diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/Model/ArticlesModel.php b/administrator/components/com_content/Model/ArticlesModel.php
index 8a0ad9041bf4d..e38cf20dc6c32 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/Model/ArticlesModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/Model/ArticlesModel.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Table\Table;
 use Joomla\CMS\Workflow\Workflow;
 use Joomla\Component\Content\Administrator\Extension\ContentComponent;
+use Joomla\Database\ParameterType;
 use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 		$query->select(
 			$this->getState(
 				'list.select',
-				'DISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.alias, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.catid' .
+				'a.id, a.title, a.alias, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.catid' .
 				', a.state, a.access, a.created, a.created_by, a.created_by_alias, a.modified, a.ordering, a.featured, a.language, a.hits' .
 				', a.publish_up, a.publish_down, a.introtext, a.note'
 			)
@@ -461,34 +462,48 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 		}
 
 		// Filter by a single or group of tags.
-		$hasTag = false;
-		$tagId  = $this->getState('filter.tag');
+		$tag = $this->getState('filter.tag');
 
-		if (is_numeric($tagId))
+		// Run simplified query when filtering by one tag.
+		if (\is_array($tag) && \count($tag) === 1)
 		{
-			$hasTag = true;
-
-			$query->where($db->quoteName('tagmap.tag_id') . ' = ' . (int) $tagId);
+			$tag = $tag[0];
 		}
-		elseif (is_array($tagId))
+
+		if ($tag && \is_array($tag))
 		{
-			$tagId = ArrayHelper::toInteger($tagId);
-			$tagId = implode(',', $tagId);
+			$tag = ArrayHelper::toInteger($tag);
 
-			if (!empty($tagId))
-			{
-				$hasTag = true;
+			$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('DISTINCT ' . $db->quoteName('content_item_id'))
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__contentitem_tag_map'))
+				->where(
+					[
+						$db->quoteName('tag_id') . ' IN (' . implode(',', $query->bindArray($tag)) . ')',
+						$db->quoteName('type_alias') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_content.article'),
+					]
+				);
 
-				$query->where($db->quoteName('tagmap.tag_id') . ' IN (' . $tagId . ')');
-			}
+			$query->join(
+				'INNER',
+				'(' . $subQuery . ') AS ' . $db->quoteName('tagmap'),
+				$db->quoteName('tagmap.content_item_id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id')
+			);
 		}
-
-		if ($hasTag)
+		elseif ($tag = (int) $tag)
 		{
-			$query->join('LEFT', $db->quoteName('#__contentitem_tag_map', 'tagmap')
-				. ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('tagmap.content_item_id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id')
-				. ' AND ' . $db->quoteName('tagmap.type_alias') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_content.article')
-			);
+			$query->join(
+				'INNER',
+				$db->quoteName('#__contentitem_tag_map', 'tagmap'),
+				$db->quoteName('tagmap.content_item_id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id')
+			)
+				->where(
+					[
+						$db->quoteName('tagmap.tag_id') . ' = :tag',
+						$db->quoteName('tagmap.type_alias') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_content.article'),
+					]
+				)
+				->bind(':tag', $tag, ParameterType::INTEGER);
 		}
 
 		// Add the list ordering clause.