diff --git handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
index 40e1237..2ac5f24 100644
--- handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
+++ handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class views_handler_field_counter extends views_handler_field {
       $count += ($pager['items_per_page'] * $pager['current_page']) + $pager['offset'];
     }
     // Add the counter for the current site.
-    $count += array_search($values, $this->view->result) + 1;
+    $count += $this->view->row_index + 1;
 
     return $count;
   }
diff --git plugins/views_plugin_style.inc plugins/views_plugin_style.inc
index 748ccea..3284b2b 100644
--- plugins/views_plugin_style.inc
+++ plugins/views_plugin_style.inc
@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@ class views_plugin_style extends views_plugin {
     // Render each group separately and concatenate.  Plugins may override this
     // method if they wish some other way of handling grouping.
     $output = '';
+    $this->view->row_index = 0;
     foreach ($sets as $title => $records) {
       if ($this->uses_row_plugin()) {
         $rows = array();
         foreach ($records as $label => $row) {
           $rows[] = $this->row_plugin->render($row);
+          $this->view->row_index++;
         }
       }
       else {
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ class views_plugin_style extends views_plugin {
 
       $output .= theme($this->theme_functions(), $this->view, $this->options, $rows, $title);
     }
+    unset($this->view->row_index);
     return $output;
   }
 
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ class views_plugin_style extends views_plugin {
   function render_grouping($records, $grouping_field = '') {
     $sets = array();
     if ($grouping_field) {
+      $this->view->row_index = 0;
       foreach ($records as $row) {
         $grouping = '';
         // Group on the rendered version of the field, not the raw.  That way,
@@ -189,12 +193,14 @@ class views_plugin_style extends views_plugin {
         // the admin or theme layer or anywhere else we'd like.
         if (isset($this->view->field[$grouping_field])) {
           $grouping = $this->view->field[$grouping_field]->theme($row);
+          $this->view->row_index++;
           if ($this->view->field[$grouping_field]->options['label']) {
             $grouping = $this->view->field[$grouping_field]->options['label'] . ': ' . $grouping;
           }
         }
         $sets[$grouping][] = $row;
       }
+      unset($this->view->row_index);
     }
     else {
       // Create a single group with an empty grouping field.
diff --git theme/theme.inc theme/theme.inc
index abd8b9b..2012f23 100644
--- theme/theme.inc
+++ theme/theme.inc
@@ -301,12 +301,15 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
   // Fields must be rendered in order as of Views 2.3, so we will pre-render
   // everything.
   $renders = array();
+  $view->row_index = 0;
   $keys = array_keys($view->field);
   foreach ($result as $count => $row) {
     foreach ($keys as $id) {
       $renders[$count][$id] = $view->field[$id]->theme($row);
     }
+    $view->row_index = $count;
   }
+  unset($view->row_index);
 
   foreach ($columns as $field => $column) {
     // render the header labels