diff --git a/src/pages/background/background.ts b/src/pages/background/background.ts
index e64d3913..f832a332 100644
--- a/src/pages/background/background.ts
+++ b/src/pages/background/background.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import onUpdate from './events/onUpdate';
 import browserActionHandler from './handler/browserActionHandler';
 import calendarBackgroundHandler from './handler/calendarBackgroundHandler';
 import CESHandler from './handler/CESHandler';
+import gitHubStatsHandler from './handler/gitHubStatsHandler';
 import tabManagementHandler from './handler/tabManagementHandler';
 import userScheduleHandler from './handler/userScheduleHandler';
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ const messageListener = new MessageListener<BACKGROUND_MESSAGES>({
     ...userScheduleHandler,
     ...CESHandler,
     ...calendarBackgroundHandler,
+    ...gitHubStatsHandler,
 });
 
 messageListener.listen();
diff --git a/src/pages/background/handler/gitHubStatsHandler.ts b/src/pages/background/handler/gitHubStatsHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6b73d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/background/handler/gitHubStatsHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type GitHubStatsMessages from '@shared/messages/GitHubStatsMessages';
+import { GitHubStatsService } from '@views/lib/getGitHubStats';
+import type { MessageHandler } from 'chrome-extension-toolkit';
+
+const gitHubStatsService = new GitHubStatsService();
+
+/**
+ * Handler for GitHub stats related messages
+ */
+const gitHubStatsHandler: MessageHandler<GitHubStatsMessages> = {
+    async fetchGitHubStats({ data, sendResponse }) {
+        try {
+            const includeMergedPRs = data ?? false;
+            const stats = await gitHubStatsService.fetchGitHubStats({ includeMergedPRs });
+            sendResponse(stats);
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error('Error fetching GitHub stats in background:', error);
+            sendResponse({
+                adminGitHubStats: {},
+                userGitHubStats: {},
+                contributors: [],
+                names: {},
+                dataFetched: new Date(),
+                lastUpdated: new Date(),
+                isCached: false,
+            });
+        }
+    },
+};
+
+export default gitHubStatsHandler;
diff --git a/src/shared/messages/GitHubStatsMessages.ts b/src/shared/messages/GitHubStatsMessages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06297eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/messages/GitHubStatsMessages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import type { GitHubStatsService } from '@views/lib/getGitHubStats';
+
+/* eslint-disable jsdoc/require-jsdoc */
+
+export type GitHubStatsResult = Awaited<ReturnType<GitHubStatsService['fetchGitHubStats']>>;
+
+export default interface GitHubStatsMessages {
+    /**
+     * Fetch GitHub statistics for all contributors
+     * @param includeMergedPRs - Whether to include merged PR counts (optional, default: false)
+     * @returns GitHub stats including commits, lines added/deleted, and optionally merged PRs
+     */
+    fetchGitHubStats: (includeMergedPRs?: boolean) => GitHubStatsResult;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/messages/index.ts b/src/shared/messages/index.ts
index 30a3a54e..a01af847 100644
--- a/src/shared/messages/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/messages/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createMessenger } from 'chrome-extension-toolkit';
 import type BrowserActionMessages from './BrowserActionMessages';
 import type { CalendarBackgroundMessages, CalendarTabMessages } from './CalendarMessages';
 import type CESMessage from './CESMessage';
+import type GitHubStatsMessages from './GitHubStatsMessages';
 import type TabInfoMessages from './TabInfoMessages';
 import type TabManagementMessages from './TabManagementMessages';
 import type { UserScheduleMessages } from './UserScheduleMessages';
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export type BACKGROUND_MESSAGES = BrowserActionMessages &
     TabManagementMessages &
     UserScheduleMessages &
     CESMessage &
-    CalendarBackgroundMessages;
+    CalendarBackgroundMessages &
+    GitHubStatsMessages;
 
 /**
  * This is a type with all the message definitions that can be sent TO specific tabs