A method for distributing a braking torque requested by a driver over the axles of a motor vehicle. The wheels of the first axle are associated with a first friction brake device and a first electrical machine having a first efficiency and the wheels of the second axle are associated with a second friction brake device and a second electrical machine having a second efficiency, in which, according to the method, the allocation of the requested braking torque over the first and/or second axle and the determination of the components of the recuperation torques to be provided by the first and/or second electrical machine of the requested braking torque is carried out taking into consideration the current driving stability of the motor vehicle.