diff --git a/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.html b/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.html
index d78973d637fc..6b5992882220 100644
--- a/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.html
+++ b/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.html
@@ -1077,6 +1077,18 @@
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.migration.resume_completed</td><td>Number of migration jobs which successfully resumed to completion</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.migration.resume_failed</td><td>Number of migration jobs which failed with a non-retriable error</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.migration.resume_retry_error</td><td>Number of migration jobs which failed with a retriable error</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.currently_idle</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs currently considered Idle and can be freely shut down</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.currently_paused</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs currently considered Paused</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.currently_running</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs currently running in Resume or OnFailOrCancel state</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.expired_pts_records</td><td>Number of expired protected timestamp records owned by mvcc_statistics_update jobs</td><td>records</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.fail_or_cancel_completed</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which successfully completed their failure or cancelation process</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.fail_or_cancel_failed</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which failed with a non-retriable error on their failure or cancelation process</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.fail_or_cancel_retry_error</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which failed with a retriable error on their failure or cancelation process</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.protected_age_sec</td><td>The age of the oldest PTS record protected by mvcc_statistics_update jobs</td><td>seconds</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>SECONDS</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.protected_record_count</td><td>Number of protected timestamp records held by mvcc_statistics_update jobs</td><td>records</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.resume_completed</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which successfully resumed to completion</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.resume_failed</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which failed with a non-retriable error</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
+<tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.mvcc_statistics_update.resume_retry_error</td><td>Number of mvcc_statistics_update jobs which failed with a retriable error</td><td>jobs</td><td>COUNTER</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE</td></tr>
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.new_schema_change.currently_idle</td><td>Number of new_schema_change jobs currently considered Idle and can be freely shut down</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.new_schema_change.currently_paused</td><td>Number of new_schema_change jobs currently considered Paused</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
 <tr><td>APPLICATION</td><td>jobs.new_schema_change.currently_running</td><td>Number of new_schema_change jobs currently running in Resume or OnFailOrCancel state</td><td>jobs</td><td>GAUGE</td><td>COUNT</td><td>AVG</td><td>NONE</td></tr>
diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
index 0da64253c148..e54ba53ed672 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
@@ -320,4 +320,4 @@ trace.snapshot.rate	duration	0s	if non-zero, interval at which background trace
 trace.span_registry.enabled	boolean	true	if set, ongoing traces can be seen at https://<ui>/#/debug/tracez	tenant-rw
 trace.zipkin.collector	string		the address of a Zipkin instance to receive traces, as <host>:<port>. If no port is specified, 9411 will be used.	tenant-rw
 ui.display_timezone	enumeration	etc/utc	the timezone used to format timestamps in the ui [etc/utc = 0, america/new_york = 1]	tenant-rw
-version	version	1000023.1-26	set the active cluster version in the format '<major>.<minor>'	tenant-rw
+version	version	1000023.1-28	set the active cluster version in the format '<major>.<minor>'	tenant-rw
diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
index b8a21c736fa0..a1546bd410db 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
@@ -268,6 +268,6 @@
 <tr><td><div id="setting-trace-span-registry-enabled" class="anchored"><code>trace.span_registry.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>if set, ongoing traces can be seen at https://&lt;ui&gt;/#/debug/tracez</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-trace-zipkin-collector" class="anchored"><code>trace.zipkin.collector</code></div></td><td>string</td><td><code></code></td><td>the address of a Zipkin instance to receive traces, as &lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt;. If no port is specified, 9411 will be used.</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-ui-display-timezone" class="anchored"><code>ui.display_timezone</code></div></td><td>enumeration</td><td><code>etc/utc</code></td><td>the timezone used to format timestamps in the ui [etc/utc = 0, america/new_york = 1]</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
-<tr><td><div id="setting-version" class="anchored"><code>version</code></div></td><td>version</td><td><code>1000023.1-26</code></td><td>set the active cluster version in the format &#39;&lt;major&gt;.&lt;minor&gt;&#39;</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
+<tr><td><div id="setting-version" class="anchored"><code>version</code></div></td><td>version</td><td><code>1000023.1-28</code></td><td>set the active cluster version in the format &#39;&lt;major&gt;.&lt;minor&gt;&#39;</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/system_schema.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/system_schema.go
index 264f091fce54..87641b2527c8 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/system_schema.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/system_schema.go
@@ -818,6 +818,9 @@ var systemTableBackupConfiguration = map[string]systemBackupConfiguration{
 	systemschema.RegionLivenessTable.GetName(): {
 		shouldIncludeInClusterBackup: optOutOfClusterBackup,
 	},
+	systemschema.SystemMVCCStatisticsTable.GetName(): {
+		shouldIncludeInClusterBackup: optOutOfClusterBackup,
+	},
 }
 
