diff --git a/src/core/execution/AttackExecution.ts b/src/core/execution/AttackExecution.ts
index 62d692956..2e23fbb63 100644
--- a/src/core/execution/AttackExecution.ts
+++ b/src/core/execution/AttackExecution.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ export class AttackExecution implements Execution {
     );
     this.target.removeGold(gold);
     this._owner.addGold(gold);
+    this.mg.stats().goldWar(this._owner, this.target, gold);
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
       for (const tile of this.target.tiles()) {
diff --git a/tests/AttackStats.test.ts b/tests/AttackStats.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1955aec11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AttackStats.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { AttackExecution } from "../src/core/execution/AttackExecution";
+import { SpawnExecution } from "../src/core/execution/SpawnExecution";
+import { Game, Player, PlayerInfo, PlayerType } from "../src/core/game/Game";
+import { GOLD_INDEX_WAR, GOLD_INDEX_WORK } from "../src/core/StatsSchemas";
+import { setup } from "./util/Setup";
+
+let game: Game;
+let player1: Player;
+let player2: Player;
+
+describe("AttackStats", () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    game = await setup("plains", { infiniteTroops: true }, [
+      new PlayerInfo("player1", PlayerType.Human, "player1", "player1"),
+      new PlayerInfo("player2", PlayerType.Human, "player2", "player2"),
+    ]);
+
+    player1 = game.player("player1");
+    player2 = game.player("player2");
+
+    game.addExecution(new SpawnExecution(player1.info(), game.ref(50, 50)));
+    game.addExecution(new SpawnExecution(player2.info(), game.ref(50, 55)));
+
+    while (game.inSpawnPhase()) {
+      game.executeNextTick();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("should increase war gold stat when a player is eliminated", () => {
+    expect(player1.sharesBorderWith(player2)).toBeTruthy();
+    performAttack(game, player1, player2);
+    expectWarGoldStatIsIncreasedAfterKill(game, player1, player2);
+  });
+
+  test("should increase war gold stat when elimination occurs via territory annexation", () => {
+    // Mark every tile on the map as owned by player1
+    for (let x = 0; x < game.map().width(); x++) {
+      for (let y = 0; y < game.map().height(); y++) {
+        player1.conquer(game.ref(x, y));
+      }
+    }
+    // Place tiles of player2 in the center of the map
+    const centerX = Math.round(game.map().width() / 2);
+    const centerY = Math.round(game.map().height() / 2);
+    for (let x = -20; x < 20; x++) {
+      for (let y = -20; y < 20; y++) {
+        player2.conquer(game.ref(centerX + x, centerY + y));
+      }
+    }
+
+    performAttack(game, player1, player2);
+    expectWarGoldStatIsIncreasedAfterKill(game, player1, player2);
+  });
+});
+
+function expectWarGoldStatIsIncreasedAfterKill(
+  game: Game,
+  attacker: Player,
+  defender: Player,
+) {
+  // Verify that the defender was killed as a result of the attack
+  expect(attacker.isAlive()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(defender.isAlive()).toBeFalsy();
+
+  const attackerStats = game.stats().stats()[attacker.clientID()!];
+  const defenderStats = game.stats().stats()[defender.clientID()!];
+
+  // Verify that all defender's gold was recorded as war gold in the attacker's stats
+  expect(attackerStats?.gold?.[GOLD_INDEX_WAR]).toBeDefined();
+  expect(defenderStats?.gold?.[GOLD_INDEX_WORK]).toBeDefined();
+  expect(attackerStats?.gold?.[GOLD_INDEX_WAR]).toBe(
+    defenderStats?.gold?.reduce((acc, g) => acc + g, 0n),
+  );
+}
+
+function performAttack(game: Game, attacker: Player, defender: Player) {
+  // Execute the attack
+  game.addExecution(
+    new AttackExecution(attacker.troops(), attacker, defender.id()),
+  );
+  // Wait for the attack to complete
+  do {
+    game.executeNextTick();
+  } while (attacker.outgoingAttacks().length > 0);
+}