I think that the first count doesn't include variants or unrated (one of the two)
Contradictory Data

There absolutely is a disconnect in some of the numbers presented in different areas. I asked about that recently and the PM is looking into it more.
These numbers are from a few days ago, when I mentioned it to staff:
How many games have I played on this site?
According to my stats, I played my 68,000th game yesterday.

According to my archive, I reached that milestone several days ago.