 func rekeySystemTable(
diff --git a/pkg/clusterversion/cockroach_versions.go b/pkg/clusterversion/cockroach_versions.go
index d5b79122ddf1..045919c90021 100644
--- a/pkg/clusterversion/cockroach_versions.go
+++ b/pkg/clusterversion/cockroach_versions.go
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ const (
 	// role for all existing functions.
 	V23_2_GrantExecuteToPublic
 
+	// V23_2_MVCCStatisticsTable adds the system.mvcc_statistics
+	// table and update job. The table is used to serve fast reads of historical
+	// mvcc data from observability surfaces.
+	V23_2_MVCCStatisticsTable
+
 	// *************************************************
 	// Step (1) Add new versions here.
 	// Do not add new versions to a patch release.
@@ -1001,7 +1006,10 @@ var rawVersionsSingleton = keyedVersions{
 		Key:     V23_2_GrantExecuteToPublic,
 		Version: roachpb.Version{Major: 23, Minor: 1, Internal: 26},
 	},
-
+	{
+		Key:     V23_2_MVCCStatisticsTable,
+		Version: roachpb.Version{Major: 23, Minor: 1, Internal: 28},
+	},
 	// *************************************************
 	// Step (2): Add new versions here.
 	// Do not add new versions to a patch release.
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/jobspb/jobs.proto b/pkg/jobs/jobspb/jobs.proto
index a65b996f0b69..791e87e1b9c9 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/jobspb/jobs.proto
+++ b/pkg/jobs/jobspb/jobs.proto
@@ -1237,6 +1237,14 @@ message AutoUpdateSQLActivityDetails {
 message AutoUpdateSQLActivityProgress {
 }
 
+message MVCCStatisticsJobDetails {
+
+}
+
+message MVCCStatisticsJobProgress {
+
+}
+
 message Payload {
   string description = 1;
   // If empty, the description is assumed to be the statement.
@@ -1299,6 +1307,7 @@ message Payload {
     AutoConfigEnvRunnerDetails auto_config_env_runner = 42;
     AutoConfigTaskDetails auto_config_task = 43;
     AutoUpdateSQLActivityDetails auto_update_sql_activities = 44;
+    MVCCStatisticsJobDetails mvcc_statistics_details = 45;
   }
   reserved 26;
   // PauseReason is used to describe the reason that the job is currently paused
@@ -1372,6 +1381,7 @@ message Progress {
     AutoConfigEnvRunnerProgress auto_config_env_runner = 30;
     AutoConfigTaskProgress auto_config_task = 31;
     AutoUpdateSQLActivityProgress update_sql_activity = 32;
+    MVCCStatisticsJobProgress mvcc_statistics_progress = 33;
   }
 
   uint64 trace_id = 21 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.customname) = "TraceID", (gogoproto.customtype) = "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing/tracingpb.TraceID"];
@@ -1407,6 +1417,7 @@ enum Type {
   AUTO_CONFIG_ENV_RUNNER = 21 [(gogoproto.enumvalue_customname) = "TypeAutoConfigEnvRunner"];
   AUTO_CONFIG_TASK = 22 [(gogoproto.enumvalue_customname) = "TypeAutoConfigTask"];
   AUTO_UPDATE_SQL_ACTIVITY = 23 [(gogoproto.enumvalue_customname) = "TypeAutoUpdateSQLActivity"];
+  MVCC_STATISTICS_UPDATE = 24 [(gogoproto.enumvalue_customname) = "TypeMVCCStatisticsUpdate"];
 }
 
