diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index c8387ce3..47fe4e64 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ client_stack(void)
     uint32_t config_win_vals[2];
     client_node_t *node;
     layer_t layer;
-    statusbar_t *sb;
     int screen;
 
     config_win_vals[0] = XCB_NONE;
@@ -333,7 +332,9 @@ client_stack(void)
 
     /* then stack statusbar window */
     for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-        for(sb = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; sb; sb = sb->next)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *sb = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
             if(sb->sw)
             {
                 xcb_configure_window(globalconf.connection,
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ client_stack(void)
                                      config_win_vals);
                 config_win_vals[0] = sb->sw->window;
             }
+        }
 
     /* finally stack everything else */
     for(layer = LAYER_FULLSCREEN - 1; layer >= LAYER_DESKTOP; layer--)
@@ -833,8 +835,11 @@ client_unmanage(client_t *c)
     if(client_hasstrut(c))
         /* All the statusbars (may) need to be repositioned */
         for(int screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-            for(statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+            for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+            {
+                statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                 statusbar_position_update(s);
+            }
 
     /* set client as invalid */
     c->invalid = true;
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index d105b5cb..fb307733 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ event_handle_button(void *data, xcb_connection_t *connection, xcb_button_press_e
     const int nb_screen = xcb_setup_roots_length(xcb_get_setup(connection));
     client_t *c;
     widget_node_t *w;
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
 
     /* ev->state is
      * button status (8 bits) + modifiers status (8 bits)
@@ -139,7 +138,9 @@ event_handle_button(void *data, xcb_connection_t *connection, xcb_button_press_e
     ev->state &= 0x00ff;
 
     for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-        for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
             if(statusbar->sw
                && (statusbar->sw->window == ev->event || statusbar->sw->window == ev->child))
             {
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ event_handle_button(void *data, xcb_connection_t *connection, xcb_button_press_e
                 /* return even if no widget match */
                 return 0;
             }
+        }
 
     if((c = client_getbytitlebarwin(ev->event)))
     {
@@ -221,8 +223,11 @@ event_handle_configurerequest(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
                 if(client_hasstrut(c))
                     /* All the statusbars (may) need to be repositioned */
                     for(int screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-                        for(statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+                        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+                        {
+                            statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                             statusbar_position_update(s);
+                        }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -488,20 +493,22 @@ event_handle_expose(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
                     xcb_connection_t *connection __attribute__ ((unused)),
                     xcb_expose_event_t *ev)
 {
-    int screen;
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
-    client_t *c;
-
     if(!ev->count)
     {
+        int screen;
+        client_t *c;
+
         for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-            for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
+            for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+            {
+                statusbar_t *statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                 if(statusbar->sw
                    && statusbar->sw->window == ev->window)
                 {
                     simplewindow_refresh_pixmap(statusbar->sw);
                     return 0;
                 }
+            }
 
         if((c = client_getbytitlebarwin(ev->window)))
            simplewindow_refresh_pixmap(c->titlebar->sw);
diff --git a/ewmh.c b/ewmh.c
index ca6f15e0..f15407b2 100644
--- a/ewmh.c
+++ b/ewmh.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ ewmh_update_workarea(int phys_screen)
     tag_array_t *tags = &globalconf.screens[phys_screen].tags;
     uint32_t *area = p_alloca(uint32_t, tags->len * 4);
     area_t geom = screen_area_get(phys_screen,
-                                  globalconf.screens[phys_screen].statusbar,
+                                  &globalconf.screens[phys_screen].statusbars,
                                   &globalconf.screens[phys_screen].padding,
                                   true);
 
@@ -534,8 +534,11 @@ ewmh_client_strut_update(client_t *c, xcb_get_property_reply_t *strut_r)
             client_need_arrange(c);
             /* All the statusbars (may) need to be repositioned */
             for(int screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-                for(statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+                for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+                {
+                    statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                     statusbar_position_update(s);
+                }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/layouts/fair.c b/layouts/fair.c
index ed0e0d5f..95550c3b 100644
--- a/layouts/fair.c
+++ b/layouts/fair.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ layout_fair(int screen, const orientation_t orientation)
     area_t geometry, area;
 
     area = screen_area_get(screen,
-                           globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
+                           &globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars,
                            &globalconf.screens[screen].padding,
                            true);
 
diff --git a/layouts/fibonacci.c b/layouts/fibonacci.c
index 3ffbf28e..cd783e73 100644
--- a/layouts/fibonacci.c
+++ b/layouts/fibonacci.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ layout_fibonacci(int screen, int shape)
     client_t *c;
     area_t geometry, area;
     geometry = area = screen_area_get(screen,
-                                      globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
+                                      &globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars,
                                       &globalconf.screens[screen].padding,
                                       true);
 
