diff --git a/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx b/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
index 7e9e274..e3dabf9 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/www/src/client/App.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 } from './api'
 import { DeviceLinkPage } from './DeviceLink'
 import { customAvatarItemIdFromPath, ItemPage } from './Item'
-import { ModerationPage } from './Moderation'
+import { ModerationPage, PlayerBanStatus } from './Moderation'
 import { StatsPage } from './Stats'
 import { StudioAccessPage } from './StudioAccess'
 
@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ function StaffPlayerActions({ account, navigate }: { account: PublicAccount; nav
 	return (
 		<section className="card">
 			<h2>Staff</h2>
+			<PlayerBanStatus playerId={account.accountId} navigate={navigate} />
 			{/* The gifts are developer-only; www refuses them to moderators. */}
 			{isDeveloper() && (
 				<>
diff --git a/apps/www/src/client/Moderation.tsx b/apps/www/src/client/Moderation.tsx
index f328bbc..4443db1 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/client/Moderation.tsx
+++ b/apps/www/src/client/Moderation.tsx
@@ -297,6 +297,111 @@ function useStaffData<T>(path: string | null, deps: unknown[] = []) {
 	return { data, error }
 }
 
+/** A ban that blocks a player, and which arm of `resolveBan` it reached them by. */
+interface BanMatch {
+	ban: ReportRow
+	via: 'account' | 'platform' | 'ip'
+	bannedAccountId: number
+}
+
+/** What a linked arm rests on, in a moderator's words. */
+const VIA_LABEL: Record<BanMatch['via'], string> = {
+	account: 'their own account',
+	platform: 'a shared platform identity',
+	ip: 'a shared IP address',
+}
+
+/** The player-history endpoint's reply. */
+interface PlayerHistoryData {
+	playerId: number
+	reports: ReportRow[]
+	warnings: WarningRow[]
+	activeBan: ReportRow | null
+	blockedBy: BanMatch | null
+}
+
+/** A ban's report number, linked to the report's page in the panel. */
+function ReportLink({ report, navigate }: { report: ReportRow; navigate: (to: string) => void }) {
+	return (
+		<button
+			type="button"
+			className="linkish"
+			onClick={() => navigate(`/moderation/reports/${report.id}/ban`)}
+		>
+			report #{report.id}
+		</button>
+	)
+}
+
+/**
+ * The ban standing on a player, if any: their own, or — when their own account is clean —
+ * a linked account's that `auth`/`match` still lock them out with. Null when nothing blocks
+ * them. Shared by the profile line and the history page so the two can't disagree.
+ */
+function BanSummary({
+	data,
+	names,
+	navigate,
+}: {
+	data: PlayerHistoryData
+	names: Map<number, PublicAccount>
+	navigate: (to: string) => void
+}) {
+	const ban = data.activeBan ?? data.blockedBy?.ban ?? null
+	if (ban === null) return null
+	const expiry = ban.ban_expires === null ? 'permanently' : `until ${when(ban.ban_expires)}`
+	if (data.activeBan !== null) {
+		return (
+			<>
+				Banned on <ReportLink report={ban} navigate={navigate} /> for{' '}
+				{categoryLabel(ban.report_category)} — {expiry}.
+			</>
+		)
+	}
+	const match = data.blockedBy!
+	return (
+		<>
+			Blocked by the ban on <PlayerName id={match.bannedAccountId} names={names} /> (
+			<ReportLink report={ban} navigate={navigate} />, {categoryLabel(ban.report_category)} —{' '}
+			{expiry}), through {VIA_LABEL[match.via]}.
+		</>
+	)
+}
+
+/**
+ * One line for a player's profile page (`/u/<username>`): whether a ban blocks them right
+ * now — their own or a linked account's — and a link to their full history here.
