diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/PerformancePointsCounter.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/PerformancePointsCounter.cs
index 7babc90427..2fc3f23190 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/PerformancePointsCounter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/PerformancePointsCounter.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
                             Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                             Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                             Text = @"pp",
-                            Font = OsuFont.Numeric.With(size: 8)
+                            Font = OsuFont.Numeric.With(size: 8),
+                            Padding = new MarginPadding { Bottom = 1.5f }, // align baseline better
                         }
                     }
                 };
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
index 8c1e5313d5..8e03bddb4d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
                                     if (ppCounter != null)
                                     {
-                                        ppCounter.Y = score.Position.Y + score.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Size.Y;
+                                        ppCounter.Y = score.Position.Y + ppCounter.ScreenSpaceDeltaToParentSpace(score.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Size).Y - 4;
                                         ppCounter.Origin = Anchor.TopCentre;
                                         ppCounter.Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre;
                                     }