diff --git a/layouts/magnifier.c b/layouts/magnifier.c
index c10dd33f..8fecc969 100644
--- a/layouts/magnifier.c
+++ b/layouts/magnifier.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ layout_magnifier(int screen)
     client_t *c, *focus;
     tag_t **curtags = tags_get_current(screen);
     area_t geometry, area = screen_area_get(screen,
-                                            globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
+                                            &globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars,
                                             &globalconf.screens[screen].padding,
                                             true);
 
diff --git a/layouts/max.c b/layouts/max.c
index f7be2ebc..31e0787a 100644
--- a/layouts/max.c
+++ b/layouts/max.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ layout_max(int screen)
 {
     client_t *c;
     area_t area = screen_area_get(screen,
-                                  globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
+                                  &globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars,
                                   &globalconf.screens[screen].padding,
                                   true);
 
diff --git a/layouts/tile.c b/layouts/tile.c
index 80870062..96ebd128 100644
--- a/layouts/tile.c
+++ b/layouts/tile.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ _tile(int screen, const position_t position)
     tag_t **curtags = tags_get_current(screen);
 
     area = screen_area_get(screen,
-                           globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
+                           &globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars,
                            &globalconf.screens[screen].padding,
                            true);
 
diff --git a/mouse.c b/mouse.c
index 639f7b6d..c959d056 100644
--- a/mouse.c
+++ b/mouse.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mouse_snapclient(client_t *c, area_t geometry, int snap)
     area_t snapper_geometry;
     area_t screen_geometry =
         screen_area_get(c->screen,
-                        globalconf.screens[c->screen].statusbar,
+                        &globalconf.screens[c->screen].statusbars,
                         &globalconf.screens[c->screen].padding,
                         false);
 
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ mouse_client_resize_tiled(client_t *c)
     layout = tag->layout;
 
     area = screen_area_get(tag->screen,
-                           globalconf.screens[tag->screen].statusbar,
+                           &globalconf.screens[tag->screen].statusbars,
                            &globalconf.screens[tag->screen].padding,
                            true);
 
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ mouse_client_resize_magnified(client_t *c, bool infobox)
     root = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, c->phys_screen)->root;
 
     area = screen_area_get(tag->screen,
-                           globalconf.screens[tag->screen].statusbar,
+                           &globalconf.screens[tag->screen].statusbars,
                            &globalconf.screens[tag->screen].padding,
                            true);
 
diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 7f7b7a6f..7daebb67 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -156,17 +156,16 @@ screen_getbycoord(int screen, int x, int y)
 
 /** Get screens info.
  * \param screen Screen number.
- * \param statusbar Statusbar list to remove.
+ * \param statusbars Statusbar list to remove.
  * \param padding Padding.
  * \param strut Honor windows strut.
  * \return The screen area.
  */
 area_t
-screen_area_get(int screen, statusbar_t *statusbar,
+screen_area_get(int screen, statusbar_array_t *statusbars,
                 padding_t *padding, bool strut)
 {
     area_t area = globalconf.screens[screen].geometry;
-    statusbar_t *sb;
     uint16_t top = 0, bottom = 0, left = 0, right = 0;
 
     /* make padding corrections */
@@ -216,23 +215,27 @@ screen_area_get(int screen, statusbar_t *statusbar,
     }
 
 
-    for(sb = statusbar; sb; sb = sb->next)
-        switch(sb->position)
+    if(statusbars)
+        for(int i = 0; i < statusbars->len; i++)
         {
-          case Top:
-            top = MAX(top, (uint16_t) (sb->sw->geometry.y - area.y) + sb->sw->geometry.height);
-            break;
-          case Bottom:
-            bottom = MAX(bottom, (uint16_t) (area.y + area.height) - sb->sw->geometry.y);
-            break;
-          case Left:
-            left = MAX(left, (uint16_t) (sb->sw->geometry.x - area.x) + sb->sw->geometry.width);
-            break;
-          case Right:
-            right = MAX(right, (uint16_t) (area.x + area.width) - sb->sw->geometry.x);
-            break;
-          default:
-            break;
+            statusbar_t *sb = statusbars->tab[i];
+            switch(sb->position)
+            {
+              case Top:
+                top = MAX(top, (uint16_t) (sb->sw->geometry.y - area.y) + sb->sw->geometry.height);
+                break;
+              case Bottom:
+                bottom = MAX(bottom, (uint16_t) (area.y + area.height) - sb->sw->geometry.y);
+                break;
+              case Left:
+                left = MAX(left, (uint16_t) (sb->sw->geometry.x - area.x) + sb->sw->geometry.width);
+                break;
+              case Right:
+                right = MAX(right, (uint16_t) (area.x + area.width) - sb->sw->geometry.x);
+                break;
+              default:
+                break;
+            }
         }
 
     area.x += left;
@@ -245,25 +248,26 @@ screen_area_get(int screen, statusbar_t *statusbar,
 
