diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.test.tsx
index 0aef19ce110..e342ee33f25 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.test.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels", () => ({
       { model_name: "gpt-auto", litellm_params: { model: "auto_router/gpt-auto" } },
     ],
   })),
+  usePlainModelGroups: vi.fn(() => new Set(["prod-claude"])),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModelCostMap", () => ({
@@ -388,14 +389,15 @@ describe("ShadowEvalSection", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("Start shadow eval")).toBeDisabled();
 
     await user.click(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Select a baseline model"));
-    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: /openai\/gpt-4o/ }));
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: /openai\/gpt-4o/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("option", { name: /prod-claude/ }));
     await user.click(screen.getByText("Start shadow eval"));
 
     const expectedBody = {
       api_key_id: "hash-alpha",
       router_name: "gpt-auto",
       direction: "reverse",
-      baseline_model: "openai/gpt-4o",
+      baseline_model: "prod-claude",
       shadow_percentage: 10,
       duration_days: 7,
       max_turns: 200,
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.tsx
index 17186eaca50..df2989d3990 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/ShadowEvalSection.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import React, { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useInfiniteKeys } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/keys/useKeys";
 import useAuthorized from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useAuthorized";
 import { useModelCostMap } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModelCostMap";
-import { useAutoRouters } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels";
+import { useAutoRouters, usePlainModelGroups } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels";
 import { PaginatedSearchSelect } from "@/components/shared/PaginatedSearchSelect";
 import { SearchSelect, type SearchSelectOption } from "@/components/shared/SearchSelect";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
@@ -274,8 +274,17 @@ const useJudgeModelOptions = (): SearchSelectOption[] => {
 };
 
 const useBaselineModelOptions = (): SearchSelectOption[] => {
+  const configuredGroups = usePlainModelGroups();
   const chatModels = useChatModelNames();
-  return useMemo(() => chatModels.map((model) => ({ label: model, value: model })), [chatModels]);
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const configured = [...configuredGroups]
+      .toSorted((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
+      .map((model) => ({ label: model, value: model, sublabel: "Configured on this gateway" }));
+    const rest = chatModels
+      .filter((model) => !configuredGroups.has(model))
+      .map((model) => ({ label: model, value: model }));
+    return [...configured, ...rest];
+  }, [configuredGroups, chatModels]);
 };
 
 const DIRECTION_OPTIONS: readonly { value: ShadowEvalDirection; label: string }[] = [
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.test.ts
index f04c4b7bfcd..411e8402e11 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   isAutoRouterDeployment,
   selectAutoRouterModelGroups,
+  selectPlainModelGroups,
   useAllProxyModels,
   useAutoRouterModelGroups,
   useAutoRouters,
@@ -977,6 +978,32 @@ describe("selectAutoRouterModelGroups", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("selectPlainModelGroups", () => {
+  it("keeps only non-auto-router model groups", () => {
+    const deployments: AutoRouterCandidateDeployment[] = [
+      { model_name: "smart-router", litellm_params: { model: "auto_router/complexity_router" } },
+      { model_name: "claude-haiku", litellm_params: { model: "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5" } },
+      { model_name: "claude-sonnet", litellm_params: { model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5" } },
+      { model_name: "cheap-router", litellm_params: { model: "auto_router/adaptive_router" } },
+    ];
+
+    expect(selectPlainModelGroups(deployments)).toEqual(new Set(["claude-haiku", "claude-sonnet"]));
+  });
+
+  it("drops a group name that also fronts an auto-router deployment", () => {
+    const deployments: AutoRouterCandidateDeployment[] = [
+      { model_name: "shared-name", litellm_params: { model: "auto_router/complexity_router" } },
+      { model_name: "shared-name", litellm_params: { model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5" } },
+    ];
+
+    expect(selectPlainModelGroups(deployments)).toEqual(new Set());
+  });
+
+  it("drops deployments that have no public model_name", () => {
+    expect(selectPlainModelGroups([{ model_name: "", litellm_params: { model: "openai/gpt-4o" } }])).toEqual(new Set());
+  });
+});
+
 describe("useAutoRouterModelGroups", () => {
   let queryClient: QueryClient;
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.ts
index 68044a45edc..a5fbc433ea3 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/models/useModels.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ export const selectAutoRouterModelGroups = (deployments: AutoRouterCandidateDepl
 export const selectAutoRouterDeployments = (deployments: AutoRouterDeployment[]): AutoRouterDeployment[] =>
   deployments.filter(isAutoRouterDeployment);
 
+export const selectPlainModelGroups = (deployments: AutoRouterCandidateDeployment[]): ReadonlySet<string> => {
+  const autoRouterGroups = selectAutoRouterModelGroups(deployments);
+  return new Set(
+    deployments
+      .map((deployment) => deployment.model_name)
+      .filter((modelName): modelName is string => Boolean(modelName))
+      .filter((modelName) => !autoRouterGroups.has(modelName)),
+  );
+};
+
 export const fetchAllModelDeployments = async (
   accessToken: string,
   userId: string,
@@ -172,6 +182,17 @@ export const useAutoRouterModelGroups = (): ReadonlySet<string> => {
   return data ?? NO_AUTO_ROUTERS;
 };
 
+export const usePlainModelGroups = (): ReadonlySet<string> => {
+  const { accessToken, userId, userRole } = useAuthorized();
+  const { data } = useQuery<AutoRouterDeployment[], Error, ReadonlySet<string>>({
+    queryKey: autoRouterListKey(userId, userRole),
+    queryFn: async () => await fetchAllModelDeployments(accessToken!, userId!, userRole!),
+    enabled: Boolean(accessToken && userId && userRole),
+    select: selectPlainModelGroups,
+  });
+  return data ?? NO_AUTO_ROUTERS;
+};
+
 export const useAutoRouters = (): UseQueryResult<AutoRouterDeployment[], Error> => {
   const { accessToken, userId, userRole } = useAuthorized();
   return useQuery<AutoRouterDeployment[], Error, AutoRouterDeployment[]>({