Avoidance of intermediate data skew in a massive parallel processing environment

A computer-implemented method for minimizing join operation processing time within a database system based on estimated joined table spread of the database system has been provided. The computer-implemented method includes estimating value distribution of data in a joined table, wherein the joined table is a result of join operation between two instances of tables of a database system. The computer-implemented method further includes determining boundaries for partitioning at least one range of attributes of the estimated value distribution, wherein the boundaries for partitioning at least one range of attributes of the estimated value distribution corresponds to a same number of rows of the joined table. The computer-implemented method further includes determining at least one assignment of the determined partition of the at least one range of attributes to processing units of the database system.