 message Job {
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/jobspb/wrap.go b/pkg/jobs/jobspb/wrap.go
index 1f75b182d989..db603f543fe4 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/jobspb/wrap.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/jobspb/wrap.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ var (
 	_ Details = AutoConfigEnvRunnerDetails{}
 	_ Details = AutoConfigTaskDetails{}
 	_ Details = AutoUpdateSQLActivityDetails{}
+	_ Details = MVCCStatisticsJobDetails{}
 )
 
 // ProgressDetails is a marker interface for job progress details proto structs.
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ var (
 	_ ProgressDetails = AutoConfigEnvRunnerProgress{}
 	_ ProgressDetails = AutoConfigTaskProgress{}
 	_ ProgressDetails = AutoUpdateSQLActivityProgress{}
+	_ ProgressDetails = MVCCStatisticsJobProgress{}
 )
 
 // Type returns the payload's job type and panics if the type is invalid.
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ var AutomaticJobTypes = [...]Type{
 	TypeAutoConfigTask,
 	TypeKeyVisualizer,
 	TypeAutoUpdateSQLActivity,
+	TypeMVCCStatisticsUpdate,
 }
 
 // DetailsType returns the type for a payload detail.
@@ -212,6 +215,8 @@ func DetailsType(d isPayload_Details) (Type, error) {
 		return TypeAutoConfigTask, nil
 	case *Payload_AutoUpdateSqlActivities:
 		return TypeAutoUpdateSQLActivity, nil
+	case *Payload_MvccStatisticsDetails:
+		return TypeMVCCStatisticsUpdate, nil
 	default:
 		return TypeUnspecified, errors.Newf("Payload.Type called on a payload with an unknown details type: %T", d)
 	}
@@ -256,6 +261,7 @@ var JobDetailsForEveryJobType = map[Type]Details{
 	TypeAutoConfigEnvRunner:          AutoConfigEnvRunnerDetails{},
 	TypeAutoConfigTask:               AutoConfigTaskDetails{},
 	TypeAutoUpdateSQLActivity:        AutoUpdateSQLActivityDetails{},
+	TypeMVCCStatisticsUpdate:         MVCCStatisticsJobDetails{},
 }
 
 // WrapProgressDetails wraps a ProgressDetails object in the protobuf wrapper
@@ -311,6 +317,8 @@ func WrapProgressDetails(details ProgressDetails) interface {
 		return &Progress_AutoConfigTask{AutoConfigTask: &d}
 	case AutoUpdateSQLActivityProgress:
 		return &Progress_UpdateSqlActivity{UpdateSqlActivity: &d}
+	case MVCCStatisticsJobProgress:
+		return &Progress_MvccStatisticsProgress{MvccStatisticsProgress: &d}
 	default:
 		panic(errors.AssertionFailedf("WrapProgressDetails: unknown progress type %T", d))
 	}
@@ -364,6 +372,8 @@ func (p *Payload) UnwrapDetails() Details {
 		return *d.AutoConfigTask
 	case *Payload_AutoUpdateSqlActivities:
 		return *d.AutoUpdateSqlActivities
+	case *Payload_MvccStatisticsDetails:
+		return *d.MvccStatisticsDetails
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -417,6 +427,8 @@ func (p *Progress) UnwrapDetails() ProgressDetails {
 		return *d.AutoConfigTask
 	case *Progress_UpdateSqlActivity:
 		return *d.UpdateSqlActivity
+	case *Progress_MvccStatisticsProgress:
+		return *d.MvccStatisticsProgress
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -494,6 +506,8 @@ func WrapPayloadDetails(details Details) interface {
 		return &Payload_AutoConfigTask{AutoConfigTask: &d}
 	case AutoUpdateSQLActivityDetails:
 		return &Payload_AutoUpdateSqlActivities{AutoUpdateSqlActivities: &d}
+	case MVCCStatisticsJobDetails:
+		return &Payload_MvccStatisticsDetails{MvccStatisticsDetails: &d}
 	default:
 		panic(errors.AssertionFailedf("jobs.WrapPayloadDetails: unknown details type %T", d))
 	}
@@ -529,7 +543,7 @@ const (
 func (Type) SafeValue() {}
 
