diff --git a/app/views/layouts/header/_default.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/header/_default.html.haml
index 43abd44d89f5ba7d8fd9f71093862e8cd940a5cc..23abf6897d4009350bca5d55da4e502dd453e383 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/header/_default.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/header/_default.html.haml
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
               %li
                 = link_to admin_root_path, title: 'Admin Area', aria: { label: "Admin Area" }, data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
                   = icon('wrench fw')
+            - if current_user.can_create_project?
+              %li
+                = link_to new_project_path, title: 'New project', aria: { label: "New project" }, data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
+                  = icon('plus fw')
+            - if Gitlab::Sherlock.enabled?
+              %li
+                = link_to sherlock_transactions_path, title: 'Sherlock Transactions',
+                  data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
+                  = icon('tachometer fw')
             %li
               = link_to assigned_issues_dashboard_path, title: 'Issues', aria: { label: "Issues" }, data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
                 = icon('hashtag fw')
@@ -50,15 +59,6 @@
                 = icon('check-circle fw')
                 %span.badge.todos-count
                   = todos_count_format(todos_pending_count)
-            - if current_user.can_create_project?
-              %li
-                = link_to new_project_path, title: 'New project', aria: { label: "New project" }, data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
-                  = icon('plus fw')
-            - if Gitlab::Sherlock.enabled?
-              %li
-                = link_to sherlock_transactions_path, title: 'Sherlock Transactions',
-                  data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'bottom', container: 'body'} do
-                  = icon('tachometer fw')
             %li.header-user.dropdown
               = link_to current_user, class: "header-user-dropdown-toggle", data: { toggle: "dropdown" } do
                 = image_tag avatar_icon(current_user, 26), width: 26, height: 26, class: "header-user-avatar"
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/30276-move-top-badges.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/30276-move-top-badges.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68a8ab359fd5fbd6745e2c700bc9cadfee6dc1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/30276-move-top-badges.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Move issue, mr, todos next to profile dropdown in top nav
+merge_request:
+author: