diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
index 7e45ff6834b..a5eb149e1f0 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
@@ -317,13 +317,28 @@ describe("AllModelsTab", () => {
       expect(screen.queryByText(/To access these models/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     });
 
-    it("falls back to the first page and default size when the URL carries values the server rejects", () => {
-      renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />, { searchParams: { page: "0", page_size: "-5" } });
+    it("clamps a hand-edited page and page size into the range the table supports", () => {
+      renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />, { searchParams: { page: "0", page_size: "5000" } });
 
       expect(lastModelsInfoCall().page).toBe(1);
+      expect(lastModelsInfoCall().size).toBe(100);
+    });
+
+    it("keeps the default page size when the URL value is not a number", () => {
+      renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />, { searchParams: { page_size: "lots" } });
+
       expect(lastModelsInfoCall().size).toBe(50);
     });
 
+    it("ignores a sort_by the table cannot sort by instead of forwarding it to the server", () => {
+      renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />, {
+        searchParams: { sort_by: "litellm_credential_name", sort_order: "desc" },
+      });
+
+      expect(lastModelsInfoCall().sortBy).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(lastModelsInfoCall().sortOrder).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it("writes sort changes to the URL with the page cleared", async () => {
       setModelsInfo([makeRow()], 200);
       const user = userEvent.setup();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.tsx
index efe74a273d6..2217bca0fa0 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useDebouncedValue } from "@tanstack/react-pacer/debouncer";
 import { ColumnFiltersState, functionalUpdate, OnChangeFn, PaginationState, SortingState } from "@tanstack/react-table";
 import { Info } from "lucide-react";
-import { parseAsInteger, parseAsString, parseAsStringLiteral, useQueryStates } from "nuqs";
+import { createParser, parseAsInteger, parseAsString, parseAsStringLiteral, useQueryStates } from "nuqs";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 
 import { useModelsInfo } from "../../hooks/models/useModels";
@@ -25,22 +25,39 @@ import {
   PERSONAL_TEAM_VALUE,
   WILDCARD_MODEL_GROUP_VALUE,
 } from "./AllModelsTable";
-import { ACCESS_GROUPS_COLUMN_ID, MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID, toServerSortField } from "./ModelsTableColumns";
+import {
+  ACCESS_GROUPS_COLUMN_ID,
+  isModelTableSortColumnId,
+  MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID,
+  MODEL_TABLE_SORT_COLUMN_IDS,
+  toServerSortField,
+} from "./ModelsTableColumns";
 
 const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_WAIT_MS = 200;
 const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 50;
+const MAX_PAGE_SIZE = 100;
+const MAX_PAGE = 100_000;
 
 const MODEL_VIEW_MODES = ["current_team", "all"] as const satisfies readonly ModelViewMode[];
 
+const boundedInteger = (min: number, max: number, fallback: number) =>
+  createParser({
+    parse: (value: string) => {
+      const parsed = parseAsInteger.parse(value);
+      return parsed === null ? null : Math.min(Math.max(parsed, min), max);
+    },
+    serialize: String,
+  }).withDefault(fallback);
+
 const TABLE_STATE = {
   model_search: parseAsString.withDefault(""),
   view_mode: parseAsStringLiteral(MODEL_VIEW_MODES).withDefault("current_team"),
   filter_team: parseAsString.withDefault(PERSONAL_TEAM_VALUE),
   access_group: parseAsString.withDefault(""),
-  sort_by: parseAsString.withDefault(""),
+  sort_by: parseAsStringLiteral(MODEL_TABLE_SORT_COLUMN_IDS),
   sort_order: parseAsStringLiteral(["asc", "desc"] as const).withDefault("asc"),
-  page: parseAsInteger.withDefault(1),
-  page_size: parseAsInteger.withDefault(DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE),
+  page: boundedInteger(1, MAX_PAGE, 1),
+  page_size: boundedInteger(1, MAX_PAGE_SIZE, DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE),
 };
 
 interface AllModelsTabProps {
@@ -72,10 +89,7 @@ const AllModelsTab = ({
   const selectedTeamValue = tableState.filter_team;
   const selectedModelAccessGroupFilter = tableState.access_group || null;
   const pagination = useMemo<PaginationState>(
-    () => ({
-      pageIndex: Math.max(tableState.page, 1) - 1,
-      pageSize: tableState.page_size >= 1 ? tableState.page_size : DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE,
-    }),
+    () => ({ pageIndex: tableState.page - 1, pageSize: tableState.page_size }),
     [tableState.page, tableState.page_size],
   );
   const sorting = useMemo<SortingState>(
@@ -177,7 +191,7 @@ const AllModelsTab = ({
   const handleSortingChange: OnChangeFn<SortingState> = (updater) => {
     const active = functionalUpdate(updater, sorting)[0];
     void setTableState({
-      sort_by: active?.id ?? null,
+      sort_by: active && isModelTableSortColumnId(active.id) ? active.id : null,
       sort_order: active?.desc ? "desc" : null,
       page: null,
     });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
index 0cc1207e547..c5bab598a8b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ export const TEAM_ID_COLUMN_ID = "model_info_team_id";
 export const ACCESS_GROUPS_COLUMN_ID = "model_info_access_groups";
 export const STATUS_COLUMN_ID = "model_info_db_model";
 
+export const MODEL_TABLE_SORT_COLUMN_IDS = [
+  MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID,
+  CREATED_BY_COLUMN_ID,
+  UPDATED_AT_COLUMN_ID,
+  COSTS_COLUMN_ID,
+  STATUS_COLUMN_ID,
+] as const;
+
+export type ModelTableSortColumnId = (typeof MODEL_TABLE_SORT_COLUMN_IDS)[number];
+
+export const isModelTableSortColumnId = (columnId: string): columnId is ModelTableSortColumnId =>
+  (MODEL_TABLE_SORT_COLUMN_IDS as readonly string[]).includes(columnId);
+
 const COLUMN_ID_TO_SERVER_SORT_FIELD: Record<string, string> = {
   [COSTS_COLUMN_ID]: "costs",
   [STATUS_COLUMN_ID]: "status",