diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataType.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6b38ed805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.bukkit.persistence;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * The list persistent data represents a data type that is capable of storing a
+ * list of other data types in a {@link PersistentDataContainer}.
+ *
+ * @param <P> the primitive type of the list element.
+ * @param <C> the complex type of the list elements.
+ */
+public interface ListPersistentDataType<P, C> extends PersistentDataType<List<P>, List<C>> {
+
+    /**
+     * Provides the persistent data type of the elements found in the list.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    PersistentDataType<P, C> elementType();
+}
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataTypeProvider.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataTypeProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cb6704027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/ListPersistentDataTypeProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+package org.bukkit.persistence;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * A provider for list persistent data types that represent the known primitive
+ * types exposed by {@link PersistentDataType}.
+ */
+public final class ListPersistentDataTypeProvider {
+
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Byte, Byte> BYTE = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.BYTE);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Short, Short> SHORT = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.SHORT);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Integer, Integer> INTEGER = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.INTEGER);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Long, Long> LONG = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.LONG);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Float, Float> FLOAT = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.FLOAT);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Double, Double> DOUBLE = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.DOUBLE);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<Byte, Boolean> BOOLEAN = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.BOOLEAN);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<String, String> STRING = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.STRING);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<byte[], byte[]> BYTE_ARRAY = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.BYTE_ARRAY);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<int[], int[]> INTEGER_ARRAY = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.INTEGER_ARRAY);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<long[], long[]> LONG_ARRAY = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(PersistentDataType.LONG_ARRAY);
+    private static final ListPersistentDataType<PersistentDataContainer, PersistentDataContainer> DATA_CONTAINER = new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(
+            PersistentDataType.TAG_CONTAINER
+    );
+
+    ListPersistentDataTypeProvider() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of bytes.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Byte, Byte> bytes() {
+        return BYTE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of shorts.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Short, Short> shorts() {
+        return SHORT;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of integers.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Integer, Integer> integers() {
+        return INTEGER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of longs.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Long, Long> longs() {
+        return LONG;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of floats.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Float, Float> floats() {
+        return FLOAT;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of doubles.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Double, Double> doubles() {
+        return DOUBLE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of booleans.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<Byte, Boolean> booleans() {
+        return BOOLEAN;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of strings.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<String, String> strings() {
+        return STRING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of byte arrays.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<byte[], byte[]> byteArrays() {
+        return BYTE_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of int arrays.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<int[], int[]> integerArrays() {
+        return INTEGER_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * storing lists of long arrays.
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<long[], long[]> longArrays() {
+        return LONG_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a shared {@link ListPersistentDataType} that is capable of
+     * persistent data containers..
+     *
+     * @return the persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ListPersistentDataType<PersistentDataContainer, PersistentDataContainer> dataContainers() {
+        return DATA_CONTAINER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new list persistent data type given any persistent data type
+     * for its elements.
+     *
+     * @param elementType the persistent data type that is capable of
+     * writing/reading the elements of the list.
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the primitives stored in the list.
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the complex values yielded back by the
+     * persistent data types.
+     * @return the created list persistent data type.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public <P, C> ListPersistentDataType<P, C> listTypeFrom(@NotNull final PersistentDataType<P, C> elementType) {
+        return new ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<>(elementType);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A private implementation of the {@link ListPersistentDataType} that uses
+     * {@link Collections2} for conversion from/to the primitive list.
+     *
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the primitives stored in the list.
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the complex values yielded back by the
+     * persistent data types.
+     */
+    private static final class ListPersistentDataTypeImpl<P, C> implements ListPersistentDataType<P, C> {
+
+        @NotNull
+        private final PersistentDataType<P, C> innerType;
+
+        private ListPersistentDataTypeImpl(@NotNull final PersistentDataType<P, C> innerType) {
+            this.innerType = innerType;
+        }
+
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        public Class<List<P>> getPrimitiveType() {
+            return (Class<List<P>>) (Object) List.class;
+        }
+
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        public Class<List<C>> getComplexType() {
+            return (Class<List<C>>) (Object) List.class;
+        }
+
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        public List<P> toPrimitive(@NotNull final List<C> complex, @NotNull final PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
+            return Lists.transform(complex, s -> innerType.toPrimitive(s, context));
+        }
+
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        public List<C> fromPrimitive(@NotNull final List<P> primitive, @NotNull final PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
+            return Lists.transform(primitive, s -> innerType.fromPrimitive(s, context));
+        }
+
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        public PersistentDataType<P, C> elementType() {
+            return this.innerType;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataContainer.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataContainer.java
index 6c156faf01..18fc4f1c71 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataContainer.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataContainer.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * @param key the key this value will be stored under
      * @param type the type this tag uses
      * @param value the value to store in the tag
-     * @param <T> the generic java type of the tag value
-     * @param <Z> the generic type of the object to store
+     * @param <P> the generic java type of the tag value
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the object to store
      *
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the key is null
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the type is null
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no suitable adapter was found for
      * the {@link PersistentDataType#getPrimitiveType()}
      */
-    <T, Z> void set(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<T, Z> type, @NotNull Z value);
+    <P, C> void set(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<P, C> type, @NotNull C value);
 
