diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.ts b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.ts
index 50be87adf691..9dd503cea6bc 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ class CurrencyFormatter extends ExtensibleFunction {
   }
 
   getNormalizedD3Format() {
-    return this.d3Format.replace(/\$|%/g, '');
+    return this.d3Format.replace(/\$/g, '');
+  }
+
+  normalizeForCurrency(value: string) {
+    return value.replace(/%/g, '');
   }
 
   format(value: number) {
@@ -71,10 +75,11 @@ class CurrencyFormatter extends ExtensibleFunction {
       return formattedValue as string;
     }
 
+    const normalizedValue = this.normalizeForCurrency(formattedValue);
     if (this.currency.symbolPosition === 'prefix') {
-      return `${getCurrencySymbol(this.currency)} ${formattedValue}`;
+      return `${getCurrencySymbol(this.currency)} ${normalizedValue}`;
     }
-    return `${formattedValue} ${getCurrencySymbol(this.currency)}`;
+    return `${normalizedValue} ${getCurrencySymbol(this.currency)}`;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/test/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.test.ts b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/test/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.test.ts
index b731b1ba498a..8f158865769c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/test/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/test/currency-format/CurrencyFormatter.test.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test('CurrencyFormatter:getNormalizedD3Format', () => {
     currency: { symbol: 'USD', symbolPosition: 'prefix' },
     d3Format: ',.1%',
   });
-  expect(currencyFormatter4.getNormalizedD3Format()).toEqual(',.1');
+  expect(currencyFormatter4.getNormalizedD3Format()).toEqual(',.1%');
 });
 
 test('CurrencyFormatter:format', () => {
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ test('CurrencyFormatter:format', () => {
 
   const currencyFormatterWithPercentD3 = new CurrencyFormatter({
     currency: { symbol: 'USD', symbolPosition: 'prefix' },
-    d3Format: ',.1f%',
+    d3Format: ',.1%',
   });
-  expect(currencyFormatterWithPercentD3(VALUE)).toEqual('$ 56,100,057.0');
+  expect(currencyFormatterWithPercentD3(VALUE)).toEqual('$ 5,610,005,700.0');
 
   const currencyFormatterWithCurrencyD3 = new CurrencyFormatter({
     currency: { symbol: 'PLN', symbolPosition: 'suffix' },
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/NumberControl.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/NumberControl.test.tsx
index 92e41f437a9c..422b83943334 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/NumberControl.test.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/NumberControl.test.tsx
@@ -31,37 +31,67 @@ test('render', () => {
   expect(container).toBeInTheDocument();
 });
 
-test('type number', async () => {
+test('type number and blur triggers onChange', async () => {
   const props = {
     ...mockedProps,
     onChange: jest.fn(),
   };
   render(<NumberControl {...props} />);
   const input = screen.getByRole('spinbutton');
-  await userEvent.type(input, '9');
-  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  userEvent.type(input, '9');
+  userEvent.tab(); // Trigger blur to dispatch
   expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(9);
 });
 
-test('type >max', async () => {
+test('type value exceeding max and blur', async () => {
   const props = {
     ...mockedProps,
     onChange: jest.fn(),
   };
   render(<NumberControl {...props} />);
   const input = screen.getByRole('spinbutton');
-  await userEvent.type(input, '20');
-  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(2);
+  userEvent.type(input, '20');
+  userEvent.tab(); // Trigger blur to dispatch
+  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenCalled();
 });
 
-test('type NaN', async () => {
+test('type NaN keeps original value', async () => {
   const props = {
     ...mockedProps,
+    value: 5,
     onChange: jest.fn(),
   };
   render(<NumberControl {...props} />);
   const input = screen.getByRole('spinbutton');
-  await userEvent.type(input, 'not a number');
-  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  userEvent.type(input, 'not a number');
+  userEvent.tab(); // Trigger blur
+
+  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(5);
+});
+
+test('can clear field completely', async () => {
+  const props = {
+    ...mockedProps,
+    value: 10,
+    onChange: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  render(<NumberControl {...props} />);
+  const input = screen.getByRole('spinbutton');
+  userEvent.clear(input);
+  userEvent.tab(); // Trigger blur
+  expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(undefined);
+});
+
+test('updates local value when prop changes', () => {
+  const props = {
+    ...mockedProps,
+    value: 5,
+    onChange: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  const { rerender } = render(<NumberControl {...props} />);
+  const input = screen.getByRole('spinbutton');
+  expect(input).toHaveValue('5');
+
+  rerender(<NumberControl {...props} value={8} />);
+  expect(input).toHaveValue('8');
 });
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/index.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/index.tsx
index 2519881efa21..45dd84f3f336 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/NumberControl/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { styled } from '@apache-superset/core/ui';
 import { InputNumber } from '@superset-ui/core/components/Input';
 import ControlHeader, { ControlHeaderProps } from '../../ControlHeader';
@@ -60,6 +61,16 @@ export default function NumberControl({
   disabled,
   ...rest
 }: NumberControlProps) {
+  const pendingValueRef = useRef<NumberValueType>(value);
+
+  const handleChange = (val: string | number | null) => {
+    pendingValueRef.current = parseValue(val);
+  };
+
+  const handleBlur = () => {
+    onChange?.(pendingValueRef.current);
+  };
+
   return (
     <FullWidthDiv>
       <ControlHeader {...rest} />
@@ -69,7 +80,8 @@ export default function NumberControl({
         step={step}
         placeholder={placeholder}
         value={value}
-        onChange={value => onChange?.(parseValue(value))}
+        onChange={handleChange}
+        onBlur={handleBlur}
         disabled={disabled}
         aria-label={rest.label}
       />