In a chart that has stacked bar series and a line series the bar series become column series when the chart is data-bound. The solution is to declare the BarSeries above the LineSeries as follows: <%--BarSeries are declared above the LineSeries--%> <telerik:BarSeries Name="B1"> <Items> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="10" /> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="20" /> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="30" /> </Items> </telerik:BarSeries> <%--LineSeries are declared below the BarSeries--%> <telerik:LineSeries Name="L1"> <Items> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="15" /> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="10" /> <telerik:SeriesItem YValue="20" /> </Items> </telerik:LineSeries>