--- a/vm-profiler/client-swing/src/main/java/com/redhat/thermostat/vm/profiler/client/swing/internal/SwingVmProfileView.java	Wed Jun 29 15:01:48 2016 -0400
+++ b/vm-profiler/client-swing/src/main/java/com/redhat/thermostat/vm/profiler/client/swing/internal/SwingVmProfileView.java	Wed Jun 29 15:01:50 2016 -0400
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 import javax.swing.JTable;
 import javax.swing.JToggleButton;
 import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
+import javax.swing.RowSorter;
+import javax.swing.SortOrder;
 import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
 import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
@@ -260,6 +262,10 @@
                 return super.getCellRenderer(row, column);
             }
         };
+        List <RowSorter.SortKey> sortKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+        sortKeys.add(new RowSorter.SortKey(COLUMN_METHOD_TIME, SortOrder.DESCENDING));
+        profileTable.getRowSorter().setSortKeys(sortKeys);
+
         profileTable.setName("METHOD_TABLE");
 
         tabPane.addTab(translator.localize(LocaleResources.PROFILER_RESULTS_TABLE).getContents(),

--- a/vm-profiler/client-swing/src/test/java/com/redhat/thermostat/vm/profiler/client/swing/internal/SwingVmProfileViewTest.java	Wed Jun 29 15:01:48 2016 -0400
+++ b/vm-profiler/client-swing/src/test/java/com/redhat/thermostat/vm/profiler/client/swing/internal/SwingVmProfileViewTest.java	Wed Jun 29 15:01:50 2016 -0400
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 package com.redhat.thermostat.vm.profiler.client.swing.internal;
 
+import com.redhat.thermostat.client.swing.components.ThermostatTable;
 import net.java.openjdk.cacio.ctc.junit.CacioFESTRunner;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.fest.swing.fixture.FrameFixture;
 import org.fest.swing.fixture.JLabelFixture;
 import org.fest.swing.fixture.JListFixture;
+import org.fest.swing.fixture.JScrollPaneFixture;
 import org.fest.swing.fixture.JTableFixture;
 import org.fest.swing.fixture.JToggleButtonFixture;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -268,6 +270,40 @@
         });
     }
 
+
+    @GUITest
+    @Test
+    public void testMethodsWithLargestExecutionTimeAppearFirst() throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException {
+
+        frame.show();
+
+        final JScrollPaneFixture scrollPane = frame.scrollPane("METHOD_TABLE");
+
+        List<ProfilingResult.MethodInfo> data = new ArrayList<>();
+        data.add(new ProfilingResult.MethodInfo(new MethodDescriptorConverter.MethodDeclaration(
+                "foo", Arrays.asList("int"), "int"), 10000, 70));
+        data.add(new ProfilingResult.MethodInfo(new MethodDescriptorConverter.MethodDeclaration(
+                "bar", Arrays.asList("int"), "double"), 1000, 30));
+        data.add(new ProfilingResult.MethodInfo(new MethodDescriptorConverter.MethodDeclaration(
+                "baz", Arrays.asList("double"), "double"), 100, 30));
+        final ProfilingResult result = new ProfilingResult(data);
+
+        view.setProfilingDetailData(result);
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                TableModel model =
+                        ((ThermostatTable) scrollPane.component().getViewport().getView()).getModel();
+                assertEquals(3, model.getRowCount());
+
+                assertEquals("int foo(int)", model.getValueAt(0, 0).toString());
+                assertEquals("double bar(int)", model.getValueAt(1, 0).toString());
+                assertEquals("double baz(double)", model.getValueAt(2, 0).toString());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     @GUITest
     @Test
     public void testSetProfilingDetailDataWithResults() throws InvocationTargetException,