diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f4eb75..cf021da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2024/02/25
+
+- remove players that are missing from the hiscores from the xp tracker (name change, banned, etc)
+
 ## 2024/02/07
 
 - skill overview in xp tracker
diff --git a/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/player-widget/player-widget.component.ts b/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/player-widget/player-widget.component.ts
index 0301865..2f7afd3 100644
--- a/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/player-widget/player-widget.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/player-widget/player-widget.component.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 import { DecimalPipe } from '@angular/common';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Input, OnChanges, WritableSignal, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  Input,
+  OnChanges,
+  WritableSignal,
+  signal,
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { SkillEnum, getOverallXpDiff } from '@osrs-tracker/hiscores';
 import { Player, PlayerStatus, PlayerType } from '@osrs-tracker/models';
-import { forkJoin } from 'rxjs';
+import { EMPTY, catchError, forkJoin } from 'rxjs';
 import { SpinnerComponent } from 'src/app/common/components/general/spinner.component';
 import { IconDirective } from 'src/app/common/directives/icon/icon.directive';
 import { CapitalizePipe } from 'src/app/common/pipes/capitalize.pipe';
 import { OsrsProxyRepo } from 'src/app/common/repositories/osrs-proxy.repo';
 import { OsrsTrackerRepo } from 'src/app/common/repositories/osrs-tracker.repo';
+import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from 'src/app/common/services/google-analytics.service';
+import { XpTrackerStorageService } from '../xp-tracker-storage.service';
 
 @Component({
   standalone: true,
@@ -69,8 +80,11 @@ export class PlayerWidgetComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input() scrapingOffset: number;
 
   constructor(
+    private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
+    private googlAnalyticsService: GoogleAnalyticsService,
     private osrsProxyRepo: OsrsProxyRepo,
     private osrsTrackerRepo: OsrsTrackerRepo,
+    private xpTrackerStorageService: XpTrackerStorageService,
   ) {}
 
   ngOnChanges(): void {
@@ -79,14 +93,37 @@ export class PlayerWidgetComponent implements OnChanges {
     forkJoin([
       this.osrsProxyRepo.getPlayerHiscore(this.username, this.scrapingOffset),
       this.osrsTrackerRepo.getPlayerInfo(this.username, this.scrapingOffset, { includeLatestHiscoreEntry: true }),
-    ]).subscribe(([hiscore, player]) => {
-      this.playerDetails.set(player);
+    ])
+      .pipe(
+        catchError(err => {
+          if (err instanceof HttpErrorResponse && err.status === 404) {
+            this.removeMissingPlayer();
+          }
+          return EMPTY;
+        }),
+      )
+      .subscribe(([hiscore, player]) => {
+        this.playerDetails.set(player);
+
+        if (player.hiscoreEntries?.length) {
+          this.overallDiff.set(getOverallXpDiff(hiscore, player.hiscoreEntries[0]));
+        }
+
+        this.loading.set(false);
+      });
+  }
+
+  private removeMissingPlayer(): void {
+    if (this.xpTrackerStorageService.getRecentPlayers().includes(this.username)) {
+      this.xpTrackerStorageService.removeRecentPlayer(this.username);
+    }
+
+    if (this.xpTrackerStorageService.getFavoritePlayers().includes(this.username)) {
+      this.xpTrackerStorageService.toggleFavoritePlayer(this.username);
+    }
 
-      if (player.hiscoreEntries?.length) {
-        this.overallDiff.set(getOverallXpDiff(hiscore, player.hiscoreEntries[0]));
-      }
+    this.googlAnalyticsService.trackEvent('remove-missing-player', 'xp-tracker', this.username, true);
 
-      this.loading.set(false);
-    });
+    this.changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/xp-tracker-storage.service.ts b/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/xp-tracker-storage.service.ts
index ab69569..cfcbcbf 100644
--- a/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/xp-tracker-storage.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/trackers/xp-tracker/xp-tracker-storage.service.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export class XpTrackerStorageService {
     this.storageService.setItem(StorageKey.XpTrackerRecentPlayers, JSON.stringify(recentPlayers));
   }
 
+  removeRecentPlayer(username: string): void {
+    const recentPlayers = this.getRecentPlayers();
+
+    if (recentPlayers.includes(username)) {
+      recentPlayers.splice(recentPlayers.indexOf(username), 1);
+    }
+
+    this.storageService.setItem(StorageKey.XpTrackerRecentPlayers, JSON.stringify(recentPlayers));
+  }
+
   getFavoritePlayers(): string[] {
     return JSON.parse(this.storageService.getItem(StorageKey.XpTrackerFavoritePlayers) ?? '[]');
   }
diff --git a/src/sitemap-items.xml b/src/sitemap-items.xml
index 7303ef7..f1b4a16 100644
--- a/src/sitemap-items.xml
+++ b/src/sitemap-items.xml
@@ -15796,22 +15796,6 @@
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28177</loc>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
   </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28179</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28181</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28184</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28190</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
   <url>
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28193</loc>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
@@ -16028,38 +16012,6 @@
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28628</loc>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
   </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28644</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28646</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28651</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28653</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28657</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28659</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28665</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
-  <url>
-    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28667</loc>
-    <priority>0.7</priority>
-  </url>
   <url>
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28684</loc>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
@@ -16160,4 +16112,12 @@
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28790</loc>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
   </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28810</loc>
+    <priority>0.7</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/trackers/price/28813</loc>
+    <priority>0.7</priority>
+  </url>
 </urlset>
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diff --git a/src/sitemap.xml b/src/sitemap.xml
index f7e3437..6ce7e88 100644
--- a/src/sitemap.xml
+++ b/src/sitemap.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   </sitemap>
   <sitemap>
     <loc>https://osrs-tracker.freekmencke.com/sitemap-items.xml</loc>
-    <lastmod>2024-01-24T11:57:46.992Z</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2024-02-25T10:57:04.288Z</lastmod>
   </sitemap>
 </sitemapindex>
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