diff --git a/src/client/Main.ts b/src/client/Main.ts
index 1f5fb6001a..89e6477011 100644
--- a/src/client/Main.ts
+++ b/src/client/Main.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   GameStartInfo,
   PublicGameInfo,
 } from "../core/Schemas";
+import { toWireGameStartInfo } from "../core/Util";
 import { GameEnv } from "../core/configuration/Config";
 import { GameType } from "../core/game/Game";
 import { UserSettings } from "../core/game/UserSettings";
@@ -855,7 +856,13 @@ class Client {
       playerClanTag: this.usernameInput?.getClanTag() ?? null,
       clanTagCheck: this.usernameInput?.getClanCheck(),
       playerRole,
-      gameStartInfo: lobby.gameStartInfo ?? lobby.gameRecord?.info,
+      gameStartInfo:
+        lobby.gameStartInfo ??
+        // Replays simulate from the archived record; re-apply the server's
+        // wire blanking or team games desync (see toWireGameStartInfo).
+        (lobby.gameRecord
+          ? toWireGameStartInfo(lobby.gameRecord.info)
+          : undefined),
       gameRecord: lobby.gameRecord,
     });
 
diff --git a/src/core/Util.ts b/src/core/Util.ts
index 79dc4fd269..789b1f64ee 100644
--- a/src/core/Util.ts
+++ b/src/core/Util.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { customAlphabet } from "nanoid";
-import { Cell, PlayerType, Unit } from "./game/Game";
+import { Cell, GameType, PlayerType, Unit } from "./game/Game";
 import { GameMap, TileRef } from "./game/GameMap";
 import { TileSet } from "./game/TileSet";
 import {
   GameConfig,
   GameID,
   GameRecord,
+  GameStartInfo,
   PartialGameRecord,
   PlayerRecord,
   Tribe,
@@ -252,6 +253,37 @@ export function onlyImages(html: string) {
   });
 }
 
+// Replays rebuild GameStartInfo from the archived record, which keeps
+// players' real clanTag and friends (analytics reads them). Live clients
+// never simulated with those: the server blanks clanTag when clan tags are
+// disabled, and clanTag + friends when names are anonymized — identically
+// for every client, because both feed deterministic team assignment
+// (TeamAssignment.ts). Mirrors GameServer.start() (wireGameStartInfo) and
+// startInfoFor(); replays must apply the same blanking before simulating,
+// or team games with either setting diverge from the recorded hashes.
+// Singleplayer records were simulated (and archived) with the real values —
+// no server, no blanking — so they replay as-is.
+export function toWireGameStartInfo(info: GameStartInfo): GameStartInfo {
+  const config = info.config;
+  if (config.gameType === GameType.Singleplayer) {
+    return info;
+  }
+  const blankClanTags =
+    (config.disableClanTags ?? false) || (config.anonymizeNames ?? false);
+  const blankFriends = config.anonymizeNames ?? false;
+  if (!blankClanTags && !blankFriends) {
+    return info;
+  }
+  return {
+    ...info,
+    players: info.players.map((p) => ({
+      ...p,
+      clanTag: blankClanTags ? null : p.clanTag,
+      friends: blankFriends ? undefined : p.friends,
+    })),
+  };
+}
+
 export function createPartialGameRecord(
   gameID: GameID,
   config: GameConfig,
diff --git a/tests/ToWireGameStartInfo.test.ts b/tests/ToWireGameStartInfo.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71f702a0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ToWireGameStartInfo.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { GameType } from "../src/core/game/Game";
+import { GameStartInfo } from "../src/core/Schemas";
+import { toWireGameStartInfo } from "../src/core/Util";
+
+function startInfo(config: Record<string, unknown>): GameStartInfo {
+  return {
+    gameID: "test-game",
+    lobbyCreatedAt: 0,
+    config,
+    players: [
+      {
+        clientID: "clientAAA",
+        username: "alice",
+        clanTag: "AA",
+        friends: ["clientBBB"],
+        teamIndex: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        clientID: "clientBBB",
+        username: "bob",
+        clanTag: null,
+        friends: [],
+        teamIndex: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+  } as GameStartInfo;
+}
+
+describe("toWireGameStartInfo", () => {
+  it("nulls every clanTag when clan tags are disabled, keeping friends", () => {
+    const info = startInfo({
+      gameType: GameType.Public,
+      disableClanTags: true,
+    });
+
+    const wire = toWireGameStartInfo(info);
+
+    expect(wire.players.map((p) => p.clanTag)).toEqual([null, null]);
+    expect(wire.players[0].friends).toEqual(["clientBBB"]);
+    // Non-simulation identity fields are untouched.
+    expect(wire.players[0]).toMatchObject({
+      clientID: "clientAAA",
+      username: "alice",
+      teamIndex: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("nulls clanTags and drops friends when names are anonymized", () => {
+    const info = startInfo({
+      gameType: GameType.Private,
+      anonymizeNames: true,
+    });
+
+    const wire = toWireGameStartInfo(info);
+
+    expect(wire.players.map((p) => p.clanTag)).toEqual([null, null]);
+    expect(wire.players.map((p) => p.friends)).toEqual([undefined, undefined]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns the record info untouched when neither setting is on", () => {
+    const info = startInfo({ gameType: GameType.Public });
+
+    expect(toWireGameStartInfo(info)).toBe(info);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves singleplayer records alone — they were simulated unblanked", () => {
+    const info = startInfo({
+      gameType: GameType.Singleplayer,
+      disableClanTags: true,
+      anonymizeNames: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(toWireGameStartInfo(info)).toBe(info);
+  });
+
+  it("does not mutate the input record", () => {
+    const info = startInfo({
+      gameType: GameType.Public,
+      anonymizeNames: true,
+    });
+
+    toWireGameStartInfo(info);
+
+    expect(info.players[0].clanTag).toBe("AA");
+    expect(info.players[0].friends).toEqual(["clientBBB"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/replay/ReplayGame.ts b/tests/replay/ReplayGame.ts
index b63643626e..1c8c28ca90 100644
--- a/tests/replay/ReplayGame.ts
+++ b/tests/replay/ReplayGame.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ import {
   GameRecordSchema,
   GameStartInfo,
 } from "../../src/core/Schemas";
-import { decompressGameRecord, simpleHash } from "../../src/core/Util";
+import {
+  decompressGameRecord,
+  simpleHash,
+  toWireGameStartInfo,
+} from "../../src/core/Util";
 import { NodeGameMapLoader } from "../perf/fullgame/NodeGameMapLoader";
 
 const PROJECT_ROOT = path.resolve(
@@ -144,13 +148,14 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     return { ...p, teamIndex };
   });
 
-  const gameStart: GameStartInfo = {
+  // Same wire blanking the client replay path applies (see toWireGameStartInfo).
+  const gameStart: GameStartInfo = toWireGameStartInfo({
     gameID: info.gameID,
     lobbyCreatedAt: info.lobbyCreatedAt,
     config: info.config,
     players,
     tribes: info.tribes,
-  };
+  });
 
   console.log(
     `Replaying ${info.gameID}: ${info.config.gameMap} ` +