diff --git a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/rowNumberColumn.plugin.ts b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/rowNumberColumn.plugin.ts
index 0c585c4433..65d6de4b85 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/rowNumberColumn.plugin.ts
+++ b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/rowNumberColumn.plugin.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ export class RowNumberColumn<T> implements Slick.Plugin<T> {
 
 	private formatter(row, cell, value, columnDef: Slick.Column<T>, dataContext): string {
 		if (dataContext) {
-			return `<span>${row}</span>`;
+			// row is zero-based, we need make it 1 based for display in the result grid
+			//
+			return `<span>${row + 1}</span>`;
 		}
 		return null;
 	}