from django.db import models class SomeAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): list_display = ('db_field', 'custom_field',) def queryset(self, request): qs = super(SomeAdmin, self).queryset(request) qs = qs.annotate(models.Count('movies')) return qs def custom_field(self, obj): return 'Total movies {0}'.format(obj.movies__count) custom_field.admin_order_field = 'movies__count' custom_field.short_description = 'Movies'