diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index f8548c1..075872a 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
         "max": 20, // 20 requests in 15min time window
         "statusCode": 200
       }
-    }
+    },
+    "maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds": 86400 // maximum time a user get rewarded in the leaderboard for a single segment
 }
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7a172cc..a37fb6c 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ addDefaults(config, {
     },
     userCounterURL: null,
     youtubeAPIKey: null,
+    maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds: 86400,
 });
 
 // Add defaults
diff --git a/src/routes/getTopUsers.ts b/src/routes/getTopUsers.ts
index cf069a1..c7a6141 100644
--- a/src/routes/getTopUsers.ts
+++ b/src/routes/getTopUsers.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {Request, Response} from 'express';
 
 const MILLISECONDS_IN_MINUTE = 60000;
 const getTopUsersWithCache = createMemoryCache(generateTopUsersStats, config.getTopUsersCacheTimeMinutes * MILLISECONDS_IN_MINUTE);
+const maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds = config.maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds ?? 86400;
 
 function generateTopUsersStats(sortBy: string, categoryStatsEnabled: boolean = false) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function generateTopUsersStats(sortBy: string, categoryStatsEnabled: boolean = f
         }
 
         const rows = db.prepare('all', "SELECT COUNT(*) as totalSubmissions, SUM(views) as viewCount," +
-            "SUM((sponsorTimes.endTime - sponsorTimes.startTime) / 60 * sponsorTimes.views) as minutesSaved, " +
+            "SUM(((CASE WHEN endTime - startTime > " + maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds + " THEN " + maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds + " ELSE endTime - startTime END) / 60) * views) as minutesSaved," +
             "SUM(votes) as userVotes, " +
             additionalFields +
             "IFNULL(userNames.userName, sponsorTimes.userID) as userName FROM sponsorTimes LEFT JOIN userNames ON sponsorTimes.userID=userNames.userID " +
diff --git a/src/types/config.model.ts b/src/types/config.model.ts
index 88af3d2..110b210 100644
--- a/src/types/config.model.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.model.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export interface SBSConfig {
     minimumPrefix?: string;
     maximumPrefix?: string;
     redis?: redis.ClientOpts;
+    maxRewardTimePerSegmentInSeconds?: number;
 }
 
 export interface WebhookConfig {