diff --git a/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py b/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
index d27a3fe5e..5c910b588 100644
--- a/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
+++ b/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
@@ -518,9 +518,14 @@ def get_leaderboard(self, request, pk):
         columns = [col for col in query['columns']]
         submissions_keys = {}
         for submission in query['submissions']:
-
             # count number of entries/number of submissions for the owner of this submission for this phase
-            num_entries = Submission.objects.filter(owner__username=submission['owner'], phase=phase).count()
+            # count all submissions with no parent and count all parents without counting the children
+            num_entries = Submission.objects.filter(
+                Q(owner__username=submission['owner']) | Q(parent__owner__username=submission['owner']),
+                phase=phase,
+            ).exclude(
+                parent__isnull=False
+            ).count()
 
             # get date of last submission by the owner of this submission for this phase
             last_entry_date = Submission.objects.filter(owner__username=submission['owner'], phase=phase)\