diff --git a/ui/src/lib/BestShares.svelte b/ui/src/lib/BestShares.svelte
index 5f8ca63..a694ef2 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/BestShares.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/lib/BestShares.svelte
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { snap } from "../stores/snapshot.svelte";
   import { formatDifficulty } from "../format";
+  import type { StratumClient } from "../types";
 
-  // Top 10 workers by all-time best share. `bestever` requires the
-  // Kamado ckpool patch (0001-expose-bestever-in-runtime-json.patch)
-  // — on an unpatched ckpool it will be zero everywhere and we fall
-  // back to the current round's best diff.
+  // Join client data into worker rows so the "session best" column
+  // matches what the Miners table renders for the same worker.
+  // ckpool's reset_bestshares() zeroes both worker.best_diff and
+  // client.best_diff when the pool finds a block, but timing or
+  // reconnect can leave the two briefly divergent — take the larger
+  // of the two to stay consistent with the Miners table.
   const rows = $derived.by(() => {
     const ws = snap.data?.workers ?? [];
-    const enriched = ws.map((w) => ({
-      worker: w.worker,
-      bestRound: w.bestdiff,
-      bestEver: w.bestever || w.bestdiff,
-    }));
+    const cs = snap.data?.clients ?? [];
+    const clientByWorker = new Map<string, StratumClient>();
+    for (const c of cs) {
+      const wname = c.workername || `${c.address}.unnamed`;
+      clientByWorker.set(wname, c);
+    }
+    const enriched = ws.map((w) => {
+      const c = clientByWorker.get(w.worker);
+      const sessionBest = Math.max(c?.bestdiff ?? 0, w.bestdiff);
+      return {
+        worker: w.worker,
+        sessionBest,
+        bestEver: w.bestever || sessionBest,
+      };
+    });
     enriched.sort((a, b) => b.bestEver - a.bestEver);
     return enriched.slice(0, 10);
   });
@@ -28,7 +41,7 @@
         <tr>
           <th>#</th>
           <th>Worker</th>
-          <th class="num">Best (round)</th>
+          <th class="num">Best (session)</th>
           <th class="num">Best (ever)</th>
         </tr>
       </thead>
@@ -37,7 +50,7 @@
           <tr>
             <td>{i + 1}</td>
             <td class="mono">{r.worker}</td>
-            <td class="num">{formatDifficulty(r.bestRound)}</td>
+            <td class="num">{formatDifficulty(r.sessionBest)}</td>
             <td class="num">{formatDifficulty(r.bestEver)}</td>
           </tr>
         {/each}
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/MinersTable.svelte b/ui/src/lib/MinersTable.svelte
index 923da3c..d7cc886 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/MinersTable.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/lib/MinersTable.svelte
@@ -35,14 +35,20 @@
       const wname = c.workername || `${c.address}.unnamed`;
       seen.add(wname);
       const w = byWorker.get(wname);
+      // "Session best" is the larger of the live stratum client's
+      // best_diff and the worker_instance's best_diff. ckpool's
+      // reset_bestshares() clears both when the pool finds a block,
+      // but reconnect / timing can leave them briefly divergent —
+      // max() keeps this column aligned with the leaderboard.
+      const sessionBest = Math.max(c.bestdiff, w?.bestdiff ?? 0);
       out.push({
         workerName: wname,
         user: c.address,
         hardware: detectHardware(c.useragent),
         hashrate1m: c.dsps1 * 2 ** 32,
         hashrate1h: c.dsps60 * 2 ** 32,
-        bestDiff: c.bestdiff,
-        bestEver: w?.bestever ?? 0,
+        bestDiff: sessionBest,
+        bestEver: w?.bestever ?? sessionBest,
         lastShare: c.lastshare,
         difficulty: c.diff,
         address: c.address,
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@
             <th class="num">Hashrate (1m)</th>
             <th class="num">Hashrate (1h)</th>
             <th class="num">Diff</th>
-            <th class="num">Best (round)</th>
+            <th class="num">Best (session)</th>
             <th class="num">Best (ever)</th>
             <th class="num">Last share</th>
           </tr>
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/UserDetailPage.svelte b/ui/src/lib/UserDetailPage.svelte
index c616916..7b94b41 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/UserDetailPage.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/lib/UserDetailPage.svelte
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
         hashrate1m: (c?.dsps1 ?? w.dsps1) * 2 ** 32,
         hashrate1h: (c?.dsps60 ?? w.dsps60) * 2 ** 32,
         diff: c?.diff ?? w.mindiff,
-        bestRound: c?.bestdiff ?? w.bestdiff,
+        // Session best = larger of client.bestdiff (this stratum
+        // connection) and worker.bestdiff (this worker in the
+        // current round). Matches the MinersTable / BestShares
+        // leaderboard semantics so values are consistent across
+        // screens.
+        bestRound: Math.max(c?.bestdiff ?? 0, w.bestdiff),
         bestEver: w.bestever,
         lastShare: c?.lastshare ?? w.lastshare,
         online: !!c,
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@
     <div class="card">
       <div class="stat-label">Best share (ever)</div>
       <div class="stat-value">{formatDifficulty(totals.bestEver || totals.bestDiff)}</div>
-      <div class="stat-sub">round best {formatDifficulty(totals.bestDiff)}</div>
+      <div class="stat-sub">across all this user's workers</div>
     </div>
     <div class="card">
       <div class="stat-label">Workers</div>
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@
               <th class="num">Hashrate (1m)</th>
               <th class="num">Hashrate (1h)</th>
               <th class="num">Diff</th>
-              <th class="num">Best (round)</th>
+              <th class="num">Best (session)</th>
               <th class="num">Best (ever)</th>
               <th class="num">Last share</th>
             </tr>