diff --git a/crates/socc/src/player_ranking.rs b/crates/socc/src/player_ranking.rs
index 347a771..81ae292 100644
--- a/crates/socc/src/player_ranking.rs
+++ b/crates/socc/src/player_ranking.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ use records_lib::{
     redis_key::{map_ranking, player_ranking},
     sync,
 };
-use sea_orm::{ActiveValue::Set, ConnectionTrait, EntityTrait, TransactionTrait};
+use sea_orm::{
+    ColumnTrait as _, ConnectionTrait, EntityTrait, QueryFilter, TransactionTrait, prelude::Expr,
+    sea_query::CaseStatement,
+};
 
 async fn do_update<C: ConnectionTrait + TransactionTrait>(
     conn: &C,
@@ -27,29 +30,79 @@ async fn do_update<C: ConnectionTrait + TransactionTrait>(
     let mut pipe = redis::pipe();
     let pipe = pipe.atomic();
 
-    sync::transaction(conn, async |txn| {
-        for (player, score) in scores.player_scores {
-            players::Entity::update(players::ActiveModel {
-                id: Set(player.inner.id),
-                score: Set(score),
-                ..Default::default()
-            })
-            .exec(txn)
-            .await?;
+    // To make the bulk update in SQL, we build a query so it looks like this:
+    //
+    // UPDATE [ players | maps ]
+    // SET score = CASE
+    //   WHEN id = :id0 THEN :score0
+    //   WHEN id = :id1 THEN :score1
+    //   ...
+    // WHERE id IN (:id0, :id1, ...);
+    //
+    // Due to limitations in DB engines such as MariaDB and Postgres, the placeholders limit is fixed
+    // to u16::MAX. Therefore, we must chunk our query accordingly. Each item gets 3 placeholders:
+    // the score, and the ID twice; so the chunk size is u16::MAX / 3.
 
+    let player_scores = scores
+        .player_scores
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(player, score)| {
             pipe.zadd(player_ranking(), player.inner.id, score);
-        }
+            (player, score)
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let map_scores = scores
+        .map_scores
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(map, score)| {
+            pipe.zadd(map_ranking(), map.inner.id, score);
+            (map, score)
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        for (map, score) in scores.map_scores {
-            maps::Entity::update(maps::ActiveModel {
-                id: Set(map.inner.id),
-                score: Set(score),
-                ..Default::default()
-            })
-            .exec(txn)
-            .await?;
+    let player_updates = player_scores.chunks(u16::MAX as usize / 3).map(|chunk| {
+        (
+            chunk.iter().map(|(player, _)| player.inner.id),
+            chunk
+                .iter()
+                .fold(CaseStatement::new(), |case_stmt, (player, score)| {
+                    case_stmt.case(
+                        Expr::col((players::Entity, players::Column::Id)).eq(player.inner.id),
+                        *score,
+                    )
+                }),
+        )
+    });
 
-            pipe.zadd(map_ranking(), map.inner.id, score);
+    let map_updates = map_scores.chunks(u16::MAX as usize / 3).map(|chunk| {
+        (
+            chunk.iter().map(|(map, _)| map.inner.id),
+            chunk
+                .iter()
+                .fold(CaseStatement::new(), |case_stmt, (map, score)| {
+                    case_stmt.case(
+                        Expr::col((maps::Entity, maps::Column::Id)).eq(map.inner.id),
+                        *score,
+                    )
+                }),
+        )
+    });
+
+    sync::transaction(conn, async |txn| {
+        for (player_ids, case_stmt) in player_updates {
+            players::Entity::update_many()
+                .col_expr(players::Column::Score, case_stmt.into())
+                .filter(players::Column::Id.is_in(player_ids))
+                .exec(txn)
+                .await?;
+        }
+
+        for (map_ids, case_stmt) in map_updates {
+            maps::Entity::update_many()
+                .col_expr(maps::Column::Score, case_stmt.into())
+                .filter(maps::Column::Id.is_in(map_ids))
+                .exec(txn)
+                .await?;
         }
 
         anyhow::Ok(())
@@ -64,9 +117,12 @@ async fn do_update<C: ConnectionTrait + TransactionTrait>(
 }
 
 pub async fn update(db: Database, from: Option<DateTime<Utc>>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    do_update(&db.sql_conn, &db.redis_pool, from).await?;
+    let res = do_update(&db.sql_conn, &db.redis_pool, from).await;
 
-    tracing::info!("Player and map ranking update completed");
+    match &res {
+        Ok(_) => tracing::info!("Player and map ranking update completed successfully"),
+        Err(e) => tracing::error!("Player and map ranking update returned an error: {e}"),
+    }
 
-    Ok(())
+    res
 }