diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93926ac4e7f..24ac1c2e6ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint",
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a3fa54208b..bb4f6ed32d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ aws-sdk-sqs = "=1.15.0"
 axum = { version = "=0.7.4", features = ["macros", "matched-path"] }
 axum-extra = { version = "=0.9.2", features = ["cookie-signed", "typed-header"] }
 base64 = "=0.22.0"
-bigdecimal = "=0.4.3"
+bigdecimal = { version = "=0.4.3", features = ["serde"] }
 cargo-manifest = "=0.13.0"
 crates_io_cdn_logs = { path = "crates_io_cdn_logs" }
 crates_io_env_vars = { path = "crates_io_env_vars" }
diff --git a/src/controllers/user/other.rs b/src/controllers/user/other.rs
index 21ea742e522..4441d6c6ff3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user/other.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/user/other.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::controllers::frontend_prelude::*;
+use bigdecimal::{BigDecimal, ToPrimitive};
 
 use crate::models::{CrateOwner, OwnerKind, User};
-use crate::schema::{crate_owners, crates, users};
+use crate::schema::{crate_downloads, crate_owners, crates, users};
 use crate::sql::lower;
 use crate::views::EncodablePublicUser;
 
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ pub async fn stats(state: AppState, Path(user_id): Path<i32>) -> AppResult<Json<
 
         let conn = &mut *state.db_read_prefer_primary()?;
 
-        let data: i64 = CrateOwner::by_owner_kind(OwnerKind::User)
+        let data = CrateOwner::by_owner_kind(OwnerKind::User)
             .inner_join(crates::table)
+            .inner_join(crate_downloads::table.on(crates::id.eq(crate_downloads::crate_id)))
             .filter(crate_owners::owner_id.eq(user_id))
-            .select(sum(crates::downloads))
-            .first::<Option<i64>>(conn)?
+            .select(sum(crate_downloads::downloads))
+            .first::<Option<BigDecimal>>(conn)?
+            .map(|d| d.to_u64().unwrap_or(u64::MAX))
             .unwrap_or(0);
 
         Ok(Json(json!({ "total_downloads": data })))
diff --git a/src/tests/routes/users/stats.rs b/src/tests/routes/users/stats.rs
index fd98afcab00..204028516d8 100644
--- a/src/tests/routes/users/stats.rs
+++ b/src/tests/routes/users/stats.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ struct UserStats {
 fn user_total_downloads() {
     use crate::builders::CrateBuilder;
     use crate::util::{RequestHelper, TestApp};
-    use diesel::{update, RunQueryDsl};
+    use crates_io::schema::crate_downloads;
+    use diesel::prelude::*;
+    use diesel::{update, QueryDsl, RunQueryDsl};
 
     let (app, anon, user) = TestApp::init().with_user();
     let user = user.as_model();
@@ -17,25 +19,27 @@ fn user_total_downloads() {
     let another_user = another_user.as_model();
 
     app.db(|conn| {
-        let mut krate = CrateBuilder::new("foo_krate1", user.id).expect_build(conn);
-        krate.downloads = 10;
-        update(&krate).set(&krate).execute(conn).unwrap();
-
-        let mut krate2 = CrateBuilder::new("foo_krate2", user.id).expect_build(conn);
-        krate2.downloads = 20;
-        update(&krate2).set(&krate2).execute(conn).unwrap();
-
-        let mut another_krate = CrateBuilder::new("bar_krate1", another_user.id).expect_build(conn);
-        another_krate.downloads = 2;
-        update(&another_krate)
-            .set(&another_krate)
+        let krate = CrateBuilder::new("foo_krate1", user.id).expect_build(conn);
+        update(crate_downloads::table.filter(crate_downloads::crate_id.eq(krate.id)))
+            .set(crate_downloads::downloads.eq(10))
             .execute(conn)
             .unwrap();
 
-        let mut no_longer_my_krate = CrateBuilder::new("nacho", user.id).expect_build(conn);
-        no_longer_my_krate.downloads = 5;
-        update(&no_longer_my_krate)
-            .set(&no_longer_my_krate)
+        let krate2 = CrateBuilder::new("foo_krate2", user.id).expect_build(conn);
+        update(crate_downloads::table.filter(crate_downloads::crate_id.eq(krate2.id)))
+            .set(crate_downloads::downloads.eq(20))
+            .execute(conn)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let another_krate = CrateBuilder::new("bar_krate1", another_user.id).expect_build(conn);
+        update(crate_downloads::table.filter(crate_downloads::crate_id.eq(another_krate.id)))
+            .set(crate_downloads::downloads.eq(2))
+            .execute(conn)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let no_longer_my_krate = CrateBuilder::new("nacho", user.id).expect_build(conn);
+        update(crate_downloads::table.filter(crate_downloads::crate_id.eq(no_longer_my_krate.id)))
+            .set(crate_downloads::downloads.eq(5))
             .execute(conn)
             .unwrap();
         no_longer_my_krate