     /**
      * Returns if the persistent metadata provider has metadata registered
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      *
      * @param key the key the value is stored under
      * @param type the type the primative stored value has to match
-     * @param <T> the generic type of the stored primitive
-     * @param <Z> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the stored primitive
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
      *
      * @return if a value with the provided key and type exists
      *
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the type to cast the found object to is
      * null
      */
-    <T, Z> boolean has(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<T, Z> type);
+    <P, C> boolean has(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<P, C> type);
 
     /**
      * Returns if the persistent metadata provider has metadata registered matching
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      *
      * @param key the key to look up in the custom tag map
      * @param type the type the value must have and will be casted to
-     * @param <T> the generic type of the stored primitive
-     * @param <Z> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the stored primitive
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
      *
      * @return the value or {@code null} if no value was mapped under the given
      * value
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * PersistentDataType#getPrimitiveType()}
      */
     @Nullable
-    <T, Z> Z get(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<T, Z> type);
+    <P, C> C get(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<P, C> type);
 
     /**
      * Returns the metadata value that is stored on the
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * @param type the type the value must have and will be casted to
      * @param defaultValue the default value to return if no value was found for
      * the provided key
-     * @param <T> the generic type of the stored primitive
-     * @param <Z> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the stored primitive
+     * @param <C> the generic type of the eventually created complex object
      *
      * @return the value or the default value if no value was mapped under the
      * given key
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataContainer {
      * the {@link PersistentDataType#getPrimitiveType()}
      */
     @NotNull
-    <T, Z> Z getOrDefault(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<T, Z> type, @NotNull Z defaultValue);
+    <P, C> C getOrDefault(@NotNull NamespacedKey key, @NotNull PersistentDataType<P, C> type, @NotNull C defaultValue);
 
     /**
      * Get the set of keys present on this {@link PersistentDataContainer}
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataType.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataType.java
index b27f4568c2..f219d287e5 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataType.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/persistence/PersistentDataType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.bukkit.persistence;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -13,17 +14,17 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  * {@code
  * public class UUIDTagType implements PersistentDataType<byte[], UUID> {
  *
- *         {@literal @Override}
+ *         @Override
  *         public Class<byte[]> getPrimitiveType() {
  *             return byte[].class;
  *         }
  *
- *         {@literal @Override}
+ *         @Override
  *         public Class<UUID> getComplexType() {
  *             return UUID.class;
  *         }
  *
- *         {@literal @Override}
+ *         @Override
  *         public byte[] toPrimitive(UUID complex, PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
  *             ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[16]);
  *             bb.putLong(complex.getMostSignificantBits());
@@ -31,19 +32,24 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  *             return bb.array();
  *         }
  *
- *         {@literal @Override}
+ *         @Override
  *         public UUID fromPrimitive(byte[] primitive, PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
  *             ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(primitive);
  *             long firstLong = bb.getLong();
  *             long secondLong = bb.getLong();
  *             return new UUID(firstLong, secondLong);
  *         }
- *     }}</pre>
+ *     }
+ *}</pre>
  *
- * @param <T> the primary object type that is stored in the given tag
- * @param <Z> the retrieved object type when applying this tag type
+ * Any plugin owned implementation of this interface is required to define one
+ * of the existing primitive types found in this interface. Notably
+ * {@link #BOOLEAN} is not a primitive type but a convenience type.
+ *
+ * @param <P> the primary object type that is stored in the given tag
+ * @param <C> the retrieved object type when applying this tag type
  */
-public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
+public interface PersistentDataType<P, C> {
 
