---
title: player
framework: gamekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: gamekit/gkscore/player
---

# player

The player who earned the score.

## Declaration

```swift
var player: GKPlayer { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When you initialize a new score object, the player property is the local player. If the score object was returned to your game by loading scores from Game Center, the player property is the player who earned that score.

## See Also

### Deprecated Methods and Properties

- [category](gamekit/gkscore/category.md)
- [context](gamekit/gkscore/context.md)
- [date](gamekit/gkscore/date.md)
- [formattedValue](gamekit/gkscore/formattedvalue.md)
- [leaderboardIdentifier](gamekit/gkscore/leaderboardidentifier.md)
- [rank](gamekit/gkscore/rank.md)
- [value](gamekit/gkscore/value.md)
- [shouldSetDefaultLeaderboard](gamekit/gkscore/shouldsetdefaultleaderboard.md)
- [init(leaderboardIdentifier:)](gamekit/gkscore/init(leaderboardidentifier:).md)
- [init(leaderboardIdentifier:player:)](gamekit/gkscore/init(leaderboardidentifier:player:).md)
- [init(category:)](gamekit/gkscore/init(category:).md)
- [init(leaderboardIdentifier:forPlayer:)](gamekit/gkscore/init(leaderboardidentifier:forplayer:).md)
- [issueChallenge(toPlayers:message:)](gamekit/gkscore/issuechallenge(toplayers:message:).md)
- [playerID](gamekit/gkscore/playerid.md)
- [report(completionHandler:)](gamekit/gkscore/report(completionhandler:).md)