diff --git a/Sources/Actions/Stats.php b/Sources/Actions/Stats.php
index 386efc2e396..0bf4ce0ead8 100644
--- a/Sources/Actions/Stats.php
+++ b/Sources/Actions/Stats.php
@@ -517,11 +517,6 @@ public function execute(): void
 		while ($row_members = Db::$db->fetch_assoc($members_result)) {
 			$i = array_search($row_members['id_member'], array_keys($members));
 
-			// skip all not top 10
-			if ($i > 10) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
 			Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'][$i] = [
 				'name' => $row_members['real_name'],
 				'id' => $row_members['id_member'],
@@ -534,9 +529,13 @@ public function execute(): void
 				$max_num = $members[$row_members['id_member']];
 			}
 		}
-		ksort(Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters']);
 		Db::$db->free_result($members_result);
 
+		// Starters with no member to list, such as guests and deleted members,
+		// were counted but not found, so the top ten are the first ten found.
+		ksort(Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters']);
+		Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'] = \array_slice(Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'], 0, 10);
+
 		foreach (Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'] as $i => $topic) {
 			Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'][$i]['percent'] = round(($topic['num'] * 100) / $max_num);
 			Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'][$i]['num'] = Lang::numberFormat(Utils::$context['stats_blocks']['starters'][$i]['num']);
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Http/StatsStartersTest.php b/tests/Integration/Http/StatsStartersTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..601e1d62571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Http/StatsStartersTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SMF\Tests\Integration\Http;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversNothing;
+use SMF\Db\DatabaseApi as Db;
+
+/**
+ * The statistics centre's list of the members who started the most topics.
+ *
+ * The members and topics it counts are made for the test and removed again
+ * afterwards: an HTTP test runs on another connection than the forum, so it
+ * cannot be rolled back.
+ */
+#[CoversNothing]
+class StatsStartersTest extends HttpTestCase
+{
+	/*********************
+	 * Internal properties
+	 *********************/
+
+	/**
+	 * @var array The members made for the test.
+	 */
+	private array $member_ids = [];
+
+	/**
+	 * @var array The topics made for the test.
+	 */
+	private array $topic_ids = [];
+
+	/****************
+	 * Public methods
+	 ****************/
+
+	/**
+	 * The list skipped the members ranked after index 10, which kept indexes
+	 * 0 to 10: eleven members under a heading that says ten.
+	 */
+	public function testTheTopTenStartersAreTen(): void
+	{
+		// Eleven members who have started two topics each, which ranks them
+		// above the one topic each the forum starts with.
+		for ($i = 1; $i <= 11; $i++) {
+			$member_id = $this->makeMember('Stats Starter ' . $i);
+
+			$this->makeTopicStartedBy($member_id, 0);
+			$this->makeTopicStartedBy($member_id, 1);
+		}
+
+		$page = $this->fetch('?action=stats');
+
+		$starters = $page->xpath('//div[contains(@class, "half_content")][.//span[contains(@class, "starters")]]//dl/dt');
+
+		$this->assertSame(10, $starters->length, 'the top ten starters list the wrong number. The forum said: ' . $page->errorText());
+
+		$this->assertNoErrorsLogged('the stats page logged something.' . "\n");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Topics credited to nobody, or to a member since deleted, are counted
+	 * too, but there is no name to list. Such a starter must not take one of
+	 * the ten places and leave it empty.
+	 */
+	public function testStartersWithNoMemberDoNotTakeAPlace(): void
+	{
+		for ($i = 1; $i <= 11; $i++) {
+			$member_id = $this->makeMember('Stats Starter ' . $i);
+
+			$this->makeTopicStartedBy($member_id, 0);
+			$this->makeTopicStartedBy($member_id, 1);
+		}
+
+		// Ranked first, with more topics than anybody, but not a member.
+		for ($n = 0; $n < 3; $n++) {
+			$this->makeTopicStartedBy(0, $n);
+		}
+
+		$page = $this->fetch('?action=stats');
+
+		$starters = $page->xpath('//div[contains(@class, "half_content")][.//span[contains(@class, "starters")]]//dl/dt');
+
+		$this->assertSame(10, $starters->length, 'the top ten starters list the wrong number. The forum said: ' . $page->errorText());
+
+		$this->assertNoErrorsLogged('the stats page logged something.' . "\n");
+	}
+
+	/******************
+	 * Internal methods
+	 ******************/
+
+	protected function tearDown(): void
+	{
+		if ($this->topic_ids !== []) {
+			Db::$db->query(
+				'DELETE FROM {db_prefix}topics
+				WHERE id_topic IN ({array_int:topics})',
+				['topics' => $this->topic_ids],
+			);
+
+			$this->topic_ids = [];
+		}
+
+		if ($this->member_ids !== []) {
+			Db::$db->query(
+				'DELETE FROM {db_prefix}members
+				WHERE id_member IN ({array_int:members})',
+				['members' => $this->member_ids],
+			);
+
+			$this->member_ids = [];
+		}
+
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Makes a member.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Their name.
+	 * @return int The member's id.
+	 */
+	private function makeMember(string $name): int
+	{
+		$login = 'starter_' . bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+
+		$id = (int) Db::$db->insert(
+			'insert',
+			'{db_prefix}members',
+			[
+				'member_name' => 'string',
+				'real_name' => 'string',
+				'email_address' => 'string',
+				'is_activated' => 'int',
+				'buddy_list' => 'string',
+				'signature' => 'string',
+				'ignore_boards' => 'string',
+			],
+			[[$login, $name, $login . '@example.com', 1, '', '', '']],
+			['id_member'],
+			1,
+		);
+
+		$this->member_ids[] = $id;
+
+		return $id;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Makes a topic row credited to a member. The list only counts topics, so
+	 * it needs no messages, but each topic needs message ids of its own: the
+	 * last message and the board are a unique key.
+	 *
+	 * @param int $member_id The member who started it.
+	 * @param int $n Which of the member's topics this is, from 0.
+	 */
+	private function makeTopicStartedBy(int $member_id, int $n): void
+	{
+		$message_id = 900000000 + $member_id * 10 + $n;
+
+		$this->topic_ids[] = (int) Db::$db->insert(
+			'insert',
+			'{db_prefix}topics',
+			[
+				'id_board' => 'int',
+				'id_first_msg' => 'int',
+				'id_last_msg' => 'int',
+				'id_member_started' => 'int',
+				'id_member_updated' => 'int',
+				'approved' => 'int',
+			],
+			[[1, $message_id, $message_id, $member_id, $member_id, 1]],
+			['id_topic'],
+			1,
+		);
+	}
+}