diff --git a/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs b/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
index 1f696f4..c2f1d05 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public void StatsReportsTotalsForTheTree()
 		Assert.Contains("Duplicate groups: 1", output);
 		Assert.Contains("Wasted space: 10 B", output);
 		Assert.Contains("Duplicate files by extension:", output);
-		Assert.Contains(".txt: 3 file(s)", output);
+		Assert.Contains(".txt: 2 file(s)", output);
 		Assert.Contains("Largest duplicate groups (by wasted space):", output);
 		Assert.Contains("3 copies, 5 B each, 10 B wasted", output);
 
@@ -181,6 +181,31 @@ public void StatsReportsAFileItCannotHashAsUnreadable()
 		Assert.Contains("Duplicate groups: 0", output);
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// The extension breakdown counts each redundant copy under its own extension, leaves out the
+	/// copy that is kept, and so sums to "Duplicate files" and reads the same on every run.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void StatsBreaksDuplicatesDownByEachCopysOwnExtension()
+	{
+		// Arrange -- the keeper is photo.jpg, the shortest name
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		_ = tree.Write("photo.jpg", "same picture");
+		_ = tree.Write("photo-copy.png", "same picture");
+		_ = tree.Write("backup.bak", "same picture");
+
+		// Act
+		string[] outputs = [.. Enumerable.Range(0, 3).Select(_ => ConsoleCapture.Normalize(ConsoleCapture.Run(new Stats { PathString = tree.Root.WeakString })))];
+
+		// Assert
+		foreach (string output in outputs)
+		{
+			Assert.Contains("Duplicate files: 2", output);
+			Assert.Contains("Duplicate files by extension:\n.bak: 1 file(s)\n.png: 1 file(s)\n", output);
+			Assert.DoesNotContain(".jpg:", output);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// A file that cannot be hashed is named by its full path, so the failing copy can be found
 	/// among others sharing its file name.
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/Stats.cs b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/Stats.cs
index 04fe298..097a25b 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/Stats.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/Stats.cs
@@ -82,22 +82,10 @@ internal override void Run(Stats options)
 			Console.WriteLine($"Wasted space: {DuplicateReport.FormatBytes(wastedSpace)}");
 			Console.WriteLine();
 
-			// Extension breakdown
-			Dictionary<string, int> extensionCounts = [];
-			foreach (DuplicateGroup group in duplicates)
-			{
-				string ext = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(group.Files[0].WeakString);
-				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ext))
-				{
-					ext = "(no extension)";
-				}
-
-				extensionCounts.TryGetValue(ext, out int count);
-				extensionCounts[ext] = count + group.Files.Count;
-			}
+			Dictionary<string, int> extensionCounts = CountRedundantCopiesByExtension(duplicates);
 
 			Console.WriteLine("Duplicate files by extension:");
-			foreach (KeyValuePair<string, int> kvp in extensionCounts.OrderByDescending(kvp => kvp.Value))
+			foreach (KeyValuePair<string, int> kvp in extensionCounts.OrderByDescending(kvp => kvp.Value).ThenBy(kvp => kvp.Key, StringComparer.Ordinal))
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine($"  {kvp.Key}: {kvp.Value} file(s)");
 			}
@@ -114,4 +102,36 @@ internal override void Run(Stats options)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Counts each redundant copy under its own extension, leaving out the copy that is kept, so the
+	/// breakdown sums to "Duplicate files".
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Crediting a whole group to <c>Files[0]</c> counted the keeper too, and picked whichever copy
+	/// the parallel hash happened to list first, so the same tree reported a different extension
+	/// from run to run.
+	/// </remarks>
+	/// <param name="duplicates">The duplicate groups to break down.</param>
+	/// <returns>The number of redundant copies per extension.</returns>
+	private static Dictionary<string, int> CountRedundantCopiesByExtension(IReadOnlyList<DuplicateGroup> duplicates)
+	{
+		Dictionary<string, int> extensionCounts = [];
+		foreach (DuplicateGroup group in duplicates)
+		{
+			AbsoluteFilePath keeper = Deduplicator.SelectFileToKeep(group.Files);
+			IEnumerable<string> extensions = group.Files
+				.Where(f => f != keeper)
+				.Select(f => System.IO.Path.GetExtension(f.WeakString))
+				.Select(ext => string.IsNullOrEmpty(ext) ? "(no extension)" : ext);
+
+			foreach (string ext in extensions)
+			{
+				extensionCounts.TryGetValue(ext, out int count);
+				extensionCounts[ext] = count + 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return extensionCounts;
+	}
 }