diff --git a/docs/changelog/129725.yaml b/docs/changelog/129725.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c1484487129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/129725.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 129725
+summary: Throw a 400 when sorting for all types of range fields
+area: Search
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/RangeFieldSortIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/RangeFieldSortIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f3dea78b73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/RangeFieldSortIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.search.sort;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.RangeType;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertFailures;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+
+public class RangeFieldSortIT extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
+
+    private static final String FIELD_NAME = "range";
+
+    public void testSortingOnIntegerRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "int_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.INTEGER.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSortingOnLongRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "long_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.LONG.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSortingOnFloatRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "float_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.FLOAT.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSortingOnDoubleRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "double_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.DOUBLE.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSortingOnIpRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "ip_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.IP.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSortingOnDateRangeFieldThrows400() throws Exception {
+        String indexName = "date_range_index";
+        createIndex(indexName, FIELD_NAME, RangeType.DATE.typeName());
+        assertFailures(
+            client().prepareSearch(indexName).setQuery(matchAllQuery()).addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort(FIELD_NAME).order(SortOrder.ASC)),
+            RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+            containsString("Sorting by range field [" + FIELD_NAME + "] is not supported")
+        );
+    }
+
+    private void createIndex(String indexName, String rangeFieldName, String rangeFieldType) throws Exception {
+        int numShards = randomIntBetween(1, 3);
+        client().admin()
+            .indices()
+            .prepareCreate(indexName)
+            .setSettings(Settings.builder().put("index.number_of_shards", numShards))
+            .setMapping(createMapping(rangeFieldName, rangeFieldType))
+            .get();
+    }
+
+    private XContentBuilder createMapping(String fieldName, String fieldType) throws Exception {
+        return XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()
+            .startObject()
+            .startObject("properties")
+            .startObject(fieldName)
+            .field("type", fieldType)
+            .endObject()
+            .endObject()
+            .endObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
index 79a0e6b1fdbc..e53fc3cba5d5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index.mapper;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Explicit;
@@ -20,13 +21,17 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.time.DateFormatter;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.time.DateMathParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.LocaleUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.Tuple;
 import org.elasticsearch.features.NodeFeature;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.FieldDataContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldData;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldDataCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.plain.BinaryIndexFieldData;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.SearchExecutionContext;
+import org.elasticsearch.indices.breaker.CircuitBreakerService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.DocValueFormat;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.MultiValueMode;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.CoreValuesSourceType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
@@ -227,7 +232,22 @@ public class RangeFieldMapper extends FieldMapper {
         @Override
         public IndexFieldData.Builder fielddataBuilder(FieldDataContext fieldDataContext) {
             failIfNoDocValues();
-            return new BinaryIndexFieldData.Builder(name(), CoreValuesSourceType.RANGE);
+            return new BinaryIndexFieldData.Builder(name(), CoreValuesSourceType.RANGE) {
+                @Override
+                public BinaryIndexFieldData build(IndexFieldDataCache cache, CircuitBreakerService breakerService) {
+                    return new BinaryIndexFieldData(name(), CoreValuesSourceType.RANGE) {
+                        @Override
+                        public SortField sortField(
+                            @Nullable Object missingValue,
+                            MultiValueMode sortMode,
+                            XFieldComparatorSource.Nested nested,
+                            boolean reverse
+                        ) {
+                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Sorting by range field [" + name() + "] is not supported");
+                        }
+                    };
+                }
+            };
         }
 
         @Override