diff --git a/internal/graph/schema.resolvers.go b/internal/graph/schema.resolvers.go
index c84cb713..9cfb808e 100644
--- a/internal/graph/schema.resolvers.go
+++ b/internal/graph/schema.resolvers.go
@@ -676,6 +676,11 @@ func (r *queryResolver) JobsStatistics(ctx context.Context, filter []*model.JobF
 			// Use request-scoped cache: multiple aliases with same (filter, groupBy)
 			// but different sortBy/page hit the DB only once.
 			if cache := getStatsGroupCache(ctx); cache != nil {
+				// Ensure the sort field is computed even if not in the GraphQL selection,
+				// because sortAndPageStats will sort by it in memory.
+				if sortBy != nil {
+					reqFields[sortByFieldName(*sortBy)] = true
+				}
 				key := statsCacheKey(filter, groupBy, reqFields)
 				var allStats []*model.JobsStatistics
 				allStats, err = cache.getOrCompute(key, func() ([]*model.JobsStatistics, error) {
diff --git a/internal/graph/stats_cache.go b/internal/graph/stats_cache.go
index 92e8e85b..c4f0d7f8 100644
--- a/internal/graph/stats_cache.go
+++ b/internal/graph/stats_cache.go
@@ -107,6 +107,33 @@ func sortAndPageStats(allStats []*model.JobsStatistics, sortBy *model.SortByAggr
 	return sorted
 }
 
+// sortByFieldName maps a SortByAggregate enum to the corresponding reqFields key.
+// This ensures the DB computes the column that sortAndPageStats will sort by.
+func sortByFieldName(sortBy model.SortByAggregate) string {
+	switch sortBy {
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotaljobs:
+		return "totalJobs"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalusers:
+		return "totalUsers"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalwalltime:
+		return "totalWalltime"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalnodes:
+		return "totalNodes"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalnodehours:
+		return "totalNodeHours"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalcores:
+		return "totalCores"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalcorehours:
+		return "totalCoreHours"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalaccs:
+		return "totalAccs"
+	case model.SortByAggregateTotalacchours:
+		return "totalAccHours"
+	default:
+		return "totalJobs"
+	}
+}
+
 // statsFieldGetter returns a function that extracts the sortable int field
 // from a JobsStatistics struct for the given sort key.
 func statsFieldGetter(sortBy model.SortByAggregate) func(*model.JobsStatistics) int {