diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f18bc99..3245c66 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -388,9 +388,19 @@ switch (true) {
                     GROUP BY user_id
                 ) cm ON u.user_id = cm.user_id
                 LEFT JOIN (
-                    SELECT assigned_to, COUNT(*) as tickets_assigned
-                    FROM tickets
-                    WHERE DATE(created_at) BETWEEN ? AND ?
+                    -- Assignment date, not ticket creation date: a ticket created
+                    -- outside the range but assigned within it should count, and
+                    -- one created in-range but assigned later shouldn't (until it
+                    -- is). Derived from audit_log's 'assign' events since tickets
+                    -- has no assigned_at column; COUNT(DISTINCT ...) so a ticket
+                    -- reassigned more than once to the same user in-range still
+                    -- counts once.
+                    SELECT
+                        CAST(JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(details, '$.assigned_to')) AS UNSIGNED) as assigned_to,
+                        COUNT(DISTINCT entity_id) as tickets_assigned
+                    FROM audit_log
+                    WHERE action_type = 'assign' AND entity_type = 'ticket'
+                        AND DATE(created_at) BETWEEN ? AND ?
                     GROUP BY assigned_to
                 ) ta ON u.user_id = ta.assigned_to
                 LEFT JOIN (