 // NumJobTypes is the number of jobs types.
-const NumJobTypes = 24
+const NumJobTypes = 25
 
 // ChangefeedDetailsMarshaler allows for dependency injection of
 // cloud.SanitizeExternalStorageURI to avoid the dependency from this
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/registry.go b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
index ef26c0ca5a54..d4965109231e 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ const (
 
 	// SqlActivityUpdaterJobID A static job ID is used for the SQL activity tables.
 	SqlActivityUpdaterJobID = jobspb.JobID(103)
+
+	MVCCStatisticsJobID = jobspb.JobID(104)
 )
 
 // MakeJobID generates a new job ID.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/sql/BUILD.bazel
index b5194b30431a..d42636d4cd8e 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/sql/BUILD.bazel
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ go_library(
         "max_one_row.go",
         "mem_metrics.go",
         "mvcc_backfiller.go",
+        "mvcc_statistics_update_job.go",
         "name_util.go",
         "notice.go",
         "opaque.go",
diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap/metadata.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap/metadata.go
index 5aca65ef1b97..9098c88a9af3 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/bootstrap/metadata.go
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ func addSystemDescriptorsToSchema(target *MetadataSchema) {
 
 	// Tables introduced in 23.2.
 	target.AddDescriptor(systemschema.RegionLivenessTable)
+	target.AddDescriptor(systemschema.SystemMVCCStatisticsTable)
 
 	// Adding a new system table? It should be added here to the metadata schema,
 	// and also created as a migration for older clusters.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/catprivilege/system.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/catprivilege/system.go
index f092b5cf5a05..a34a512efa71 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/catprivilege/system.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/catprivilege/system.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ var (
 		catconstants.SpanStatsSamples,
 		catconstants.SpanStatsTenantBoundaries,
 		catconstants.RegionalLiveness,
+		catconstants.MVCCStatistics,
 	}
 
 	readWriteSystemSequences = []catconstants.SystemTableName{
diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/systemschema/system.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/systemschema/system.go
index 8ad91759305a..f8e19d3c2685 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/systemschema/system.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/systemschema/system.go
@@ -1007,6 +1007,21 @@ CREATE TABLE system.span_stats_tenant_boundaries (
 	  FAMILY "primary" (crdb_region, unavailable_at)
 ) ;
 `
+
+	SystemMVCCStatisticsSchema = `
+CREATE TABLE system.mvcc_statistics (
+	id INT8 NOT NULL DEFAULT unique_rowid(),
+	database_id INT8 NOT NULL,
+	table_id INT8 NOT NULL,
+	index_id INT8 NOT NULL,
+	created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now():::TIMESTAMP,
+	statistics JSONB NOT NULL,
+	CONSTRAINT mvcc_statistics_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id ASC),
+	INDEX mvcc_statistics_idx_db_table_idx_created_at (database_id ASC, table_id ASC, index_id ASC, created_at ASC),
+	INDEX mvcc_statistics_idx_database_id_created_at (database_id ASC, created_at ASC),
+	INDEX mvcc_statistics_idx_table_id_created_at (table_id ASC, created_at ASC),
+	INDEX mvcc_statistics_idx_index_id_id_created_at (index_id ASC, created_at ASC)
+);`
 )
 
