diff --git a/render/detailed_node.go b/render/detailed_node.go
index 80f718a89..59d8b6ac9 100644
--- a/render/detailed_node.go
+++ b/render/detailed_node.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package render
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/docker"
@@ -12,7 +13,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	mb = 1 << 20
+	mb                 = 1 << 20
+	connectionsRank    = 100
+	containerImageRank = 4
+	containerRank      = 3
+	processRank        = 2
+	hostRank           = 1
+	endpointRank       = 0 // this is the least important table, so sort to bottom
+	addressRank        = 0 // also least important; never merged with endpoints
 )
 
 // DetailedNode is the data type that's yielded to the JavaScript layer when
@@ -30,6 +38,7 @@ type DetailedNode struct {
 type Table struct {
 	Title   string `json:"title"`   // e.g. Bandwidth
 	Numeric bool   `json:"numeric"` // should the major column be right-aligned?
+	Rank    int    `json:"-"`       // used to sort tables; not emitted.
 	Rows    []Row  `json:"rows"`
 }
 
@@ -40,10 +49,16 @@ type Row struct {
 	ValueMinor string `json:"value_minor,omitempty"` // e.g. KB/s
 }
 
+type tables []Table
+
+func (t tables) Len() int           { return len(t) }
+func (t tables) Swap(i, j int)      { t[i], t[j] = t[j], t[i] }
+func (t tables) Less(i, j int) bool { return t[i].Rank > t[j].Rank }
+
 // MakeDetailedNode transforms a renderable node to a detailed node. It uses
 // aggregate metadata, plus the set of origin node IDs, to produce tables.
 func MakeDetailedNode(r report.Report, n RenderableNode) DetailedNode {
-	tables := []Table{}
+	tables := tables{}
 	{
 		rows := []Row{}
 		if val, ok := n.AggregateMetadata[KeyMaxConnCountTCP]; ok {
@@ -56,7 +71,7 @@ func MakeDetailedNode(r report.Report, n RenderableNode) DetailedNode {
 			rows = append(rows, Row{"Bytes egress", strconv.FormatInt(int64(val), 10), ""})
 		}
 		if len(rows) > 0 {
-			tables = append(tables, Table{"Connections", true, rows})
+			tables = append(tables, Table{"Connections", true, connectionsRank, rows})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -77,6 +92,9 @@ outer:
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Sort tables by rank
+	sort.Sort(tables)
+
 	return DetailedNode{
 		ID:         n.ID,
 		LabelMajor: n.LabelMajor,
@@ -124,6 +142,7 @@ func endpointOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Endpoint",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    endpointRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
 
@@ -136,6 +155,7 @@ func addressOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Address",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    addressRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +177,7 @@ func processOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Process",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    processRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
 
@@ -187,6 +208,7 @@ func containerOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Container",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    containerRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +226,7 @@ func containerImageOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Container Image",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    containerImageRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
 
@@ -225,5 +248,6 @@ func hostOriginTable(nmd report.NodeMetadata) (Table, bool) {
 		Title:   "Origin Host",
 		Numeric: false,
 		Rows:    rows,
+		Rank:    hostRank,
 	}, len(rows) > 0
 }
diff --git a/render/detailed_node_test.go b/render/detailed_node_test.go
index eb2a3c617..a5ec42004 100644
--- a/render/detailed_node_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed_node_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestOriginTable(t *testing.T) {
 		serverProcessNodeID: {
 			Title:   "Origin Process",
 			Numeric: false,
+			Rank:    2,
 			Rows: []render.Row{
 				{"Name (comm)", "apache", ""},
 				{"PID", serverPID, ""},
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func TestOriginTable(t *testing.T) {
 		serverHostNodeID: {
 			Title:   "Origin Host",
 			Numeric: false,
+			Rank:    1,
 			Rows: []render.Row{
 				{"Host name", serverHostName, ""},
 				{"Load", "0.01 0.01 0.01", ""},
@@ -69,11 +71,41 @@ func TestMakeDetailedNode(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Title:   "Connections",
 				Numeric: true,
+				Rank:    100,
 				Rows: []render.Row{
 					{"Bytes ingress", "150", ""},
 					{"Bytes egress", "1500", ""},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Title:   "Origin Container",
+				Numeric: false,
+				Rank:    3,
+				Rows: []render.Row{
+					{"ID", "5e4d3c2b1a", ""},
+					{"Name", "server", ""},
+					{"Image ID", "imageid456", ""},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Title:   "Origin Process",
+				Numeric: false,
+				Rank:    2,
+				Rows: []render.Row{
+					{"Name (comm)", "apache", ""},
+					{"PID", "215", ""},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Title:   "Origin Host",
+				Numeric: false,
+				Rank:    1,
+				Rows: []render.Row{
+					{"Host name", "server.hostname.com", ""},
+					{"Load", "0.01 0.01 0.01", ""},
+					{"Operating system", "Linux", ""},
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				Title:   "Origin Endpoint",
 				Numeric: false,
@@ -82,32 +114,6 @@ func TestMakeDetailedNode(t *testing.T) {
 					{"Port", "80", ""},
 				},
 			},
-			{
-				Title:   "Origin Process",
-				Numeric: false,
-				Rows: []render.Row{
-					{"Name (comm)", "apache", ""},
-					{"PID", "215", ""},
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				Title:   "Origin Container",
-				Numeric: false,
-				Rows: []render.Row{
-					{"ID", "5e4d3c2b1a", ""},
-					{"Name", "server", ""},
-					{"Image ID", "imageid456", ""},
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				Title:   "Origin Host",
-				Numeric: false,
-				Rows: []render.Row{
-					{"Host name", "server.hostname.com", ""},
-					{"Load", "0.01 0.01 0.01", ""},
-					{"Operating system", "Linux", ""},
-				},
-			},
 		},
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {