diff --git a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Support/AggregateWindow.php b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Support/AggregateWindow.php
index 0b23edc..1f34a6f 100644
--- a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Support/AggregateWindow.php
+++ b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Support/AggregateWindow.php
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ final class AggregateWindow
     /**
      * @return list<array{normalized_key: string, count: float|null, sample_count: int, avg: float|null, max: float|null, p95: float|null, p99: float|null, last_bucket_date: string|null}>
      */
-    public function topOffenders(string $recordType, int $days, ?string $app, ?string $deploy, string $sortMetric, int $limit): array
+    public function topOffenders(string $recordType, int $days, ?string $app, ?string $deploy, string $sortMetric, int $limit, bool $excludeRouteless = false): array
     {
         $this->ensureMetric($sortMetric);
 
         return $this->combinedQuery($recordType, $days, $app, $deploy)
             ->addSelect('normalized_key')
+            // Routeless keys are bare HTTP methods (e.g. "GET") from unmatched requests such as 404 scanner
+            // traffic. Matched routes always key as "METHOD /path", so requiring a space drops the noise that
+            // would otherwise dominate the slowest-endpoint ranking with an inflated percentile.
+            ->when($excludeRouteless, fn (Builder $query) => $query->where('normalized_key', 'like', '% %'))
             ->groupBy('normalized_key')
             ->orderByRaw($sortMetric.' DESC NULLS LAST')
             ->limit($limit)
diff --git a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/Concerns/HandlesSlowMetricTool.php b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/Concerns/HandlesSlowMetricTool.php
index dff969e..b38db43 100644
--- a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/Concerns/HandlesSlowMetricTool.php
+++ b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/Concerns/HandlesSlowMetricTool.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request): Response
                 $validated['deploy'] ?? null,
                 $metric,
                 $limit,
+                $this->excludesRoutelessKeys(),
             ),
         ]);
     }
@@ -62,4 +63,12 @@ public function schema(JsonSchema $schema): array
     }
 
     abstract protected function recordType(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to drop routeless keys (bare HTTP methods from unmatched requests) from the ranking.
+     */
+    protected function excludesRoutelessKeys(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/SlowRequestsTool.php b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/SlowRequestsTool.php
index 2d02edf..78ce58f 100644
--- a/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/SlowRequestsTool.php
+++ b/packages/hone-server/src/Mcp/Tools/SlowRequestsTool.php
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ protected function recordType(): string
     {
         return 'request';
     }
+
+    protected function excludesRoutelessKeys(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/hone-server/tests/McpMetricToolsTest.php b/packages/hone-server/tests/McpMetricToolsTest.php
index 9e10ea6..88eb6e7 100644
--- a/packages/hone-server/tests/McpMetricToolsTest.php
+++ b/packages/hone-server/tests/McpMetricToolsTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,38 @@ function seedAggregateBucket(
         ->assertDontSee('billing-query');
 });
 
+it('excludes routeless request keys from the slow requests ranking', function (): void {
+    $today = Carbon::now('UTC')->startOfDay();
+
+    // Unmatched 404 traffic collapses to a bare method key and would otherwise win the p95 ranking.
+    seedAggregateBucket('checkout', 'request', 'GET', $today, 172, 800, 4000, 2900, 3900);
+    seedAggregateBucket('checkout', 'request', 'GET /posts/{post}', $today, 72, 300, 700, 560, 690);
+
+    $rows = app(AggregateWindow::class)->topOffenders('request', 7, 'checkout', null, 'p95', 10, true);
+
+    expect($rows)->toHaveCount(1)
+        ->and($rows[0]['normalized_key'])->toBe('GET /posts/{post}');
+
+    HoneMcpServer::tool(SlowRequestsTool::class, [
+        'app' => 'checkout',
+        'metric' => 'p95',
+    ])
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertSee('GET /posts/{post}')
+        ->assertDontSee('"GET"');
+});
+
+it('still ranks routeless keys for non-request metrics', function (): void {
+    $today = Carbon::now('UTC')->startOfDay();
+
+    seedAggregateBucket('checkout', 'query', 'select-users-by-id', $today, 10, 30, 80, 75, 79);
+
+    $rows = app(AggregateWindow::class)->topOffenders('query', 7, 'checkout', null, 'p95', 10);
+
+    expect($rows)->toHaveCount(1)
+        ->and($rows[0]['normalized_key'])->toBe('select-users-by-id');
+});
+
 it('returns generic query metrics over the requested window', function (): void {
     $today = Carbon::now('UTC')->startOfDay();