diff --git a/scripts/github_release_notes.py b/scripts/github_release_notes.py
index f7e45eb4f..a0b12d207 100644
--- a/scripts/github_release_notes.py
+++ b/scripts/github_release_notes.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Exec with "python github_release_notes.py YOUR_GITHUB_API_ACCESS_TOKEN 4.7.1"
 
 from github import Github
+from collections import Counter
 import sys
 
 TARGETS = ['csharp', 'cpp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python2', 'python3', 'swift']
@@ -18,32 +19,46 @@ milestone = milestone[0]
 
 issues = repo.get_issues(state="closed", milestone=milestone, sort="created", direction="desc")
 
-# dump bugs fixed
+# # dump bugs fixed
+# print()
+# print("## Issues fixed")
+# for x in issues:
+#     labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
+#     if x.pull_request is None and not ("type:improvement" in labels or "type:feature" in labels):
+#         print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join([l.name for l in x.labels])))
+#
+#
+# print()
+# # dump improvements closed for this release (issues or pulls)
+# print("## Improvements, features")
+# for x in issues:
+#     labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
+#     if ("type:improvement" in labels or "type:feature" in labels):
+#         print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join(labels)))
+#
+# print()
+#
+#
+# # dump PRs closed for this release by target
+# print("## Pull requests grouped by target")
+# for target in TARGETS:
+#     print()
+#     print(f"### {target} target")
+#     for x in issues:
+#         labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
+#         if x.pull_request is not None and f"target:{target}" in labels:
+#             print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join(labels)))
+#
+
+# dump contributors
 print()
-print("## Issues fixed")
-for x in issues:
-    labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
-    if x.pull_request is None and not ("type:improvement" in labels or "type:feature" in labels):
-        print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join([l.name for l in x.labels])))
-
-
-print()
-# dump improvements closed for this release (issues or pulls)
-print("## Improvements, features")
-for x in issues:
-    labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
-    if ("type:improvement" in labels or "type:feature" in labels):
-        print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join(labels)))
-
-print()
-
-
-# dump PRs closed for this release by target
-print("## Pull requests grouped by target")
-for target in TARGETS:
-    print()
-    print(f"### {target} target")
-    for x in issues:
-        labels = [l.name for l in x.labels]
-        if x.pull_request is not None and f"target:{target}" in labels:
-            print("* [%s](%s) (%s)" % (x.title, x.html_url, ", ".join(labels)))
+print("## Contributors")
+user_counts = Counter([x.user.login for x in issues])
+users = {x.user.login:x.user for x in issues}
+for login,count in user_counts.most_common(10000):
+    name = users[login].name
+    logins = f" ({users[login].login})"
+    if name is None:
+        name = users[login].login
+        logins = ""
+    print(f"* {count:3d} items: [{name}]({users[login].html_url}){logins}")