 /** Get display info.
  * \param phys_screen Physical screen number.
- * \param statusbar The statusbars.
+ * \param statusbars The statusbars.
  * \param padding Padding.
  * \return The display area.
  */
 area_t
-display_area_get(int phys_screen, statusbar_t *statusbar, padding_t *padding)
+display_area_get(int phys_screen, statusbar_array_t *statusbars, padding_t *padding)
 {
-    area_t area = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-    statusbar_t *sb;
     xcb_screen_t *s = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, phys_screen);
+    area_t area = { .x = 0,
+                    .y = 0,
+                    .width = s->width_in_pixels,
+                    .height = s->height_in_pixels };
 
-    area.width = s->width_in_pixels;
-    area.height = s->height_in_pixels;
-
-    for(sb = statusbar; sb; sb = sb->next)
-    {
-        area.y += sb->position == Top ? sb->height : 0;
-        area.height -= (sb->position == Top || sb->position == Bottom) ? sb->height : 0;
-    }
+    if(statusbars)
+        for(int i = 0; i < statusbars->len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *sb = statusbars->tab[i];
+            area.y += sb->position == Top ? sb->height : 0;
+            area.height -= (sb->position == Top || sb->position == Bottom) ? sb->height : 0;
+        }
 
     /* make padding corrections */
     if(padding)
@@ -508,7 +512,7 @@ luaA_screen_index(lua_State *L)
         lua_setfield(L, -2, "height");
         break;
       case A_TK_WORKAREA:
-        g = screen_area_get(s->index, s->statusbar, &s->padding, true);
+        g = screen_area_get(s->index, &s->statusbars, &s->padding, true);
         lua_newtable(L);
         lua_pushnumber(L, g.x);
         lua_setfield(L, -2, "x");
@@ -544,8 +548,6 @@ luaA_screen_padding(lua_State *L)
 
     if(lua_gettop(L) == 2)
     {
-        statusbar_t *sb;
-
         luaA_checktable(L, 2);
 
         s->padding.right = luaA_getopt_number(L, 2, "right", 0);
@@ -556,8 +558,8 @@ luaA_screen_padding(lua_State *L)
         s->need_arrange = true;
 
         /* All the statusbar repositioned */
-        for(sb = s->statusbar; sb; sb = sb->next)
-            statusbar_position_update(sb);
+        for(int i = 0; i < s->statusbars.len; i++)
+            statusbar_position_update(s->statusbars.tab[i]);
 
         ewmh_update_workarea(screen_virttophys(s->index));
     }
diff --git a/screen.h b/screen.h
index 39154e24..d93ce5e6 100644
--- a/screen.h
+++ b/screen.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 void screen_scan(void);
 int screen_getbycoord(int, int, int);
-area_t screen_area_get(int, statusbar_t *, padding_t *, bool);
-area_t display_area_get(int, statusbar_t *, padding_t *);
+area_t screen_area_get(int, statusbar_array_t *, padding_t *, bool);
+area_t display_area_get(int, statusbar_array_t *, padding_t *);
 int screen_virttophys(int);
 void screen_client_moveto(client_t *, int, bool, bool);
 
diff --git a/statusbar.c b/statusbar.c
index 11ce0e55..d724e3fb 100644
--- a/statusbar.c
+++ b/statusbar.c
@@ -236,11 +236,13 @@ statusbar_draw(statusbar_t *statusbar)
 statusbar_t *
 statusbar_getbywin(xcb_window_t w)
 {
-    statusbar_t *s;
-    for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.nscreen; i++)
-        for(s = globalconf.screens[i].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+    for(int screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
             if(s->sw->window == w)
                 return s;
+        }
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -249,13 +251,13 @@ statusbar_getbywin(xcb_window_t w)
 void
 statusbar_refresh(void)
 {
-    int screen;
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
-
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-        for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
-            if(statusbar->need_update)
-                statusbar_draw(statusbar);
+    for(int screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
+            if(s->need_update)
+                statusbar_draw(s);
+        }
 }
 
 static void
@@ -278,7 +280,6 @@ statusbar_clean(statusbar_t *statusbar)
 void
 statusbar_position_update(statusbar_t *statusbar)
 {
-    statusbar_t *sb;
     area_t area, wingeometry;
     xcb_pixmap_t dw;
     xcb_screen_t *s = NULL;
@@ -291,8 +292,9 @@ statusbar_position_update(statusbar_t *statusbar)
                            &globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].padding, true);
 
     /* Top and Bottom statusbar_t have prio */
-    for(sb = globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbar; sb; sb = sb->next)
+    for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbars.len; i++)
     {
+        statusbar_t *sb = globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbars.tab[i];
         /* Ignore every statusbar after me that is in the same position */
         if(statusbar == sb)
         {
@@ -656,7 +658,12 @@ statusbar_remove(statusbar_t *statusbar)
         /* restore position */
         statusbar->position = p;
 
