diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/ProxyServer.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/ProxyServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ff2d8ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/ProxyServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.api.proxy;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Minecraft proxy server that follows the Velocity API.
+ */
+public interface ProxyServer {
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the player currently connected to this proxy by their Minecraft username.
+     * @param username the username
+     * @return an {@link Optional} with the player
+     */
+    Optional<Player> getPlayer(@Nonnull String username);
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the player currently connected to this proxy by their Minecraft UUID.
+     * @param uuid the UUID
+     * @return an {@link Optional} with the player
+     */
+    Optional<Player> getPlayer(@Nonnull UUID uuid);
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves all players currently connected to this proxy. This call may or may not be a snapshot of all players
+     * online.
+     * @return the players online on this proxy
+     */
+    Collection<Player> getAllPlayers();
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
index cedf2910e..174ff6012 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.natives.util.Natives;
 import com.velocitypowered.network.ConnectionManager;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.http.NettyHttpClient;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.server.ServerInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.AddressUtil;
@@ -16,15 +22,20 @@ import net.kyori.text.serializer.GsonComponentSerializer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-public class VelocityServer {
+public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(VelocityServer.class);
     private static final VelocityServer INSTANCE = new VelocityServer();
     public static final Gson GSON = new GsonBuilder()
@@ -37,6 +48,9 @@ public class VelocityServer {
     private KeyPair serverKeyPair;
     private final ServerMap servers = new ServerMap();
 
+    private final Map<UUID, ConnectedPlayer> connectionsByUuid = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, ConnectedPlayer> connectionsByName = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
     private VelocityServer() {
     }
 
@@ -103,4 +117,31 @@ public class VelocityServer {
     public NettyHttpClient getHttpClient() {
         return httpClient;
     }
+
+    public void registerConnection(ConnectedPlayer connection) {
+        connectionsByName.put(connection.getUsername(), connection);
+        connectionsByUuid.put(connection.getUniqueId(), connection);
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterConnection(ConnectedPlayer connection) {
+        connectionsByName.remove(connection.getUsername(), connection);
+        connectionsByUuid.remove(connection.getUniqueId(), connection);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<Player> getPlayer(@Nonnull String username) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(username, "username");
+        return Optional.ofNullable(connectionsByName.get(username));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<Player> getPlayer(@Nonnull UUID uuid) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(uuid, "uuid");
+        return Optional.ofNullable(connectionsByUuid.get(uuid));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Player> getAllPlayers() {
+        return ImmutableList.copyOf(connectionsByUuid.values());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
index 55f89951a..dda03be7e 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
         if (connectedServer != null) {
             connectedServer.disconnect();
         }
+        VelocityServer.getServer().unregisterConnection(this);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/LoginSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/LoginSessionHandler.java
index 12e69a4eb..1826baa48 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/LoginSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/LoginSessionHandler.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class LoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         inbound.setAssociation(player);
         inbound.setState(StateRegistry.PLAY);
         inbound.setSessionHandler(new InitialConnectSessionHandler(player));
+        VelocityServer.getServer().registerConnection(player);
         player.createConnectionRequest(toTry.get()).fireAndForget();
     }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
index f62834b93..802f45121 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ public class MinecraftCompressEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ByteBuf> {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected ByteBuf allocateBuffer(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf msg, boolean preferDirect) throws Exception {
+        if (msg.readableBytes() <= threshold) {
+            return ctx.alloc().directBuffer(msg.readableBytes() + 1);
+        }
+        // A reasonable assumption about compression savings
+        return ctx.alloc().directBuffer(msg.readableBytes() / 3);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
         compressor.dispose();