Disclosed are a construction machine and a method of controlling a construction machine. The construction machine includes: a first pump and a second pump; an engine which provides available torque to the first pump and the second pump; a first joystick and a second joystick which control actuators operated by a working fluid discharged from the first pump and the second pump; a joystick operation amount acquiring unit which acquires operation amounts of the first joystick and the second joystick; and a control unit which adjusts a torque distribution ratio with respect to the first pump and the second pump in accordance with the operation amounts of the first joystick and the second joystick when a sum of required torque of the first pump and required torque of the second pump is higher than the available torque.