-        statusbar_list_detach(&globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbar, statusbar);
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+            if(globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbars.tab[i] == statusbar)
+            {
+                statusbar_array_take(&globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].statusbars, i);
+                break;
+            }
         globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].need_arrange = true;
         statusbar->screen = SCREEN_UNDEF;
         statusbar_unref(&statusbar);
@@ -671,7 +678,7 @@ static int
 luaA_statusbar_newindex(lua_State *L)
 {
     size_t len;
-    statusbar_t *s, **statusbar = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "statusbar");
+    statusbar_t **statusbar = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "statusbar");
     const char *buf, *attr = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &len);
     position_t p;
     int screen;
@@ -692,21 +699,27 @@ luaA_statusbar_newindex(lua_State *L)
                            (*statusbar)->screen + 1);
 
             /* Check for uniq name and id. */
-            for(s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+            for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+            {
+                statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                 if(!a_strcmp(s->name, (*statusbar)->name))
                     luaL_error(L, "a statusbar with that name is already on screen %d\n",
                                screen + 1);
+            }
 
             statusbar_remove(*statusbar);
 
             (*statusbar)->screen = screen;
 
-            statusbar_list_append(&globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar, *statusbar);
+            statusbar_array_append(&globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars, *statusbar);
             statusbar_ref(statusbar);
 
             /* All the other statusbar and ourselves need to be repositioned */
-            for(s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+            for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+            {
+                statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                 statusbar_position_update(s);
+            }
 
             ewmh_update_workarea(screen_virttophys(screen));
         }
@@ -743,8 +756,11 @@ luaA_statusbar_newindex(lua_State *L)
             (*statusbar)->position = p;
             if((*statusbar)->screen != SCREEN_UNDEF)
             {
-                for(s = globalconf.screens[(*statusbar)->screen].statusbar; s; s = s->next)
+                for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[(*statusbar)->screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+                {
+                    statusbar_t *s = globalconf.screens[(*statusbar)->screen].statusbars.tab[i];
                     statusbar_position_update(s);
+                }
                 ewmh_update_workarea(screen_virttophys((*statusbar)->screen));
             }
         }
diff --git a/statusbar.h b/statusbar.h
index c158a19b..f7969d98 100644
--- a/statusbar.h
+++ b/statusbar.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void statusbar_position_update(statusbar_t *);
 int luaA_statusbar_userdata_new(lua_State *, statusbar_t *);
 
 DO_RCNT(statusbar_t, statusbar, statusbar_delete)
-DO_SLIST(statusbar_t, statusbar, statusbar_delete)
+ARRAY_FUNCS(statusbar_t *, statusbar, statusbar_unref)
 
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index a56029aa..9bcd3153 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -245,9 +245,8 @@ struct statusbar_t
     } colors;
     /** Widget the mouse is over */
     widget_node_t *mouse_over;
-    /** Next and previous statusbars */
-    statusbar_t *prev, *next;
 };
+ARRAY_TYPE(statusbar_t *, statusbar)
 
 /* Strut */
 typedef struct
@@ -401,8 +400,8 @@ typedef struct
     bool need_arrange;
     /** Tag list */
     tag_array_t tags;
-    /** Status bar */
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
+    /** Statusbars */
+    statusbar_array_t statusbars;
     /** Padding */
     padding_t padding;
     /** Window that contains the systray */
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index 4b1ab872..31c981b3 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -210,18 +210,18 @@ widget_common_new(widget_t *widget)
 void
 widget_invalidate_cache(int screen, int flags)
 {
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
-    widget_node_t *widget;
+    for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+    {
+        statusbar_t *statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
+        widget_node_t *widget;
 
-    for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar;
-        statusbar;
-        statusbar = statusbar->next)
         for(widget = statusbar->widgets; widget; widget = widget->next)
             if(widget->widget->cache_flags & flags)
             {
                 statusbar->need_update = true;
                 break;
             }
+    }
 }
 
 /** Set a statusbar needs update because it has widget, or redraw a titlebar.
@@ -232,14 +232,14 @@ void
 widget_invalidate_bywidget(widget_t *widget)
 {
     int screen;
-    statusbar_t *statusbar;
     widget_node_t *witer;
     client_t *c;
 
     for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
-        for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar;
-            statusbar;
-            statusbar = statusbar->next)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            statusbar_t *statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
+
             if(!statusbar->need_update)
                 for(witer = statusbar->widgets; witer; witer = witer->next)
                     if(witer->widget == widget)
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ widget_invalidate_bywidget(widget_t *widget)
                         statusbar->need_update = true;
                         break;
                     }
+        }
 
     for(c = globalconf.clients; c; c = c->next)
         if(c->titlebar && !c->titlebar->need_update)