 func pk(name string) descpb.IndexDescriptor {
@@ -1237,6 +1252,7 @@ func MakeSystemTables() []SystemTable {
 		StatementActivityTable,
 		TransactionActivityTable,
 		RegionLivenessTable,
+		SystemMVCCStatisticsTable,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4103,6 +4119,68 @@ var (
 			},
 		),
 	)
+
+	SystemMVCCStatisticsTable = makeSystemTable(
+		SystemMVCCStatisticsSchema,
+		systemTable(
+			catconstants.MVCCStatistics,
+			descpb.InvalidID, // dynamically assigned table ID
+			[]descpb.ColumnDescriptor{
+				{Name: "id", ID: 1, Type: types.Int,
+					DefaultExpr: &uniqueRowIDString},
+				{Name: "database_id", ID: 2, Type: types.Int},
+				{Name: "table_id", ID: 3, Type: types.Int},
+				{Name: "index_id", ID: 4, Type: types.Int},
+				{Name: "created_at", ID: 5, Type: types.TimestampTZ,
+					DefaultExpr: &nowTZString},
+				{Name: "statistics", ID: 6, Type: types.Jsonb},
+			},
+			[]descpb.ColumnFamilyDescriptor{
+				{
+					Name: "primary",
+					ID:   0,
+					ColumnNames: []string{
+						"id",
+						"database_id",
+						"table_id",
+						"index_id",
+						"created_at",
+						"statistics",
+					},
+					ColumnIDs: []descpb.ColumnID{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
+				},
+			},
+			descpb.IndexDescriptor{
+				Name:           "mvcc_statistics_pkey",
+				ID:             1,
+				Unique:         true,
+				KeyColumnNames: []string{"id"},
+				KeyColumnDirections: []catenumpb.IndexColumn_Direction{
+					catenumpb.IndexColumn_ASC,
+				},
+				KeyColumnIDs: []descpb.ColumnID{1},
+			},
+			descpb.IndexDescriptor{
+				Name:   "mvcc_statistics_idx_db_table_idx_created_at",
+				ID:     2,
+				Unique: false,
+				KeyColumnNames: []string{
+					"database_id",
+					"table_id",
+					"index_id",
+					"created_at",
+				},
+				KeyColumnDirections: []catenumpb.IndexColumn_Direction{
+					catenumpb.IndexColumn_ASC,
+					catenumpb.IndexColumn_ASC,
+					catenumpb.IndexColumn_ASC,
+					catenumpb.IndexColumn_ASC,
+				},
+				KeyColumnIDs:       []descpb.ColumnID{2, 3, 4, 5},
+				KeySuffixColumnIDs: []descpb.ColumnID{1},
+			},
+		),
+	)
 )
 
 // SpanConfigurationsTableName represents system.span_configurations.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/mvcc_statistics_update_job.go b/pkg/sql/mvcc_statistics_update_job.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..198a2bff09d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sql/mvcc_statistics_update_job.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
+//
+// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
+// licenses/APL.txt.
+
+// Package upgrades contains the implementation of upgrades. It is imported
+// by the server library.
+//
+// This package registers the upgrades with the upgrade package.
+
+package sql
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
+)
+
+type mvccStatisticsUpdateJob struct {
+	job *jobs.Job
+}
+
+var _ jobs.Resumer = (*mvccStatisticsUpdateJob)(nil)
+
+func (j *mvccStatisticsUpdateJob) Resume(
+	ctx context.Context, execCtxI interface{},
+) (jobErr error) {
+
+	// TODO(zachlite):
+	// Delete samples older than configurable setting...
+	// Collect span stats for tenant descriptors...
+	// Write new samples...
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (j *mvccStatisticsUpdateJob) OnFailOrCancel(
+	ctx context.Context, _ interface{}, jobErr error,
+) error {
+	if jobs.HasErrJobCanceled(jobErr) {
+		err := errors.NewAssertionErrorWithWrappedErrf(
+			jobErr, "mvcc statistics update job is not cancelable",
+		)
+		log.Errorf(ctx, "%v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (j *mvccStatisticsUpdateJob) CollectProfile(_ context.Context, _ interface{}) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	jobs.RegisterConstructor(jobspb.TypeMVCCStatisticsUpdate,
+		func(job *jobs.Job, settings *cluster.Settings) jobs.Resumer {
+			return &mvccStatisticsUpdateJob{job: job}
+		},
+		jobs.DisablesTenantCostControl,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sem/catconstants/constants.go b/pkg/sql/sem/catconstants/constants.go
index dd753cd4ab6d..83d4380684ee 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sem/catconstants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sem/catconstants/constants.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const (
 	SpanStatsSamples                       SystemTableName = "span_stats_samples"
 	SpanStatsTenantBoundaries              SystemTableName = "span_stats_tenant_boundaries"
 	RegionalLiveness                       SystemTableName = "region_liveness"
+	MVCCStatistics                         SystemTableName = "mvcc_statistics"
 )
 
