diff --git a/GanjooRazor/wwwroot/js/bk.js b/GanjooRazor/wwwroot/js/bk.js
index 9ef87e54..ccadf727 100644
--- a/GanjooRazor/wwwroot/js/bk.js
+++ b/GanjooRazor/wwwroot/js/bk.js
@@ -2541,29 +2541,39 @@ function plotChart(tableId, maxCols = 9) {
     let table = document.getElementById(tableId);
     if (!table) return;
 
-    let labels = [];
-    let values = [];
-
     let headerCols = table.querySelector("thead tr").children;
     let xTitle = headerCols[1].innerText.trim();
     let yTitle = headerCols[2].innerText.trim();
+
+    // collect every eligible row first - a table's own displayed row order can be meaningful on
+    // the page itself (e.g. sub-categories kept in their natural/defined order rather than sorted
+    // by count), so that order is never disturbed here; sorting/truncating for the chart only
+    // happens below, on a separate copy
+    let rows = [];
     table.querySelectorAll("tbody tr").forEach(row => {
         let cols = row.querySelectorAll("td");
         if (cols.length >= 3) {
-            if (values.length > maxCols) return;
             let rowNumber = persianToEnglishNumber(cols[0].innerText.trim());
             if (rowNumber === "0") return; // Ignore rows with row number ۰
 
             let xValue = persianToEnglishNumber(cols[1].innerText.trim());
             let yValue = persianToEnglishNumber(cols[2].innerText.trim());
 
-            labels.push(xValue);
-            values.push(parseInt(yValue));
-            
-
+            rows.push({ label: xValue, value: parseInt(yValue) });
         }
     });
 
+    // a table opts into charting its top values by count - rather than whatever its own row order
+    // happens to be - via data-chart-sort="value-desc" on the <table> itself
+    if (table.dataset.chartSort === "value-desc") {
+        rows.sort((a, b) => b.value - a.value);
+    }
+
+    rows = rows.slice(0, maxCols + 1);
+
+    let labels = rows.map(r => r.label);
+    let values = rows.map(r => r.value);
+
     let existingCanvas = document.getElementById(`chart-${tableId}`);
     if (existingCanvas) {
         existingCanvas.remove();
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/GanjoorService-Partials/GanjoorService-Stats.cs b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/GanjoorService-Partials/GanjoorService-Stats.cs
index 7d487714..2fc54fab 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/GanjoorService-Partials/GanjoorService-Stats.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/GanjoorService-Partials/GanjoorService-Stats.cs
@@ -788,7 +788,11 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services.Implementation
                     htmlText += " (بخش‌هایی که در این جدول نیامده‌اند فاقد شعر بوده‌اند)";
                 }
                 htmlText += $":</p>{Environment.NewLine}";
-                htmlText += $"<table  class=\"stats\" id=\"cats-stats\">{Environment.NewLine}<thead>{Environment.NewLine}" +
+                // this table's own row order is intentionally the sub-categories' natural/defined
+                // order, not sorted by couplet count like the other stats tables on this page - so
+                // the generic plotChart() in bk.js is told (via data-chart-sort) to sort by value
+                // before charting, without touching the table's own displayed row order
+                htmlText += $"<table  class=\"stats\" id=\"cats-stats\" data-chart-sort=\"value-desc\">{Environment.NewLine}<thead>{Environment.NewLine}" +
                        $"<tr class=\"h\">{Environment.NewLine}" +
                        $"<td class=\"c1\">ردیف</td>{Environment.NewLine}" +
                        $"<td class=\"c2\">بخش</td>{Environment.NewLine}" +