entry in _leaderboard)
-                    Text(
-                      _toScoreboardLine(entry),
-                      style: TextStyle(
-                        fontFamily: major,
-                        fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
-                        fontSize: 38,
-                        color: Colors.white,
-                      ),
-                    )
+                  if (loading)
+                    const CircularProgressIndicator()
+                  else
+                    for (final score in scores)
+                      Text(
+                        _toScoreboardLine(score),
+                        style: TextStyle(
+                          fontFamily: major,
+                          fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
+                          fontSize: 38,
+                          color: Colors.white,
+                        ),
+                      )
                 ],
               ),
             ),
@@ -111,14 +121,16 @@ class _LeaderboardPageState extends State<LeaderboardPage> {
     );
   }
 
-  String _toScoreboardLine(({String name, int score}) entry) {
-    final name = entry.name.substring(
+  String _toScoreboardLine(Score record) {
+    final name = record.email.substring(
       0,
-      min(entry.name.length, _maxCharactersScoreBoard - _maxScoreDigits - 1),
+      min(record.email.length, _maxCharactersScoreBoard - _maxScoreDigits - 1),
     );
     final maxScore = pow(10, _maxScoreDigits) - 1;
-    final score =
-        entry.score.clamp(0, maxScore).toString().padLeft(_maxScoreDigits, '0');
+    final score = record.score
+        .clamp(0, maxScore)
+        .toString()
+        .padLeft(_maxScoreDigits, '0');
     final dotDotDot =
         '.' * (_maxCharactersScoreBoard - name.length - score.length);
 
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index cc07549..0c2aadd 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:google_fonts/google_fonts.dart';
+import 'package:lightrunners/firebase/scores.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/shaders/shaders.dart';
 import 'package:lightrunners/title/title.dart';
 
 void main() async {
   WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
   await Flame.device.fullScreen();
+  Scores.init();
   runApp(
     CRTShader(
       enabled: true,
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 0d195d4..f694c90 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "5.6.0"
+  archive:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: archive
+      sha256: "0c8368c9b3f0abbc193b9d6133649a614204b528982bebc7026372d61677ce3a"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.3.7"
   args:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -169,6 +177,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "6.1.4"
+  firedart:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: firedart
+      sha256: "74a67f7582acecb164674cd2d640e44806dfca1b868cc7474177392125a0cbbf"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.9.5"
+  fixnum:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: fixnum
+      sha256: "25517a4deb0c03aa0f32fd12db525856438902d9c16536311e76cdc57b31d7d1"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.1.0"
   flame:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -298,6 +322,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "4.0.4"
+  googleapis_auth:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: googleapis_auth
+      sha256: af7c3a3edf9d0de2e1e0a77e994fae0a581c525fa7012af4fa0d4a52ed9484da
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.4.1"
+  grpc:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: grpc
+      sha256: "4e9bff1ebb4ff370cf471b1ab85007b408ade867dcc34b551eee7ee7da573002"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.2.2"
   http:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -306,6 +346,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.13.5"
+  http2:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: http2
+      sha256: "38db0c4aa9f1cd238a5d2e86aa0cc7cc91c77e0c6c94ba64bbe85e4ff732a952"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.2.0"
   http_multi_server:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -487,6 +535,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.4"
+  pointycastle:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: pointycastle
+      sha256: "7c1e5f0d23c9016c5bbd8b1473d0d3fb3fc851b876046039509e18e0c7485f2c"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.7.3"
   pool:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -503,6 +559,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "4.2.4"
+  protobuf:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: protobuf
+      sha256: "4034a02b7e231e7e60bff30a8ac13a7347abfdac0798595fae0b90a3f0afe759"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0"
   pub_semver:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 951340e..b116fc7 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ environment:
 
 dependencies:
   collection: ^1.17.0
+  firedart: ^0.9.5
   flame: ^1.8.0
   flame_audio: ^2.0.3
   flutter: