As of R1 2017 you can use the stackTotal property of the labels: https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/charts/how-to/various/show-stack-total --- old information For the time being this can be achieved by creating an additional bar/column series with the following settings: -series items are set with insignificantly small values (e.g. 0.001) -the name property of the series is not specified, so that it is not visible in the legend -the color of the series matches the color of the plot area, so that the series items and the legend of the series are not visible -clienttemplates for the labels of this series is used in order to sum up the grand total and display it An example on the described scenario can be found in the http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/chart-%28html5%29/details/displaying-grand-total-in-stacked-series-labels-and-pie-series-legend KB article