diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PersistentDataContainerView.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PersistentDataContainerView.java
index fd27d65893a2..544b0f37daa2 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PersistentDataContainerView.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PersistentDataContainerView.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.papermc.paper.persistence;
 
 import java.util.Set;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
 import org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataAdapterContext;
 import org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataContainer;
@@ -110,6 +111,23 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainerView {
      */
     <P, C> C getOrDefault(NamespacedKey key, PersistentDataType<P, C> type, C defaultValue);
 
+    /**
+     * Estimates the {@link PersistentDataType} of the value based on the primitive
+     * type that is stored for the given key.
+     * <br>
+     * <b>WARNING:</b> This method will only return data types
+     * defined in {@link PersistentDataType} which directly map to a specific
+     * nbt tag. The return value will be wrong if the data type is plugin
+     * specific or not represented by a specific nbt tag.
+     * Use {@link #has(NamespacedKey, PersistentDataType)} if you expect a
+     * specific data type.
+     *
+     * @param key the key to look up the value type of
+     * @return estimated data type or null if no value is present, the type is
+     * unknown or an empty list is encountered as value.
+     */
+    @Nullable PersistentDataType<?, ?> getPrimitiveStorageType(Key key);
+
     /**
      * Get the set of keys present on this {@link PersistentDataContainer}
      * instance.
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PaperPersistentDataContainerView.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PaperPersistentDataContainerView.java
index 6f78279f4e54..614a655555e2 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PaperPersistentDataContainerView.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/persistence/PaperPersistentDataContainerView.java
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtIo;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
 import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.persistence.CraftPersistentDataAdapterContext;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.persistence.CraftPersistentDataContainer;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.persistence.CraftPersistentDataTypeRegistry;
+import org.bukkit.persistence.ListPersistentDataType;
 import org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataAdapterContext;
 import org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataContainer;
 import org.bukkit.persistence.PersistentDataType;
@@ -73,6 +76,18 @@ public <P, C> C getOrDefault(final NamespacedKey key, final PersistentDataType<P
         return c != null ? c : defaultValue;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public @Nullable PersistentDataType<?, ?> getPrimitiveStorageType(final Key key) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(key != null, "The NamespacedKey key cannot be null");
+
+        final Tag value = this.getTag(key.asString());
+        if (value == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return getTagType(value);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Set<NamespacedKey> getKeys() {
         final Set<String> names = this.toTagCompound().keySet();
@@ -117,4 +132,62 @@ public byte[] serializeToBytes() throws IOException {
             return byteArrayOutput.toByteArray();
         }
     }
+
+    private static @Nullable PersistentDataType<?, ?> getTagType(final Tag value) {
+        return switch (value.getId()) {
+            case Tag.TAG_BYTE -> PersistentDataType.BYTE;
+            case Tag.TAG_SHORT -> PersistentDataType.SHORT;
+            case Tag.TAG_INT -> PersistentDataType.INTEGER;
+            case Tag.TAG_LONG -> PersistentDataType.LONG;
+            case Tag.TAG_FLOAT -> PersistentDataType.FLOAT;
+            case Tag.TAG_DOUBLE -> PersistentDataType.DOUBLE;
+            case Tag.TAG_BYTE_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.BYTE_ARRAY;
+            case Tag.TAG_STRING -> PersistentDataType.STRING;
+            case Tag.TAG_COMPOUND -> PersistentDataType.TAG_CONTAINER;
+            case Tag.TAG_INT_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.INTEGER_ARRAY;
+            case Tag.TAG_LONG_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.LONG_ARRAY;
+            case Tag.TAG_LIST -> {
+                if (!(value instanceof ListTag listTag)) {
+                    yield null;
+                }
+
+                yield getListTagType(listTag);
+            }
+            default -> null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static @Nullable ListPersistentDataType<?, ?> getListTagType(final ListTag value) {
+        return switch (value.identifyRawElementType()) {
+            case Tag.TAG_BYTE -> PersistentDataType.LIST.bytes();
+            case Tag.TAG_SHORT -> PersistentDataType.LIST.shorts();
+            case Tag.TAG_INT -> PersistentDataType.LIST.integers();
+            case Tag.TAG_LONG -> PersistentDataType.LIST.longs();
+            case Tag.TAG_FLOAT -> PersistentDataType.LIST.floats();
+            case Tag.TAG_DOUBLE -> PersistentDataType.LIST.doubles();
+            case Tag.TAG_BYTE_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.LIST.byteArrays();
+            case Tag.TAG_STRING -> PersistentDataType.LIST.strings();
+            case Tag.TAG_COMPOUND -> PersistentDataType.LIST.dataContainers();
+            case Tag.TAG_INT_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.LIST.integerArrays();
+            case Tag.TAG_LONG_ARRAY -> PersistentDataType.LIST.longArrays();
+            case Tag.TAG_LIST -> {
+                if (value.isEmpty()) {
+                    yield null;
+                }
+
+                final Tag nestedTag = value.getFirst();
+                if (!(nestedTag instanceof ListTag nestedListTag)) {
+                    yield null;
+                }
+
+                ListPersistentDataType<?, ?> nestedListType = getListTagType(nestedListTag);
+                if (nestedListType == null) {
+                    yield null;
+                }
+
+                yield PersistentDataType.LIST.listTypeFrom(nestedListType);
+            }
+            default -> null;
+        };
+    }
 }