+ */
+export function PlayerBanStatus({
+	playerId,
+	navigate,
+}: {
+	playerId: number
+	navigate: (to: string) => void
+}) {
+	const { data, error } = useStaffData<PlayerHistoryData>(`/api/staff/players/${playerId}`)
+	const names = useNames(data?.blockedBy ? [data.blockedBy.bannedAccountId] : [])
+	const history = (
+		<button
+			type="button"
+			className="linkish"
+			onClick={() => navigate(`/moderation/players/${playerId}`)}
+		>
+			Moderation history
+		</button>
+	)
+
+	if (error) return <p className="error">{error}</p>
+	if (data === null) return <p className="muted">Checking for a ban…</p>
+	return data.activeBan === null && data.blockedBy === null ? (
+		<p className="muted">Not banned. {history}</p>
+	) : (
+		<p className="error">
+			<BanSummary data={data} names={names} navigate={navigate} /> {history}
+		</p>
+	)
+}
+
 /**
  * Names for every id a page of rows mentions, in one bulk lookup.
  *
@@ -1112,12 +1217,10 @@ function PlayerHistory({
 }) {
 	// Bumped by a write that leaves you on this page — lifting a ban from the table below.
 	const [ownRevision, setOwnRevision] = useState(0)
-	const { data, error } = useStaffData<{
-		playerId: number
-		reports: ReportRow[]
-		warnings: WarningRow[]
-		activeBan: ReportRow | null
-	}>(`/api/staff/players/${playerId}`, [revision, ownRevision])
+	const { data, error } = useStaffData<PlayerHistoryData>(`/api/staff/players/${playerId}`, [
+		revision,
+		ownRevision,
+	])
 	const reports = data?.reports ?? []
 	const warnings = data?.warnings ?? []
 	const names = useNames([
@@ -1125,6 +1228,7 @@ function PlayerHistory({
 		...reports.map((r) => r.reporter_player_id),
 		...reports.map((r) => r.unbanned_by_player_id ?? 0),
 		...warnings.map((w) => w.moderator_player_id),
+		data?.blockedBy?.bannedAccountId ?? 0,
 	])
 	// The most recent lift, if any — it is the thing a moderator about to ban needs to know
 	// first, since the report rows below say "Ban again…" and the reason is up here.
@@ -1144,9 +1248,15 @@ function PlayerHistory({
 					!error && <p className="muted">Loading…</p>
 				) : data.activeBan === null ? (
 					<>
+						{data.blockedBy !== null && (
+							<p className="error">
+								<BanSummary data={data} names={names} navigate={navigate} />
+							</p>
+						)}
 						<p className="muted">
-							Not banned. {reports.length} report{reports.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} on file,{' '}
-							{warnings.length} warning{warnings.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} handed down.
+							{data.blockedBy === null ? 'Not banned.' : 'No ban on this account itself.'}{' '}
+							{reports.length} report{reports.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} on file, {warnings.length}{' '}
+							warning{warnings.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} handed down.
 						</p>
 						{lastLifted !== undefined && (
 							<p className="mod-lifted-note">
@@ -1157,12 +1267,7 @@ function PlayerHistory({
 					</>
 				) : (
 					<p className="ok">
-						Banned on report #{data.activeBan.id} for{' '}
-						{categoryLabel(data.activeBan.report_category)} —{' '}
-						{data.activeBan.ban_expires === null
-							? 'permanently'
-							: `until ${when(data.activeBan.ban_expires)}`}
-						.
+						<BanSummary data={data} names={names} navigate={navigate} />
 					</p>
 				)}
 			</section>
@@ -1441,8 +1546,12 @@ function BanDialog({ reportId, navigate }: { reportId: number; navigate: (to: st
 					<PlayerName id={report.reported_player_id} names={names} /> is already banned
 				</h2>
 				<p className="muted">
-					Report #{report.id} — {expiryLabel(report)}. Lift it from the tables if this was a
-					mistake.
+					Report #{report.id} — {categoryLabel(report.report_category)}
+					{report.details ? `: “${report.details}”` : ''}
+				</p>
+				<p className="muted">
+					Banned {report.ban_expires === null ? 'permanently' : `until ${when(report.ban_expires)}`}
+					. Lift it from the tables if this was a mistake.
 				</p>
 				<button onClick={() => navigate(`/moderation/players/${report.reported_player_id}`)}>
 					See their history
diff --git a/apps/www/src/staff.ts b/apps/www/src/staff.ts
index 07bef92..d4e7c24 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/staff.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/staff.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { validateAndGetAccountId, validateAndGetRoles } from '@repo/jwt'
 // Imported rather than reimplemented: the SQL belongs with the table, and `banFromReport`
 // is the same write `api` would do. www owns the ENDPOINTS, not the storage — see the
 // module comment below.
