diff --git a/src/Mtlstats/Report.hs b/src/Mtlstats/Report.hs
index ba52a21..4b7788b 100644
--- a/src/Mtlstats/Report.hs
+++ b/src/Mtlstats/Report.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 -}
 
-module Mtlstats.Report (report, gameDate) where
+module Mtlstats.Report (report, gameDate, playerNameColWidth) where
 
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ gameDate gs = fromMaybe "" $ do
   day   <- padNum 2 <$> gs^.gameDay
   Just $ month ++ " " ++ day ++ " " ++ year
 
+playerNameColWidth :: [Player] -> Int
+playerNameColWidth = foldr
+  (\player current -> max current $ length $ player^.pName)
+  10
+
 showStats :: GameStats -> String
 showStats gs
   =  right 2 (show $ gmsGames gs)
diff --git a/test/ReportSpec.hs b/test/ReportSpec.hs
index dafe415..a42d993 100644
--- a/test/ReportSpec.hs
+++ b/test/ReportSpec.hs
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ import Mtlstats.Report
 import Mtlstats.Types
 
 spec :: Spec
-spec = describe "Mtlstats.Report"
+spec = describe "Mtlstats.Report" $ do
   gameDateSpec
+  playerNameColWidthSpec
 
 gameDateSpec :: Spec
 gameDateSpec = describe "gameDate" $ do
@@ -45,3 +46,20 @@ gameDateSpec = describe "gameDate" $ do
   context "invalid date" $
     it "should return an empty string" $
       gameDate newGameState `shouldBe` ""
+
+playerNameColWidthSpec :: Spec
+playerNameColWidthSpec = describe "playerNameColWidth" $ do
+  let
+    short1 = newPlayer 1 "short" "foo"
+    short2 = newPlayer 2 "shorty" "bar"
+    long   = newPlayer 3 "123456789012345" "baz"
+
+  mapM_
+    (\(label, players, expected) -> context label $
+      it ("should be " ++ show expected) $
+        playerNameColWidth players `shouldBe` expected)
+    --  label,         players,          expected
+    [ ( "empty list",  [],               10       )
+    , ( "short names", [short1, short2], 10       )
+    , ( "long name",   [short1, long],   15       )
+    ]