diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7862094b93c8..095016b2209e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "util/intel-tpebs.h"
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
@@ -1857,6 +1858,35 @@ static int perf_stat_init_aggr_mode_file(struct perf_stat *st)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int default_evlist_evsel_cmp(void *priv __maybe_unused,
+				    const struct list_head *l,
+				    const struct list_head *r)
+{
+	const struct perf_evsel *lhs_core = container_of(l, struct perf_evsel, node);
+	const struct evsel *lhs = container_of(lhs_core, struct evsel, core);
+	const struct perf_evsel *rhs_core = container_of(r, struct perf_evsel, node);
+	const struct evsel *rhs = container_of(rhs_core, struct evsel, core);
+
+	if (evsel__leader(lhs) == evsel__leader(rhs)) {
+		/* Within the same group, respect the original order. */
+		return lhs_core->idx - rhs_core->idx;
+	}
+
+	/* Sort default metrics evsels first, and default show events before those. */
+	if (lhs->default_metricgroup != rhs->default_metricgroup)
+		return lhs->default_metricgroup ? -1 : 1;
+
+	if (lhs->default_show_events != rhs->default_show_events)
+		return lhs->default_show_events ? -1 : 1;
+
+	/* Sort by PMU type (prefers legacy types first). */
+	if (lhs->pmu != rhs->pmu)
+		return lhs->pmu->type - rhs->pmu->type;
+
+	/* Sort by name. */
+	return strcmp(evsel__name((struct evsel *)lhs), evsel__name((struct evsel *)rhs));
+}
+
 /*
  * Add default events, if there were no attributes specified or
  * if -d/--detailed, -d -d or -d -d -d is used:
@@ -2023,6 +2053,8 @@ static int add_default_events(void)
 							&metric_evlist->metric_events);
 			evlist__delete(metric_evlist);
 		}
+		list_sort(/*priv=*/NULL, &evlist->core.entries, default_evlist_evsel_cmp);
+
 	}
 out:
 	if (!ret) {