diff --git a/crates/domain/src/repository/record.rs b/crates/domain/src/repository/record.rs
index 3f5a6c5..38eb984 100644
--- a/crates/domain/src/repository/record.rs
+++ b/crates/domain/src/repository/record.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ pub trait RecordRepository: Send + Sync {
     /// zero when no records are present to keep the aggregation stable for dashboards.
     fn sum_scores(&self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<u64, RecordRepositoryError>> + Send;
 
+    /// Returns the sum of persisted play counts across the entire catalog.
+    /// The public `totalCredits` statistic is backed by this value for compatibility with the
+    /// existing API contract and dashboard clients.
+    fn sum_play_counts(&self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<u64, RecordRepositoryError>> + Send;
+
     /// Retrieves the highest scores for the supplied sheet. Persistence adapters must filter out
     /// non-public users in this query because visibility flags are enforced by the users table.
     fn find_public_high_scores_by_sheet(
diff --git a/crates/infrastructure/src/record/mod.rs b/crates/infrastructure/src/record/mod.rs
index a22e8c0..a651e4f 100644
--- a/crates/infrastructure/src/record/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/infrastructure/src/record/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ use domain::{
 };
 use read::{
     public_high_scores_by_sheet, public_total_score_ranking, records_by_user,
-    records_by_user_and_sheet_ids, records_with_metadata_by_user, sum_scores as query_sum_scores,
+    records_by_user_and_sheet_ids, records_with_metadata_by_user,
+    sum_play_counts as query_sum_play_counts, sum_scores as query_sum_scores,
 };
 use sea_orm::DbConn;
 use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ impl RecordRepository for RecordRepositoryImpl {
         query_sum_scores(self.db.as_ref()).await
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip(self))]
+    async fn sum_play_counts(&self) -> Result<u64, RecordRepositoryError> {
+        query_sum_play_counts(self.db.as_ref()).await
+    }
+
     #[instrument(skip(self), fields(sheet_id = %sheet_id, limit))]
     async fn find_public_high_scores_by_sheet(
         &self,
diff --git a/crates/infrastructure/src/record/read.rs b/crates/infrastructure/src/record/read.rs
index cd4430f..ee17689 100644
--- a/crates/infrastructure/src/record/read.rs
+++ b/crates/infrastructure/src/record/read.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,47 @@ pub async fn sum_scores(db: &DbConn) -> Result<u64, RecordRepositoryError> {
     Ok(sum)
 }
 
+/// Aggregates persisted play counts across all records. Casts SUM(...) to NUMERIC to
+/// stabilize Postgres' return type regardless of column width.
+pub async fn sum_play_counts(db: &DbConn) -> Result<u64, RecordRepositoryError> {
+    debug!("Summing record play counts via SeaORM");
+    let sum = entities::records::Entity::find()
+        .select_only()
+        .column_as(
+            Expr::col(entities::records::Column::PlayCount)
+                .sum()
+                .cast_as(Alias::new("numeric")),
+            "sum",
+        )
+        .into_tuple::<Option<Decimal>>()
+        .one(db)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            error!(error = %err, "Failed to sum record play counts");
+            RecordRepositoryError::InternalError(AnyError::from(err))
+        })?
+        .flatten()
+        .unwrap_or(Decimal::ZERO);
+
+    if sum.is_sign_negative() {
+        let err = AnyError::msg("Database returned negative record play count sum");
+        error!("Record play count sum returned negative value");
+        return Err(RecordRepositoryError::InternalError(err));
+    }
+
+    let sum = sum.to_u64().ok_or_else(|| {
+        let err = AnyError::msg("Record play count sum cannot fit in u64");
+        error!("Record play count sum overflowed u64 conversion");
+        err
+    })?;
+
+    info!(
+        total_play_counts = sum,
+        "Record play counts summed successfully"
+    );
+    Ok(sum)
+}
+
 pub async fn public_high_scores_by_sheet(
     db: &DbConn,
     sheet_id: &str,
@@ -410,6 +451,26 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(result, 0);
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn sum_play_counts_handles_numeric_rows() {
+        let db = MockDatabase::new(DatabaseBackend::Postgres)
+            .append_query_results([vec![decimal_row("sum", Some(172))]])
+            .into_connection();
+
+        let result = sum_play_counts(&db).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, 172);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn sum_play_counts_defaults_to_zero() {
+        let db = MockDatabase::new(DatabaseBackend::Postgres)
+            .append_query_results([vec![decimal_row("sum", None)]])
+            .into_connection();
+
+        let result = sum_play_counts(&db).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, 0);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn public_high_scores_by_sheet_converts_rows() {
         let sheet_id = Uuid::parse_str("aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa").expect("valid uuid");
diff --git a/crates/presentation/src/route/statistics.rs b/crates/presentation/src/route/statistics.rs
index a2b36df..e6dfc5c 100644
--- a/crates/presentation/src/route/statistics.rs
+++ b/crates/presentation/src/route/statistics.rs
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ mod tests {
         user_repo
             .expect_count_all()
             .returning(|| Box::pin(async { Ok(7) }));
-        user_repo
-            .expect_sum_credits()
-            .returning(|| Box::pin(async { Ok(1234) }));
-
         let mut record_repo = MockRecordRepository::new();
+        record_repo
+            .expect_sum_play_counts()
+            .returning(|| Box::pin(async { Ok(1234) }));
         record_repo
             .expect_sum_scores()
             .returning(|| Box::pin(async { Ok(987_654) }));
diff --git a/crates/usecase/src/statistics.rs b/crates/usecase/src/statistics.rs
index 8e7158a..9cba7c2 100644
--- a/crates/usecase/src/statistics.rs
+++ b/crates/usecase/src/statistics.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl<R: Repositories> StatisticsUsecase<R> {
 
     pub async fn summary(&self) -> Result<GlobalStatisticsDto, StatisticsUsecaseError> {
         let total_users = self.repositories.user().count_all().await?;
-        let total_credits = self.repositories.user().sum_credits().await?;
+        let total_credits = self.repositories.record().sum_play_counts().await?;
         let total_score = self.repositories.record().sum_scores().await?;
 
         Ok(GlobalStatisticsDto::new(