diff --git a/redux/PlayersSlice.ts b/redux/PlayersSlice.ts
index 27db67e2..9080194b 100644
--- a/redux/PlayersSlice.ts
+++ b/redux/PlayersSlice.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import crashlytics from '@react-native-firebase/crashlytics';
 import { PayloadAction, createEntityAdapter, createSelector, createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 
+import { grandTotalScore, totalScoreBeforeRound } from './scoreUtils';
 import { RootState } from './store';
 
 type RoundIndex = number;
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export interface ScoreState {
 
 const playersAdapter = createEntityAdapter({
     sortComparer: (a: ScoreState, b: ScoreState) => (
-        a.scores.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)) < b.scores.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) ? 1 : -1,
+        grandTotalScore(a.scores) < grandTotalScore(b.scores) ? 1 : -1
+    ),
 });
 
 const initialState = playersAdapter.getInitialState({
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ export const selectPlayerScoreByRound = createSelector(
 
 export const selectPlayerGrandTotalScore = createSelector(
     [(state: RootState, playerId: string) => state.players.entities[playerId]],
-    (player) => player?.scores?.reduce((sum, s) => sum + (s || 0), 0) ?? 0
+    (player) => grandTotalScore(player?.scores)
 );
 
 export const selectPlayerRoundStats = createSelector(
@@ -138,11 +140,9 @@ export const selectPlayerRoundStats = createSelector(
     (player, currentRoundIndex) => {
         const scores = player?.scores ?? [];
         const currentRoundScore = scores[currentRoundIndex] ?? 0;
-        const previousTotal = scores.reduce(
-            (sum, s, i) => (i < currentRoundIndex ? sum + (s || 0) : sum), 0
-        );
+        const previousTotal = totalScoreBeforeRound(scores, currentRoundIndex);
         const currentRoundTotalScore = previousTotal + currentRoundScore;
-        const grandTotalScore = scores.reduce((sum, s) => sum + (s || 0), 0);
-        return { currentRoundScore, previousTotal, currentRoundTotalScore, grandTotalScore };
+        const grandTotal = grandTotalScore(scores);
+        return { currentRoundScore, previousTotal, currentRoundTotalScore, grandTotalScore: grandTotal };
     }
 );
diff --git a/redux/scoreUtils.test.ts b/redux/scoreUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea837a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redux/scoreUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { grandTotalScore, totalScoreBeforeRound } from './scoreUtils';
+
+describe('scoreUtils', () => {
+    describe('grandTotalScore', () => {
+        it('should add all scores', () => {
+            expect(grandTotalScore([2, -1, 4])).toBe(5);
+        });
+
+        it('should handle empty or missing scores', () => {
+            expect(grandTotalScore()).toBe(0);
+            expect(grandTotalScore([])).toBe(0);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('totalScoreBeforeRound', () => {
+        it('should add scores before the requested round', () => {
+            expect(totalScoreBeforeRound([3, 4, 5], 2)).toBe(7);
+        });
+
+        it('should return zero for the first round', () => {
+            expect(totalScoreBeforeRound([3, 4, 5], 0)).toBe(0);
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/redux/scoreUtils.ts b/redux/scoreUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e51ee33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redux/scoreUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export function grandTotalScore(scores: number[] = []): number {
+    return scores.reduce((total, score) => total + (score || 0), 0);
+}
+
+export function totalScoreBeforeRound(scores: number[] = [], roundIndex: number): number {
+    return scores.reduce(
+        (total, score, index) => (index < roundIndex ? total + (score || 0) : total),
+        0
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/ScoreLog/SortHelper.ts b/src/components/ScoreLog/SortHelper.ts
index bed4a3f9..191e3912 100644
--- a/src/components/ScoreLog/SortHelper.ts
+++ b/src/components/ScoreLog/SortHelper.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 
 import { GameState } from '../../../redux/GamesSlice';
 import { ScoreState, selectAllPlayers } from '../../../redux/PlayersSlice';
+import { grandTotalScore } from '../../../redux/scoreUtils';
 import { RootState } from '../../../redux/store';
 
 export const selectSortedPlayerIdsByIndex = createSelector(
@@ -39,9 +40,7 @@ export const selectSortedPlayerIdsByScore: SortSelector = createSelector(
         const playerIds = [...players]
             .filter(player => currentGame.playerIds?.includes(player.id))
             .sort((a, b) => {
-                const totalScoreA = a.scores.reduce((acc, score) => acc + score, 0);
-                const totalScoreB = b.scores.reduce((acc, score) => acc + score, 0);
-                const scoreDifference = totalScoreB - totalScoreA;
+                const scoreDifference = grandTotalScore(b.scores) - grandTotalScore(a.scores);
 
                 if (scoreDifference === 0) {
                     // If the total scores are equal, sort by player index
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export const selectSortedPlayerIdsByScore: SortSelector = createSelector(
                     return indexA - indexB;
                 }
 
-                return totalScoreB - totalScoreA;
+                return scoreDifference;
             })
             .map(player => player.id);