diff --git a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerManager.cs b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
index 3974689..c8e84b0 100644
--- a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
+++ b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ internal class PlayerManager
 #endif
             if (CS2_SimpleAdmin.DatabaseProvider == null)
                 return;
+            
+            // Optimization: Get players once and avoid allocating anonymous types
+            var validPlayers = Helper.GetValidPlayers();
+            // Use ValueTuple instead of anonymous type - better performance and less allocations
+            var tempPlayers = new List<(string PlayerName, ulong SteamID, string? IpAddress, int? UserId, int Slot)>(validPlayers.Count);
+            foreach (var p in validPlayers)
+            {
+                tempPlayers.Add((p.PlayerName, p.SteamID, p.IpAddress, p.UserId, p.Slot));
+            }
 
             var pluginInstance = CS2_SimpleAdmin.Instance;
             var config = _config.OtherSettings; // Cache config access
@@ -291,8 +300,7 @@ internal class PlayerManager
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    // Always run cache and permission refresh, regardless of player count
-                    // This ensures bans/mutes status changes are detected even when server is empty
+                    // Run all expire tasks in parallel
                     var expireTasks = new[]
                     {
                         pluginInstance.BanManager.ExpireOldBans(),
@@ -320,11 +328,6 @@ internal class PlayerManager
                 if (pluginInstance.CacheManager == null)
                     return;
 
-                // Only check players if there are any online
-                var validPlayers = Helper.GetValidPlayers();
-                if (validPlayers.Count == 0)
-                    return;
-
                 // Optimization: Cache ban type and multi-account check to avoid repeated config access
                 var banType = config.BanType;
                 var checkMultiAccounts = config.CheckMultiAccountsByIp;
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ internal class PlayerManager
                 var bannedPlayers = new List<(string PlayerName, ulong SteamID, string? IpAddress, int? UserId, int Slot)>();
 
                 // Manual loop instead of LINQ - better performance
-                foreach (var player in validPlayers)
+                foreach (var player in tempPlayers)
                 {
                     var playerName = player.PlayerName;
                     var steamId = player.SteamID;
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ internal class PlayerManager
 
                     if (isBanned)
                     {
-                        bannedPlayers.Add((playerName, steamId, ip, player.UserId, player.Slot));
+                        bannedPlayers.Add(player);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -369,8 +372,8 @@ internal class PlayerManager
                 if (config.TimeMode == 0)
                 {
                     // Optimization: Manual projection instead of LINQ
-                    var onlinePlayers = new List<(ulong, int?, int)>(validPlayers.Count);
-                    foreach (var player in validPlayers)
+                    var onlinePlayers = new List<(ulong, int?, int)>(tempPlayers.Count);
+                    foreach (var player in tempPlayers)
                     {
                         onlinePlayers.Add((player.SteamID, player.UserId, player.Slot));
                     }