-import { banEvasionMatch, linkedAccounts } from '../../api/src/bans-db'
+import { banEvasionMatch, linkedAccounts, resolveBan } from '../../api/src/bans-db'
 import { getCustomAvatarItem } from '../../api/src/custom-avatar-items-db'
 import {
 	banBlockDetails,
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ export async function bansInForceHandler(c: Context<App>) {
  * Everything on file about one player: every report against them, every warning handed
  * down, and the ban in force if there is one.
  *
+ * `activeBan` is the ban on THIS account. `blockedBy` is what `auth` and `match` actually
+ * enforce — the same `resolveBan` under the operator's arms — so it also catches a player
+ * who is locked out by a ban on an account they share a platform identity or an IP with.
+ * Without it, a ban evader's new account read "Not banned" while being unable to play.
+ *
  * One call because it is one screen — a moderator deciding what to do about an account
  * reads all three together, and three round trips would let the page render a decision
  * out of a partially-loaded history.
@@ -538,16 +543,18 @@ export async function playerHistoryHandler(c: Context<App>) {
 	const playerId = Number.parseInt(c.req.param('id') ?? '', 10)
 	if (Number.isNaN(playerId)) return c.json({ error: 'A numeric player id is required' }, 400)
 
-	const [reports, warnings, activeBan] = await Promise.all([
+	const [reports, warnings, activeBan, blockedBy] = await Promise.all([
 		getReportsAgainst(c.env.DB, playerId),
 		getWarningsAgainst(c.env.DB, playerId),
 		getActiveBan(c.env.DB, playerId),
+		resolveBan(c.env.DB, playerId, { arms: armsFor(c.env) }),
 	])
 	return c.json({
 		playerId,
 		reports: await withImageNames(c.env.DB, reports),
 		warnings,
 		activeBan,
+		blockedBy,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index 4fdff73..eb06060 100644
--- a/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/www/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -1482,6 +1482,41 @@ it('previews which other accounts a ban would reach', async () => {
 	expect(preview.linked.map((l) => l.accountId)).not.toContain(8220)
 })
 
+// A ban evader's new account has no ban of its own, but `auth`/`match` lock it out through
+// the linked arms — so the history must say so rather than read "Not banned".
+it('reports a linked account’s ban as what blocks a player', async () => {
+	const seedAccount = (data: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+		env.DB.prepare('INSERT OR REPLACE INTO account (data) VALUES (?1)')
+			.bind(JSON.stringify(data))
+			.run()
+	await seedAccount({ accountId: 8230, username: 'Banned', lastLoginIp: '203.0.113.30' })
+	await seedAccount({ accountId: 8231, username: 'Alt', signupIp: '203.0.113.30' })
+	await seedAccount({ accountId: 8232, username: 'Stranger', signupIp: '203.0.113.31' })
+	const report = await createReport(env.DB, { reporterPlayerId: 8233, reportedPlayerId: 8230 })
+	expect((await staffPost(`/api/staff/reports/${report.id}/ban`, 8110, { days: 1 })).status).toBe(
+		200
+	)
+
+	type History = {
+		activeBan: { id: number } | null
+		blockedBy: { via: string; bannedAccountId: number; ban: { id: number } } | null
+	}
+	const history = async (id: number) =>
+		(await (await staffGet(`/api/staff/players/${id}`, 8110)).json()) as History
+
+	// The banned account itself: its own ban, matched directly.
+	expect(await history(8230)).toMatchObject({
+		activeBan: { id: report.id },
+		blockedBy: { via: 'account', bannedAccountId: 8230 },
+	})
+	// The alt: no ban of its own, blocked through the shared IP — naming whose ban it is.
+	expect(await history(8231)).toMatchObject({
+		activeBan: null,
+		blockedBy: { via: 'ip', bannedAccountId: 8230, ban: { id: report.id } },
+	})
+	expect(await history(8232)).toMatchObject({ activeBan: null, blockedBy: null })
+})
+
 // The panel's own URLs must reach the SPA, not the worker's API surface. `requireStaff`
 // is mounted on `/api/staff/*`, and `run_worker_first` lists `/api/*` — so every
 // `/moderation/…` path falls through assets-first to the SPA shell, which is what lets a