     /*
         The primitive one value types.
@@ -80,6 +86,10 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
     /*
         Complex Arrays.
      */
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #LIST}'s {@link ListPersistentDataTypeProvider#dataContainers()} instead.
+     */
+    @ApiStatus.Obsolete
     PersistentDataType<PersistentDataContainer[], PersistentDataContainer[]> TAG_CONTAINER_ARRAY = new PrimitivePersistentDataType<>(PersistentDataContainer[].class);
 
     /*
@@ -87,13 +97,29 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
      */
     PersistentDataType<PersistentDataContainer, PersistentDataContainer> TAG_CONTAINER = new PrimitivePersistentDataType<>(PersistentDataContainer.class);
 
+    /**
+     * A data type provider type that itself cannot be used as a
+     * {@link PersistentDataType}.
+     *
+     * {@link ListPersistentDataTypeProvider} exposes shared persistent data
+     * types for storing lists of other data types, however.
+     * <p>
+     * Its existence in the {@link PersistentDataType} interface does not permit
+     * {@link java.util.List} as a primitive type in combination with a plain
+     * {@link PersistentDataType}. {@link java.util.List}s are only valid
+     * primitive types when used via a {@link ListPersistentDataType}.
+     *
+     * @see ListPersistentDataTypeProvider
+     */
+    ListPersistentDataTypeProvider LIST = new ListPersistentDataTypeProvider();
+
     /**
      * Returns the primitive data type of this tag.
      *
      * @return the class
      */
     @NotNull
-    Class<T> getPrimitiveType();
+    Class<P> getPrimitiveType();
 
     /**
      * Returns the complex object type the primitive value resembles.
@@ -101,7 +127,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
      * @return the class type
      */
     @NotNull
-    Class<Z> getComplexType();
+    Class<C> getComplexType();
 
     /**
      * Returns the primitive data that resembles the complex object passed to
@@ -112,7 +138,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
      * @return the primitive value
      */
     @NotNull
-    T toPrimitive(@NotNull Z complex, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context);
+    P toPrimitive(@NotNull C complex, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context);
 
     /**
      * Creates a complex object based of the passed primitive value
@@ -122,7 +148,7 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
      * @return the complex object instance
      */
     @NotNull
-    Z fromPrimitive(@NotNull T primitive, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context);
+    C fromPrimitive(@NotNull P primitive, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context);
 
     /**
      * A default implementation that simply exists to pass on the retrieved or
@@ -131,37 +157,37 @@ public interface PersistentDataType<T, Z> {
      * This implementation does not add any kind of logic, but is used to
      * provide default implementations for the primitive types.
      *
-     * @param <T> the generic type of the primitive objects
+     * @param <P> the generic type of the primitive objects
      */
-    class PrimitivePersistentDataType<T> implements PersistentDataType<T, T> {
+    class PrimitivePersistentDataType<P> implements PersistentDataType<P, P> {
 
-        private final Class<T> primitiveType;
+        private final Class<P> primitiveType;
 
-        PrimitivePersistentDataType(@NotNull Class<T> primitiveType) {
+        PrimitivePersistentDataType(@NotNull Class<P> primitiveType) {
             this.primitiveType = primitiveType;
         }
 
         @NotNull
         @Override
-        public Class<T> getPrimitiveType() {
+        public Class<P> getPrimitiveType() {
             return primitiveType;
         }
 
         @NotNull
         @Override
-        public Class<T> getComplexType() {
+        public Class<P> getComplexType() {
             return primitiveType;
         }
 
         @NotNull
         @Override
-        public T toPrimitive(@NotNull T complex, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
+        public P toPrimitive(@NotNull P complex, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
             return complex;
         }
 
         @NotNull
         @Override
-        public T fromPrimitive(@NotNull T primitive, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
+        public P fromPrimitive(@NotNull P primitive, @NotNull PersistentDataAdapterContext context) {
             return primitive;
         }
     }