diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations/types.ts
index 52bb46b1d5bbf..e63d3d6faa92e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations/types.ts
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ export interface FailedTransactionsCorrelationsResponse {
   overallHistogram?: HistogramItem[];
   errorHistogram?: HistogramItem[];
   fieldStats?: FieldStats[];
+  fallbackResult?: FailedTransactionsCorrelation;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/types.ts
index 402750b72b2ab..6884d8c627fd0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/correlations/types.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface FieldValuePair {
   // but for example `http.response.status_code` which is part of
   // of the list of predefined field candidates is of type long/number.
   fieldValue: string | number;
+  isFallbackResult?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface HistogramItem {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations.tsx
index 527da282dc336..37b3f6376cbc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations.tsx
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import { useApmPluginContext } from '../../../context/apm_plugin/use_apm_plugin_
 import { useLocalStorage } from '../../../hooks/use_local_storage';
 import { FETCH_STATUS } from '../../../hooks/use_fetcher';
 import { useTheme } from '../../../hooks/use_theme';
-
-import { ImpactBar } from '../../shared/impact_bar';
 import { push } from '../../shared/links/url_helpers';
 
 import { CorrelationsTable } from './correlations_table';
@@ -259,8 +257,11 @@ export function FailedTransactionsCorrelations({
             )}
           </>
         ),
-        render: (_, { pValue }) => {
-          const label = getFailedTransactionsCorrelationImpactLabel(pValue);
+        render: (_, { pValue, isFallbackResult }) => {
+          const label = getFailedTransactionsCorrelationImpactLabel(
+            pValue,
+            isFallbackResult
+          );
           return label ? (
             <EuiBadge color={label.color}>{label.impact}</EuiBadge>
           ) : null;
@@ -376,18 +377,30 @@ export function FailedTransactionsCorrelations({
     sort: { field: sortField, direction: sortDirection },
   };
 
-  const correlationTerms = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      orderBy(
-        response.failedTransactionsCorrelations,
-        // The smaller the p value the higher the impact
-        // So we want to sort by the normalized score here
-        // which goes from 0 -> 1
-        sortField === 'pValue' ? 'normalizedScore' : sortField,
-        sortDirection
-      ),
-    [response.failedTransactionsCorrelations, sortField, sortDirection]
-  );
+  const correlationTerms = useMemo(() => {
+    if (
+      progress.loaded === 1 &&
+      response?.failedTransactionsCorrelations?.length === 0 &&
+      response.fallbackResult !== undefined
+    ) {
+      return [{ ...response.fallbackResult, isFallbackResult: true }];
+    }
+
+    return orderBy(
+      response.failedTransactionsCorrelations,
+      // The smaller the p value the higher the impact
+      // So we want to sort by the normalized score here
+      // which goes from 0 -> 1
+      sortField === 'pValue' ? 'normalizedScore' : sortField,
+      sortDirection
+    );
+  }, [
+    response.failedTransactionsCorrelations,
+    response.fallbackResult,
+    progress.loaded,
+    sortField,
+    sortDirection,
+  ]);
 
   const [pinnedSignificantTerm, setPinnedSignificantTerm] =
     useState<FailedTransactionsCorrelation | null>(null);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/get_transaction_distribution_chart_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/get_transaction_distribution_chart_data.ts
index 49ddd8aec0fe4..12799e5edc726 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/get_transaction_distribution_chart_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/get_transaction_distribution_chart_data.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { EuiTheme } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/common';
-import type {
-  FieldValuePair,
-  HistogramItem,
-} from '../../../../common/correlations/types';
+import type { HistogramItem } from '../../../../common/correlations/types';
 import { TransactionDistributionChartData } from '../../shared/charts/transaction_distribution_chart';
+import { LatencyCorrelation } from '../../../../common/correlations/latency_correlations/types';
+import { FailedTransactionsCorrelation } from '../../../../common/correlations/failed_transactions_correlations/types';
 
 export function getTransactionDistributionChartData({
   euiTheme,
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export function getTransactionDistributionChartData({
   euiTheme: EuiTheme;
   allTransactionsHistogram?: HistogramItem[];
   failedTransactionsHistogram?: HistogramItem[];
-  selectedTerm?: FieldValuePair & { histogram: HistogramItem[] };
+  selectedTerm?: LatencyCorrelation | FailedTransactionsCorrelation | undefined;
 }) {
   const transactionDistributionChartData: TransactionDistributionChartData[] =
     [];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
index 91bf115970e9b..f3734dae5d247 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ import { getTransactionDistributionChartData } from './get_transaction_distribut
 import { useTheme } from '../../../hooks/use_theme';
 import { ChartTitleToolTip } from './chart_title_tool_tip';
 import { MIN_TAB_TITLE_HEIGHT } from '../transaction_details/distribution';
-import {
-  getFailedTransactionsCorrelationImpactLabel,
-  getLatencyCorrelationImpactLabel,
-} from './utils/get_failed_transactions_correlation_impact_label';
+import { getLatencyCorrelationImpactLabel } from './utils/get_failed_transactions_correlation_impact_label';
 
 export function FallbackCorrelationBadge() {
   return (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
index 9018e1240194b..26f63e1ab0c59 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
       // and histogram data for statistically significant results.
       const responseUpdate: FailedTransactionsCorrelationsResponse = {
         ccsWarning: false,
+        fallbackResult: undefined,
       };
 
       const [overallHistogramResponse, errorHistogramRespone] =
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
 
       const failedTransactionsCorrelations: FailedTransactionsCorrelation[] =
         [];
+      let fallbackResult: FailedTransactionsCorrelation | undefined;
       const fieldsToSample = new Set<string>();
       const chunkSize = 10;
       let chunkLoadCounter = 0;
@@ -178,10 +180,19 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
               ...failedTransactionsCorrelations,
             ]);
         } else {
+          // If there's no significant correlations found and there's a fallback result
+          // Update the highest ranked/scored fall back result
           if (pValues.fallbackResult) {
-            responseUpdate.failedTransactionsCorrelations = [
-              pValues.fallbackResult,
-            ];
+            if (!fallbackResult) {
+              fallbackResult = pValues.fallbackResult;
+            } else {
+              if (
+                pValues.fallbackResult.normalizedScore >
+                fallbackResult.normalizedScore
+              ) {
+                fallbackResult = pValues.fallbackResult;
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
 
@@ -215,7 +226,12 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
       );
 
       responseUpdate.fieldStats = stats;
-      setResponse({ ...responseUpdate, loaded: LOADED_DONE, isRunning: false });
+      setResponse({
+        ...responseUpdate,
+        fallbackResult,
+        loaded: LOADED_DONE,
+        isRunning: false,
+      });
       setResponse.flush();
     } catch (e) {
       if (!abortCtrl.current.signal.aborted) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/query_p_values.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/query_p_values.ts
index ba53880a0f053..ee59925c47f27 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/query_p_values.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/query_p_values.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const fetchPValues = async (
       // If there's no result matching the criteria
       // Find the next highest/closest result to the threshold
       // to use as a fallback result
-      if (fallbackResult === null) {
+      if (!fallbackResult) {
         fallbackResult = record;
       } else {
         if (