 // Oid for virtual database and table.
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgradebase/testing_knobs.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgradebase/testing_knobs.go
index d52147390bb5..908e8ade8082 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgradebase/testing_knobs.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgradebase/testing_knobs.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ type TestingKnobs struct {
 	// clusterversion.V23_1AddSystemActivityTables upgrade, which prevents a
 	// job from being created.
 	SkipUpdateSQLActivityJobBootstrap bool
+
+	SkipMVCCStatisticsJobBootstrap bool
 }
 
 // ModuleTestingKnobs makes TestingKnobs a base.ModuleTestingKnobs.
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/BUILD.bazel
index b02fa27135fe..38e644547cb5 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/BUILD.bazel
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ go_library(
         "first_upgrade.go",
         "grant_execute_to_public.go",
         "key_visualizer_migration.go",
+        "mvcc_statistics_migration.go",
         "permanent_upgrades.go",
         "plan_gist_stmt_diagnostics_requests.go",
         "role_members_ids_migration.go",
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/security/username",
         "//pkg/settings",
         "//pkg/settings/cluster",
+        "//pkg/sql",
         "//pkg/sql/catalog",
         "//pkg/sql/catalog/catalogkeys",
         "//pkg/sql/catalog/catenumpb",
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/mvcc_statistics_migration.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/mvcc_statistics_migration.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cce2c8f5501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/mvcc_statistics_migration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
+//
+// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
+// licenses/APL.txt.
+
+// Package upgrades contains the implementation of upgrades. It is imported
+// by the server library.
+//
+// This package registers the upgrades with the upgrade package.
+
+package upgrades
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/clusterversion"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/keys"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/security/username"
+	// Import for the side effect of registering the MVCC statistics update job.
+	_ "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/catalog/systemschema"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/isql"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/upgrade"
+)
+
+func createMVCCStatisticsTableAndJobMigration(
+	ctx context.Context, _ clusterversion.ClusterVersion, d upgrade.TenantDeps,
+) error {
+
+	// Create the table.
+	err := createSystemTable(
+		ctx,
+		d.DB.KV(),
+		d.Settings,
+		keys.SystemSQLCodec,
+		systemschema.SystemMVCCStatisticsTable,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Bake the job.
+	if d.TestingKnobs != nil && d.TestingKnobs.SkipMVCCStatisticsJobBootstrap {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	record := jobs.Record{
+		JobID:         jobs.MVCCStatisticsJobID,
+		Description:   "mvcc statistics update job",
+		Username:      username.NodeUserName(),
+		Details:       jobspb.MVCCStatisticsJobDetails{},
+		Progress:      jobspb.MVCCStatisticsJobProgress{},
+		NonCancelable: true, // The job can't be canceled, but it can be paused.
+	}
+	return d.DB.Txn(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, txn isql.Txn) error {
+		return d.JobRegistry.CreateIfNotExistAdoptableJobWithTxn(ctx, record, txn)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/upgrades.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/upgrades.go
index 11b01e4e683b..7a66237fc31b 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/upgrades.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/upgrades.go
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ var upgrades = []upgradebase.Upgrade{
 		upgrade.NoPrecondition,
 		grantExecuteToPublicOnAllFunctions,
 	),
+	upgrade.NewPermanentTenantUpgrade(
+		"create system.mvcc_statistics table and job",
+		toCV(clusterversion.V23_2_MVCCStatisticsTable),
+		createMVCCStatisticsTableAndJobMigration,
+		"create system.mvcc_statistics table and job",
+	),
 }
 
 var (